MAFS' Katie on Sam Wood, Manipulation & the Red Flags We Miss

Yeah, and, you know, in the beginning of all of this when it first started, you know, the worst thing they seemed to do was really, you know, match someone in WA with someone in Victoria and we were like, oh, why would you do that? Like they're such a good match and you're making, this is going to be so difficult, you know, or someone in far north Queensland and someone in Victoria and you're like, it's so mean but maybe I guess if it's like the right person.

Like even as viewers we all had hope that it was, And then it's very much changed over the more recent years.

And

that's all, nothing is by mistake.

So on my season, you had Billy and Athena, they lived in the same place.

They were each other's type and what each other requested for, but they were matched with different people.

So they were getting set up, you know, it was like,

wow it's just so clear when

you're inside and you can see like oh but that's what I asked for and that's but they're matched together and then the other couple they were living in the same city and same area and had lots in common and this and that and like had like fun banter and all of this and you're just looking at it going hang on a second this smells a bit fishy yeah

Yes.

So

a lot of it's pre-planned.

You're just unknowingly puppeteered.

It's not acting because, like, I'm not that good.

Yeah.

I've never acted in my life.

But there's something going on.

Yeah, for sure.

Yeah, yeah, true.

And I think, you know, at this point we do – I mean, you would hope most viewers are watching it knowing, like, this is a highly produced television show that's, you know, not necessarily, it's not scripted, but it's, as you say, there's a lot of work going into the storylines and the behind the scenes.

And, yeah.

You know, the reactions are real and, you know, maybe that's the whole point.

You put in situations for certain

reactions.

But, you know, I can imagine having to watch it back and then, you know, you've got the fan response, which is huge in Australia, and then it gets aired in the UK and you've got to go through it all again.