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- Tensions have been brewing between the brides ever since the hens party.
- Alissa Fay has been targeted by Bec Zacharia and Gia Fleur over the past few weeks.
- She has accused the brides of bullying as she has been dragged into drama.
- Bec and Gia are firm rivals on the 2026 series.
It’s the topic that’s been on everyone’s lips, the now-notorious Married At First Sight 2026 feud.
Gia Fleur and Bec Zacharia have become fierce rivals on the Channel Nine show, with their rows taking centre stage every episode.
Alissa Fay has been dragged into the centre of their feud after being on the receiving end of cruel comments from both brides at the dinner parties.
Now, Alissa has revealed what she really thinks about the two brides and their ongoing rivalry, admitting she thinks they didn’t come on MAFS for love.
“I just think that they were ultimately not there for the right reasons,” she told Chattr.
“It’s all just about drama circulating between them both, and then dragging other women down in the meantime in the process of it all.
“So, it was just the Bec and Gia show, literally, for a lot of the time. We all got so tired of it, all of us did.”
Bec has made her dislike of Alissa very clear on the show, hinting that they have a history and run in similar circles in Adelaide.
However, Alissa revealed that she has now forgiven Bec for her behaviour on MAFS, insisting she has been very “apologetic” about how she acted on screen.
Though she may have forgiven, she has not forgotten, and still keeps firm “boundaries” in place, not going as far as describing them as friends.
But Alissa hasn’t been as forgiving when it comes to Gia, saying they have had few interactions since filming, saying the bride was “nasty” throughout the experiment.
Scroll on for everything you need to know about the feud that has taken over MAFS.
What happened between the brides on MAFS?
After weeks of tension and remarks, things came to a head at the second dinner party when Brook Crompton and Gia Fleur targeted Alissa Fay and Stella Mickunaite.
Following the shocking episode, Alissa revealed that Brook messaged her via Instagram with a “pathetic” apology.
She explained that the message was sent about five weeks after that infamous dinner party was filmed.
“Hey Alissa, how are you going?” she read out during the inaugural episode of MAFS: After the Dinner Party on Stan. “I’m sorry it’s taken me a while to reach out.”
“I’ve taken a lot of time to switch off and think about everything, but I really want to apologise again for what happened at the last dinner party I was at.”
“I was going through a lot mentally at the time, and unfortunately, let the experiment get the better of me.”
“An executive actually did come to me and push that I should go for you and Stella that night, and keep stirring s*** up, and I really regret not trusting myself and listening to senior people and the other people that knew you prior.”
“I don’t expect you to reply, but I just want you to know where I’m at.”
While viewers were horrified that Alissa was repeatedly told to shut up and mocked during the night, she told our sister publication TV Week that it was much worse than what was shown.
“My hands were sweaty, and I was shaking,” she recalled.
“I said to Brook, ‘You’re being a bully.’ I kept myself together until I walked out the back, and then I just broke down and fell to the floor.”
Even though Gia and Brook led the nastiness, other brides also sat by and laughed.
“That was one of the scariest days of my life,” she explained. “Being attacked by five women that didn’t even know me and being yelled at by Chris – slut shamed across the table. It was just disgusting.”
Gia also spoke on The Fox’s Fifi, Fev & Nick and said she was not proud of their behaviour.
“There’s always edits, but Brooke and I were horrible,” she said, admitting that she stopped watching the show.
However, she also claimed that they had lots of issues with Stella and Alissa that were not shown.
The following week, Gia revealed that Bec had allegedly been sending unkind texts about Alissa, with Bec issuing a formal apology about her behaviour.
She appeared on Stan’s spin-off show, MAFS: After The Dinner Party, to apologise for her conduct, admitting it was “disgusting”.
“I don’t want to come on here and make excuses for my behaviour, that’s not what I’m about,” she said as she fought back tears.
“I’ve done a lot of growing since then, but I know that people are going to see that as this toxic, crazy woman coming in, but I look at myself and just see how hurt I was in that moment.”
“The way I behaved at that dinner party was unacceptable,” she added.
Why are the Married at First Sight brides feuding?
During the dinner party episode on February 18, fellow bride Bec Zacharia also joined in the Alissa pile-on.
Viewers were surprised that Gia and Bec formed a truce at the cocktail party, given their past issues.
It left fans wondering why so many fans had an issue with the nurse, which she also set the record straight on.
“They were accusing me of all these things, and fed information by one of the other girls, that I’m still in love with my ex-partner,” she told TV Week.
“They were trying to find out anything they could about my life on the outside to try to bring my [new] relationship down.
“If I wanted to still be in previous partnerships, I would have done that, but I came into MAFS for all the right reasons. I deserve to find love just as much as everyone else at that table.”
During the episode, Brook and Gia also took aim at Stella.
Reflecting on her behaviour, Brook told our sister publication Woman’s Day that she reached out to apologise to her, which she claimed she accepted.
Looking back on it, she told the publication she was embarrassed by how she acted.
“Look, I completely cop to my behaviour. There was no excuse for how I behaved,” she said.
“But you have to understand what it’s like being in that environment.
“You’ve got people egging you on, producers egging you on. I was told I wasn’t allowed to talk to Stella one-on-one; I could only do it in a group setting.”
She then continued to claim that she was told Stella was speaking about her behind her back. Brook also admitted that she had two bottles of champagne before the dinner party.
“You get drunk on the drama; we were all feeling it. But I really did come across as a cow. I was a cow. I completely admit it,” she continued.
What happens between Bec and Gia?
Insiders previously said that the feud between Gia and Bec would rival the infamous falling out between Domenica Calarco and Olivia Frazer in 2022.
“This season will polarise everyone,” a source close to production told New Idea. “The dynamics between these two make Dom and Olivia look quite basic.”
While Bec and Gia initially put their differences aside at the dinner party, it all came crashing down when Gia claimed that Danny told her that she was more his type off-camera.
After she left the table in tears, she admitted that she didn’t trust Gia, so it’s fair to say that their feud will continue.
“Gia and Bec’s dynamic becomes the defining feud,” the insider said. “People will be picking sides the way they did with Dom and Olivia.”
As well as dividing the cast, the chaotic mix is set to polarise the nation, according to our sources.
“Viewers won’t sit on the fence,” the insider continues. “You’ll either love these women, or you’ll hate them.”
As battle lines are drawn and emotions run high, Australia will be forced to make a choice between Team Gia and Team Bec.
“This is the season people will still talk about in five years,” the source added.
