When it comes to Married at First Sight friendships, Gia Fleur and Juliette Chae seemed thick as thieves, until they weren’t.
Throughout the experiment, Juliette’s loyalty to the controversial bride raised eyebrows, especially when the contestants accused her of being Gia’s mouthpiece.
Juliette made a dramatic exit after Gia didn’t stand up for her when she exposed Bec’s messages to Alissa, and she has now revealed where she stands with the mother-of-one.
Find out below.
Are Gia and Juliette from MAFS friends?
Juliette revealed that she had been in contact with Gia after the experiment and said she “got disinvited” from Gia’s 36th birthday bash.
Instead, fans were left scratching their heads when they saw Gia’s on-screen nemesis, Bec Zacharia, at the party instead of Juliette.
“I [initially] got invited, like late notice I think as well. And then, because Bec was there, she told me that she didn’t want me there ’cause Bec’s gonna be there. And I said, ‘Fair enough’,” she told the Daily Mail.
She then went into further details about why her invite was revoked.
Juliette explained that she had a friend’s birthday that night, so she did not feel overly fussed about the snub.
“She begged and was like, can you do a like of an appearance? And I was like, sure,” she continued.
“Then she texted again and said that she just didn’t think it was the right move because she thought she didn’t wanna have another dinner party happen again.”
Even though she said it was “fair enough” and that she probably wouldn’t want to be in the same room as the Adelaide bride, she thought that Gia got “swept up”.
“Yeah, you would think she’d have invited me, for sure,” the 27-year-old continued.
“But I think Gia got really swept up in trying to be friends with Bec again.
“And Bec probably didn’t want me there and was like, if you want me there, Julie’s not gonna be there. And so she just probably folded for that.”
Juliette explained that Gia has apologised to her “multiple times”.
What happened between Gia and Juliette?
Gia was exposed for leaving Juliette out to dry after setting her up to expose Bec’s text messages about Alissa Fay.
In unseen footage on Stan’s After the Dinner Party series, Gia encouraged Juliette to reveal the screenshots before the commitment ceremony even began.
They then showed a conversation between Bec and Gia, in which Gia revealed Juliette’s plans, claiming she had just learned of them.
“I don’t know if she is…I’m just saying…I’m actually doing something nice right now,” Gia consoled after Bec started panicking.
Then, another unseen conversation between Gia and Juliette was shown, where Gia initially claimed that production told Bec about the messages, before admitting that it was her.
“Yeah, why did you do that though?” Juliette vented. “That was… That’s my saving grace. She doesn’t know I have that.”
But that wasn’t all. Finally, the series unveiled a conversation between Gia and Chris that was left on the cutting room floor, where she said he shouldn’t back Juliette, because it was a “losing battle”.
