Married At First Sight has introduced its first ever bisexual groom, Liam Cooper, but not everyone was happy with how his sexuality was handled on the show.
WATCH: MAFS first bisexual groom Liam Cooper is outed at his wedding
Sports reporter Hayley Willis took to Twitter after the episode aired, to share her frustrations about what went down.
“Are you joking #MAFS ?” she started out with in the tweet.
“It’s 2021. I know these people sign up for this show (and obviously I continue to watch it) but to put someone in a position where their sexuality is basically laughed at is NOT okay.”
Hayley, who is engaged to former contestant on The Biggest Loser, Fiona Falkiner, is seemingly angered with how Liam was outed as bisexual at his own wedding, in front of the rest of the couples.
On his wedding day, Liam married Georgia Fairweather, and before he had a chance to open up to her about his sexuality, he was outed by fellow show participant Rebecca Zemek.
During the episode, Rebecca grilled the newly-weds about what their non-negotiables were, and Liam responded by saying that he didn’t have any non-negotiables, and that no matter who he is paired up with, he’s willing to give it a shot.
Rebecca, unwilling to back down, hit back with: “So what if they didn’t swing your way? Is that a non-negotiable?”
“That’s fine,” Liam answered, to which sparked his on-screen wife Georgia to offhandedly ask if he was bisexual, and then turned to laugh with Rebecca.
“I am, yeah,” Liam said as Georgia looked rather stunned by the revelation.
The 29-year-old prison case officer was then heard telling producers: “I can’t believe that that just happened in front of everyone.”
Not unlike Hayley, viewers of the reality show also responded with anger over how it was handled, with many fans wondering why the cast “laughed” at Liam’s sexuality.
“That was disgusting and cringe to watch. The poor bloke. He should never have been outed like that, and for them to then laugh at him the way they did,” one user commented under Hayley’s original tweet.
“No one should be forced to come out like that on national TV,” another user tweeted.
“#mafs i’m so happy that there’s bisexual representation in this season but i would’ve freaked out if i was forced to come out like liam did,” penned another.
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