Married At First Sight certainly ramped up the drama at dinner on Wednesday when Eden Harper exposed co-star Sara Mesa’s secret date with her ex-boyfriend.
Controversy unfolded when Eden, 28, revealed her partner Jayden Eynaud had found a compromising message on her phone, sparking a tense confrontation.
Eden approached Mesa with a choice: confess her actions to Tim or face the possibility of Eden and Jayden revealing the truth themselves.
“I feel like Jayden and I have been arguing and arguing for a whole week,” Eden began.
‘It’s frustrating because we both morally agree on the same thing we’re arguing about. But last weekend we were texting and Jayden saw a message from you on my phone. And I’m not willing to protect you for losing Jayden.
Married At First Sight certainly ramped up the drama during dinner on Wednesday. In the photo: Tim Calwell and Sara Mesa.
The controversy unfolded dramatically when Eden (centre) revealed that her partner Jayden Eynaud (far right) had stumbled across a compromising message.
Eden then explained: ‘I’ll give you the chance now to tell Tim what you did last weekend.’ Otherwise we will, because I will no longer protect you.’
Initially, Mesa tried to downplay the encounter, telling Tim that he had simply run into his ex by chance.
However, under pressure from Eden to divulge the full story, Mesa confessed to having actively met her ex, although she insisted it was not a date.
Eden then explained: ‘I’ll give you the chance now to tell Tim what you did last weekend.’ Otherwise we will do it, because I will no longer protect you’
Initially, Mesa tried to downplay the encounter, telling Tim that he had simply run into his ex by chance.
‘Sara, (Jayden’) has seen the messages. And I’m no longer lying for you. I’m not,’ she insisted.
“Okay, so my ex and I are still friends,” he explained. ‘I told Tim that I’m friends with all my friends and that you were going to have dinner with him.
Tim’s reaction was visceral and immediate; He physically distanced himself from Mesa, visibly shaken by the admission.
“You told me that everything about your note (during Confession Week) was how your ex treated you,” Tim questioned, heartbroken.
The situation escalated when Jayden detailed the content of the message he saw, which suggested Mesa was looking to impress his ex with his looks.
Despite Mesa’s attempts to justify the meeting as an innocent exchange between friends, Tim was unconvinced and visibly distraught, eventually dismissing her explanation as “nonsense.”
Tim’s reaction was visceral and immediate; He physically distanced himself from Mesa, visibly shaken by the admission.
“You told me that everything about your note (during Confession Week) was how your ex treated you,” Tim questioned, heartbroken.
“No, I asked you if you still talk to him and you said no,” Tim continued.
“You said we have the same friends so we might meet up here and there… but you didn’t say you still talk to him.”
The confrontation reached a boiling point when, after Eden and Jayden left the couple to discuss the matter privately, Mesa attempted to assure Tim that nothing untoward had occurred during his encounter with his ex.
However, her claims fell on deaf ears, as a skeptical Tim walked away from the conversation, leaving their relationship in jeopardy.
Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
The confrontation reached a boiling point when, after Eden and Jayden left the couple to discuss the matter privately.