Married At First Sight star Lauren Dunn went rogue on Wednesday when she took to social media to defend fellow girlfriend Ellie Dix against online trolls.
The marketing and PR consultant, 32, shared an unauthorized message on her second Instagram account, over which Channel Nine producers have no control.
She asked people to stop “trolling and attacking” the nurse, 32, who struck up an affair with Lauren’s boyfriend Jono McCullough behind her back.
“To everyone who trolls and attacks Ellie in her workplace, please stop immediately,” Lauren told her followers.
“What you see on television is only a small part of what happens.”
Married At First Sight star Lauren Dunn, 32, went rogue on Wednesday when she took to social media to defend fellow girlfriend Ellie Dix, 32, against online trolls.
“Regardless of what you saw on TV (filmed 6 months ago), I have no problem with Jono and Ellie and neither of them deserve to be harassed or bullied,” he continued.
“Please can everyone just let them be happy and move on?”
Jono, 39, and Ellie sparked drama during Sunday night’s reunion when they finally revealed their relationship with the other couples.
They rode to the party together, holding hands in the car on the way as Jono told Ellie, “I wish I could do this with you throughout the experiment, but it doesn’t matter.”
Arriving at the dinner four weeks after filming wrapped, the couple walked hand in hand.
She asked people to stop “trolling and attacking” the nurse who struck up an affair with Lauren’s boyfriend Jono McCullough, 39, (left) behind her back.
The other contestants were stunned when they arrived, none more so than Jono’s ex-girlfriend Lauren, who claims Ellie ignored her at the party.
‘She left me blank. Girl, I didn’t do anything to you. Like… You’ve got my seconds sloppy,’ Lauren said.
‘You can say hello to me. I don’t have any problem with the girl, but now I do, now it’s a problem. She is just rude. So rude.’
Jono insisted the couple are “very happy”, while Ellie said she felt she had “won Married at First Sight”.
“To everyone who trolls and attacks Ellie in her workplace, please stop immediately,” Lauren told her followers. “What you see on television is only a small portion of what happens”
“She has no right to be upset and if she is, I really don’t give a damn.” [redacted]’ Jono said of Lauren, before praising Ellie.
“It was worth crawling through hell over broken glass to end up with this beautiful woman,” he said.
The duo were invited to talk about their romance as soon as they sat down to dinner.
“Everyone says I look radiant and I say, ‘Yes!’ It’s not just the tan. I’m Jono,” Ellie boasted.
‘I have been so happy. Yes, it has been incredible. We barely spent a day apart. I would not change anything. Can I have a kiss?’ Jono said before the couple kissed.
Jono and Ellie sparked drama during Sunday night’s reunion when they finally revealed their relationship with the other couples.
During Monday night’s episode, the couple even went so far as to admit that they were “falling in love with each other.”
‘I would say I’m on the way to [love]Yeah. [Ellie’s] “She’s amazing and I’m so happy to have met her,” Jono said.
‘I really like it [Jono]…as he said, he heads [to love]. “I’m so grateful to have met him… We have a great connection,” Ellie confessed.
Ellie and Jono are still going strong after filming the show, which wrapped in November last year.