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MAFS hunk shocks: ‘Are you serious?’

Al’s assertive wife made it clear – again – that she wants out of the relationship. What he did next made her lose all respect for him and stunned viewers.

Kate Schneider
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March 13, 2022 - 9:12PM
Sam and Al clash on Married At First Sight.
Sam and Al clash on Married At First Sight.

“Are you serious?”

That was the question not only on Sam’s lips on Sunday’s episode of Married At First Sight, but also on the lips of many shocked viewers.

The assertive wife made it clear – again – that she wants out of her relationship with Al. For the second week in a row, she decided to leave.

However it appeared Al couldn’t catch a clue and decided to stay – again. Poor Sam was left totally frustrated, especially when Al said he was staying on the show not for love but for “personal growth”.

A fiery exchange between the couple ensued.

“You are such an entitled, privileged BOY,” Samantha began. “You are so unaware of life!”

Expert John Aiken didn’t like the way Sam was addressing Al and cut in: “You know Sam, I’m watching the way you’re talking with Al tonight. It’s a very different Sam on the couch.

“You seem angry. But you also seem like you don’t respect him.”

Sam: “I don’t. I’ve fully checked out. I know what I want. I know what I need. And it’s not this.”

When Al gave his decision, he said: “I’ve always made Sam a priority and I don’t wanna be stringing her along but on the other hand I also gotta think of what I wanna do … So I decided to stay.”

Sam freaked out: “No, you’re not! No you’re not! Like, are you actually kidding me? Are you serious?”

Al: “There’s been a lot of personal growth on this experiment. I still think we can work on being friends.”

Sam: “Why would we stay here as friends?”

Al: “This is also about personal growth – I’m learning a lot here, Sam.”

Sam: “This isn’t The Al Show.”

John Aiken stepped in and told the couple to take 24 hours to try to make it work and then they will consider letting them part ways.

Viewers were shocked at the exchange but mainly sided with Sam, while calling out Al’s immaturity.

Meanwhile, Emma was convinced Al just wants to stay on TV: “Sam even acknowledged her language mistake of saying ’man up’ straight away. She’s just clearly frustrated and had enough.

“Now Al is playing the victim. Not cool from Al. He just wants to stay on the show for the airtime.”

Others pointed out that his reason for staying was not acceptable, including Carbie: “Al needing an actual hostage for his personal growth.”

Poor clueless Al.
Poor clueless Al.

Social media users also called the 24-hour last-ditch attempt to save the relationship a joke.

Isobel wrote: “24 hours apart to reconsider their options. FFS. As if that’s going to make any change whatsoever. But it’s fine because they’re saving face about the supposed validity of ‘the process’. Hilarious.”

However, some viewers were critical of Sam.

Shakti said: “Al is a lovely young guy. If Sam doesn’t want to have a relationship with him- fine – however there is no excuse for Sam to so be rude to Al.”

While Noelle wrote: “Either Al has gotten a really good edit and we’ve never seen this negative side to him or Sam isn’t aware of how entitled and privileged she actually is.”

Originally published as MAFS hunk shocks: ‘Are you serious?’

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