TV critic Margaret Pomeranz shares blistering review of Married At First Sight

Famed ABC reviewer Margaret Pomeranz has shared her hilarious take on reality show Married At First Sight and its participants.

Beloved ABC star Margaret Pomeranz has given a gloriously hilarious review of Married At First Sight.

The Aussie film and TV critic did not hold back when sharing her views on the Nine program, which sees singles ‘tie the knot’ with someone they’ve met from the first time on their ‘wedding day’.

Despite MAFS being a ratings hit, Pomeranz expressed her distaste for the show, describing it as a “groundbreaking social experiment in which mentally fragile halfwits marry toxic fame tarts”.

Margaret Pomeranz did not hold back in her review of MAFS. Picture: Facebook

“Romantic hapless singles marry a stranger, picked by experts from a dazzling array of psychopaths and D-minus duds with apparent stench disorders,” the 77-year-old said during the critique which aired on The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

“And the participants don’t disappoint, representing a smorgasbord of only the highest quality horse meat garnished with the finest of red flags,” she added.

Pomeranz then went took aim at the participants being forced to live together in the same apartment.

“Couples then live as newlyweds learning all the profound and intricate ways in which they are wildly incompatible,’ she continued, before pointing out “conservative” participant Josh and “horndog” Mel were clearly mismatched.

Mel and Josh aren’t a match made in heaven, according to Pomeranz’s hilarious rant. Picture: Nine

And the show’s experts, John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla, were also in Pomeranz’s firing line.

“A panel of experts observes, offering sage wisdom on how the couples can wholesomely develop and enhance their new relationships,” she said sarcastically before cameras cut to a scene of resident sexologist Rampolla giving pointers on anal sex.

Married At First Sight experts Alessandra Rampolla, Mel Schilling and John Aiken. Picture: Nine

“But as the sham marriages between mentally defective lemons inevitably crumble, it’s the experts who shine, feigning emotions in performances worthy of an Olivier,” Pomeranz said.

However, she saved her most blistering critique for the end.

“One might argue that watching ill-suited strangers in an environment designed for their psychological destruction may seem repulsive,” she said.

“But there’s a compelling brutality here, and as the nation’s highest rating program one can’t help but salute the show’s producers, stars and fans as they gallantly approach the flaming corpse of broadcast TV and elegantly urinate on its ashes. May God have mercy on us all.”

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