MAFS Australia groom Josh White reduced to tears: ‘I’m broken’

A heartbreaking sneak peek for this Sunday’s MAFS shows Josh White in tears over his sex-crazed wife, as the experts rally around the “broken” groom.

Most people can probably say Married At First Sight has never made them cry.

However, a preview for this Sunday’s emotionally-charged commitment ceremony showing fan-favourite “MAFS hero” Josh White breaking down in tears looks like it’ll tug at some heartstrings.

The earnest, salt-of-the-earth “gentleman” is seen hitting his breaking point in an ad for the upcoming episode, referencing his failing relationship with TV ‘wife’ Melissa Sheppard.

A teaser for this Sunday's MAFS shows Josh White breaking down in tears.

He said he’s “broken”.

Josh, a 40-year-old father-of-two, has been repeatedly ambushed by Melissa, 41, for not meeting her expectations of a “healthy sex life”, arguing he wants to get to know her on a deeper level.

This week, Melissa criticised Josh yet again, telling him he had “intimacy issues”. She further suggested her confident sexual persona was emasculating for him. “What, you can’t keep up? Does it de-man you?” she shouted at him.

In a preview for Sunday’s MAFS, Josh is seen crying in front of experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla while discussing the events of the week.

“I cannot sit here and take this,” Josh says, fighting back tears. “I feel like I’m pretty broken.”

Aiken tells him, “Let me be clear, you are worthy.”

It's the shocking twist you never saw coming...#MAFS | Sunday 7.00pm on @Channel9 and @9Nowpic.twitter.com/NZj8OQGXJy

— Married At First Sight (@MarriedAU) February 16, 2023

After their explosive intimacy argument earlier in the week, Josh said it felt “horrible” having Melissa say such things.

“All I ever wanted with Mel was a deep conversation to get to know her more,” he said.

Josh has quickly become one of the most loved cast members in MAFS’ ten-year history, with viewers on social media praising him for his “integrity”.

Josh is clearly the most honest and real male on this show with incredibly integrity. I don’t care that they screw around with the doofus fame f*****s but he doesn’t deserve this. I had hopes for him and Mel but the way they cut Mel’s footage together was pure Sabotage! #MAFSAUpic.twitter.com/T1Drmj8fag

— Patrick Boland (@mrbolano) February 8, 2023

Overwhelming support for Josh saw Melissa, a mother-of-one, share a post about online bullying on her Instagram page last week.

“Say no to bullying. Before you assume, learn the facts. Before you judge, understand why. Before you hurt someone, feel. Before you speak, think,” the hairdresser wrote.

Mel and Josh have been clashing for the better part of two weeks.

Elsewhere in the trailer, we see a dramatic mass storm out, with a camera panning to a male wedding ring positioned on the coffee table, suggesting someone leaves the experiment.

A narrator teases a “shocking twist you never saw coming”, before the teaser closes out with Aiken saying, “I’m gonna do something I’ve never done before.”

A group of grooms are seen storming out of the commitment ceremony.

Harrison Boon, who is paired with Bronte Schofield, will no doubt be at centre of drama, after the experts revealed during Wednesday night’s dinner party they’d give him a stern talking-to following his “snake” behaviour.

The NSW builder, 32, managed to somewhat exonerate himself from a phone number scandal while throwing innocent groom Dan Hunjas under the bus in the process.

“We’ve had people in this group who haven’t been transparent, they haven’t been honest, they tried to manipulate the narrative, and frankly flat-out lie,” Aiken said during the dinner party.

“We’re going to sit them down, all of them, and hold people accountable whether they like it or not.”

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