Relationship guru and fans of MAFS left fuming after experts kept Dan and Jess on the show

A relationship guru has slammed the decision of Married At First Sight’s experts to allow Jessika Power and Dan Webb to continue on the show after they cheated on their respective partners to be together.

A relationship guru has slammed the decision of Married At First Sight’s experts to allow Jessika Power and Dan Webb to continue on the show after they cheated on their respective partners to be together.

During Sunday night’s episode, Power and Webb came clean on their affair which has been unfolding for several weeks, and requested to “re-enter the experiment” as a couple. The show’s experts, Mel Schilling, John Aiken and Trisha Stratford, decided to allow it.

Married At First Sight experts John Aiken, Sabina Read and Trisha Stratford have been slammed by fans and other experts for keeping two controversial stars on the show.

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A spokesman for the producer, Endemol Shine Australia, said: “The expert’s role is to observe what happens within the experiment, not to change its course. For this reason the experts decided to allow Jess and Dan to explore their relationship further within the experiment.”

Counselling psychotherapist, Dr Karen Phillip, who specialises in relationship advice described the situation as “immoral and unethical”.

“This affair of Jess and Dan and now the fact that they are staying in, is ethically and morally inappropriate because it tends to condone that it doesn’t matter what you do or who you hurt, let’s do that if we think we can find love and that’s completely immoral and unethical,” Dr Phillip told Confidential.

Jess and Dan cheated on their partners and remained on the show as a new couple.

She also questioned the ethics of the decision.

“They (the experts) are condoning it, they are justifying it, and they are telling the public that the conflict and arguing is OK, the cheating is OK; it’s not OK.”

Viewers were also left outraged.

“Great example you are sharing to the younger generation making such a mockery of marriage,” one person commented on Facebook.

Another wrote: “I’m boycotting. Tonight’s show has just glorified and condoned cheating, lying and manipulating others. What an absolute disgrace.”

A petition on Change.org to have the series pulled off air last night had more than 13,600 signatures.

Originally published as Relationship guru and fans of MAFS left fuming after experts kept Dan and Jess on the show