Fans blast ‘hypocrite’ Charlene for telling husband Patrick to man up

JUST days ago, Charlene was Australia’s newest hero after her fiery take-down of Dean on Married At First Sight. But after last night, the tables have turned.

JUST days after Charlene Perera was hailed as Australia’s new hero, she’s been slammed by viewers for being a “hypocrite”.

Fans applauded her last week as she stood up to Married At First Sight’s “alpha male” Dean Wells over his controversial boys’ night behaviour, which saw him suggest a wife swap with the other grooms.

Over dinner at the group’s weekly get-together, Charlene blasted Dean, telling him his behaviour was misogynistic. She also praised her “husband” Patrick for having the guts to tell her about it and back her up against the other men.

Last night, producers couldn’t resist fanning the flames of the drama further, and forced Charlene and Dean to hang out one-on-one. Far from simmering down, both of them were spoiling for another fight.

Charlene fired up over the ‘wife-swapping’ comments.

Dean refused to apologise.

But this time around, many fans took issue with Charlene’s argument.

It wasn’t because they disagreed with her views — instead, they were furious that mere hours later, she was telling her own husband to “be a man” and cut the “emotional stuff”.

Over their dinner date, she told Patrick: “I feel like you’re scared ... I honestly feel like half the time with you and the emotional stuff, like, you’re scared to come near me.”

Patrick replied “sometimes” and Charlene snapped back: “Dude, be a fricking man.”

Appearing on Today this morning, she cringed as she was reminded of her words.

“It was terrible ... Apologies, that is awful,” she told hosts Ben Fordham and Georgie Gardner.

“I shouldn’t have said the ‘man up’ thing but what I was really talking about is ... I’m a really strong person. So when Pat is quite timid around me, that is a bit of a challenge for us, and I’m looking for Pat to meet some of my strength so we can work alongside each other as a partnership. That’s all I really mean with that.”

She may regret it, but it could be a case of too little, too late for viewers, who took to Twitter last night to slam her choice of words and brand her a “hypocrite”.

??? Charlene’s wrong and her ‘man up’ comment is incredibly sexist. Hypocritical for someone advocating for gender equality... So disappointed... #mafsau #MAFS

— Maisa Lopes Gomes (@tizzah) March 12, 2018

Charlene - Big time hypocrite #MAFS

— ☢ (@Y2016CE) March 12, 2018

The other night she was singing his praises cause he totally manned up after the boys night... now he’s not man enough⁉️🤷🏽‍♀️what the hell do you want #charlene #mafs #runpatrun

— Sandy ❤️😊🎶💐🌈✨💜 (@smtemple72) March 12, 2018

Charlene wants a man.. a man who bottles up his feelings and doesn't display emotion in front of her and takes what he wants from his woman and blows off his steam with his mates.. kinda, sorta like dean? 🤔 #mafs #9Married

— Julie Mack (@jooles101) March 12, 2018

#Charlene has turned into the relationship bully. #MAFS

— 49 shades of purple (@49shadespurple) March 12, 2018

Hey Charlene, your outspoken and progressive views are awesome but telling Patrick to 'be a man' is taking us backwards#MAFS #genderstereotypes #charleneandpatrick #mafsau

— Clio GF (@ClioGf) March 12, 2018

For someone who is all about female empowerment Charlene really pushes those male gender roles #MAFS

— Jarod Hogan (@hogan_jarod) March 12, 2018

I’m disappointed in Charlene. I realise it’s edited and pushing them to be dramatic, but Patrick wanting to mentally / emotionally check in on the relationship is a great thing. Also him being nervous and scared is normal, he’s allowed to be especially this crazy situation #MAFS

— Elle (@Elledoesstuff) March 12, 2018

Charlene is a feminist but keeps telling pat to be a man! 🤔🤔🤔 she also slated Justin. Who clearly has self esteem issues possibly something deeper,her arrogance and love for the sound of her own voice contradicts everything she says! #MAFS

— James Macdougall (@macdj86) March 12, 2018

Married At First Sight continues at 7.30pm tonight on Nine.