‘Slept with you!’: Married At First Sight ‘sociopath’ unmasked

A MAFS contestant’s “sociaopathic” behaviour has been outed after they cruelly manipulated the partner they were sleeping with.

The tour bus driver who’s trying to parlay an appearance on Married At First Sight into a successful podcast career is unmasked as a gaslighting “sociopath” at Sunday’s commitment ceremony and stomped out like a bed bug at the backpacker hostel he calls home.

It has been a week of bad behaviour from Ben. First he disappeared. Then he reappeared, armed with a handwritten list detailing all the things he hates about his wife, Ellie.

Tonight, in front of the experts, Ellie decides to read a few pages from her own Burn Book about Ben.

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“I’m speaking my truth and I absolutely need to call this out,” she says. “I feel like I’ve been going crazy.”

Ben has given her whiplash. One moment, he says he hates her make-up and that she sucks at banter. Next minute, he’s showering her with tacky trinkets and writing Phoebe Buffay-style love songs.

Mel Schilling steps in with a warning.

“That feeling that you’re describing of, ‘Am I going crazy?’ is the very definition of being gaslit,” she tells Ellie. “That’s what’s going on here. You’re not going crazy. It’s completely valid. Particularly the confusion and the questioning yourself.”

Ellie should listen to the experts right now. They have a lot of experience when it comes to gaslighters. After all, they’ve been hand-picking the finest gaslighters in the country to appear on this show for the past decade. And then they gaslight us all into believing they didn’t intentionally cast a suite of gaslighters.

A match made in hell.

Ben gives the usual performance: hanging his head with a sigh and drooping his face as if the weight of the world has fallen on his shoulders.

Everyone collectively cringes.

*Shudders*

“I’m doin’ my best,” Ben sulks to the experts.

This pushes John Aiken into sassy mode. He starts snapping his fingers and rolling his neck while dealing hard truths.

“Stop it!” John demands.

Sassy mode: activated.

Ellie’s desperate for closure. She wants Ben to know exactly how he has made her feel.

“It destroys my self esteem. I slept with you! You told me you felt so good about me,” she says. “So it makes me feel so shit about myself!”

Ben doesn’t react. It’s like he’s lost in thought, assessing what other negative qualities he can add to his Things I Hate About Ellie list.

“He’s like a f**king sociopath,” Lauren whispers from the sidelines.

Ben shrugs. “I don’t know what to say.”

Jono calls out a helpful suggestion. “What about showing some emotion towards Ellie? That wouldn’t be a bad thing …”

The producers are foreshadowing the future partner swap scandal between Ellie and Jono with grace, precision and nuance.

John Aiken can’t be bothered anymore. Ellie’s leaving. Ben’s leaving. Game over.

“Frankly, I’m done,” John says.

And so are we. Done! We don’t even have the energy to put up with the same-same back-and-forth between Jack and Tori tonight. And we certainly won’t be reliving the moment horny grandpa Richard calls nana Andrea frigid.

We are so done.

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Originally published as ‘Slept with you!’: Married At First Sight ‘sociopath’ unmasked