MAFS bride loses job after ‘rogue’ edit: Alyssa Barmonde ‘coincidentally’ fired two weeks after the finale – while revealing she sees a therapist and takes anxiety meds
A controversial Married At First Sight star has lost her job after being portrayed as the “bad guy” in the latest season.
Alyssa Barmonde, a single mother from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, was recently fired from the company where she had worked as an executive assistant for seven years.
Speak against The Daily Telegraph on Monday, she noted that it was “coincidence” that she was fired just two weeks after the broadcast of the MAFS final.
The 35-year-old was poorly edited throughout the second half of the season, with scenes highlighting her emotional outbursts, abusing her husband Duncan James, and constantly using “I have a child” as an excuse for her bad behavior.
But Alyssa, an ex-Mormon who hails from Utah, insists this depiction was one-sided and unfair, adding that many of her clashes with Duncan, whom she split with at final vows, lacked proper on-screen context. .
Controversial MAFS star Alyssa Barmonde has lost her job after being portrayed as the “bad guy” last season. The single mother, from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, commented that it was ‘coincidence’ that she was fired two weeks after the final aired
The 35-year-old was poorly edited throughout the second half of the season, with scenes highlighting her emotional outbursts, assaulting her husband Duncan James (left), and constantly using “I have a child” as an excuse for her bad behavior.
Alyssa, an ex-Mormon who hails from Utah, insists her portrayal was one-sided and unfair, adding that many of her clashes with Duncan (left) lacked proper on-screen context
She confessed that she had been going through a “really dark… couple of months” while the show was airing and that she had to stop watching after the couples’ retreat because “I could see what the montage was.”
Alyssa revealed she was harassed by viewers who tracked down her mobile number and business accounts and received “the meanest messages.”
She asked Channel Nine’s publicity department to give her access to her Instagram account so she could contest the story of the show’s editing, but they denied the request until the season has aired in the UK.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Alyssa revealed she was harassed by viewers who tracked down her mobile number and business accounts and received “the meanest messages”.
“They’re protecting the show and the story they’ve created, rather than letting me have my own voice,” she claimed.
Alyssa feels hurt and betrayed by producers after watching the series and seeing all the problems in her relationship with Duncan due to her single parent status.
She is supported by her therapist, whom she has seen for 20 years, for sessions three times a week, and has “upped” the dosage of her anxiety medication, Confidential reports.
A new season of Married At First Sight is currently in pre-production.
Alyssa has been supported by her therapist, whom she has been seeing for 20 years, for sessions three times a week, and has ‘upped’ the dosage of her anxiety medication