Married At First Sight’s Tony Mojanovski and Morena Farina looked very awkward when they visited a local Woolworths in Sydney during filming last year, just months before their rocky relationship played out on the TV screens.
The couple were pictured leaving their local grocery store, with Morena smiling and chatting away while her husband appeared thoroughly disinterested.
Tony was seen tucking into a fruit cup as he left the Woolworths Metro while his TV wife was left carrying the shopping bag.
At one point he appeared to be walking away from Morena during an intense conversation.
Tony, 53, kept cosy in a cream-coloured knit, black slimline jeans and a pair of brown sneakers.
Morena, 57, matched her partner’s ensemble, donning a cream-coloured crop top with long sleeves and a drawstring-tied waistline.
She paired the top with extremely tight spray-on jeggings and sequin-emblazoned sneakers, making sure to stand out.
Tony put his bride Morena Farina firmly in the friend zone on Tuesday’s explosive episode when he announced he wanted to have a baby.
And the 57-year-old fitness instructor was quick to throw shade on the 53-year-old’s ambition to be a dad.
Tony dropped his bombshell during friends and family week and an unimpressed Morena did not hold back during her on camera chat after the event.
‘He’s totally fine with not being into me – say it,’ she said.
‘If anything he’s disrespected me again – making up this sweet little story that “I want to reproduce” – and clearly I can’t reproduce – my “stamp” has expired.’
An angry Morena continued: ‘Tony has blindsided me, he’s lied to me and I don’t deserve that, hell no. I don’t know where to from here because now I have no respect for him. None at all.’
It came after Tony and Morena joined four of their friends in a bar for a catch up.
Morena surprised the couple’s guests when she revealed that she had been ‘hurt’ by Tony who she later described as ’emotionally unavailable’.
Elsewhere in the episode, Tony was taken aside by two of Morena’s pals and admitted he did not feel romantically attached to Morena.
‘As a person of course I care about her but to me we’re just friends. She’s a beautiful lady, but the personality is not there for me.
‘Romantically I’m not that way inclined [with her].
‘You know what the thing is, when I came into the experiment I want someone who was a bit younger than me someone who could still have kids or maybe had a kid.’
Later, there was a tense scene between Tony and Morena as he confessed his feelings.
‘When I think about it I’ve never had a kid before,’ Tony said.
‘You’ve had that, you have two beautiful kids and I’ve always wanted that. Its hard for me to fall for someone who is older.’
In her post chat interview with producers Morena appeared sceptical about Tony’s desire to be a father.
‘We’ve been on this experiment for weeks and weeks and weeks and he’s never uttered a word that he wants to have a baby – where did it come from? Whosh!
‘He’s done everything to push me away and now he says, “I want to have a baby”. Seriously? You’re 53.
‘That would have be very easy to say from the start.’
Morena went on to say that she was ‘not buying it’ and felt that Tony doesn’t know what he wants.
‘He’s blindsided me and he’s lied to me. I have no respect for him. None at all’ she said.
It comes after Daily Mail Australia exclusively revealed earlier this month that Morena and Tony’s whirlwind romance crashed before it even began, after she discovered her new husband is still ‘married’ to his ex.
Back in September, production insiders let slip the revelation came as a complete shock to Morena, who had been instantly smitten with Tony.
Despite this, Morena still gave him a chance, and went about her best efforts to see why the experts matched her with him.
However instead of embarking on a fairytale romance, she was spotted looking downcast outside One Global Resorts in September, suitcases in tow, having reportedly quit the show in tears.
According to insiders, Tony had separated from his long-time partner three years ago but had never officially ended his marriage.
He entered the MAFS experiment with hopes of a fresh start, but things took a turn during the honeymoon.
‘It was one of the best days of her life, but then it all came crashing down when Tony made his bombshell confession,’ a source revealed.
An insider close to Tony shared more about the dramatic situation.
‘At the honeymoon, he brought it up. He said, “If I’m married, does that bother you?” It was a mess from the start,’ they said.
‘Tony was upfront with production about his situation; he told them everything even before the show started. But he still hoped the show would help him move on.’
Morena was understandably devastated.
‘They just never really could get past it. She would always tell him to go chase his wife. The whole cast was gobsmacked when they found out he was still married,’ another source added.
‘Tony had this impression that Morena might actually help him rekindle things with his ex. He even asked the experts for advice on it. They were speechless.’