Married At First Sight’s Lauren Dunn has unleashed on former groom Jono McCullough, claiming his recent comments about her behaviour on the show are ‘100 percent fabricated.’
Jono recently recounted a heated moment during the finale reunion episode where Lauren’s actions and reports she had a secret Bali boyfriend before the show were publicly criticised by co-star Jayden Eynaud.
‘Jayden (Eynaud) was like, “That’s it, Lauren, shut up. You treated Jono like crap. You had a boyfriend”,’ he said, adding that she became upset because of this confrontation.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia on Monday, Lauren has hit back at Jono’s claims.
‘The claims made that I was crying at the table because of Jayden (and his comments) are 100 percent fabricated,’ she said.
‘I was not crying because of Jono and Ellie’s relationship, I was crying because I was so overwhelmed by the lack of decorum that was displayed at the dinner table.’
Jono and Ellie made a provocative entrance when they arrived at the final Dinner Party as a newly-formed couple, after striking up a romance behind the back of Jono’s bride Lauren.
The reunion dinner then exploded with several confrontations and foul-mouthed rants between participants.
‘Jono trying to blame his friend Jayden, unfortunately isn’t out of character for him,’ Lauren said.
‘He has done his best to not only sling mud at me himself, but enlist the help of current and former MAFS participants to do his dirty work for him.’
Lauren also told Daily Mail Australia that contrary to the perception of the show’s edit, the night of the reunion ended happily.
‘The night ended with everyone laughing and joking, Jono and I actually had a pleasant evening together and finished the reunion with no animosity,’ she said.
‘I would hope this niggling at me in the media can stop now. I’m very happy and I wish the same for everyone else in the experiment.’
Prior to the dramatic reunion special, tensions came to a head on the show when Lauren finally confronted husband Jono about texting fellow bride Ellie after she left the show.
Lauren’s heart was shattered when she found out her groom was secretly texting Ellie.
A dramatic episode saw Lauren demand to see Jono’s iPhone, only to discover he had texted Ellie hundreds of times after she left the experiment.
‘You reached out to her. These aren’t just relaying information that happened the night before, this is more than that. My stomach dropped,’ Lauren told Jono.
Jono finally admitted he had secretly been texting Ellie – but attempted to downplay their relationship as just platonic before arrived arm-in-arm with Ellie at the reunion dinner.