{"id":486144,"date":"2026-02-17T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/486144\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:12:14","slug":"mafs-2026-australia-exclusive-alessandra-rampolla-reacts-after-mafs-groom-steve-accused-her-of-being-fed-lines-through-an-earpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/486144\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS 2026 Australia exclusive: Alessandra Rampolla reacts after MAFS groom Steve accused her of being fed lines through an earpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: The Married At First Sight<\/a> experts are there to be your friend, not your foe, but Steve<\/a> made an enemy out of Alessandra Rampolla<\/a> when he accused her of being fed lines through an earpiece.<\/p>\n

In Tuesday night’s episode, tensions rose at the grooms’ Intimacy Workshop as Steve avoided the clinical sexologist’s questions about his relationship with Rebecca.<\/p>\n

MAFS: After The Dinner Party starts Wednesday February 18 only on Stan.<\/a><\/p>\n

Things came to a head when during the back-and-forth Steve said to Alessandra: “Ask me a question and I’ll give you a genuine answer, I don’t have an earpiece in my ear. I’m not waiting for someone to tell me what to say.”<\/p>\n

\"MAFSSteve suggested Alessandra was being told what to say through an earpiece. (Nine)<\/p>\n

“Honestly, the lack \ufeffof respect you’re showing me as somebody who is here to help guide you is appalling,” Alessandra defended herself.<\/p>\n

“Really tread lightly, I don’t take to this well\ufeff. Again Steve, do not even.”<\/p>\n

Speaking to 9Entertainment, Alessandra said she was not trying to hide that she and the other experts wear earpieces during filming.<\/p>\n

“We are of course filming a TV show. Cameras are involved and there’s a control room, and I need to know the cameras are ready and when I can go and when I cannot,” she explained.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: MAFS expert leaving the experiment after 10 years on air\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n

As for the \ufeffaccusation she was being told what to say, Alessandra laughed and shrugged it off: “I’m not waiting for anyone to tell me what to say.”<\/p>\n

However, she wasn’t too concerned, noting Steve’s jab was likely an attempt to take the spotlight off himself.<\/p>\n

“I was very surprised he went the confrontational route because I was pressing him because he wasn’t being forthright in his answers [about his relationship with Rebecca].<\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: MAFS’ bride Rebecca reveals moment you didn’t see on TV<\/a><\/p>\n

“When he didn’t give a clear and direct answer he then came on the attack, I wasn’t expecting that.<\/p>\n

“That’s one of the things that will happen on Married At First Sight, you’re put in situations where your true colours will come out. You’re pushed in different ways and that was [Steve] showing his discomfort.”<\/p>\n

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After he was called out by Alessandra and the other grooms for his rudeness, Steve backtracked, \ufeffsaying he “wasn’t referring to [Alessandra]” when making the earpiece comment, he was just speaking generally.<\/p>\n

“I think that was misinterpreted,” Steve said of his confrontation with Alessandra.<\/p>\n

\"EMBARGOThe other grooms were shocked by Steve’s comments. (Nine)<\/p>\n

Alessandra and the other grooms found Steve’s excuse difficult to believe.<\/p>\n

“Honestly who else would you be referring to? It’s absurd,” Alessandra said.<\/p>\n

The other grooms expected more out of Steve as the oldest groom in the experiment.<\/p>\n

“A 50-year-old man should know better about how to speak to a woman. I think he should be apologising to Alessandra,” Scott said of his co-star’s behaviour.<\/p>\n

Stream every episode of Married At First Sight<\/a> for free on 9Now<\/a>. Plus, \ufeffexclusive footage, unfiltered interviews and ynseenvideo when MAFS: After The Dinner Party<\/a> starts Wednesday, February 18 only on Stan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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