{"id":494435,"date":"2026-02-21T10:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494435\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:05:14","slug":"mafs-2026-australia-exclusive-watch-steve-powells-mafs-audition-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/494435\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS 2026 Australia Exclusive: Watch Steve Powell’s MAFS audition tape"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXCLUSIVE: W\ufeffhen Steve<\/a> and Rebecca<\/a> said “I do”, it was dubbed as one of the most romantic weddings in MAFS<\/a> history.<\/p>\n

But things quickly began to turn sour when the two realised they simply didn’t mesh.<\/p>\n

Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, looking back on Steve’s audition tape, their differences couldn’t be clearer.<\/p>\n

\"MAFSRebecca and Steve’s wedding was called one of the most romantic we’ve seen on MAFS Australia. (Nine)<\/p>\n

“I’m selfish,” the 50-year-old admits with a chuckle when asked about his flaws.<\/p>\n

“I have been selfish in the past; I just seem to do whatever I want to do still.”<\/p>\n

While he doesn’t shy away from the fact that it’s been an issue in past relationships, Steve says that he doesn’t have any interest in changing.<\/p>\n

In Pictures<\/p>\n

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Rebecca and Steve’s wedding album<\/p>\n

The most romantic wedding of the season. <\/p>\n

View Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n

“\ufeffI don’t know how easily that is to change. I don’t think you should have to change at this age,” he says.<\/p>\n

“At 50, let’s fast forward to, I don’t know, 75 \u2013 I don’t want to spend the next 25 years of my life going to therapy trying to change who I am.”<\/p>\n

EPISODE 12 RECAP: Brook returns unannounced to settle scores in unfiltered Dinner Party rampage<\/a><\/p>\n

In his tape, Steve shares that he was once married, but it fell apart because of some of his tendencies at the time.<\/p>\n

“I was like a dad for the first time, and I just went out and drank,” he explains.<\/p>\n

“I had friends that probably didn’t have my back. They kind of should have sent me home, and they didn’t. I think it just wore thin.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Frenemies to feuding: MAFS 2026 brides Gia and Bec’s ‘friendship’ timeline explained<\/a><\/p>\n

Eighteen months later, when he met a woman who “didn’t really drink”, he thought he’d found someone who could “straighten him out”.<\/p>\n

The pair got engaged, but ultimately, that also came to an end.<\/p>\n

“\ufeffNo one could straighten me out in the end,” he laughs.<\/p>\n

\"MAFSSteve chuckled over his flaws in his interviews, and says he has no interest in changing. (Nine)<\/p>\n

He also shares that he has four kids, one with his ex-wife and three with another partner. But he’s quick to assure that his life isn’t as hectic as four kids might make it sound.<\/p>\n

“It sounds like, ‘Shit, you’ve got four kids, that’s a handful’. But that’s not what you’re sort of getting into by dating me,” he says.<\/p>\n

“I’m around all four kids five weeks of the year, so there’s 47 weeks of the year I’m literally by myself.<\/p>\n

“If I could be out every day of the week, eating and drinking and just socialising, that’s what I would do.”<\/p>\n

\ufeffWant the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a>. Episodes stream weekly, immediately following the explosive Married at First Sight Dinner Party episode on Channel 9 and 9Now.<\/p>\n

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