{"id":512184,"date":"2026-03-01T17:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512184\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:16:17","slug":"mafs-2026-australia-exclusive-julia-hits-back-against-co-star-claims-after-split-from-grayson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512184\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS 2026 Australia Exclusive: Julia hits back against co-star claims after split from Grayson"},"content":{"rendered":"

E\ufeffXCLUSIVE: After an emotional split from Grayson<\/a> on Sunday night’s episode of Married At First Sight<\/a>, Julia<\/a> hit back at claims she wanted to be matched with a woman.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old entered the experiment\ufeff open about her bisexuality but was not convinced her husband or her co-stars full understood it, telling nine.com.au<\/a>: “There is this assumption that if it’s not working with Grayson, then I must be a lesbian.”<\/p>\n

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

\"MAFSJulia and Grayson’s final Commitment Ceremony was an emotional watch. (Nine)<\/p>\n

“It actually just shows there is so much misunderstanding, and it’s just such an easy scapegoat. ‘Oh, she just wanted to be with a woman’. I’ve heard that being echoed in the public. Having that come up on set just felt like a very easy dig at me,” Julia said.<\/p>\n

Julia reiterated she simply wanted a person whose emotional intelligence matched hers.<\/p>\n

“It never had anything to do with gender,” she said.<\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Mel and Luke break silence after their break-up<\/a><\/p>\n

In Pictures<\/p>\n

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Stay or leave? Every brutal decision from the MAFS 2026 Commitment Ceremonies <\/p>\n

As four participants leave. <\/p>\n

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

\ufeffWhether it be Grayson or other co-stars like Gia alleging she would have preferred to be matched with a woman, Julia was sick and tired of the narrative.<\/p>\n

“It felt really tiring and exhausting to constantly be explaining to him personally that it wasn’t that.\ufeff”<\/p>\n

\ufeffGrayson said he didn’t believe\ufeff the claims that Julia would prefer to be matched with a woman until she failed to categorically deny it at the Commitment Ceremony.<\/p>\n

“When the experts asked her, she said, ‘I don’t recall saying\ufeff that.’ For me there was no certainty,” Grayson said.<\/p>\n

Despite his disappointment, Grayson said “there’s no bad blood there” between him and Julia.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”I think she’s a beautiful, beautiful human.”<\/p>\n

MAFS EPISODE 17 RECAP: Experts demand answers after Bec’s ’embarrassing’ tirade\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n

\"EMBARGOGrayson insisted there was “no bad blood” between him and Julia. (Nine)<\/p>\n

Right now, Grayson is just “trying to navigate real life again”.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”I’m ready to go to work, get back to all my friends and family, you know, the community, and just doing what I do, surfing and playing golf.”<\/p>\n

As for romance? Grayson said “no dating for me”.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a whirlwind and I’m just trying to get my feet on the ground and move forward,” he reflected.<\/p>\n

“I’m open to meeting someone if it happens.” \ufeff<\/p>\n

In Pictures<\/p>\n

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Julia and Grayson’s Wedding Album<\/p>\n

The bisexual bride gets more than one surprise on her wedding day.<\/p>\n

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

Julia looked back on her MAFS experience with fondness.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“I am really proud of the kindness I displayed. I’m coming across a little quirky and eccentric, and that’s fine. I am a bit wacky, and that’s who I am but I really did try to conduct myself with respect and love,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I am proud of the way I conducted myself and I really did try my very best.”<\/p>\n

Want 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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