{"id":535546,"date":"2026-03-12T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535546\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:49:20","slug":"mafs-2026-exclusive-audition-tape-bec-zacharia-reveals-devastating-end-to-her-engagement-in-unseen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535546\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS 2026 Exclusive Audition Tape: Bec Zacharia reveals devastating end to her engagement in unseen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: \ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/married-at-first-sight\/bec-zacharia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Bec\">Bec<\/a> made the tough decision to walk away from her engagement before marrying a stranger on <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/married-at-first-sight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Married At First Sight\">Married At First Sight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now she is building a ride-or-die partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/married-at-first-sight\/danny-hewitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Danny\">Danny<\/a>, but Bec revealed why things ended with her ex-fianc\u00e9 in her unseen audition tape.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/mafs-after-the-dinner-party?utm_source=nine-com-au&amp;utm_medium=editorial-link&amp;utm_campaign=nine-stan-pathway-mafs-atdp-s1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here\" data-plug-link=\"stan_link-in-article\">Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would have to beg\ufeff him to leave the house every three months,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\ufeffHe just expected me to work full-time, cook, clean and sit at home, and I wasn&#8217;t going to do that. I was not going to marry someone who was not my person, and I knew it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/married-at-first-sight\/mafs-2026-australia-after-the-dinner-party-unseen-steven-bec-x-rated-joke-rachel\/d626f921-3b99-48d6-b0b8-045a7c7c257c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Steven &#039;mortified and shaking&#039; as unseen MAFS footage exposes him at centre of X-rated scandal\ufeff\">Steven &#8216;mortified and shaking&#8217; as unseen MAFS footage exposes him at centre of X-rated scandal\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bec felt proud of herself for having the courage to walk away, but was honest about how it led to some big lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&#8221;Walking away and being thinking &#8216;Oh, I can&#8217;t fly business class anymore everywhere and my wages have to go towards a mortgage and vet bills and my own filler&#8217;, yeah it was hard,&#8221; she shared.<\/p>\n<p>Bec was emotional as she said she felt lonely.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/292772fd-dd28-48de-ae7d-f665116a9413.png\"   alt=\"MAFS 2026 Bec audition tape\"\/>Bec said she was the last of her friends to still be single. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/married-at-first-sight\/mafs-2026-australia-exclusive-danny-hewitt-ready-to-leave-the-experiment-off-camera-ordeal\/8a34927f-fa0a-45bf-b7e9-d579c5f13717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Danny reveals off-camera ordeal with Bec that saw him almost quit MAFS\ufeff\">Danny reveals off-camera ordeal with Bec that saw him almost quit MAFS\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You do sometimes wake up and you think everyone else is off on their weekends with their partners, and you&#8217;re sitting here with your dog,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said her dad was worried she&#8217;d become &#8220;a spinster&#8221; and took drastic measures to ensure this wasn&#8217;t the case at her 35th birthday party.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&#8221;My father did a speech and at the end of it said, &#8216;Now guys, she&#8217;s 35. She&#8217;s attractive. She&#8217;s successful. Surely one of you wants to marry her.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d0f249c8-025d-42f6-b128-fb2dae544b97.png\"   alt=\"MAFS 2026 Bec audition tape\"\/>Despite the embarrassing story, Bec agreed with her dad&#8217;s &#8220;spinster&#8221; concerns. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>EPISODE 24 RECAP: <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.nine.com.au\/married-at-first-sight\/mafs-2026-recap-episode-24-dinner-party-gia-receipts-bec-texts-juliette-rachel-steven\/6654a129-1a81-4440-9d75-501a34e14a01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Gia drops bombshell that &#039;could ruin&#039; Bec\">Gia drops bombshell that &#8216;could ruin&#8217; Bec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bec, who at the time of her audition tape had lost an 11.5 kilograms, also opened up about how her weight loss had\ufeff affected her approach to dating.<\/p>\n<p>Catch everything Bec said \ufeffin her unseen audition tape above.<\/p>\n<p>Want more exclusives? Watch Steven, Alissa and Luke&#8217;s extended audition tapes right here: \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/mafs-after-the-dinner-party?utm_source=nine-com-au&amp;utm_medium=editorial-link&amp;utm_campaign=nine-stan-pathway-mafs-atdp-s1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here\" data-plug-link=\"stan_link-in-article\">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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest news from your favourite shows via our WhatsApp channel. 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