{"id":299378,"date":"2026-02-19T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299378\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:17:12","slug":"mafs-brook-makes-official-apology-after-mean-girls-dinner-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299378\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS&#8217; Brook makes official apology after &#8220;mean girls&#8221; dinner party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/married-at-first-sight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Married At First Sight<\/a>\u2018s explosive dinner party on Wednesday night, Brook Crompton has made a heartfelt apology to social media, saying she should have never have acted in the way she did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you saw last night was the worst version of myself. and unfortunately Alissa and Stella were on the receiving end of that,\u201d Brook wrote in a statement released to her Instagram account. <\/p>\n<p>Addressing Alissa and Stella directly, she wrote: \u201cMy actions were appalling and not at all a reflection of the kindness and respect that you both deserve and I hope in time you can forgive me. I\u2019m truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cTo other couples in the experiment and audience who had to witness my behaviour, I am deeply sorry. Bullying should never be condoned and I am extremely embarrassed by the way that I acted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concluded the statement by writing, \u201cThis behaviour is not a reflection of who I am at my core and I hope that Australia will one day see this\u2026.I\u2019m looking forward to moving on with my life with more kindness and hope that those watching will choose to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the controversial social experiment has received massive backlash from fans over night, with many viewers labelling Brook and Gia as \u201cbullies\u201d and \u201cmean girls\u201d for their relentless torment towards fellow castmates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/married-at-first-sight\/mafs-stella-filip-still-together\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stella Mickunaite<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/married-at-first-sight\/mafs-alissa-david\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alissa Fay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod, it\u2019s like being back in high school. I\u2019m sick to my stomach,\u201d one viewer wrote on Twitter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m seriously getting PTSD as I\u2019ve been bullied before this should not be allowed!\u201d another exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/copy-of-vertical-1-image-29-6996a016ad40a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1324768\"  \/>Brook, Gia and Bec were dubbed the \u201cmean girls\u201d during Wednesday night\u2019s dinner party (Credit: 9 Network)<\/p>\n<p>Other fans took aim at production, who, according to them, shouldn\u2019t have continued filming as the behaviour worsened throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt what point are the producers held to account for allowing a hostile environment?,\u201d one irate fan questioned, while another asked: \u201cCan the producers like step in and do something? Oh wait no of course not, they never do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/author\/wade-sellers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wade-6792e5aeae073.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-128 photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"wade sellers\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEntertainment Editor<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/author\/wade-sellers\/\" class=\"c-block-author__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWade Sellers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tEntertainment Editor\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-block-author__bio\">Wade first cut his teeth in the media industry at MTV Australia, working on their commercial and marketing teams, however after a couple of years chasing around Geordie Shore stars, he decided to make use of his Bachelor of Creative Writing degree (UTS) and move more into the content space.\u00a0 He scored a role at Daily Mail Australia where he tested his endurance writing about animals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/celebrity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and celebrities<\/a> doing wild things well into the wee hours of the morning before jumping out of shift work and into print and hasn\u2019t looked back! \u00a0Working as Woman\u2019s Day\u2019s Entertainment Editor, Wade writes about all things <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/movies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">film<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">books<\/a> and a little bit of gossip, of course. His favourite celebrity he\u2019s interviewed is\u00a0Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and his wildest job was flying to San Francisco for two days to review United\u2019s new business lounge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Married At First Sight\u2018s explosive dinner party on Wednesday night, Brook Crompton has made a heartfelt apology&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,61218,29693,411],"class_list":["post-299378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-married-at-first-sight-australia","tag-reality-television","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}