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MAFS Australia’s Joel reveals the story behind his teddy bear.<\/p>\n
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Married At First Sight Australia\u2019s Juliette was less than impressed when she found out her husband Joel still sleeps with his teddy bear.<\/p>\n Who would have expected that Joel Moses<\/a> teddy bear, Teddy, would become such a major topic of conversation on Married At First Sight<\/a> Australia. <\/p>\n Entering the fourth Dinner Party, tensions were already high between Joel and wife Juliette Chae<\/a>, but things only worsened when Juliette confided in bride Gia Scott<\/a> about her husband<\/a>‘s teddy bear.<\/p>\n This sparked an entire table debate about a masculinity at the dinner table. Danny Hewitt<\/a> stood up for Joel, saying: “I don’t think it’s fair to attack someone’s manhood because he has a teddy.”<\/p>\n Since the chaotic moment aired, Joel has revealed the plushie holds far greater meaning than what was shown on the show.<\/p>\n Juliette wasn’t very excited to first meet Joel’s teddy bear.<\/p>\n Picture: Speaking to the Daily Mail<\/a>, Joel said: “I’ve had Teddy for 31 years. He is like a child to me, and I am not embarrassed to admit my connection to this blue, fluffy, cute bear.” <\/p>\n He shared that the sentimental item dates back to a childhood family holiday when he was left “crying and hysterical” after he lost his original teddy bear. <\/p>\n However, his grandmother immediately stepped in to comfort him and sorted the situation. He said: “My grandmother, who I was so close to, like the angel she was, scooted off instantly to the nearest shopping centre to buy me a new teddy.<\/p>\n “Ever since then I have been surgically attached to this bear. It’s the most sentimental item I own.”<\/p>\n Despite everyone else’s opinions, Joel is taking it all in his stride, as he’s just celebrated the launch of his very own merch line inspired by his famous teddy bear. <\/p>\n Joel is laughing his own merch line inspired by his teddy.<\/p>\n Picture: Juliette first learned about Joel’s teddy bear during their wedding day when his mother’s revealed he still sleeps with it during her speech<\/a>. <\/p>\n That evening, Juliette officially met Teddy – and her first impressions wasn’t the best. She told cameras: “Tonight, it’s just been, like the longest day of my life. <\/p>\n “And after all of my discomfort with today and the speeches, now I’m third-wheeling with a teddy bear.”<\/p>\n Read more MAFS<\/a> news here:Listen live to Capital, and catch up on any shows you missed, onGlobal Player.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"9 April 2026, 19:30 MAFS Australia’s Joel reveals the story behind his teddy bear. Picture: Nine Married At…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-372878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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