{"id":448641,"date":"2026-05-28T00:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448641\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:55:07","slug":"an-unhealthy-focus-on-sex-married-at-first-sight-uk-insiders-on-shows-toxic-culture-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448641\/","title":{"rendered":"An unhealthy focus on sex &#8211; Married at First Sight UK insiders on show&#039;s &#039;toxic&#039; culture &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1PQ2tKeGphSUdmQ3dfdnJWLWVVMFI1Z1RzWDhHWS1weGZQdUo0LVE4X2FsOXI4OEt4eTM2MHM0bTFBYmw2VFQwZy1yenZQbHlWMjFMcHp0UzNfUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">An unhealthy focus on sex &#8211; Married at First Sight UK insiders on show&#8217;s &#8216;toxic&#8217; culture<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxNZ1lSaVZZRW40aTZVeWZmQ3R0YW52ZGlyQ3V5RncweUZFcFVyWGFsNGFvRWswRnMzcEVlVmVUcDNWVFBHU09pMzcxWnB5TURnUzVLVm5UaUZwSVVZZE1hR2s0RjZndkdSM0VwYWZwZ3R0T0FCVm5wQWVmelA0VVRPVUV0bWJUWklSbVMxZHE2YjllZ3BpUHRILXhId2NSVzUwbml1YV8zUXN1ZjRNNW5ONWZXTHRPTURLSlN6T1ZNTG16QTdxSkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Filmed in the shower, non-consensual touching: MAFS allegations revealed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQeW1HSmdOX1hpaFMyUWpJQ0VJT29aZExGS3hmQU95a0ZyX3BUcm1yMnZxc2UtWmRXMEZFUmNYMjYyU01PcjgwUllOemFUcjVVSTdZTnIyODdPVzQ0OGxrVWc5cHhBUk1LS19tYlZET0ZMU0lHbnBQNi04cXNrOW9XUUdCcFBYRm1XVmNxZVJDMmJndlhERnZSVmlR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two women allege they were raped during MAFS UK production<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPLUwwU251RTg2ZjhWalhjYnBsR3J5MkJ5M1lRY3ZYSVRINUpnQVFGdWxQYUVDR3RyZTdXdGNvR0x6Z0czUE1US2c0OVNnY2pFNklVLXNFTWxkNXg1aHZkNGdSdkJSQ2VnQWh3T2c5a0dhUmJ6TUxSbnNJZGtST09aU0JWMmI4aGR3NFNOaERzcHkzYXJjU0tPVnc0NFh1UnlncTVmdlN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Could this finally be the end of Married at First Sight?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Spinoff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwJBVV95cUxPeWhZOFV2TXFMaFhJUzJPYUgtZGFEVTFscDdSdnMtRklHYWh3MGJHTkNfLUpJVGtJdlI5ODVPbV8wUXFjcGpsMWhGd3d5Wktla1g3TEFQUktEQl9FTGlpX3J0NWNjSnEzY09uZHBxc3lCM1VITE5qaWUxRV9Bb0F1aC1EN0Q3MEEwVjVkak55bDcwRVlOUGxQcm9lWWl1dE15NVF4aVVBVVh3SGJnQ1lWVi1adkYyMUF5S1lZSWtkS3NxTUJPMFE0Y0RzUVlkajZVYmZwQXZyUVFWZUoyM1VQOEd1MXAzV2c1cUd3dmhOQ2NpSmthaGNzRDlsblNJbkVUek5mMzFfTDFuSW9IU0xmV0VCRDQ3dHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Clearly we take this seriously&#8217;: Married at First Sight UK axed from NZ screens following rape allegations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unhealthy focus on sex &#8211; Married at First Sight UK insiders on show&#8217;s &#8216;toxic&#8217; culture&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCFilmed in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-448641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448641","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=448641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}