Why Jules Robinson and Cam Merchant ‘EXPLAINS Attend MAFS Reunion After Offering $ 60,000’

Married At First Sight fans won’t get the biggest success story in the show on the upcoming special reunion.

New parents Jules Robinson and Cameron Merchant, from their sixth season in 2019, turned down a generous offer to appear.

According to Woman’s Day, the couple seized on the franchise they made famous after a money-breaking bankruptcy deal.

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Jules and Cameron met on season six of the controversial social experiment Nine, which was filmed in late 2018 and broadcast in early 2019.

After falling in love, they engaged in the finale and later married for real in a legally binding ceremony, selling the broadcasting rights to A Current Affair.

According to a messenger, the lovebirds were offered $ 60,000 to attend the bilateral reunion – but insisted they needed more money ‘to bring in their baby ‘, Oliver, who was just nine weeks old at the time.

‘Murderers were determined that they just wanted more money,’ the source told the magazine.

Meanwhile, an anonymous member said everyone had been told Jules and Cam would be in attendance.

A few of us gave Oliver presents and flowers for Jules as delegates wanted them to be present with “The MAFS baby”. But they were just jumping on it, ‘they said.

Producers apparently left scrambling to fill the couple’s place and asked Charlene Perera, a five-season star, to be a last-minute replacement before filming began.

In December, while filming for the Married At First Sight reunion was taking place, Jules told the Australian Daily Mail that she had declined Nine’s invitation to appear.

She said it was more important for her to be present at the time – that she and Cam’s newborn son, Oliver.

‘Filming is very long and I have to be with him [Oliver], ‘Jules said.

Jules and Cam had previously sold the rights to their November 2019 wedding to Nine’s A Current Affair, making their decision not to attend the reunion.

In April 2020, the pair announced that they were expecting their first child in a special cover story with Stellar magazine. They welcomed Oliver on 3 October.

When Nine confirmed the team for the ‘Grand Reunion’ mini-series earlier this month, Martha Kalifatidis and Michael Brunelli were the only duo present.

Elizabeth Sobinoff and Seb Guilhaus were together at the filming of the reunion in December, but have since announced a separation.

Married At First Sight Grand Reunion will be on two big nights on Sunday, January 31, and Monday, February 1, from 7pm on Nine and 9Now