Jess sets her eyes on other people's husbands on Married At First Sight. Video / Three
Channel Nine producers have come out swinging after several of Australia's Married At First Sight's cast members were exposed as actors.
Executive producer John Walsh told 9Honey Celebrity that while the network was aware that some of the participants had been actors or models in the past, they were not"hired" to perform on the show.
He added: "The suggestion that any of them were hired as performers to appear on Married At First Sight is categorically untrue."
MAFS' executive producer Tara McWilliams also addressed the reports, describing them as "ridiculous".
"The brides and grooms are not hired actors," she said. "They are not given scripts or lines to recite.
"They are real, everyday people who have made a lot of sacrifices to participate in this experiment, leaving their families, their homes and their jobs."
It comes after Daily Mail Australia revealed almost half of this year's participants are part-time actors, having appeared in movies, reality shows and commercials.
For example, despite being billed as a "barista" on the show, 28-year-old Billy Vincent is actually a model and part-time actor.
In May, just four months before filming his MAFS wedding, Dino boasted of his passion for acting on Instagram.
He wrote: "When the director says 'Action!' I get a thrill in the feeling that it is my chance to forget my own past or my future and embrace living in the character I play!"
Dino, who is billed as a "meditation coach" on MAFS, also featured in a campaign for prescription glasses company Speqs with co-star Jessika Power in 2017.
In a surprising twist, Dino's "ex-wife" Melissa Lucarelli happens to be an aspiring actress too.
In addition to her day job as a talent agent, the 38-year-old has previously starred as an extra in Home and Away.
