Ellen

At this point, I'm like, why are they even paid at all?

Like, it's actually shocking.

Ellen was only on the show for a couple of weeks because farmer Todd entered as an intruder.

So they're not paid every day and only paid when filming.

Here's how much money Ellen received in total for uprooting her life temporarily to take a chance at finding love.

A lot of discussion over the years too has been fans talking about the women's clothing when they get on the farm.

So we know on shows like Maths the girls get in touch with dress hire companies ahead of the show and try to strike up some deals so they're not always kind of out of pocket for paying for their looks.

But Ellen said on Pharma there are strict guidelines about what women can and can't wear.

I feel like that adds a lot of context to the show because when you're seeing girls in tears, they're being hounded with questions, they're emotionally exhausted and they're also actually not really used to being in front of the camera and having to be probed and talking about their feelings.

And I also remember in episode one of this season, you see the girls bawling after not being picked to go back to the farms and I was kind of like...

So I think it's pretty obvious after hearing that that Farmer is actually definitely getting more similar to Mavs, which is what viewers have been saying the past few years because there's more drama and controversy on the show.

Seeing as she's gone through the experience herself, we had to ask Ellen whether she thinks Farmer Wants a Wife is still a wholesome show all about finding love or if the focus is now too much on drama.

I think Ellen speaking out is really important, too, because as the show starts to be compared to Mavs more, there's different narratives that play out.

So we see Claret right now getting the villain edit.

But the thing with Claret is she's either going to fall in love and farmer Thomas picks her or he doesn't.

And they don't get the same levels of fame or the same influence or lifestyle that Mavs people get at the end of their season.

So not only are they not being paid very much, but they're bringing in the villain edit with like no career potential afterwards.

And people are now really turning on people that have betrayed as villains on this show when they will just disappear if they don't get the love story at the end as well.

So I just kind of worry that making a wholesome show more dramatic is going to do more damage than good in the long run.

Yeah, and it's not a show known for kind of boosting those kind of careers.