Elliot Lawry

said he would want a partner who was obedient like a dog rather than an equal.

Obviously concerns there that that normalizes coercive control.

Plibersek said obedience is not a relationship preference.

It's about exerting power and control over women.

So that's this year.

Just last year, a contestant named Paul Antoine allegedly punched a bedroom during an argument with his onscreen partner.

Yep, you'll probably remember this because it sparked huge discourse around, you know, male toxicity on the show, inappropriate behavior.

It even led to New South Wales police launching an investigation that has since been closed with no further action.

But the conversation criticising the show for allowing him to continue on after displaying that violence didn't go away and is only really now being re-aired or reconsidered under the lens of what's happening with Maths UK.

It's so crazy to think that we've gotten to the point that a reality TV show

fake dating show has gotten to the point where government authorities are getting involved and it's been completely wiped off the internet in the UK.

Where does that leave the future of maths generally?

The future is really uncertain, to be completely honest with you.

I mean, Channel 4 is still deciding what it's going to do with this year's season of Maps UK.

So that is planned to air later this year, but that's kind of up in the air now.

It's also not clear what's going to happen to this spin-off, which is called Second Marriage at First Sight.

That was going to feature participants from both the UK and Australia.

Oh, like all-stars?

Yeah, like an all-stars, like, you know, you were a famous contestant, your marriage failed, and now we're going to pair you up with someone else again.

Oh, damn, that would have been good.