Shirin Kale
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284 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 4 Jul
Shirin Kale’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Having watched these shows for my entire adult life, I've come to terms with the fact that I don't think you can really make this sausage ethically.
You know, as a viewer, I'm complicit in this too.
I've enjoyed the conflict.
I've texted my friends about it.
When you have couples living together who don't know each other, who are being thrust together in these really close living quarters and are sleeping in the same bed, I don't know how you make that show safe.
Yes.
So Married at First Sight UK, which is the British version of an international franchise that is very popular all around the world, was recently the subject of a Panorama investigation in which three women made allegations of non-consensual or exploitative sexual practices.
So one woman alleged that during consensual sex, her partner ejaculated inside her without her consent.
And then two further women who were not named were
and anonymised to protect their identities, alleged that they were raped by their on-screen husbands during filming for the show.
I mean, for me, one example that really stood out was an on-screen husband threatening to have someone throw acid in his on-screen wife's face if she told anyone about his alleged abuse.
And this allegation was communicated to the production company at the time.
And you would think that would be an incredibly serious allegation that would warrant an immediate shutdown of filming, but it did not.
One of the women in the Panorama documentary, Chloe, who alleged that she had been raped by her on-screen husband, said that she complained to Channel 4 about what happened to her and how it had been handled by CPL before they broadcast her season.
She says that she was told by Channel 4 that after a thorough review, it found that CPL had followed welfare procedures.
And what I found absolutely stunning was that this series was aired with her in it.
She would presumably have to watch herself interacting with the man that she alleged had raped her on national television, which I think is absolutely remarkable.
You know, the show could have been re-edited to remove her from it.
And she said that watching the show had an absolutely devastating impact on her mental health and left her with suicidal thoughts.
Shona was the only woman to go on the record with her real name in the documentary, and she appears in the 2023 season of Maths UK.
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