Chapter 1: What happened during the secret cast night out?
Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Maths Funny Podcast with me, Joshua Fox, where I will be revealing all about the infamous secret cast night out during filming last year, which happened behind the producer's backs, was not captured for television and happened days before this week's second dinner party was shot. And this night out, it derailed the entire season.
It ruined relationships, fractured friendships, forced production to introduce extreme new measures once they found out. And it even ended up with police involvement. And everything you'll see during this week's explosive second dinner party, where tensions are at an all-time high, it all stems back to... what happened that night on August 16th in a bar in Bondi. And how do I know?
Well, like usual, I was there. So settle in, get comfy for this one, because I'm going to tell you the entire story from the very start to the very end with nothing left out. Let's throw back to August 16th, 2025. Season 13 of Married at First Sight is now three weeks into production. It's a beautiful Saturday morning in Sydney. Birds are chirping. The beaches are slowly filling up.
There's a slight chill in the air, but the sun is shining and I get a text from a cast member. Hey, I'm going on a date today if you want to crash it and get some videos. An hour later, I then get a text from another cast member. Hey, I think some of us are going out tonight. I'll let you know. Just don't tell anyone that I told you.
By this point of production, three weeks in, I'd crashed a few weddings. I'd filmed some stuff with the couples out and about as they moved in together.
And here we have the maths couple struggling to open a door. Guys, we just usually press the button to open the door, yeah? Yeah. And action.
And they'd all realized how viral my content often goes, which is why some of them had slowly started hitting me up like this. And it happens every year, like clockwork. I'd say every season, at least three cast members will seek out my details and slide into my DMs while still filming.
Because they want what I can offer through my platforms, which is millions of views on them and millions of people talking about them and looking at them. And this is all, remember, six months or so before they're even able to tell anyone they're on maths and before they're announced as a cast member.
It's also worth noting that the show doesn't film on weekends, and the cast are given two days off every Saturday and Sunday, but they're also given strict instructions. They're not to hang out with anyone from the show except their partner, because producers want any group interaction saved for when the cameras are rolling. they're not to stay out past 10 p.m.
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Chapter 2: How did the secret night out affect relationships on the show?
left that building, each telling the house AP something different. You know, some say, hey, we're going to the cinema. Hey, we're going to go grab a quick drink. Hey, I think we're going to go for a walk. Only to then unite at a secret location.
And on this day in question, the cast members part of this master plan were Beck and Danny, Gia and Scott, Luke and Mel, Brooke and Chris, and Rebecca on her own as Steve had now been shunned by the group. As the sun eventually set on that sunny Saturday and the winter cold crept in, I was at home relaxing when I got another text. At Icebergs in Bondi, it read.
As I then asked that cast member, hey, is it like just you and your partner or is there a group here? The cast member, they phoned me. There's a load of us out, they said. Come and get loads of content. Ali from the Daily Mail is also here.
As soon as I got off the phone, I threw on a pair of jeans, jumped in the car as I don't live very far away, and while driving over, I phoned a paparazzi that I know. Hey, mate, quick one, a group of the cast are in Icebergs and Daily Mail are there if you wanted to go get some pics. They told me to come get loads of content, so, yeah, like, go nuts.
Funnily enough, that photographer responded to me by saying, I'm already on my way, Josh, and told me how his own source in Bondi had let him know that the cast were already there, had been there for quite some time, were being kind of rowdy, and just making it very known to everybody else in there that they are the new maths cast, and worded naturally...
got back to him, like in the land of celebrity media and paparazzi, if you're a star or on a show or just someone with a slight public profile and you want attention, you want to be seen, you want to be photographed, there's a handful of places you go where, you know, everybody knows people in those venues have the media on speed dial and Icebergs is one of them.
As I then parked up outside and walked down into the bar, I really wasn't sure what to expect. Usually the tips I'm given from cast are more like, hey, we'll be leaving this place at this time if you wanted to film some stuff as we left. But tonight, I'd been told that I could cross that line for the sake of content and enter the lion's den.
But then, as I saw all the cast all crowded around a table and they saw me, the room went silent. Wait, what? How did you know we were here? No way, how did you find us, Josh? Josh, please, you can't take any content. Producers can't know we've all gone out together. Paranoia quickly set in amongst them. Tension filled the air and I just stood there awkwardly.
Even the cast member who was on the phone to me less than half an hour ago joined in with the confusion and shock and as did the other cast member who earlier that day had texted me saying, hey, there's a few of us going out tonight. And then I was confused because why were they so shocked to see me when I'd just been invited as a member of the media?
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Chapter 3: What rules do cast members have during filming?
And, like, they started turning on each other in front of me, being like, was it this person? Was it that? I bet it was this. Josh, tell us. Did someone text you? Did someone phone you? Was it producers? Was it this cast member, that cast member? And I just stayed silent, thinking... Fucking hell. And like, as a journalist, I'll never reveal sources. That's just how this world works.
And like, I'm a man of my word. But as that person who 30 minutes earlier was on the phone to me saying, come get loads of content was now becoming quite vocal about my presence being there. I was thinking, okay, you might want to pipe down with this pretend outrage over there because If you carry on, I will happily get my phone out and show the call log.
To try and defuse the situation though, I said how I'd been told by multiple people and I explained how like celebrity hotspot venues like this always have staff and people inside who leak things to the media and then things gradually calm down. But that feeling of like paranoia amongst them as friends started to question each other. It just never really left.
The collective conversation then turned to like my involvement with the show and how I cover it. I spoke about how I often help cast members out through my platforms once they get like screwed over and feel like they don't have a voice and want to share their side to whatever the story is. And a few of them told me how they followed me for years. They listened to the pod.
They kind of understand what I'm about, what I do. They told me how they'd been told by previous cast members who they'd reached out to once they were cast, who had kind of said, yeah, you can trust Josh, he's all right. And some of them even said like, they genuinely really do enjoy my content. And the mood genuinely started to lighten up But then everything changed.
Yeah, if you were at my wedding, I'd have bashed you, Chris said. As I then told him, well, if he'd done that, I would have gone straight to the police and he'd been off the show within seconds. And he ranted how he wouldn't have cared. He doesn't think I'm funny. And he kept saying again how he would have assaulted me if he'd seen me there on his wedding day. And
As I tried to deescalate the situation a bit, explaining like, yo, I'm not the bad guy in this maths world. And my primary motive is just creating silly, dumb content, which other cast members also tried reiterating to Chris and telling him like, yo, chill out. But Chris, he wouldn't stop. And he kept ranting and ranting.
He started telling everyone at the table how he'd booked a flight home for 7am the next morning and he didn't give a fuck about leaving so abruptly and not filming an exit. He didn't care that it wouldn't make sense on screen. He started ranting about the producers, the experts, about Brooke who was now, I think she was like across the venue at the bar or something.
He was saying how he wanted to leave a week ago but he couldn't because, and I quote, Brooke is a main character and...
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Chapter 4: How did the cast manage to sneak out for the night?
every day and like... That's two very contrasting lifestyles that were made apparent to them for the first time during this night, which was like the first real night out for them as a proper established couple away from the show, where they encountered this very real issue they will face in the real world.
As Gia and Scott's fallout became known to the group, this is when things get a little messy and I believe will lead to one of the biggest points of drama during the second dinner party, which we will see on Wednesday night. Because as Scott walked away from Gia to like cool off or whatever, Danny then saw this as an opportunity to pull up a chair next to her instead.
And then along comes Beck, she sees Danny and Gia having a cozy conversation, and of course she storms out and she's looking visibly upset. Danny of course reassures her it was just an innocent conversation, nothing to worry about, we're all here as a group, we're all having a nice time, let's move past this, and he does put her mind at ease. And it seems they move past this.
until the second dinner party. And that's because Brooke storms in and she tells everybody that not only did she see Danny and Gia talking, which most people did, but she overheard Danny telling Gia that she is indeed more his type, which is essentially Beck's worst fear coming true. And of course, once Brooke drops that bombshell at the second dinner party, all hell will indeed break loose.
This wasn't the only drama Danny faced throughout this night in Bondi though, because he later pulled another person aside for her a heated chat, and he was not happy. And that person was me.
Because see, a week earlier, as the cast all moved in together, and I was, of course, outside recording live as they settled in and they all went to Woolies, I interviewed Danny and Beck with my little podcast microphone as they headed to the supermarket together. And of course, I was commentating their movements in real time. And one thing I said left Danny furious. Take a listen to this.
Hey guys, welcome to the Maths Funny Podcast. How we doing? You Danny, is it? Confirm the name? I don't have a name. You don't have a name? Does your wife have a name?
We're going shopping? What are we after? Have you done a big shop together as a couple? No, we're just going to be- Shouldn't he be buying the flowers for you? He is. Oh, are you picking them? Yeah. They've got a special offer on. You got the cheap ones.
There we go. Young love. So Danny, you know, as a rich and successful businessman, he was left raging by my suggestion there that he'd somehow cheaped out and bought Beck flowers with a discounted sticker on them. And I explained how, yo, I was just commentating what I saw, which was Beck choosing that bunch herself with the sticker on.
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Chapter 5: What tensions arose between Gia and Scott during the night?
And then we've got like Rebecca just chilling amongst them all, kind of not getting involved, looking a bit like whatever signed up for. And also Luke and Mel were there. And to be honest, they barely spoke a word. I remember at this point in time, I had no idea what Mel was like or what their storyline was.
And I remember walking away from that evening thinking, she is too fragile for any of this. Like she just looked anxious all night and overwhelmed. I remember saying to her at one point, like, I think you need to like leave ASAP. And again, I had no idea about her stalky storyline. I just remember seeing her looking so timid and overwhelmed and out of her depth. And it was kind of sad to see.
As the clock then hits 10 p.m. and the cast all realize they'd broken curfew and start stressing about how to get home as quick as they can, but also how to get there separately so they're not seen arriving back as a group, things quickly fell even more apart as they all realized there was a paparazzi outside. You fucked us over. Like, you'll regret this. Chris shouted at me.
How could you do this, Josh? Someone else said, oh, we're going to get in so much trouble. How could you do this to us, Josh? And I then explained like, yo, calm down. If I've been invited down here over medias, especially the fact you had Daily Mail at your table already. And I was so close just being like, also, this person I'm pointing at said cast member literally said, and I quote again,
come down and get loads of content. And then the next few minutes, as they all stressed about this photographer outside, was just a shit show of complete and utter embarrassment. There were some cast members trying to sneak out through the kitchen, telling staff, we can't be photographed. You have to sneak us out as if they're Hollywood A-listers.
Luke was trying to climb out and exit alongside the pool over a metal railing. The rest of them were all screaming and arguing with each other, again, accusing each other. Well, you leaked it. No, you leaked it. No, you leaked it. And then they're shouting at me, tell us who leaked it.
And everyone in the venue was looking and most of them were just rolling their eyes and laughing at them and just laughing at this spectacle of how I'll be honest, how pathetic it was. And I was embarrassed to be part of it. Danny and Beck were then the first to head out to their Uber, which came first. And as you know, the camera started flashing from the photographer.
Danny then starts threatening to smash his camera, which like, mate, you've gone on this show for attention. You're now getting the attention and you're pretending you're above the attention. Like, mate, chill out. Then once everyone had kind of left and made the various escapes, I was just stood alone thinking, okay, what the fuck just happened?
And then as I start walking to my car and I'm reassessing all my life choices, which had led to me spending a Saturday night with some of those people and part of that spectacle, my phone starts ringing and I get it out of my pocket and it's an unknown number. And this is when things really get interesting. Don't miss part two tomorrow on the Maths Funny podcast. See ya.
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