After The Dinner Party Host Laura Byrne Denounces Trolling After *That* Diabolical MAFS Episode
Laura Bryne, co-host of the Life Uncut podcast and the Married At First Sight spinoff show After The Dinner Party, has warned fans against trolling after a bombshell episode of the reality TV show that has everyone talking (and yelling).
Laura, who won The Bachelor in 2017, fronted the first-ever episode of Stan’s After The Dinner Party on Wednesday night alongside co-hosts Brittany Hockley and Jules Lund.
If you watched the MAFS dinner party that preceded Laura’s show — which serves as a post-episode rundown with BTS clips and commentary from contestants — you’ll know it was a wildly tough act to follow.
Between rogue insults hurled by Brook Compton and Gia Fleur and accusations levelled against Danny Hewitt, the episode instantly went down as one of MAFS’ most memorable dinner parties — and understandably prompted a fiery reaction from fans.
Which is exactly why Laura took to the Facebook discussion group of her Life Uncut podcast to explain why she and Brittany signed on for After The Dinner Party, and why members of the group trolling MAFS contestants is “not okay”, no matter how villainous they may seem.
“The reason we said yes to hosting After The Dinner Party is because we are not there to be sycophants of the show — we are there to have our own thoughts, to give participants a voice beyond production [and] to hold the terrible behaviour accountable,” Laura wrote.
She went on to acknowledge that fans might understandably be “feeling outraged by what you saw on the show”, but urged them to watch After The Dinner Party before they “judge or comment something negative about it in our own podcast group”.
Laura went on to extend this sentiment to the negative comments shared by group members towards MAFS contestants, saying she was “disgusted” by a screenshot she saw of someone “trolling Brook and calling her names”.
“It is okay to discuss the disgusting behaviour, it is not okay to be a troll yourself,” Laura wrote, adding that trolls discovered within the Facebook group “will be removed”.
“Brook’s behaviour last night was unacceptable — don’t be someone who stoops to the same level,” she said.
It comes as MAFS fans continue to pore over the shocking behaviour displayed during last night’s episode, which saw Brook call other contestants “fucking dumb” and “ratchet” and Gia tell others to “get back in your kennel”.
The behaviour was discussed in After The Dinner Party, including an unaired moment of Brook calling contestants “losers”, and there’ll be plenty more where that came from when the Stan series continues its weekly run immediately after the MAFS dinner party episodes.
Strap the fuck in.
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