Married At First Sight bride Rachel Gilmore has exposed an awkward editing fail following her eyebrow-raising debut on Monday’s episode.
During the show, the 35-year-old raised eyebrows as she broke into a fit of laughter shortly after meeting her groom, Steven ‘Steve O’ Danyluk, 34, at the altar.
The laughing fit seemed to go on forever, leaving Steven looking visibly uncomfortable.
However, not all is as it seems, as Rachel herself has pointed out a major editing fail that exposes how the scene really played out.
Speaking to Pedestrian.TV, Rachel pointed out that the camera cut between shots of her holding a bouquet and shots of her without it – revealing that her ‘laughing fit’ was actually a series of clips spliced together.
‘The laughing was a lot. I’ll be real. It was very clear it was from different parts, because my flowers are there,’ she explained.
Married At First Sight bride Rachel Gilmore has pointing out that her bouquet disappeared and reappeared during her eyebrow-raising laughing fit – indicating the scene was spliced together using different clips
Monday night’s episode saw Steven, a softly spoken marine technician from Sydney, marry warm-hearted Melbourne bride Rachel in one of the season’s most awkward and emotionally charged weddings.
Rachel, who has been single for 14 years and previously spent seven years in a situationship that left her feeling hidden and unchosen, arrived at the altar visibly nervous, breaking into fits of laughter as soon as she saw her groom.
While the moment appeared light-hearted on screen, cracks soon emerged.
Steven failed to compliment Rachel on her appearance at the altar or during the early part of the reception, leaving her quietly hurt and questioning whether he found her attractive.
The issue eventually surfaced in an emotional conversation, with Steven apologising and reassuring Rachel that he was attracted to her, a moment that helped soothe years of built-up insecurity.
Speaking to Daily Mail after the episode aired, Steven revealed just how overwhelmed he was on the day and why he froze in that crucial moment.
‘It was very surreal, daunting, confronting and super sweet,’ he said of watching the episode back.
‘It brought back memories of the actual day. I loved it.’
‘The laughing was a lot. I’ll be real. It was very clear it was from different parts, because my flowers are there,’ she told Pedestrian TV
Speaking to Daily Mail after the episode aired, Rachel’s groom Steven ‘Steve O’ Danyluk revealed just how overwhelmed he was on the day and why he froze in that crucial moment
Steven admitted that before Rachel even appeared, his nerves were already at breaking point.
‘I was nervous as anything. I was about to hit the deck,’ he said. ‘I was breathing heavily, my heart wanted to be on the outside, my mouth was dry.’
He revealed he had rehearsed the perfect introduction repeatedly in his head.
‘I was going over it, thinking, ‘Hello, my name is Steve. You look beautiful. How are you feeling?” he said.
‘And I screwed it all up.’
When Rachel walked down the aisle smiling and laughing, Steven said it instantly threw him.
‘The laughter happened almost immediately before I could even say hello,’ he said.
‘At the time I thought, ‘Oh dear God, what’s going on here?”
When Rachel walked down the aisle smiling and laughing, Steven said it instantly threw him
While Rachel’s laughter eventually helped calm his nerves, Steven admitted his mind briefly went to a dark place.
‘For a brief moment, I started to think, ‘Is she laughing at me? Is this a joke? Is this match a joke?” he said.
‘That’s just my silly head running wild, but it did go through my mind.’
Steven said years of dating rejection fed into his anxiety, along with a fear that Rachel’s smile would vanish once she saw him.
‘One thing I had going through my head was, what if she has this big smile, and then she looks at me and it turns into a frown?’ he said.
‘That was playing on my insecurities.’
‘It was very surreal, daunting, confronting and super sweet,’ he said of watching the episode back. ‘It brought back memories of the actual day. I loved it’
