Married At First Sight’s most controversial bride has sensationally quit the experiment.
Juliette Chae was recently spotted leaving Sydney Airport after buying herself a one-way ticket back to Melbourne, just hours after dramatically dumping her on-screen husband Joel Moses during Sunday night’s Commitment Ceremony.
The 27-year-old bride told Daily Mail that she had reached her breaking point after weeks of explosive drama on the show.
‘I’ve had enough,’ she said bluntly.
The Melbourne receptionist, who entered the experiment as an intruder bride alongside Joel, said the experience was nothing like what she had expected when she signed up to the reality TV juggernaut.
‘I thought I was going to come here and get love,’ she said.
Married At First Sight’s most controversial bride Juliette Chae has sensationally quit the experiment. Pictured with husband Joel Moses
Juliette was spotted leaving Sydney Airport after buying herself a one-way ticket back to Melbourne, just hours after dramatically dumping her on-screen husband Joel during Sunday night’s Commitment Ceremony
‘Instead I got a joke. I got a f***ing joke… I was the butt of it.’
Juliette insisted she could no longer remain in what she described as a toxic environment behind the scenes.
‘Everything’s evil, fake and being manipulated,’ she claimed.
‘I can’t live in an environment that’s f***ing toxic, and people falling for it. I’m done.’
Her dramatic exit comes after weeks of chaos during her short-lived marriage to Sydney model Joel, which quickly became one of the most volatile storylines of the season.
The pair were introduced midway through the experiment as an intruder couple, with producers hoping their larger-than-life personalities would shake up the group dynamic.
Instead, their relationship quickly unravelled in spectacular fashion.
Juliette repeatedly clashed with Joel during group events and dinner parties, accusing him of manipulating situations and attempting to paint her as the villain of the season.
‘I thought I was going to come here and get love,’ she said. ‘Instead I got a joke. I got a f***ing joke and I was the butt of it’
‘Everything’s evil, fake, and being manipulated,’ she claimed
‘I can’t live in an environment that’s that f***ing toxic and people falling for it. I’m done’
At one point she was filmed unleashing a drunken tirade at a dinner party, branding her husband a ‘loser’ and mocking the teddy bear he brought into the experiment.
The fiery bride now claims she felt cornered throughout the process.
‘I was pushed into a corner crying myself to sleep every night,’ she told Daily Mail.
‘It was hard.’
Juliette also alleged she had been ‘bullied’ and ‘gaslit’ during her time on the show.
‘I came here for fun and friendship and love,’ she said.
‘Instead I got relentlessly bullied and lied to and manipulated and cornered.’
Despite the turmoil, the outspoken bride insisted she did form genuine friendships during the experiment.
‘I love Mel,’ she said of bride Melissa ‘Mel’ Akbay.
‘And whatever edit comes out, I love Gia. I have her back forever.’
However, when asked whether she feared being portrayed as the villain when the season airs in full, Juliette appeared stunned by the suggestion.
‘I just can’t even see how I could be pushed into that corner,’ she said.
The dramatic airport scene marks the final chapter in one of the most explosive intruder marriages of the season.
Viewers watched the couple’s relationship spiral over the past week as tensions reached boiling point, ultimately culminating in Juliette dumping Joel at the Commitment Ceremony.
Hours later, she was gone.
Clutching her phone and suitcase as she prepared to board her flight, the runaway bride made it clear she had no intention of returning to the experiment.
‘I’m not… I’m done,’ she said.
Her shock exit leaves Joel single once again and marks yet another dramatic collapse in what has already become one of the most chaotic seasons in MAFS history.
Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7pm on Channel Nine.
