Married at First Sight UK star Caspar Todd has admitted he made a "massive mistake" during his stint on the show.
The star is coupled up with Emma Barnes during the ninth series of the reality show, though it hasn’t been plain sailing during the experiment.
A constant sticking point between the pair was Caspar’s remark that he had “rarely gone for a curvier person”, with Emma, his family and viewers at home widely criticising him for the comment.
Related: MAFS UK's Hannah storms out during honeymoon due to off-camera comment
During an interview on BBC Radio Solent, Caspar admitted that the remark was poorly judged and insensitive, adding that he had “apologised thousands of times” as he agreed that “you don’t say something like that.”
Whilst Caspar has repeatedly apologised for his remark, Emma recently came to his defence as she said that some of the content is “taken out of context”, adding that some of the abuse had received was not “fair.”
What to Read Next
“Seeing the public perception, actually, I think, what's been given out is it is an edited show and you have to remember that,” she told Bristol Live. “I think that you can't film and put out every conversation and the whole conversation that you have.
“And I think a lot of what hasn't been shown potentially is the deep dive in the whys and hows and reasons why people say things that they do because otherwise, it would go on for about 60 hours a night, right?
Related: Best film and TV tours for 2024
“But if you deep dive that for every couple, Casper in particular hasn't received good feedback at all. Sometimes the context is taken out of what happens because you can't share that whole conversation, and I don't think it's very fair, of course, that people are receiving that feedback online.
“It's shocking to read. I can sympathise but I can't empathise because to be fair, I've had so much love and I find it difficult to be able to put my feet in their shoes. If they're constantly receiving that tyrant of abuse, yeah, it's not great.”
Married at First Sight UK airs on E4 in the UK. Married at First Sight Australia airs on Nine Network in Australia and E4 in the UK.
Interested in talking about Married at First Sight? Visit our dedicated sub-forum
Read more Married at First Sight news on our dedicated homepage
Reporter, Digital Spy George is a freelance writer who specialises in Movies and TV. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies and Journalism from De Montfort University, in which he analysed the early works of Richard Linklater for his dissertation, he wrote for several websites for GRV Media. His film tastes vary from blockbusters like Mission: Impossible and John Wick to international directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and has attended both the London and Berlin film festivals.
