Married at First Sight Australia’s annual couples retreat was far from relaxing as Bec Zacharia ended up upsetting Rachel Gilmore by sharing intimate details with the group
Bec Zacharia has apologised to Rachel Gilmore for the “vulgar” comment she made during the Married at First Sight Australia couples retreat.
Jaws were left on the floor when Bec took it upon herself to share with the group that Rachel and her husband Steven Danyluk had progressed in their intimacy after recent struggles to connect in the bedroom.
Some of the group already knew of their progress but were shocked when Bec announced it to everyone else.
It has since been revealed that an unaired conversation between Bec and Steven happened before her “disrespectful” speech.
Although there is now more context to the situation, Bec has apologised for how the evening unfolded and the decisions she made.
Appearing on the After The Dinner Party show together, Rachel, Steven, and Bec all spoke about the eventful trip with all the brides and grooms.
Rachel admitted she would have “squashed” it earlier with Bec if she had known about the conversation between Bec and Steven prior to her speech.
She explained: “Genuinely, like, it kind of gives context because then I would have gone out of my way then to approach Bec and like, ‘I get why you’ve said it now’, I could have squashed it. I was overreacting.”
Bec interrupted and disagreed saying: “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you’re not overreacting, because what you feel is what you feel and you are allowed to feel what you feel.
“What I said was completely politically incorrect. I have the most vulgar sense of humour.”
Bec added that she wouldn’t allow Rachel to “blame” herself for the situation as she was the one who made the comment.
In the unaired conversation, Steven can been seen sitting and chatting with Bec and Alissa Fay.
Before Bec says to him, “I’m so glad you got…stuck a finger in babes…” Steven questioned her, saying: “How do you know it’s even one finger?”
Bec immediately responded, “I guessing it’s two”, before adding that she was “so happy” for the couple.
After watching the conversation unfold, Rachel admitted at the time she thought Steve had “supported” her. However, he essentially created an environment in which jokes could be openly made.
She told Mamamia: “In private, Steven was telling me how crude Bec is and how she was ‘bang out of line’… Well, you said it too, sweetie. He never owned it. He let Bec take the fall.”
In the same interview she said that while Bec apologised, she didn’t believe she was “sorry for the impact” of her comment.
Rachel said: “She was sorry for the intent — the joke — but she wasn’t sorry for the impact. The impact was that I felt humiliated and shamed.
“A joke at my expense — especially one that is extremely sexual and puts my body on display — is not okay.”
Married at First Sight Australia airs Monday to Thursday on E4 at 7.30pm
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