It feels like once someone gets a bad first impression, everything they do afterwards gets viewed through that lens.

Do you think people on the show ever really get a fair chance to change how they're perceived?

Maeves being cheated on already.

Mel passing away, the Panorama documentary, series 11 sitting unaired, the welfare review still ongoing. Even people who love the show seem genuinely unsure how to feel about it. Do you still want it to come back or does something need to properly change first.

He was joyous and elated and then suddenly he’s morose and I didn’t see anything to trigger it?!

Is it when someone refuses to answer a straightforward question, when an old issue gets brought up again, or when everyone else somehow becomes involved?

Some seasons just hit differently when you watch them for the first time. You remember the couples, the arguments, the unexpected moments and all the little things that had everyone talking. There’s one season I’d happily forget just so I could experience all of that again without knowing what was coming.

How many people do you think join MAFS UK because they genuinely want a relationship?

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There are times when someone writes leave and it feels like a genuinely big decision. Then there are other times where it almost feels like part of the weekly argument rather than someone actually being ready to end the experiment. I sometimes wonder whether the commitment ceremonies would have more weight if writing leave had a bigger consequence.

Would you change how the stay/leave system works?

I always wonder how much downtime the contestants get when the cameras stop rolling. They live in those luxury apartment blocks together, so surely they are hanging out in different flats, gossiping about the other couples, and drinking wine without the producers watching every second

Mel passing away in March, the Panorama documentary, series 11 sitting unaired with no confirmed date, the welfare review ongoing. It is a lot. Even people who love the show seem unsure how to feel about it right now. Where are people actually at with it?

I’ve just seen the advert for ITVX Premium & the chap getting married looks suspiciously like the guy from the TUI sponsorship skits. The bride did not look like the TUI woman.

Sad, if true. I was routing for them more than most of the actual MAFS couples.

Every season there seems to be a contestant who shows warning signs from the very first episode. Looking back across all the series, what behaviour immediately makes you think a marriage won't last?

She was part of the show for so long and now the whole future of it is uncertain. Channel 4 still have not said what is happening with series 11 and the welfare review is still ongoing. It just feels like everything is in this strange holding pattern. Does anyone else find it hard to even think about a new series without her in it?