MAFS star Claire Nomarhas. has claimed that she’s heard that Jesse and Janelle are faking their budding relationship.

Claire and Jesse were paired up on MAFS, however, Claire cheated on her TV husband with groom Adam, who was partnered with Janelle.

Adam and his partner Janelle left the show fairly soon after his affair with Claire was revealed. However, Claire and Jesse tried to work through their issues but they eventually left the show as Jesse couldn’t forgive Claire for what she did.

Since both couples have left the show, Janelle and Jesse have been pictured out together on multiple occasions, and one set of photos shows them holding hands while on, what looks to be, a double date with co-stars Tahnee and Ollie.

When asked about Janelle and Jesse’s new relationship on Where’s Your Head At podcast, Claire told the hosts that she’s heard “whispers” that they are faking their relationship to get more exposure.

“If that’s [the relationship between Janelle and Jess] true and it’s not a staged thing, which I have heard rumors that it was just for ‘let’s get a dialogue happening’.”

She added, “I haven’t asked them. I obviously don’t speak to Jesse right now and I haven’t asked Janelle, but [I’m] super happy from them.

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“They’re both from Perth, they’re quite similar in some aspects. So yeah, I would be rapped for them. If they’ve found love from that scenario, then that’s actually really cute and that’s quite sweet. So I’d be rapped for them.

“But yeah, I’ve heard some whispers that it was just like ‘let’s get some talk happening’.

Over the weekend, Jesse slammed Claire’s slammed the “angel” edit he says his TV ex Claire Nomarhas has received, calling her a “super villain”.

“For some reason, they chose her [Claire] to be the angel of the season,” he said to Daily Mail Australia, adding that she behaved like a “super villain”.

He continued, “It’s almost criminal. The imbalance and the injustice, I can’t even explain it.”

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