MAFS star Harrison Boon has shared his surprise over the fact that he has been portrayed as a villain on the show.
Throughout the current season, Harrison has been caught up in a number of dramas. In the premiere episode, he was confronted by his bride Bronte who was told that he had a girlfriend outside of the experiment. In the scene, Harrison admitted to sleeping with a woman he had a crush on days before filming his wedding.
Since then, the reality star has argued with many of his cast mates, and, in last night’s episode, he walked out of a heated conversation about whether he and Bronte’s relationship was fake.
Looking back at his tumultuous time on the show so far, Harrison suggested that he was surprised as his villanious edit.
“No one knows how the public is going to respond when you’re actually in the experiment,” he told Yahoo Lifestyle Australia.
He continued, “You’re just going through it and then when you come out and you see that you’ve been likened to Satan, it’s a weird experience. I don’t know how hair and makeup managed to hide the horns for so long. It’s a bit different finding out that you are the villain for the season.”
Harrson also told the publication that he believes many of the scenes were maniuplated to make them appear more exciting.
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“When you watch it back, you realise very quickly that your relationship needs to be presented in a way that is entertaining,” he said.
He added, “I think the way that the show was shot was to maximise the drama from every big event. I was there for some of it and I don’t remember it being quite so dramatic, but then you watch it on television and you’re like, oh wow, they’ve really turned the volume up on this.
“So it’s a different experience but I realise that there’s a commercial aspect to the show and the way that it needs to be presented and that’s okay. I think if MAFS was shot in a documentary format it would be quite boring and quite dry.”
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