Married At First Sight’s Olivia Frazer has admitted appearing on the Channel Nine dating show has ruined her career.
This week, the former TV bride, 30, expressed her distress over the irreversible damage caused by her portrayal on the show.
‘I lost my whole career because of what they did to me on that show,’ Olivia told Love Is Blind star Nick Thompson on his Eyes Wide Open podcast.
Before becoming a reality TV star, Olivia was working as an admin assistant for the English department at one of Australia’s most prestigious schools.
This role, she believed, was setting her up for a promising future in education.
‘I was studying to be a teacher… preparing me to finish university and hopefully go work for them,’ she explained.
However, the dream job she had nearly secured before getting her teaching license was jeopardised by her stint on the show in 2022.
‘Because of what they portrayed on the show and subsequent articles that came out, there is no way I’ll ever be able to be a teacher,’ Olivia expressed with regret.
Olivia claimed her name was tarnished after she was associated with revenge porn – the criminal act of distributing private intimate images of another person without their content – a narrative she attributes to selective editing by the show’s producers.
This association has made it virtually impossible for her to pursue a career in teaching.
‘Like when my name is synonymous with revenge pornography, which is just clever editing in reality, who’s gonna let that teach their children? What parent would let that teacher be a big influence on their child’s life?’ she questioned.
Olivia reportedly asked her friends to ‘dig up dirt’ on co-star Domenica Calarco, which resulted in the discovery of a nude photo she had posted on Twitter on January 2, 2021.
Domenica had shared the image on her public Twitter profile to promote her OnlyFans account, which has since been deleted.
The photo quickly spread through the MAFS cast via WhatsApp, and was addressed at the first dinner party following the couples’ retreat.