Married at First Sight Australia 2023‘s Jesse Burford has claimed that producers encouraged him to pen the very long list of icks that saw him roasted by fans online.

The 10th season of MAFS got off to a cracking start when we were introduced to the Western Australian, who had a long list of turn-offs and deal-breakers.

These included “chicks who pout”, “gym photos”, women who are “obsessed with social media” and “always talking”.

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Married at First Sight Australia 2023‘s Jesse Burford has claimed that producers encouraged him to pen the very long list of icks. Source: Nine

However, in a tell-all with So Dramatic!‘s Megan Pustetto, Jesse revealed that the list was an idea put forward by producers rather than something he conjured up out of thin air.

“I sat in that interview for two hours. I told producers about my entire life, and they picked that 30 seconds where I pulled out a list that they asked me to write,” he said in episode 271 of the podcast.

According to the marriage celebrant, producers “wanted to hear what [he likes] in a partner” and vice versa.

“So I was like, ‘Okay, yeah, I’ll just take some notes’.”

Having watched back the final edit, Jesse confessed he “hate[s] that it’s been given the ick list [title]”.

“There’s such a negative connotation to it,” he admitted. “We all have things that we’re not attracted to… and they were mine.”

However, the TV groom can “empathise” that his preferences did “come across” in a way that made him appear “stuck up”.

What really happened when Married at First Sight 2023‘s Jesse Burford ‘shushed’ Claire Nomarhas on their honeymoon

Another key incident in Jesse’s “villain” arc was when his wife Claire Nomarhas revealed he “shushed” her on their honeymoon.

While fans were taken aback by his brashness at the time, the 30-year-old has since explained what really happened when he appeared to encourage Claire to stop talking.

And spoiler alert: he never really “shushed” his bae.

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Jesse revealed what really happened when Claire Nomarhas claimed he “shushed” her. Source: Nine

It all kicked off when the duo were in the airport on the way to their honeymoon.

“We’re having fun and I’m noticing this chick’s kind of loud,” he recalled. “We’re in one of the bookstores and she’s just talking at a high volume.

“And I’m noticing people around us turning around with their eyes wide open, with this reaction of, ‘Wow, do you really have to talk that loud?'”

Noting that he was “embarrassed”, Jesse said he “knew [he] needed to say something” about Claire’s volume after an elderly woman “rolled her eyes”.

“I turned to Claire like, “Hey, I think we should probably use our inside voice’,” he said. “That’s all it was.”

He admitted to repeating the request on the plane and said “that’s the one that did the damage”.

“She was very angry off the back of that,” he confessed. “She actually stood up from her seat, didn’t say anything to me and walked to the bathroom.

“I was like, “Oh no, I’ve cooked it here.”

Married at First Sight‘s Jesse Burford and Claire Nomarhas patched up the ‘shushing’ debacle before it exploded on-screen

While fans saw Claire go off on Jesse for his comments once they’d arrived at the Whitsundays, the groom claimed they’d already patched things up on the plane.

“When Claire returned from the bathroom, I could tell that she was still grumpy. And I said, ‘Hey, I’m sorry to upset you’,” he said.

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Jesse revealed that he and Claire already patched up the “shushing” incident prior to her blow up on their honeymoon. Source: Nine

“So we had definitely, within 10 to 15 minutes, reconciled from that, and I had learned from that interaction like, okay, this might be a sensitive topic for Claire.”

This incident was a precursor to the couple’s explosive fight during their honeymoon, which, unfortunately for drama-thirsty fans, failed to make the final edit.

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