Controversial Married At First Sight star Nasser Sultan has been accused of orchestrating stunts including pretending to be gay in order to maintain relevance following his stint on MAFS. The claims came from the upcoming book by radio producer Joshua Fox, titled What You Into?
In the book, Fox recounted how he and Sultan would plan publicity stunts together including staging paparazzi pictures that depicted Sultan on a date with a 21-year-old man back in 2018.
Fox claimed Sultan made $5000 from the story.
“Married at First Sight is described by Channel Nine as a social experiment and Nasser quickly became my own social experiment,” Fox wrote.
“He told me he was willing to do anything to remain relevant, and I explained that, as he was a not particularly-well-liked 51-year-old man, we’d have to get creative.
“The story, seemingly confirming what fans of the show had already suspected about Nasser, went so viral that we quickly arranged a second set of pictures that sold for $3000.”
Nasser Sultan is one of the most controversial MAFS cast members ever. (Credit: Nine / Married At First Sight)
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Sultan confirmed that the images (which you can view HERE) did indeed help further his career.
“I had got off the show and the media was wondering whether I was gay or not because I was the only one that didn’t sleep with my wife at the time. So Josh came up with this idea and approached me,” he explained.
“I told him I wanted money for this because I wasn’t doing it for free. So they paid me the money and put me on the cover of the magazine.”
Nasser continued: “I got some random person and pretended that me and him were dating and took the shots. Within an hour and a half, it had a million hits.”
“That’s what made my name get out there and then there was an interest from the media.”
The now-defunct Aussie goss mag NW published the aforementioned images of Nasser at lunch with a dude who was 30 years younger.
“They definitely looked like more than friends… Nasser couldn’t keep his hands off him!” a source allegedly told the magazine at the time.
“They tried to keep a low profile, but after a couple of drinks they didn’t seem to mind who noticed them.”
The insider continued: “At one point Nasser was holding the guy’s hand and seemed to kiss him on the cheek while whispering in his ear.”
He was later invited on The Kyle & Jackie O Show, where he told the hosts: “I am 110 per cent not gay”.
He added: “I live in the gay community, trust me… If I was gay, I’d be a rock star! If I was gay I’d live the lifestyle of it… I’m 100 million per cent straight.”
PEDESTRIAN.TV has reached out to Nasser Sultan for a comment.
Joshua Fox’s book is out now, if you care to read about more spicy reality TV tea.
