Married At First Sight’s Morena Farina reveals groom Tony Mojanovski refuses to touch her – before surprising him with a raunchy date
Married At First Sight’s Morena Farina is struggling to connect with her new groom.
The DJ and wedding MC, 57, admitted during Monday’s episode that husband Tony Mojanovski, 53, refuses to touch her.
Morena was distressed by the lack of affection as she had lacked romance in her life for some time.
‘It’s been seven years since anyone slept in my bed. You can’t even imagine what that feels like,’ she said.
‘Tony sleeps on the couch and he’s asleep by five. I just go to the bedroom and I just look at the stars and I think, someone talk to me.’
She continued: ‘He doesn’t touch me. He’s so uncomfortable and that’s okay. I want to learn patience, but he’s afraid I’m going to jump him.’
Married At First Sight’s Morena Farina (pictured) is struggling to connect with her new groom. The DJ and wedding MC, 57, admitted during Monday’s episode that husband Tony Mojanovski, 53, refuses to touch her
Morena said that Tony will place his hand on hers, but then take it away.
‘I keep saying to him, even my friends hug me. He’s not affectionate. He’s not present with me,’ she explained.
‘It’s been so long for me personally and I really did come here to try and bond with a human being.
‘It would be really nice to be getting to know Tony on a deeper level and connect with him with touch, a warm, fuzzy feeling internally. That’s not a big ask.’
In order to facilitate their bonding, Morena surprised Tony with a raunchy date that night.
She stripped down to racy lingerie and set up a canvas so that he could paint her.
Tony was embarrassed at first but soon he took to the task and was giggling with his new bride.
‘He got a bit flustered, but I’m feeling extremely empowered,’ Morena said.
In order to facilitate their bonding, Morena surprised Tony with a raunchy date that night. She stripped down to racy lingerie and set up a canvas so that he could paint her
Tony (pictured) was embarrassed at first but soon he took to the task
Tony was impressed with the date in the end, revealing: ‘How cool is that? Actually there’s other sides to romance. You can do things like this. You see a different side of a person. She was happy. I was happy,’ he said.
The groom then apologised as he realised he had not been making an effort.
‘I let her down at the beginning. She wanted to find romance and I’m not used to that sort of stuff. I’m a bit distant,’ he said.
‘I just snapped out of it. I was like, “Tony, wake up. Have some fun. Let her have fun, you can have fun together.”‘
He addressed his bride, telling her, ‘I let you down. I’ve said some things that are out of place and I’m here to make you smile’.
The two then shared a hug, their bond stronger than ever.
It comes after Morena posted to Instagram to call out the show’s editing, claiming words were put in her mouth during a recent episode.
She posted a scathing story on her private Instagram account, pointing out a scene where she sat on the couch with Tony and expressed frustration over their relationship.
The groom then apologised as he realised he had not been making an effort
‘I just snapped out of it. I was like, “Tony, wake up. Have some fun. Let her have fun, you can have fun together,”‘ he said
However, Morena insists she never actually made the comment which aired.
I never said, ‘Tony, open up, come and talk to me on a deeper level on the couch.’ I actually said that in my voxy!’ she said, referring to her confessional interview.
‘As you can see, the camera is not on me when those words come out. This is just hilarious,’ she continued, adding a laughing emoji.
She then cheekily suggested the show missed out on airing the juiciest details of her discussion.
Morena ended her post by calling the show’s editing ‘perfect dubbing’, accompanied by more laughing emojis.
As previously revealed by Daily Mail Australia, Tony was still legally married to his estranged wife when he walked down the aisle with Morena during filming last year.
While the relationship was over, the fact he wasn’t officially divorced left his MAFS spouse feeling deceived, leading to tension between them.
According to insiders, Tony had been upfront with producers about his marital status before the show began filming, believing the experiment would help him move forward after separating from his wife three years ago.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that Tony bravely asked the MAFS experts for help reigniting his relationship with his former wife.
He even requested for her to come onto the show. Understandably, Morena hit the roof because she had expected to be paired with a man who was all in.
As previously revealed by Daily Mail Australia, Tony was still legally married to his estranged wife when he walked down the aisle with Morena during filming last year
‘Morena was blindsided on her honeymoon but it’s not going to be shown on TV,’ a source said at the time.
‘She had held off bringing it up at the dinner party because she didn’t want to throw him under the bus, but when she confronted him in front of the experts, the whole room went silent.’
An emotional Morena turned to Tony and asked, ‘Why did you take up the space of someone else? Why aren’t you chasing your wife if you love her?’
His response was equally shocking.
‘Tony admitted to everyone that he still loved his wife and that Morena was going to ‘help him work it all out’,’ the insider reveals. ‘The experts were speechless. John [Aiken] nearly fell off his chair.’
Multiple insiders have told Daily Mail Australia the producers were desperate to keep a lid on the scandal and even tried to stop Morena from bringing it up on camera.
‘From the first dinner party, they told her to stop talking about it. They kept saying it wouldn’t air, that it wasn’t a big deal,’ an insider said..
‘But Morena refused to be silenced. She was furious that they were trying to control the narrative.’
She posted a scathing story on her private Instagram account, pointing out a scene where she sat on the couch with husband Tony and expressed frustration over their relationship
It’s understood this led to significant behind-the-scenes tensions, with Morena feeling increasingly isolated and frustrated.
‘She knew she was being stitched up,’ a friend revealed. ‘She felt like they were gaslighting her, making her feel crazy for calling it out.’
Things came to a dramatic head during one of their private dates when Morena again questioned why Tony hadn’t legally ended his marriage.
‘Tony stormed off. He cracked it and walked away from the cameras,’ a source says. ‘He was furious that she kept bringing it up, but she wasn’t going to let it slide.’
