Stella From MAFS Reveals Who She Is Still Talking To From The Show

Triple M Robby and Carly, we are starting to get to the real pointy end that married at first sight.

Some final dates were even happening at last night. Lots of drama with the watch back of the alternative partners as well, huge.

Absolutely huge. Stella joins us on the line right now to give us the full rundown. Hello Stella, how you cracking there?

Good morning guys, good, how are you?

We're doing really well. First and foremost, Stella, I want to ask you about that infamous dinner party with...

Well, I was more of a lunch with the guys. We did see it look like Gia was super flirty with her match.

Was it as bad on the day? I know Gia likes to blame editing, but it did look pretty bad. Was it worse off of camera from what we saw or was it all pieced together?

To be honest, if I could speak for all the girls, we all had a lot of fun. We went there, we were about to finish filming, whichever situation we were all in their relationship separately.

I personally had a very relaxed approach to this whole thing. I know who I am, I know the person what I have with the person that I am with.

And I was just like, let's just go have fun. To be honest, I think if they would have been on good terms with God, they would have, I think you wouldn't look twice.

But since they were on the bad terms, I think that was just, you know, agitating more. But I think, yeah, look, I can't speak for everyone.

I think having a giggly boozy chat was like harmless at the end of the day. It's just how you are in the relationship.

So if you're on bad terms, it's going to be bad, I think. And if you're on good terms, it's like, oh, cool. I had a laugh. I had a giggle, you know, it is what it is.

What about the number exchange, though? I know that it was back. It wasn't a number. So it wasn't a number. I don't know who pulled the card that was written on, but what G of written from memory was her Instagram tag.

Oh, that's a scary number these days, isn't it? Yeah, probably.

I do. It was pretty funny to watch back, though, because when you guys were actually watching on the iPads and you came back and always good between you guys.

But Philip was like, geez, I don't know if Scott's going to like this fun. G is in trouble here. So he saw it straight away.

Look, because he knew obviously how Scott was in that in that situation. Scott was, you know, saying to the boys, like, what's the road?

You know, what we saw in the episode, basically. So he knew Scott's position already. And then obviously seeing that just added pressure on it, I think.

It was a hard watch last night, seeing Scott break down.

It was so, so hard to watch. How is he doing? And what do you think about geoconstantly walking out of the experiment?

Because this has been a pattern throughout, I guess, the whole season.

Look, I think walking out just speaks volumes in terms of I think how you are and how you deal with situations as a person.

So we run until there's time to actually face yourself. So when you can't face yourself, you keep running. You keep walking away. You keep changing partners. You keep changing locations.

You keep changing everything around because you're trying to escape. But there's time and place where you're going to have to stop running away from yourself.

So I think she, she hasn't reached at that point yet in life. But there's going to be a place and time for her to actually start facing herself. So that's all I can say.

You're like a mini expert. You're actually very good.

I'm saying that to be honest, I keep hearing, sorry, I keep hearing that. I'm like, I keep saying like, guys, maybe there's something to explore there.

I look, obviously it's worked for you because we've seen you and Philip just go from strength to strength.

I am a little worried, though, because I feel like we've seen people like Alyssa and David be so strong throughout the experiment. Then all of a sudden the wheels fall off right at the end.

Okay. Yeah. Look, what means we're doing, I think differently from Alyssa and David as soon as we had a discussion and argument or anything.

We were just hands on the deck, cards open, you know, little screaming matches, but we always come to a resolution, a conclusion.

We would always repair and move on from it. So I think having, you know, disagreements and differences.

It's absolutely nothing wrong about it. It's just how you resolve the situations and how you come together to a conclusion to either do not repeat the same mistake or how we can communicate better next time.

So it's what we did. We were always communicating. We were always very open and honest. I wasn't hiding my emotions. He wasn't hiding his fees and doubts.

So I think, yeah, that's just a testament for that.

Look quite nice getting a bit of bow time last night as well. Like you guys do look really cozy. And at that point, what was it like preparing to go out into the real world, I guess?

Ah, preparing. I think it was a big step obviously for me to like, okay, well, these are my house keys. You're moving in and, you know, he wasn't a bitch like some other man on the show to say it's actually, you know, a week for a man to move into someone else's house.

And that was it, you know, like him moving in. We were excited to be all done, get back to the routine. He's filming for that long and so intensely. It actually throws you off.

A lot like you do reach a limit of, you know, your, your feelings becomes quite short as well. So we were excited to go back into the normal life and yeah, enjoy.

You made a very good comment when you said he wasn't afraid to move into your house. Obviously a lot of men shared this really backward view about moving in with the woman.

We didn't really hear Phillips take on that, but I guess the fact that he took the keys speaks volumes. It was weird seeing all the men take issue with that.

Oh, who said that? I didn't see that bit of the show.

Look, I, when it comes to that, I think there's a bit of a, you know, old school, I guess internal misogyny happening at the end of the day.

What Phillips said from memory in the box, he was, oh, woman feels more secure that way. And I agree to that. I feel way more secure. I was, I was not ready.

And I think I will never be ready to drop everything where I created for myself for a man. And he appreciated that. And I stood my ground very firmly.

I created this beautiful life, what I have for 10 years. And if, if you can't add you to my life, I, I was very okay to let go of a person who was not able to compromise in that sense for me.

So that's, I guess the testament to Phillips world, world view and how he's as a man and as a person, how he shows up in the relationship and how he shows up for me.

He's like, I understand you created this life for yourself. I want, I want, I want to build more with you. And I was like, okay, well, here we go. Let's go.

Well, funnily enough, generally, us blokes do live in Phil van, especially when we're single, we're terrible. There's actually nothing better than moving into a girl's apartment.

It was weird seeing them take issue with her.

Yeah.

Look, it's, yeah, it's, it's a power play at the end.

It's, however you look at it, because if two equal people come into a relationship, they do try to navigate the situation that benefits both of them.

So it's a win-win situation. And it's not, you know, I'm compromising or I'm giving away or I'm losing.

So you have to always look for a win-win situation. If you needed to check, if you needed to change a scenario from Melbourne, I, I needed, I needed to stay in Sydney.

So it was a win-win for us.

Love that so much, Stella. And just quickly, we've seen on this season more than ever, people trying to manipulate the show behind the scenes.

And it looks like we're going to see a bit more of that on tonight's episode.

Did you ever get brought into that because you've seemed to stay out of most of the drama, but we have seen Gia kind of, I guess, puppeteer some things behind the scenes.

Yeah, unfortunately, she was the biggest manipulator I've ever seen in my life.

And yeah, look, I don't know what I'm okay to talk yet, because I think some things haven't been aired.

And I just don't want to give any spoilers, but yes, manipulation behind the scenes is massive.

And I think what we saw her try to manipulate Scott as like, if you're not leaving with me, I'm done.

If you're not doing this, I'm done like this ultimate at every bloody corner.

And thank God that Scott wasn't, you know, quote unquote, weak man, quote unquote submissive man. And he's like, hey, look, that doesn't sound okay.

And I'm really glad that she stood up for himself at the end of the day.

But yeah, manipulation is wild.

Is it fair to say you're not catching up for a drink with Jay or after the show?

Absolutely not.

Are you in contact with Stella still?

I am in contact with Rachel. I'm into contact with Alissa. I'm a little bit in contact with Beck.

And I know she has a very, you know, bigger opinions online.

But at the end of the day, yes, they are both.

You can be, you know, you can perceive that as manipulative, but Beck has a bit of a different approach.

And I just have a soft spot for her, you know.

Well, she owns it. Do you never owns it?

Yes, yes. That's the thing. And, you know, when she, when she messes up, like, at least she understands.

And it takes a long time to weigh your brain from going the same way that you used to go all of your life.

But I think she's on the good path.

Absolutely. Well, Stella, thank you so much for joining us.

My absolute pleasure, guys.

Good on you, Stella. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Have a good day.

Thank you for joining us.