It's Friday I'm Not Here for the Drama: MAFS UK, Consent and Adult Gap Years
Content note: the first topic discusses sexual assault. There is a warning at the top of that section and chapter markers if you would like to skip ahead.Married at First Sight UK has been pulled from Channel 4 after three former brides made allegations against their on-screen husbands. We use it as a way into a bigger question: what does reality TV actually ask people to consent to?
This week also brings a new segment, the Moan-In, where we rule on the small things winding us up, from subscriptions to badly designed pub toilets. And we get into the very tempting idea of the adult gap year…
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