๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australian TV show can’t find a match for a gay Muslim man

Apr 22, 2020 | 2 comments

Producers of Nine Networkโ€™s long-running reality TV series, Married at First Sight (MAFS) dropped a gay Muslim groom from the upcoming seventh season just days before filming the weddings in September.

Melbourne-based actor Wil Karroum said he was rejected by email on September 4 after spending five months meeting casting agents and producers because the series relationship experts โ€œcould not find a matchโ€.

The 40-year-old said he was informed that โ€œover 1,000 gay people had applied this yearโ€ and was shocked when the showโ€™s experts said they could not find a single match for him. Karroum believes the axe came so producers could cast more influential contestants.

Speaking to the Star Observer, Karroum clarified that while heโ€™s not upset about the rejection itself, heโ€™s confused as to why a match couldnโ€™t be found, especially after passing through multiple rounds of interviews โ€“ including one with MAFS executive producer Tara McWilliams.

โ€œI know Iโ€™m not the hottest guy around, but am I seriously that hard to match?โ€

Will Karroum

โ€œThatโ€™s a bit disingenuous and itโ€™s a bit dodgy to me. Iโ€™m an actor and actors want love as well,โ€ he told the Star.

โ€œIโ€™m not picky and I find beauty in every race and creed, so I find it odd that they couldnโ€™t find some sort of match. The whole thing is, I was OK with the rejection.โ€

During the interview stages, Karroum postponed moving to the Gold Coast and cancelled a trip to America, as producers asked him to โ€œbe patientโ€.

Karroum also told the Star that his position as an openly gay Muslim man, while initially appealing to producers, has cost Aussie television an opportunity for more well-rounded representation.

โ€œI want to find love, but I also want to be an advocate for others in my position and show people that itโ€™s OK. I wanted an equal representation and weโ€™re not getting that,โ€ he said.

โ€œI do come from a religious background and Iโ€™m not religious at all, but itโ€™s hard for me to even gain acceptance through my family. I needed to actually find love and I havenโ€™t had success through the usual avenues and I figured I should give it a shot.

โ€œThey made it sound like it was something they were looking for,โ€ he continued. 

โ€œThey said, โ€˜We need to move on past this point in our historyโ€™ and โ€˜Our culture needs to evolve,โ€™ and โ€™Itโ€™s important that your voice is heard,โ€™ blah blah blah.

โ€œThey lead me on. I asked them multiple times to tell me if itโ€™s a โ€˜noโ€™ because I need to make decisions in my life.โ€

The news comes after Nine Network announced they had officially binned plans to bring back Talking Married, the sister show of Married At First Sight.

A source told that the decision to scrap the show was made โ€œout of concerns for the mental health of those involvedโ€.

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2 Comments

  1. Jkman1990

    Come to Bath, UK. You’ll be welcome hereโค

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  2. KLA

    Iโ€™d date him. Heโ€™s very handsome, and seems interesting.

    Reply

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