By Benge Nsenduluka For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 22:39 GMT, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 22:39 GMT, 11 March 2019
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Channel Nine recently shut down claims that Married at First Sight stars are paid actors.
However, one former MAFS star claims the controversy is all just a case of semantics and that while co-stars are not paid to act, they are indeed acting on the show.
In an Instagram video on Monday, former 'runaway groom' Matty Lockett, said co-stars are aware that bringing drama to the show means getting airtime.
Shock claims: A former Married at First Sight star has claimed stars on the show are acting
'They're all acting, but they're not being paid to act,' he claimed.
'They're all acting because they think they're gonna be the next big thing.
'They all know for a fact that they only show the drama... [Jules Robinson and Cameron Merchant] - they're the only ones who are in love and you never seem them because they're boring. The rest of them are just acting out drama.'
Semantics? Channel Nine recently denied the cast are paid actors. However, Matty Lockett (pictured) claims the controversy is all just a case of semantics and that while co-stars are not paid to act, they are indeed acting on the show
Matty appeared on last year's season and he's not alone in his claims that the cast are putting on
