By Charlie Coë For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:10 GMT, 18 March 2019 | Updated: 02:17 GMT, 18 March 2019
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In recent seasons, Married At First Sight has incorporated scripted elements and hired professional actors to generate 'drama' on screen.
But the show's trio of relationship experts insist that their role on the show remains sacred and they are not told what to say by producers.
Speaking to TV Tonight, clinical neuropsychotherapist Trisha Stafford denied claims by former contestants that the panel is 'fed lines' during commitment ceremonies.
Setting the record straight: Married At First Sight experts insist they 'aren't told what to say by producers' - despite former contestants claiming they are 'fed lines through an earpiece'. Pictured (left to right): Mel Schilling, John Aiken and Trisha Stratford
'It's an unscripted television show - that's where it's an experiment, and like any experiment you throw in different variables,' she said.
'We don't do anything [to advance storylines], we observe them and talk to them.'
It comes after Dean Wells, a contestant from last year's season of MAFS, alleged in January that the
