Married At First Sight RECAP: 'Villain' Jono brings the drama during the ... trends now

Jono McCullough has just cemented his place as the latest villain in Married At First Sight Australia after an explosive reunion on Sunday night, and viewers couldn't be happier.

The groom, 40, kicked up the drama the moment he walked through the door hand-in-hand with Ellie Dix, following their texting scandal behind wife Lauren Dunn's back. 

But when the spotlight fell on him during the final dinner party, he easily deflected attention by drumming up drama between couple Sara Mesa and Tim Calwell, and calling their tumultuous relationship into question. 

'I heard Tim say that he felt like he was rushed at Final Vows and if he did have that time he would have made a different decision,' Jono said, implying the groom doesn't actually want to be in a relationship with Sara.

'Deflection, deflection,' groom Timothy Smith shouted out as the other couples were left stunned by the admission.

As the brides began questioning where Jono got this information, he continued to deflect back at Tim, 31, claiming it was all true. 

Jono's plan appeared to work as Sara, 29, immediately turned her fiery temper to Tim, saying: 'What did you say to Jono?'

'I didn't say I would have made a different decision, I said I potentially could have,' Tim said, attempting to play down what he confided to Jono.

'What do you mean?' Sara shouted him, to which Tim replied: 'It was a hectic rollercoaster.' 

'But that's you saying that you would have said "no",' Sara pushed, though Tim continued to deny it.

Meanwhile, Ellie, 32, and Jono seemed to be having a happy time across the table, giggling together as Sara and Tim continued to argue.

'I feel like we can't laugh. Hold it in,' Ellie said as Jono attempted to hide his smile behind his hand. 

'Don't look so [bleep] happy, you [bleep],' Timothy told them.  

MAFS viewers flocked to X - formerly known as Twitter - to fans the flames of Jono's new found villainy. 

One person wrote: 'Jono sitting back like the cat who got the cream, revelling in the chaos.'

Another commented: 'Jono is smiling because he's successfully deflected the attention from himself. And for him and Ellie to be giggling is damn gross.'

'Jono has made the show tonight I suppose. Weird thing is he's brought a swagger completely opposite to anything he showed during the last however many weeks… it's as though these folks are often playing a role,' a third said.

'This is so painful lol,' yet another added, but many were quick to express their delight over the drama Jono drummed up among the other couples.

One happy viewer tweeted: 'Is anyone else loving this? Can't stand Jono or Lauren, awful pouting Sara is out of her box and her true psycho is about to emerge again, pure entertainment.'

Someone else wrote: 'Well, this is certainly making up for the incredibly boring previous episode.'

While another said: 'We need a villain origin story episode for Jono. This is messy but I can't look away.'

'Okay I know we're all supposed to hate Jono, but he is bringing the drama tonight that we have been waiting for all season,' a user commented.  

Another viewer wrote: 'Jono just standing his ground quite enjoying it. He started an emotional rship [sic] with Ellie one week after vows (remember what was said by both) and yes he was friends with Ellie during Lauren's and his rship [sic]. That is all.'

Despite his deflections and machinations, Jono and Ellie didn't escape the spotlight completely after announcing their relationship.

After denying they had feelings for one another, the pair struck up a romance with one another only a few weeks after Jono and Lauren split at Final Vows.

And at Sunday night's reunion, tensions came to a head when they finally faced the other brides and grooms as a couple.

They first travelled together to the party, holding hands in the car on the way and disparaging their former partners. 

'I wish I got to do this with you the entire experiment, but never mind,' Jono said to Ellie.