In what feels like a miracle (actually, more like a curse), it appears that Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2026 has reinvented the way we see the Dinner Parties, with Wednesday night’s absolute cluster fuck of a shindig. Here are the five most explosive moments from the most chaotic MAFS dinner party in history.
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Every year, MAFS advertises at least one Dinner Party and one Commitment Ceremony as the “most explosive” one yet. However, I would like to argue that 2026’s Week Three shebang will go down in history as one of the most toxic, most chaotic and most frustrating Dinner Party in MAFS history.
So, if you were busy Wednesday night, February 18, don’t fret. Here’s a cheat sheet on the most explosive moments from MAFS 2026’s Episode 12 Dinner Party.
Five of the most explosive moments from Married At First Sight ‘s most chaotic Dinner Party in history
5. Rebecca Zukowski and Steve Powell argue at pre-drinks
Right off the heels of an absolutely botched Intimacy Week, Rebecca Zukowski and Steve Powell unsurprisingly arrive at the dinner party solo.
To give you a quick recap, shit hit the fan when Steve refused to participate in Rebecca’s Ultimate Fantasy Night, where she tried to spice things up with some lingerie.
To keep boundaries, Rebecca didn’t surprise Steve by wearing it, but instead sat down with him and explained that she wanted to try the gear on. However, Steve shut down the whole concept, putting a spanner in their relationship.
During the men’s workshop with Alessandra Rampolla, Steven bullshitted his way through, claiming that not participating in the task had “bonded” them together. Fellow groom Scott McCristal called Steven out, which then led to a line of questioning from Alessandra.
The sexologist then called out Steve, suggesting that he tried to “skirt around” her questions. In response, the groom said: “I don’t have an earpiece in my ear, I’m not waiting for someone to tell me what to say.”
Thankfully, Queen Aless put Steve in his spot, while his fellow grooms called him out on his “earpiece comment”.
After the sesh, Rebecca and Steven had a discussion about their relationship, but unfortunately, the pair basically called it quits, with them staying in separate apartments.
Rebecca arrived at pre-drinks (is that what they call it?) before Steve and gave Gia Fleur and Rachel Gilmore the 411 on her shitty relationship, which resulted in tears.
“We had a little bit of a disagreement, and it got a bit heated, and he left,” Rebecca said, adding that it was her “biggest fear”.
“Don’t come into the experiment, disrespect me and yourself and the experiment if you’re not going to give it 100 per cent,” Rebecca cried.
Steve eventually rocked up and said hello to everyone, including Rebecca, but she didn’t buy is sweet facade.
“He’s a people pleaser,” Rebecca said in a confessional.
“He’s fake. He’s a people pleaser. He’s full of shit.”
Shit then hit the fan when Luke Fourniotis attempted to bring Rebecca over, to which Gia and Rebecca said no.
After Rebecca refused to come over, Steve eventually went to her and asked if she wanted to chat. He also said he “didn’t want to be rude” and that he caught a vibe that she wanted space.
Rebecca snapped.
“Can I tell you one thing, honey? Like, you shouldn’t have to tell a grown man that walks into a room to have a chat. So no, it’s fine,” Rebecca said.
“I walked into a room of many other people, and I came up to you, and I was being very civil,” Steve clapped back.
“I’m your wife. You’re here — you’re on Married At First Sight, you’re supposed to come [to me],” Rebecca said.
After a mini shouting match, which was basically Steve versus Rebecca and Gia, the groom walked away.
AGAIN, this is only the pre-drinks.
4. Brook Crompton crashes the Dinner Party
In Tuesday night’s episode, it was revealed that Brook Crompton had left the experiment early. Initially, Chris Nield didn’t want to enter the Dinner Party alone. However, after our cast sat down in their assigned seats, the wooden rolling door opened up, with Chris walking through.
A couple of moments later — with his costars asking what happened between him and his bride — Brook eventually shows face at the Dinner Party.
When a producer asked why she came back, Brook said: “Obviously, I didn’t finish the experiment. I was 50/50 on whether I wanted to come back or not, but I feel like I owe it to everyone to have a further conversation. So, I’m excited to see everyone. I’m excited to see Chris tonight. We’ll see how we go.”
At the dinner party, she added that she wasn’t gonna “let my bitches fight some bitches by themselves”. Yikessss…
Now… this is when things get spicy (not spicy in a haha way, more in a ‘what the actual fuck’ way).
3. Brook Crompton Vs Stella Mickunaite
Right after Brook sat down, the Gold Coast-based model attempted to go for Stella Mickunaite‘s jugular.
You see, Brook has had it out for Stella ever since her fellow bride called her out at the Commitment Ceremony for claiming her relationship with Filip Gregov “fake” during the Green / Red Flags challenge.
“I think Stella is trying to give relationship advice after her two-week relationship,” Brook yelled as Stella was speaking to Steve.
All of a sudden, Brook unleashed on Stella, asking her, “I wanna know why you’ve got a problem with me”, and making faces.
In a confessional, Brook said, “I’m here now, and there’s a lot of fake bitches” with an absolutely tragic, T-R-A-G-I-C, mic drop.
“Why, at the Commitment Ceremony, out of everyone, did you come for me and decide to have a go at me. You came for me when I’ve done nothing to you. You called me out in front of everyone and the experts, making me out to look like a bad person when I didn’t understand why you did,” Brook said.
“Prove me wrong. I’m not calling you out in front of a whole circle of people and making you out to be the bad person,” Brook continued, with Mel Schilling stating that her outburst was like “the pot calling the kettle black”.
“You need to have a clue and realise that I’m standing up for myself because I see someone like you, ‘I’m so deep, I’m so deep.’ I don’t think you’re deep, I think you’re fucking dumb,” Brook continued.
Keep in mind… Stella hasn’t said anything and just watched Brook spit out PURE VENOM at her. When she finally wrapped up her rant, Stella simply replied with an “mmm”, to which Brook mocked.
“I really felt like you played the victim card there,” Brook said as she started up again.
“Do you notice how much time you’ve been talking and I hadn’t said a word?” Stella clapped back, which seemingly got a reaction from Scott, Gia and Brook (but of course, we take it with a grain of salt ‘cos duh, reality TV editing).
Brook then laughed, which was then followed by a cackle from Gia.
“I will not talk with you if you don’t listen,” Stella clapped back.
“It’s just so disrespectful,” Stella continued before Brook interrupted, saying it wasn’t.
Stella went on to explain that English was her second language because it appeared that Brook was rolling her eyes at her every time she spoke.
Stella went on to say Brook was “barking on other women”, to which Gia chimed in and said, “Barking, babe? That’s lovely. Why don’t you go back in your kennel, babes, hey?”
Brook then called Stella a bitch, as a result, Filip stood up for his wife.
Stella then got up from the table and tried to pull Brook aside for a one-on-one chat, but instead, Brook snapped at her to not touch her.
“OK then, shut the fuck up,” Stella said while walking away from the Dinner Party.
As Stella walked away, Brook attempted (and I reaaaaalllly mean ‘attempted’, because just like her mic drop, it was tragic) to read Stella’s outfit, telling her to take her “stripper boots off” and claiming that they’re “faux leather”.
“Seriously, where did you get them from, Target?” Brook said with Alissa Fay jumping in, triggering the next explosive moment.
2. Alissa Fay vs Brook Crompton, Gia Fleur and Bec Zacharia
Following that Target comment from Brook, Alissa jumped in, simply saying it “wasn’t nice”.
Immediately, after Alissa had basically breathed, Brook fired up with a “shut up” followed by a “you ratchet idiot”.
RATCHET???? RATCHET??? Oh, this show is about to turn into Natalie Nunn Baddies Australia. IYKYK.
Thankfully, Alissa’s husband, David Momoh, jumped in to defend his wife.
“Don’t talk about her like that,” David yelled as Brook continued to pull faces… because that’s all she can do.
“This is enough,” Alissa said before Gia jumped in, telling her to also “shut up”.
“This is actually really nasty,” Alissa added.
Unfortunately for Alissa, she basically got verbally jumped by Brook, Gia and Bec all because she told them that what they’re doing to Stella wasn’t nice.
Look, I would quote everything that was said, but Gia, Bec and Brook were basically mocking Alissa’s voice (which is more on the high-energy side), calling her “fake”, accusing her of “rolling her eyes”, and just roaring at her to “shut up”.
Absolutely triggering stuff for people who’ve experienced some kind of bullying.
Later in the scene, Brook, alongside Bec, Gia and Mel Akbay, is throwing up the “L” sign and repeating “loser” while the girls cackled.
“This is not worth my breath or my energy,” Alissa said before Bec sarcastically replied, “Of course it’s not”.
Alissa then clapped back, telling the group of girls to “focus on their relationship”, which then ultimately triggered Brook, who then said her marriage to David was “fake”.
“I hope your parents are proud watching this,” Brook said, to which Alissa replied, “I’m done with your bullying”.
The group of girls then continued to mock Alissa. Alissa then defended herself, to which Bec snapped and yelled at her to “shut up” before growling and throwing her hands up into claws, which was reminiscent of a raptor from Jurassic Park.
Brook continued with the name-calling, branding Alissa a “lame bitch” and saying that what she’s doing is “not bullying”.
In a confessional, Alissa cried and described what happened as “disgusting behaviour”.
Oh, we’re riding for my girl!!!
1. Danny Hewitt allegedly says Gia Fleur is his type
After all the yelling, Danny Hewitt asked Brook to be quiet. Instead of being reasonable, Brook snapped back and called him “Temu Conor McGregor” before basically revealing that he had told Gia that he was “his type” in the real world.
The beef has turned INCESTUAL.
Immediately, because Bec already had trust and intimacy issues with Danny, the news sends her spiralling. When she confronts Danny about the claim, he immediately denies it and begs her to look into his eyes, because apparently, the “eyes never lie”.
Bec fully shuts down and doesn’t respond to either Danny, Brook or Gia, who are arguing whether or not the groom had said Gia was his type.
Out of nowhere, Bec slapped the table and told the girls, “You’re not coming for your husband”.
(Side note: she already came for your husband, calling him Temu Conor McGregor, but OK).
Bec then started yelling “don’t” and pointing at a bunch of people before running away to the couches for some alone time.
When she finally gets to the couches, Danny rolls over and somehow turns the whole situation on her!!!! Stating things that he needs to be with someone who would believe him straight away over another person.
The dinner party ends with the question: Did Danny say Gia was his type or did Gia and Brook make that up for drama?
Anyways, this episode was super triggering — like the behaviour around Stella and Alissa was giving war (more like school oval) flashbacks. So, I’m gonna go meditate.
CYAAA.
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