Married At First Sight’s Natasha Spencer voices support for Poppy Jennings

Married At First Sight star Natasha Spencer has voiced her support for Poppy Jennings. 

The 26-year-old hinted that the mother-of-two is considering legal action against the show, after her friend made extraordinary claims about her ‘husband’ Luke Eglin.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Friday, Natasha said she hopes that Poppy goes through with it, as ‘we can’t silence this stuff.’

‘I think she’s talking and figuring out what her options are, because she does have a lot of evidence,’ Natasha said. 

‘And I hope it’s something that Poppy does go through with and she’s pretty strong in doing it.’

She added: ‘It’s time to give heed to things, that we don’t silence this stuff. It’s something we need to speak about more and something that we definitely don’t want to tell women that they can’t talk about and silence them.’

Natasha said that Poppy has been trolled online after her appearance on the show, but she’s ‘proud’ of her for how well she is doing.  

Last week, Poppy’s friend Susie appeared on The Kyle and Jackie O Show and said there was more to her exit than what was shown to viewers. 

Susie claimed Poppy was seeking legal advice following her departure from MAFS.  

She claimed that a particular incident – which Daily Mail Australia cannot report for legal reasons – had caused Poppy to abruptly leave the experiment.

Luke reportedly acknowledged the incident took place at the time, and Poppy was speaking with lawyers to determine what she can say publicly.

Susie claimed: ‘[Poppy] needs to have an understanding of what she can and can’t say. She has been told by producers that she can’t come forward because of what has gone on, and how controversial it is to the show. 

‘It’s all about the show, no one is really caring about how she is feeling. Something happened to her that made her feel uncomfortable, and everybody has just brushed it off like it’s not important.’

According to Susie, Poppy had informed producers of an alleged incident with Luke, but they told her she could not speak about it. 

Susie continued: ‘She definitely told producers, and they just said, “Poppy, you can’t come forward with this as it’s way too controversial for the show.”

‘They’ve made her out like she’s left him for no reason, and she just doesn’t like him and misses her kids. This is not correct at all.’

When asked how Poppy is doing now, Susie said: ‘She’s not well, I’ll tell you that. She has not been well since she left the show.

‘She tells me she can’t sleep and is having night tremors [sic]. I tell her not to stress about it and that everything will be okay. She’s so upset about how everything went down and that she can’t be herself. It has affected her.

‘If anybody actually knew her, she’s the most realest person you’ll ever meet.’  

It came after Poppy shared a viral Facebook post in which she claimed that she ‘wasn’t allowed to speak’ about the incident. 

‘I was uncomfortable with all the things about this person I was matched with that didn’t add up!’ she wrote.

Poppy also claimed that Luke’s bosses had spoken to him before his appearance on the show, warning him to be ‘on his best behaviour’.

‘You have seen minutes of footage here and there of a guy on his best behaviour because he was drilled by his bosses beforehand about how he had to behave!’ she added.

According to Poppy, there were incidents that happened during filming that were ‘too controversial’ to be shown on television. 

‘I couldn’t say what was happening behind the scenes, as it was too controversial, so let’s just play her ugly crying and whinging over her kids,’ she wrote.

‘F**k, I’d probably hate me too! From what I heard that’s all they play of me!’ 

During her time on MAFS, Poppy had often complained about missing her two-year-old twin sons, who were staying in Wollongong with her mother.

She also claimed that Luke wasn’t genuinely upset when she left the experiment, and was more concerned about what she would say about him. 

‘Why is Luke crying when I left? What really happened that he was crying over! You don’t know because I wasn’t allowed to say! It’s too controversial!’ she continued.

‘I was afraid to speak up! But f**k this s**t, I’m going to tell everything!

‘It’s not what you see, it’s what you don’t see! Go and ask Luke why I was so uncomfortable? Why the f**k did I really leave?  

Before Susie’s interview with The Kyle and Jackie O Show, Luke had downplayed the incident in a statement to The Daily Telegraph.

The 39-year-old FIFO worker and father-of-two said: ‘I am not going to make any comments because, honestly, the best way to react is not to react.

‘To be honest, Poppy is a good person and the best of luck to her. I am not going to comment on anything because it is not worth it, it really isn’t.

‘Honestly, she just needs to move on like I have and that is it. We are finished on the show and that is as far as it goes.’ 

Luke, who works offshore as a maintenance supervisor, also told the Geelong Advertiser: ‘The best response is not to respond. There’s nothing I want to comment on because there’s no point [in] making extra accusations.’

A spokesperson for Channel Nine and producers Endemol Shine Australia said at the time: ‘We have seen Poppy’s post and note her distress – we have reached out to her to offer support and won’t be making any further public comment, and will focus on doing our best to support both Poppy and Luke.’ 

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