MAFS Mishel Karen leaves Nine bosses furious by boasting of her friendship with paparazzi

This year’s cast of Married At First Sight certainly haven’t been afraid to break their strict contracts with Channel Nine. 

And Mishel Karen became the latest participant to ignore the rules on Friday by speaking openly about her relationship with paparazzi.

The Nine Network is strongly against MAFS stars forming friendships with journalists and photographers, and encourages them to stay away from the media.

In a lengthy Instagram post, the 49-year-old police worker praised the paps for being clever and helping the cast expose the truth about the show.  

‘Paps are as clever as detectives. These people follow our journey and record our good and bad days,’ she explained. 

‘We can’t always see them, but they see us! We get warned by production to stay away from paparazzi. This year we broke all the rules and lots of us talked to paps. 

‘With their help, we were able to get our story out, messages that need to be heard. Also they capture some beautiful moments with our friends.’ 

Mishel also said that several cast members formed close bonds with their assigned producers, but these relationships weren’t shown on TV. 

‘We spend as much time with them as our partner. We confide in them and we feel like they are our friend,’ she explained. 

‘When we leave the experiment or when it ends, we lose them too. For some of us, losing your producer is worse than your relationship break-up.’

Fellow bride Hayley Vernon praised Mishel for speaking so openly about her relationship with the paparazzi – a topic that was once taboo among reality stars.

‘Love this babe! It’s really nice to get candid pics with everything that went on,’ she wrote. 

Vanessa Romito added: ‘You were so lucky to have [producer] Ryan, he was so nice. Now I understand why you stayed so long, he would have been great support.’ 

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Nine and Mishel Karen for comment.