Several Married At First Sight participants gave up high-paying jobs to take part in Nine’s social experiment.
And Daily Mail Australia can reveal that a handful of stars have been left jobless and out of pocket after filming the show between September and December last year.
Furthermore, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has effectively ended their careers as professional celebrities.
Married At First Sight EXCLUSIVE: Several participants have been left jobless and out of pocket because of the coronavirus pandemic. Pictured: Hayley Vernon in January
Reality stars like to cash in on their 15 minutes of fame with nightclub appearances, but these venues have been ordered to close to the limit the spread of coronavirus.
The global health crisis has also affected the influencer marketing industry as many businesses that rely on this type of advertising temporarily close.
Hayley Vernon walked away from a $150,000-per-year job as a finance broker in Melbourne to film the show last year.
Change: Hayley Vernon walked away from a $150,000-per-year job as a finance broker in Melbourne to film the show last year. She has since found work as a labourer, which she enjoys. Pictured on November 3
After returning home earlier than expected after her split from David Cannon, the 32-year-old bodybuilder got a job mixing concrete to pay the bills.
On November 3, Hayley shared a photo to Instagram of herself in high-vis workwear and appeared to be enjoying her new career as a labourer.
‘Have I told you the story of the girl that fell in love with being a trady [sic] and is considering getting in the tools full time!?’ she wrote.
Starring role: Ivan Sarakula (pictured) left his job of two years at McGrath Estate Agents due to fears his portrayal on MAFS could ‘reflect badly on the business’
Ivan Sarakula, 30, left his job of two years as a Sydney real estate agent after Married At First Sight.
He parted ways with McGrath Estate Agents in mid-January after taking three months’ leave of absence to film the show last year.
There were concerns at McGrath over how Ivan would be portrayed on screen and if this would reflect badly on the business.
Gary Vouris, head of sales for McGrath Sutherland Shire and Illawarra, told Daily Mail Australia in March the decision had been a mutual one.
Ivan said he was excited to take his career in a new direction. He is now working as a property partner at another well-known estate agency.
Success! Ivan is now working as a property partner at another well-known estate agency
Mishel Karen was left thousands of dollars in debt after filming MAFS.
She sustained a serious injury while skiing on her honeymoon with Steve Burley in September last year.
The 49-year-old police worker tore her meniscus on the slopes in Queenstown, but she chose to ignore the pain and continue filming.
She underwent surgery on February 3, a month after filming had wrapped, and spent thousands of her own money in medical bills.
Painful: Married At First Sight’s Mishel Karen (right) was forced to undergo knee surgery after injuring herself skiing while on her honeymoon with Steve Burley (left) last year
Expensive honeymoon: She underwent surgery on February 3, a month after filming had wrapped, and spent thousands of her own money in medical bills
Last week, Stacey Hampton revealed that several cast members were struggling to find work.
‘We’re all losing jobs,’ the 26-year-old single mother commented on Instagram.
Stacey qualified to practise as a lawyer in South Australia last May, but put her career on hold to begin filming Married At First Sight in mid-August.
‘We’re all losing jobs’: Last week, Stacey Hampton revealed that several cast members were struggling to find work. Pictured in May 2019
On hold: Stacey qualified to practise as a lawyer in South Australia last May, but put her career on hold to begin filming MAFS in mid-August. Pictured: Stacey’s Supreme Court certificate
Josh Pihlak revealed on Monday that he had been made redundant.
He had returned to work as a tradesman in Newcastle after breaking up with Cathy Evans in November, but the coronavirus pandemic has left him jobless.
‘Well, there goes our jobs. If anyone’s got any work going let us and the boys know. I don’t want it to come to selling teeth whitening kits,’ he wrote on Instagram.
‘Well there goes our jobs’: Tradesman Josh Pihlak (far right) revealed on Monday that he had been made redundant because the coronavirus pandemic