‘She was the villain all along’: Married At First Sight fans compare Stacey Hampton to Regina George from Mean Girls following her cheating scandal with Mikey Pembroke
On Tuesday’s episode of Married At First Sight, Natasha Spencer claimed Stacey Hampton had slept with her ‘husband’ Mikey Pembroke.
The allegation followed weeks of Stacey publicly shaming fellow ‘bride’ Hayley Vernon after she confessed to ‘macking on’ with her ‘groom’ Michael Goonan.
The claim that Stacey had also been cheating in the series sent Twitter into a meltdown, with fans claiming Stacey was the show’s real ‘villain’, while others compared her to Regina George from the cult classic film Mean Girls.
‘Stacey was the villain all along’: On Tuesday, Married At First Sight fans compared Stacey Hampton (pictured) to Regina George from Mean Girls following her cheating scandal with Mikey Pembroke
‘Plot twist… Stacey was the creepy villain all along,’ wrote one fan.
‘Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimised by Stacey,’ said another, while sharing a still from the 2004 hit teen movie.
As Stacey continued to deny the affair, calling Mikey ‘desperate’ and claiming he was ‘obsessed’ with her, the comparisons to Regina continued.
One woman shared a clip of Regina asking, ‘Why are you so obsessed with me?’.
Ouch! The claim that Stacey had also been cheating sent Twitter into a meltdown, with fans claiming Stacey was the show’s real ‘villain’
In the episode, Natasha, 26, began by telling the other couples Stacey and Michael Goonan had ‘the fakest relationship in Australian reality TV history’.
‘And I’d like to toast to Stacey, for f**king my husband on our one-month anniversary. Cheers to you, babe,’ she concluded.
Her bombshell revelation left everyone at the table stunned, and prompted Stacey, 26, to deny ever sleeping with Mikey, branding herself ‘the most loyal partner’.
Drama: Natasha Spencer (pictured) dropped a bombshell on Tuesday’s episode of Married At First Sight, revealing her ‘ex-husband’ Mikey Pembroke had slept with Stacey Hampton
Feeling the pressure to weigh in on the discussion, Mikey, 29, then stood up and confessed: ‘One thing led to another, me and Stacey had a few drinks in Ivan and Aleks’ room, and we slept together.’
Stacey’s ‘husband’ Michael, 29, said he trusted her, before asking if there was ‘any evidence’.
Mikey then walked away to retrieve his phone to show the group the text messages he and Stacey had exchanged.
‘There’s no messages,’ Stacey insisted, with Mikey urging the show’s producers to ‘get a lie detector test’.
Confirmation: Mikey (pictured) backed up the claim, pulling out his phone which contained text messages between him and Stacey
Mikey then got fellow participant Chris Nicholls to read the messages aloud, with Stacey apologising in text for running out the following morning.
Ivan Sarakula and Aleks Markovic then weighed in, revealing Mikey’s clothes had been dropped off back at their apartment in a Mecca Cosmetics bag after the alleged incident.
But Stacey insisted she was ‘single’ at the time because she had written ‘leave’ at their commitment ceremony, adding: ‘If it did happen, I’d be sitting here going, “He deserved it”.’
Penny for your thoughts: Stacey’s husband Michael (pictured) was left with a lot to think about