MAFS’ Bec Zacharia Has Finally Addressed Viral Rumours About Her, From Secret PR Team To Ozempic
With Married At First Sight (MAFS) 2026 done and dusted, this season’s most talked-about bride Bec Zacharia has finally addressed some of the biggest rumours about her stint on the reality show.
The 35-year-old appeared on the recent episode of PEDESTRIAN.TV’s podcast Villain Edit to answer all of the burning questions fans are still asking after the series wrapped. From allegations she is an alcoholic and on Ozempic to claims she brought her own PR team onto the show to “curate her image”, nothing was off limits.
MAFS’ Bec addresses PR rumours
There have been rumours swirling about Bec’s MAFS experience ever since the season launched in February, when Gia Fleur told Chattr that she hired a PR team during filming.
“We have to remember that Bec came into the show with a PR team; no one else did. She had a PR person that she would meet with every week,” Gia claimed.
The theory perpetuated throughout the season, especially as Bec was shown yelling at her co-stars in one episode and tearfully apologising in the next; however, she told Villain Edit that there’s no truth to the rumour.
“I was not being coached,” she asserted. “I actually wish I was, to be honest with you, because my life would be in a lot less tatters than it is now. Whoever would be my PR, they did a s**t job. And really, you should be paying me if you’re my PR.”
Bec clarified that she has a friend from school who works as a publicist — similar to Alissa Fay, whose bridesmaid owns a PR company — but she was never “guided” by her in the experiment.
“Our phones are taken away from us, so the moment you’re mic’d up, your phone’s gone,” she explained.
“It’s not like I can sit there and be like, ‘Okay, let me ring people and find out whether or not I should do this’. We don’t have that option. I know when I’ve done the wrong thing. I’m an adult. I know that when I have messed up [I] need to apologise for it.”
Bec speaks out about weight loss and drug rumours
Bec revealed early in the season that she lost 27kg before entering the show, going from 89kg to 54kg, which helped build her confidence and self-worth. While some viewers accused her of photoshopping the before-and-after photos featured on the show and questioned if she lost the weight by using Ozempic, Bec defended her weight loss journey as genuine.
“I am not on Ozempic. I’ve put on weight, and I was out training this morning ‘cause I’ve had a bit of an emotional roller coaster,” she said.
The Adelaide-born bride added that, despite what her co-stars and online comments have suggested, she doesn’t have any issues with substance abuse.
“I am not on drugs. It’s just not a thing. I’m not an alcoholic,” she declared.
“I’m not all bad. I think I’m just a little bit misunderstood. But it’s really my goal to try to show people that I’m not that insecure. In the right relationship, I flourish. In the right friendships, we are there for each other, and we stand for each other. We hold each other tight.”
Bec responds to ‘go to therapy’ comments
Outside of the drug and alcohol-related comments, Bec’s social media posts have been flooded with responses from viewers telling her to “go to therapy” — something she revealed she’s already been doing.
She said she’s “always been in therapy” and did a lot of work on herself before MAFS, and plans on doing shadow work to help her process past family and relationship trauma.
“For anyone that thinks that they have an opinion on my mental health, I would suggest that you go on to a reality TV show away from your family, your dog, marry a stranger in a toxic relationship where you’re being gaslit every day and you’ve got someone like Gia who you never know is going to come for you or not,” she said.
“I think that I actually managed to get through it, and I’m proud of myself for that. Anyone in my situation in the relationship that I was in and with the beef I had with certain people would f**king lose their mind, like my god.”
Look, when you think back on all the drama she experienced on MAFS — both self-inflicted and involuntary — she’s got a point. Let’s just give Bec a break, yeah?