MAFS Australia fans were left stunned as a surprise feud unfolded at the drama-riddled couples retreat.

The brides and grooms were gathered together during the second night of the retreat, when a new row broke out in the aftermath of Bec’s ‘vulgar’ comment and subsequent fallout with fellow bride Rachel.

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Bec found herself on the receiving end of a nasty commentCredit: E4
 

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Bride Juliette took aim at Bec as a surprise new feud unveiled on screen
 

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Bec accused Juliette of being Gia’s ‘puppet’
After Bec and Rachel failed to see eye-to-eye after another attempt to break the ice, bride Juliette decided to shoot her shot at Bec.

Bec claimed that Juliette was acting as bride Gia’s ‘puppet’ and dismissed her- with Bec and Gia known for not getting along.

“You’re an idiot if you keep telling me to shush, you have been the one that has lied the most,” Juliette snapped back.

“Come at me,” Bec then countered, before Juliette let rip.

“Babe every night you’ve been the dumbest **** here,” she said.

It’s not clear what the expletive word was, with Channel 4 opting to censor it.

However, the remark clearly disgusted the other brides and grooms in the experiment who were stunned into silence.

In a separate piece to camera, co-star Alissa said: “That is not appropriate, that is not okay, and I would never use those words in front of anyone.”

“Juliette is getting involved for no apparent reason and calling out the words that were called out is the biggest hypocrisy of the whole thing,” added Stella.

“Very unkind, very unreasonable, just not nice to watch.”

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Co-star Alissa claimed Juliette’s censored comment was ‘inappropriate’
 

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Juliette said she was giving Bed a ‘taste of her own medicine’
 

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Bec and Juliette’s row followed earlier drama between Bec and Rachel
In a one-to-one, Juliette then tried to justify her actions.

“I dunno I just hit my boiling point,” she said. “Bec is scary as hell with having to convince people to be on her side but I’ve seen the light and I’ve seen that she can be vile and she can be aggressive.

“Do you know what, how do you defeat that?” she added. “Be aggressive back babe. Have a little taste of your own medicine.”

Bec seemed equally astonished by Juliette’s words and her sudden problem with her.

“You and I have had no problems, zero,” replied Bec. “We’ve had zero problems and then Gia sits there and says ‘Juliette say this, say this’ and then you are coming at me.”

In a separate piece to camera, Gia praised her friend: “Juliette owned it tonight and I think she justified it tonight in what she said to Bec and Danny.

“Maybe not the language I would have used but I’m a girl’s girl, I back her, I love her.”

“She held her own tonight and I was really proud of her.”

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Gia said she was ‘proud’ of Juliette for speaking up
Fans weighed in on the heated exchange online, with people confused by Juliette’s actions.

“Why juliette’s involved?” wrote one on X, with another adding: “Did Juliette hit her head?”

“What did Juliette actually call bec? A dumb what?” asked one curious fan.

Viewers also agreed that Gia’s influence on Juliette prompted the argument.

“Juliette saying she’s done being manipulated by Bec so she goes and sits by Gia who is manipulating her? Fair enough,” tweeted one viewer.

Another agreed: “Yes you’re the puppeteer Gia.”

“Gia spends a day winding Juliette up and sits back and lets her do the fighting. Juliette is dumb,” penned another.

One exhausted viewer felt the 2026 cast had broken a new record.

“These are the messiest and most toxic group of people ever. Jezz,” they tweeted.

Following Juliette and Bec’s war of words, Bec’s husband Danny sat down to confront Juliette on her comment.

However, Juliette showed little remorse as she said she was ‘calling it out for what it was’.

Danny then headed back to his room with Bec and told her that the two of them were leaving and staying in a hotel for the night after the tense evening.

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MAFS Australia fans were confused as to why Juliette waded in to the retreat drama