Madlin, the bridesmaid of MAFS contestant Booka Nile, has appeared on the latest episode of the So Dramatic! podcast where she claimed that her muso friend has had “a few stalkers” since filming the reality show.
Booka and Madlin are best mates who live together, along with Madlin’s child, and apparently they’ve “had a guy try to break in constantly,” so they’ve been forced to move house.
“Men who have expressed interest in her and a few guys who have gotten a bit over excited and they have not left her alone,” she said.
“He’s been pretty close [to breaking in],” she said, adding that “literally as soon as we go outside, he just runs away.”
They asked their landlord to put up a fence to keep the guy out, but apparently he keeps coming. He even rocked up at 10pm the other night, according to Madlin, so she went out with a butter knife (???), but he ran away.
“It’s super freaky,” she added. “She’s had this as a musician, but having people invested in her personal relationships is different. It’s pretty freaky.”
In the same interview, Madlin made some damning allegations, including some alleged gross actions displayed by Brett that didn’t make it into the MAFS eps.
Madlin claims that Brett made racist, sexist and homophobic comments to Booka during filming.
“One thing that was particularly distressing and concerning was the sexist behaviour,” she said, adding that unlike Bryce, Brett was “quite covert about” his alleged sexism.
“He was cracking sexist jokes, like ‘Women can’t drive’,” she said, adding that he had “pathetic humour” and we “haven’t seen the other side of Brett.”
She claimed that Booka told him “no, that’s not funny” whenever he made a sexist joke and he was reportedly “very offended” by her response, which is what led to comments like “you’re too intense,” which we actually did see on-screen, but without context.
Booka explained to him how his jokes contribute to rape culture, but apparently he “wasn’t having it” and “didn’t want to listen to it.” She went on to claim that he also made homophobic jokes at Patrick’s wedding.
But wait, it gets worse. Madlin also claims that Brett Helling wasn’t into Booka Nile from the get go because she “wasn’t Japanese.”
She claimed that he wrote a pros and cons list about Booka and one of the things that he didn’t like about her was that she’s not Japanese as he allegedly fetishises Japanese women.
“We’re so quick to call out people like Bryce and of course, we should, but can we have a look at what else is going on?” Madlin suggested.
She went on to say that Brett’s real behaviour is a primary example of “toxic masculinity” and if only we got to see that side of him on-screen.
Have a listen to the full podcast ep here.
