Married At First Sight’s JJ Slater breaks silence on transphobic comments

Married At First Sight's JJ has spoken out after receiving transphobic comments about Ella Morgan.

The 30 year old fashion brand owner, who has appeared in the recent series of the E4 reality show, was targeted with nasty comments on a recent TikTok live after he was seen kissing Ella.

JJ, who originally paired up with Bianca Petronzi, also 30, caught Ella's attention when he joined the series halfway through. They've been allowed to continue on the show as a couple, while Ella's previous hubby Nathanial Valentino chose to leave after their secret romance was revealed.

After viewers saw them smooching on the show, JJ shared that he'd been hit with a wave of hurtful and 'wrong' comments. Speaking about the remarks about Ella, he said: "Am I bi now? No! I see Ella as a girl. I don't know how many times I have to say that.

"The thing is everyone in the experiment saw Ella as a woman and a girl because that's what she is." His co-star Luke Worley, who was asked to leave the show, added: "Ella to me is a woman.

"I had never been around someone Trans so I had to personally be educated. I look at Trans people totally different now."

"I had to have this conversation with Ella because I needed to be educated as well. Speak to your friends about it in your group chat or privately not on a comment or a post. Speak about it privately if you want to have a rant."

"I think people forget, they think we're just characters, we aren't."

JJ also addressed 'cheating' on Bianca on the live stream as he said: "I didn't drag it out, I knew Bianca for 12 days. I feel like it was a lose lose for me."

"Trust me that dinner party were the toughest two days ever. I was a shell of myself, sat there with a face like, I didn't want anything to happen like that and I found it really difficult."

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