Exclusive: Al explains why he did a 'shoey' at the first MAFS Dinner Party
The first Dinner Party for Married At First Sight in 2022 kicked off with big drama and a very interesting stunt from one groom.
It was the first time all of the brides and grooms got together, but there was clearly tensions between some of the couples already.
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So, in an effort to lighten the mood Al decided to do something we've never seen go down at a Dinner Party before. Yep, the moment the youngest groom in the experiment drank out of his own shoe.
Al stunned the group at the Dinner Party by drinking from his shoe. Nine
The stunt is known as a 'shoey' and the 25-year-old explained how to do it in an interview with 9Entertainment.
"You grab your shoe — or any other person's shoe — and you pour an alcoholic beverage into the shoe and scull it," he said.
It got a very mixed reaction from the other brides and grooms, with a mixture of shock, laughter and a bit of disgust. Sam, Al's wife, bowed her head in embarrassment as he did it.
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Sam doesn't look impressed. Nine
But nothing topped expert Mel Shilling's reaction:
Mel was shocked by Al doing a shoey. Nine
The groom admitted that while it "threw a lot people off", he just "likes to have fun" and did it in an effort to break the ice.
"I noticed that a lot of the grooms were impressed, but I know that some of the brides weren't so impressed," he said.
"They probably thought 'That's kind of silly or immature' but that's their own opinion.
"I'm here to bring light and energy into the experiment and I just wanna fun… I wasn't gonna change, even if they didn't like it."
While we're not sure Al's 'shoey' did his relationship with Sam any favours, he definitely gave everyone a memory they won't forget.
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