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Shock and disbelief: Families react to participants going on Married At First Sight
'I could feel my mum's eyes burning through my soul.'
When brides and grooms tell their parents they're going to marry a stranger the first reaction is usually shock followed by a barrage of questions.
"I could feel my mum's eyes burning through my soul, like just staring at me," said Michael. "I asked her 'are you okay with this?' and the first thing was like, 'Mike why are you doing this?'.
"Cause I think it was so far out of her realm of normal that she couldn't quite comprehend it but she did come around."
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Meanwhile Jules mother started crying when she found out.
"My mum was in pieces, like she was crying, she really was emotional, she went into mum mode," she explained.
But Mick's relatives had a far more positive reaction.
"My family thought it was quite funny actually, they're going 'no way, nup', couldn't believe that I'd actually made the show and someone like me would be on it," he revealed.
Watch the video above to find out how all the participants' families took the news.
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