Janelle Han appeared on this year’s Married At First Sight but the 28-year-old almost went on another dating reality show: The Bachelor.
Taking to Instagram to do a Q&A, Janelle was asked, “What made you join MAFS?,” and in response, Janelle said:
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“I didn’t think to apply [for Married At First Sight] until The Bachelor reached out to me. So I just applied for both at the same time.”
This is the second connection the 2023 season of MAFS has to its competitor The Bachelor. Harrison was outed at his wedding to Bronte by Jessica Tomlinson for dating Abby Miller right up until he entered the experiment, and both Jessica and Abby were contestants on this year’s The Bachelor.
Janelle also revealed other Married At First Sight tidbits during her Q&A including what the worst thing about joining the show was – “Probably being cheated on, and then blamed for it,” clearly referencing the infamous Adam and Claire kiss – and her honest thoughts on Harrison (who’s been dubbed this year’s ‘villain’):
“I think he’s really funny tbh [to be honest]. He’s never done wrong by me personally. [I] wouldn’t date a Harrison tho [sic].”
Not only this, Janelle bravely shared that she suffers from the autoimmune illness Lupus; something she did disclose during MAFS but was ultimately cut from the show.
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“Lupus is so hard to explain to people because you look absolutely fine on the outside. But it’s an ‘invisible disease’. Internally, I am EXHAUSTED, my kidneys are not good and I get arthritis when it’s bad. In some cases, I lose my voice,” Janelle said.
“I was really shocked to see they [MAFS producers] removed my confession week letter talking about Lupus!”
