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Former MAFS wives Jessika Power, Ines Basic and Martha Kalifatidis square off against each other

And it's not pretty!
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from last season’s Married At First Sight Australia wives. But true to form Jessika Power, Ines Basic and Martha Kalifatidis have come out to play in a nasty Instagram feud that has seen them squaring off against each other.

It all started after Martha posted an Instagram Live video with her MAFS husband Michael Brunelli, who she is still with – making Martha and Michael one of only four successful couples in the entire history of the show.

A follower asked her what was going on between herself, Jess and Ines.

Martha joked that she would “rather have root canal surgery from now until the end of time than ever speak to them again” but said she hoped they are doing well and were successful in their own lives. They just weren’t her “type” of people.

In response Ines and Jess took to their own Instagram Stories with Ines using some choice language to warn Martha not to antagonise her and Jessika accusing Martha of cheating on her husband.

Season six villain Ines shared two Instagram stories, one that read “Moral of the story is. Don’t antagonise me on your horse s— $2 paying YouTube channel and Instagram for a whole year when I don’t even mention your name. Anyways looks like you have some explaining to do so ima leave you to it xx.”

Jessika Power then shared a screenshot of Ines’ Instagram post with her own comments overlaying it:

“We’ve both kept our names shut for ages about why we avoided you at the Logies so here’s the real reason. Oh and the fact that you were romantically involved with a cast member at the start of last year and denied it. You’re as fake as it comes. Constantly talking down about people even your fans! I’m over it and I’m sure everyone else is.”

Jessika then shared one more Instagram story saying that Martha’s “done nothing all year but bash us [Ines and Jessika] in the media.”

“I would love to have kept this private but enough is enough, we’ve held on for so long and she was supposed to be our friend! But she continues to bring us up in interviews and on her YouTube and Instagram. I know it’s not nice but there’s a lot more to the story that you guys don’t see on Instagram or on camera,” she added.

“Just leave us alone! It’s been a year for goodness’ sake.”

The divide between Martha and Jessika is in stark contrast to the close friendship they shared on the show, where Martha was often seen defending Jessika from the other cast members at dinner parties.

Jessika and groom Daniel Webb turned the series on its head when they both ditched their TV spouses – in Jessika’s case, farmer Mick Gould and in Dan’s case, TV wife Tamara Joy – to form their own union on the show and even move in together.

They remained unremorseful as their TV matches were forced to leave the series, unlucky in love.

Many of the cast members took it as a betrayal not only of their partners, but also of the group and the experiment itself, and Martha stood by Jessika’s side on more than one occasion, arguing that her friend was only following her heart.

Ines was also involved in a cheating scandal on the show, starting an affair Sam Ball. Sam later claimed that the affair had been fake, although Ines certainly seemed crestfallen when he made it clear he didn’t want to carry on a relationship with her outside the experiment.

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