Every season of MAFS Australia needs its villains. And this season, we had plenty to choose from. The women were dissected, analysed, and held accountable in real time. Gia. Bec. Brook. Juliette. Their receipts were everywhere. Their apologies were public. Their jobs, in some cases, were gone.

Meanwhile, the men smiled for the cameras and walked away clean.

Or so we thought.

Because here's the thing about a good edit. It's not the same as a good person.

Let's talk about the boys.

SCOTT McCRISTAL. The Producer's Pet.

Scott was positioned as the reasonable one. The calm one. The one who just wanted love and kept getting derailed by Gia's volatility.

Four reality TV shows. Four.

In 2018, Scott told The Courier Mail directly: "I want fame. My dream goal is to do TV and movies." He was a carpenter at the time. He is now on his fourth television appearance. The man has a system. And the system worked.

Because according to insiders, Scott was production's favourite. So beloved, in fact, that he was the only cast member given his own dedicated parking spot on set. While other participants navigated the chaos of communal living and producer pressure, Scott got parking. Scott got patience. Scott got a golden edit.

The moment the cameras stopped rolling? Scott ghosted her. No conversation, no transition, no explanation — just silence. Because there were no more cameras. And without cameras, apparently, there was no Scott.

TYSON GORDON. The Views Were Always There.

Tyson's homophobia didn't emerge under the pressure of the experiment. It didn't slip out in a moment of exhaustion or poor judgment. It arrived fully formed, pre-packaged, and ready to go.

It was there before the cameras rolled. There during filming. And there after — when he responded to a drag queen's public criticism by sliding into her DMs to inform her that she "needs Jesus."

His fellow grooms weren't fooled either. In unaired footage, Grayson said: "His whole demeanour p***ed me off. That's not how a man should act or treat a woman." Joel added: "Burning bridges already, bro."

CHRIS NIELD. The Dinner Party Nobody Talks About.

You know about the audition tape. Fat people. Needy women. Fake tan. We all watched Brook's face fall in real time and felt personally victimised on behalf of every woman who has ever eaten a sandwich near him.

But here's what didn't make the edit.

The night of Brook's infamous dinner party, Chris was not a bystander. According to Daily Mail Australia insiders, Chris made defamatory comments about Alissa that were cut entirely before broadcast. Comments so damaging they couldn't air. And when David pushed back, the situation almost became physical. Producers stepped in.

But it gets better. The entire hate campaign against Alissa — the one that had multiple women convinced she was reconnecting with her ex — started with a rumour. A rumour spread by Chris. That Alissa had gone back to Adelaide to reconnect with her ex-boyfriend.

Two. Days. Before. The wedding.

Chris started a hate campaign about someone else's love life. Let that breathe.

DANNY HEWITT. We Don't Even Know Where To Start.

Everyone else on this list made poor choices. Danny Hewitt built a lifestyle around them.

Let's start with the aftershow. Danny was officially labelled the rudest groom of the entire season — not by fans, not by Reddit, but by hosts Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley, two professionals who had interviewed every single cast member. Their verdict: Danny was the most defensive person they'd encountered, a man who "talks in circles" and deploys "word salad" — speaking continuously so nobody gets a chance to rebut him. "He's learned that that's a really good way of bamboozling the person," Laura said.

A man who talks over interviewers to avoid accountability. On a show about communication and emotional growth. Fantastic.

Then there was the finale. Danny didn't simply show up to the final dinner party like a person who had signed a contract. Danny negotiated. Danny had conditions. Last minute, ridiculous, non-negotiable demands — and he refused to move until every single one was met. The production team, who had already survived what insiders called a "crisis management nightmare," had to secure a deal just to get this man in the building.

He arrived. Presumably satisfied with his terms.

Once on set, he had one further condition: he would not sit on the couch with the rest of the cast. Not Bec. Not anyone. He wanted the hosts to himself. Alone. Like a man requesting a private table at a restaurant he had already burned down.

Bec, watching from the wings, called him a coward. "I think he should face me," she said. "I think I'm owed that after what he said about me."

She was not wrong. Because this is what Danny had to say about his wife — in a confessional, on camera:

Aisle four, Bec. He filed you between the tinned tomatoes and the breakfast cereal.

Then there was Steph, who had the audacity to exist near him after a dinner party. Danny called her a "f***ing little sk**k" the moment she turned her back. Not in an argument. Not under pressure. Just as a casual descriptor for another human being.

And then — the crowning achievement. The moment that tells you everything.

One night during filming at One Global Resorts, Danny got so comprehensively drunk that he removed a piece of art from the wall and walked off with it. He had absolutely no memory of doing this. Staff noticed the artwork was missing. Security footage was reviewed. Danny was brought in and shown CCTV evidence of himself committing what is, by most legal definitions, theft. According to insiders: "He was completely off his head. It was chaos."

His response: genuine shock.

The man stole art and forgot about it.

For the record, Danny's own prediction for his post-MAFS future was this: "There's going to be women queuing up for me. I won't be able to walk down the street — they'll be throwing their pantihose at me."

Pantihose, Danny. The man said pantihose.