With Seven Year Switch now having come to an end, one couple is speaking out with a vengeance.
Having shared images of their wedding and honeymoon on social media last week, Queensland duo Brad and Tallena are opening up once more, heading to Instagram to continue sharing the true story behind their relationship.
Tallena, Brad and their much loved bird, Squishy. Source: Instagram.
"Train your mind to only see the positives in every situation," the pair began on their shared account. "Having to cop the backlash of Brad's 'character' and be labeled as a women basher, we were both struggling, upset, angry and depressed. We didn't even want to show our faces in public."
From the outset of the controversial Channel 7 show, Brad proved himself to be a polarising figure, with many viewers finding his aggression and manipulative behaviour toward Tallena to be concerning.
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The the season finale airing just two weeks ago, the couple are now claiming that the show did not present a completely accurate depiction of their relationship.
"It's now our time to tell our story, hence the Insta account," the post continued. "Those with tiny minds who choose to believe what they saw on a 'reality' tv show, a small glance into our relationship, need not follow or comment. We have no time for negative minds. For those of you that have been amazingly supportive you do not go un noticed. You help us fight stronger every day and we thank you! We are strong, together we fight, you ain't seen nothing yet".
The original post. Source: Instagram.
Top Comments
I think both Brad and Tallena were toxic for each other and even by the end of the show, you could tell there was no real resolution. Buried heads in the sand.
I found that I still liked Michelle as a person and still felt empathy for her...even if that apparently wasn't a true representation of her.
Brad and Tallena were woeful and I didn't enjoy watching either of them for the whole series. They are the one couple that I would have been happy to have been scrapped from the show.
Brad, Tallena and Michelle have all fallen victim of making the situation worse. Why? Reality tv is a danger. If you try to defend yourself or in Michelle's case make excuses trying to use PND to excuse the way you appeared, it fuels the fire. Be proud of who you are, if there are character flaws then use it as an opportunity to change and then be confident. Brad could of used the tv footage to self reflect and decide if that is how he wants to be, same goes for Tallena. Stop trying to win people over, it really just makes you look bad.