The sad reality of being Nasser Sultan: Married At First Sight ‘troll’ admits he’s been ‘playing a character for three years’ and couldn’t return to real life after becoming obsessed with fame
He’s the Married At First Sight contestant who has become infamous for trolling his co-stars on social media since his appearance on the show in 2018.
But on Tuesday, Nasser Sultan finally revealed he’s been ‘playing the character’ of a ‘deluded reality star’ for three years – and admitted it’s been difficult to return to real life after becoming obsessed with fame.
‘It’s not easy, it’s not like switching a light off. I am obsessed with it – why am I caring about these people?’ the former music promoter, 53, said on Not Another Reality TV Podcast.
Speaking out: Married At First Sight’s Nasser Sultan revealed on Tuesday he’s been ‘playing the character’ of a ‘deluded reality star’ for three years
On Sunday night, Australia’s self-proclaimed ‘favourite celebrity’ stormed out of the Married At First Sight Grand Reunion after refusing to apologise for making a string of hurtful comments about his castmates.
And while he did say sorry on the podcast for some of his more ‘personal’ insults, Nasser blamed his behaviour on a ‘split personality’.
‘I wanted to continue to be noticed and recognised,’ he said. ‘I never wanted it to end – I wanted my name to be known by everyone across Australia.
Drama: Nasser was forced to leave the Married At First Sight Grand Reunion dinner party after the cast demanded an apology for his online trolling
Over: Gabrielle Bartlett ‘married’ Nasser on MAFS in 2018, but they failed to make it work
‘It all went wrong because I started to embed myself in the lives of everybody else. I am obsessed.’
He went on to say that he’s played the character of a villain ‘very well’, but he can’t continue to do it forever.
‘There has to be a limit where [I say], “Enough now, I have to change direction,”‘ he said.
After confirming he only returned to the MAFS reunion for ‘ratings, money and fame’, he said he now hopes to change and become a ‘nicer’ person in the future.
Confronted: On Sunday’s episode, Nasser refused to apologise for the cruel things he’d said on Instagram, and was confronted by Michael Brunelli (right) and Cyrell Paule
It comes after Nasser stormed out of the Grand Reunion dinner party, which aired on Sunday night, after the entire cast screamed: ‘Just leave, Nasser!’
Angered, he got up from his seat and said: ‘I will leave. You know what? I will leave.’
‘I don’t need to put up with this s**t,’ he added, then told producers he would continue to ‘attack’ the cast online.
‘If they don’t wanna hear it, they can all p**s off. I don’t need this s**t. Some stupid reunion bulls**t. It’s not a reunion. It’s an “attack Nasser”,’ he grumbled.
‘I’m a rock star. I’m the people’s celebrity. I am Mr Reality. They can kiss my Arabic hairy a**e!’
Off he goes! ‘I’m a rock star. I’m the people’s celebrity. I am Mr Reality. They can kiss my Arabic hairy a**e!’ a defiant Nasser said after walking off set