{"id":503251,"date":"2026-05-26T10:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/503251\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:52:18","slug":"mafs-bec-zacharia-returns-to-instagram-with-pointed-message-after-getting-banned-over-afw-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/503251\/","title":{"rendered":"MAFS\u2019 Bec Zacharia Returns To Instagram With Pointed Message After Getting Banned Over AFW Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Married At First Sight bride <strong>Bec Zacharia <\/strong>has returned to Instagram, a week after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/married-at-first-sight-bec-zacharia-instagram-australian-fashion-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">account was deactivated<\/a> over a scandal at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/style\/celebrities-at-australian-fashion-week-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Fashion Week<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Bec \u2014 one of MAFS season 13\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/mafs-bec-zacharia-addresses-rumours\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most talked-about participants<\/a> \u2014 claimed earlier this month that her Instagram profile was taken down after she was \u201cmass-reported\u201d by users following a viral interview during AFW.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In that interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theglossover\/video\/7639509686181432584\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Gloss Over Podcast<\/a>, Bec claimed she spent $20,000 on her wardrobe throughout her time on MAFS, adding that she was \u201cthe only bride\u201d who bought her outfits as opposed to hiring them.<\/p>\n<p>The comment was quickly refuted by Aussie dress hire company RESRVD, whose owner, <strong>Savannah<\/strong>, shared receipts on social media that showed Bec had enlisted her services for an outfit worn in the Final Vows ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bec copped backlash over the claim to the point of receiving mass reports on her Instagram, resulting in it being deactivated. <\/p>\n<p>But the reality star\u2019s page has since been reinstated, and she shared an Instagram post with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/mafs-alissa-apologised-david-knee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MAFS co-star <strong>Alissa Fay<\/strong><\/a> over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Want To Stay Up-To-Date<br \/>With PEDESTRIAN?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ped-article-subscribe-subtitle\">Get today\u2019s best stories in your inbox every afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSticks and stones may break our bones, but names will NEVER hurt us,\u201d Bec captioned the picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not known exactly how Bec was able to regain access to her Instagram page. PEDESTRIAN.TV has reached out to Bec for comment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bec-alissa-instagram-post.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2125539\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Bec returned to Instagram with a post featuring Alissa over the weekend. (Image: Bec Zacharia\/Instagram) <\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of the viral interview<\/p>\n<p>Soon after her account was deactivated, Bec said her social media page \u201cwas literally my income source\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, my Instagram being deleted because of so many people reporting me has literally completely stopped any form of income I had coming up, and it\u2019s detrimental to my whole life,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedestrian.tv\/entertainment\/mafs-bec-financial-ruin-instagram-account-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she told PEDESTRIAN.TV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m barely surviving, and I\u2019m completely cash poor,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mafs-bec-final-vows-dress.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2124176\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Bec wore a white dress during her Final Vows ceremony. (Image: MAFS\/Channel 9)<\/p>\n<p>Bec apologised to Savannah and RESRVD for the interview that got her into hot water in the first place, saying she \u201cnever meant to maliciously hurt Savannah\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an honest and genuine mistake. As soon as I realised her grievances, I posted it and tagged her and thanked her and apologised,\u201d Bec told PEDESTRIAN.TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Savannah has not responded to Bec\u2019s apology, but she did share a video thanking viewers for their support last week.<\/p>\n<p>Lead images: Bec Zacharia\/Instagram and The Gloss Over Podcast\/TikTok<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Married At First Sight bride Bec Zacharia has returned to Instagram, a week after her account was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,876,17,102935,16260,128],"class_list":["post-503251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-instagram","tag-ireland","tag-mafs","tag-married-at-first-sight","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116640504247159632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}