Married at First Sight UK viewers were mortified after a mega awkward family dinner left Lacey's mum in tears, and now she's hit out at the criticism she's been getting on social media.
It all kicked off when Lacey and Nathan invited Lacey's mum Maxine and twin sister Paige over for dinner as part of in-laws week.
Maxine already had reservations about Nathan after he mistakenly thought Paige was his bride on their wedding day, even saying 'wow' as she walked down the aisle.
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Hoping to bond over a family dinner, Lacey told Nathan to be careful with some of his jokes during the visit, explaining that her mum and sister 'don't get banter'.
But the meet-up didn't go as well as they had hoped after Maxine was left in tears by the end of the meal.
The first awkward issue came about when Maxine brought the ingredients to cook chicken fajitas - despite Nathan being a vegetarian - before asking him if he could cut up the chicken.
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Nathan politely declined, which prompted Maxine to explain she had 'never met' a veggie.
Moments later and the visit became even more mortifying when Nathan awkwardly joked that the food looked awful, leading Maxine to start crying.
Viewers were divided over who was in the wrong, with some criticising Lacey's mum, while others called out Nathan for his comment.
Lacey later took to Instagram to explain that her mum simply hadn’t known about Nathan’s veggie diet, reminding people that the show is ‘edited for entertainment’ and that they should ‘take it with a pinch of salt’.
Following the backlash, Maxine took to Facebook herself where she spoke about what had happened during the episode.
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"I need to have a rant to my friends that know me," she said.
"Anyone that knows me that that I love both my girls the same I am there rock and we have been through so much as a family.
"We are very close. I didn’t grow up on social media as many of my friends didn’t either but the trolls and negative comments that me and my girls are getting is disgusting.
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"Judging me as a mother. Yes everyone is entitled to an opinion but don’t come for me in a negative and nasty way when you haven’t walked in my shoes. There is so much nastiness jealously and negative people in the groups, especially the MAFS groups that they should me taken off.
"I have never be subjected to so much negativity in all my life that is why me and the girls left these groups.
"What happened to be kind x well if they haven’t got anything nice to say keep it to yourself. I do understand that the show had edited for there entertainment but we are real people. I have brought my girls up to be kind respectful, treat people how you want to be treated and with manners."
Meanwhile, Nathan has also spoken out about the incident himself, telling his own followers that they should be ‘kind’.
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“Hey gang would just like to do a quick post, thank you for all the lovely messages!” he began.
“But it’s important to remember to be kind and remember it’s an experiment.”
MAFS UK continues on Tuesday (8 October) at 9pm on E4.
Topics: Married at First Sight UK, TV And Film, Sex and Relationships
Lucy Devine