Married At First Sight causes flight delays, radio caller claims

To work or to MAFS, that is the question? Photo / Channel 9

An Australian airport employee has claimed that Married At First Sight is causing flight delays across the ditch.

On the 2DayFMBreakfast Show with Em, Grant & Ed this morning, a caller named Zoe who said she works at an airport rang into the show and dropped a bombshell.

"Big, burly blokes that work with me sit in the meal room and will delay planes for anywhere up to half an hour because they cannot get their eyes off that TV screen," the caller said.

The claim shocked Em Rusciano who said: "Wait, I'm sorry, did you just say that planes are getting delayed for up to half an hour at Sydney Airport because they are in the meal room watching Married At First Sight?"

Got it in one, Em.

"Your bags are not being put on on time because they wanna watch this silly show," the caller added.

"This is a scandal!" Grant Denyer said.

Married at First Sight raked in a massive 1.525 million viewers in Australia on Monday night and 1.446 million on Sunday night.

Here in New Zealand, it is the highest rating reality drama of 2018 with a 31.9 per cent audience share in the key 25-54 demographic.