Jessika From ‘MAFS’ Reveals Where Her Friendships Stand With Martha & Ines
If the on/off friendships of strangers on Instagram keep you up at night, then same. I don’t why, but I find that women ending friendships is way more interesting than any celebrity breakups.
The latest beef to take up way too much of my brain space is between Jessika Power and Ines Basic, two former besties whose friendship hit a roadblock when Jess made up with Martha Kalifatidis at the Married at First Sight reunion.
So what happened after the reunion between Jess, Ines, and Martha? Jess was interviewed on the latest episode of So Dramatic! and she spilt plenty of tea about the current status of her friendships.
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OK, let’s start with Martha. Before the reunion, Jess and Martha were not on good terms. After the 2019 season, Martha distanced herself from Jess and Ines, and their feud would come to a head when Jess and Ines accused Martha of cheating on her current boyfriend and MAFS partner, Michael Brunelli.
Jess said when she arrived at the reunion, she didn’t know how Martha would react. “Martha was my crutch throughout the show on my [2019] season. She was somebody who I turned to a lot, and obviously when I came into the reunion, I said I didn’t want any more hate with anybody. I want to move on. I said some really nasty things about her and Michael’s relationship in the media,” she said.
“Martha was somebody who was my really good friend, it was genuine and it hurt me to lose that. When I walked in, I saw her and Michael and I thought, ‘If Martha wants to get upset about something, I’m going to be held accountable for it. If Martha wants to talk to me, I’m up for it.'”
Jess said that when she alleged that Martha had cheated on Michael, she was acting out of feeling hurt. “Martha was asked about me and Ines and said, ‘I don’t know who those people are?’ I was angry and I got on my Instagram and just blasted them, ” she said. “A lot of that was fuelled by allegations I had heard from other contestants (I’m not going to name names, I can’t be bothered), but I was told that she had cheated on Michael.”
Since the reunion, both Jess and Martha have started following each other on Instagram and seem to be mending their friendship. “She’s such a bright and intelligent person, she’s got a lot of qualities I look for in friends. When we made up on the show, it was 100% real, we spoke just literally two days ago and she was saying, ‘I’m so freakin’ proud of you, you’ve come such a long way’,” Jess recalled.
While one reality TV friendship is getting back on track, Jess has become estranged from Ines in the reunion’s aftermath. In the dinner party episode, Ines seemed frustrated that Jess was talking to Martha, then Ines spent most of her evening with Cyrell Paule — even encouraging Cyrell to pour wine over Jess.
“I think she’s a really beautiful and smart woman, but it’s unfortunate that our relationship fell apart during the filming of the MAFS reunion. There was a moment after Cyrell threw wine in my face…Martha was the only person to come out and speak to me, and gave me a really good pep talk,” she said.
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“When I walked back in, Ines was just lounging on her chair and was like, ‘Are you alright?’, and I was like, ‘I dunno Ines, do I fucking look alright?’, and she was like ‘Ughhh, well I don’t know’…I just said ‘Whatever!’ and I walked away.”
Jess then said this interaction was the last time the two spoke. “Ines was my friend and I’m not going to speak poorly about her. Whatever. She makes her own choices, she’s her own woman, she’s grown up, she’s an adult. If that’s who she wanted to side with, if that’s who she thought was right at the time, that’s her own prerogative.”
Jess told host Megan Pustetto that she was surprised that Ines didn’t want to also make up with Martha. “It hurts me that my and Ines’ relationship sort of fell apart…I know that her and Martha were close as well, so I thought that maybe she wanted to [repair the friendship], I just don’t know why anyone wants to hold grudges.”
Since the reunion, their friendship appears to be non-existent. “She unfollowed me on social media,” Jess said, adding, “I wouldn’t say we’re enemies, as I don’t look at Ines in a negative light. I feel like Ines is a very opinionated woman. She’s a different kind of girl. She has a lot of layers, she’s got a lot of walls up, she’s had a really tough life.”
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But Jess hasn’t totally shut down any chance of a future friendship with Ines. “If she wants to reach out and wants to chat, like, I love her. I have so much respect for her, she really was a rock for me, especially after the show. I’m not going to push anything, especially when she has got Cyrell in her ear, and Cyrell has nothing nice to say about me.”
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