Jenna responded to Thomas’ apology on social media (Picture: E4)
Married At First Sight UK star Jenna Robinson addressed the comments Thomas Hartley made about her late father.
During his appearance on Cool FM’s What’s Happening podcast, the TV personality made vile comments about Jenna’s dad, who died during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following the backlash, the podcast was taken down and Thomas issued an apology to Jenna, and said that he takes ‘full responsibility’ and ‘regrets’ his actions.
Jenna, who is married to Zoe Clifton, took to Instagram Stories to thank fans for their support following the controversial comments.
‘Thank you to those of you who have reached out to check in on me, it really means a lot,’ she began.
‘Honestly I’m struggling a little with what I’ve heard.
Jenna thanked fans for their support (Picture: @jennarobo/Instagram)
‘And although for them it’s a laughable joke at my expense, I’m now having to deal with the aftermath of my family potentially hearing what I’ve heard and I’m trying my best to prevent that from happening.’
She continued: ‘As for the so called public ‘apology’ it’s yet another stab in the back.
‘Not an ounce of remorse or respect and just to add I’ve had no personal apology either.’
Jenna and Zoe are one of the few couples still together (Picture: E4)
Thomas (L) and Adrian (R) called it quits (Picture: E4)
After the podcast was released, Thomas wrote: ‘I sincerely apologise for any offence I caused on the podcast. It wasn’t right and I did ask for it to be removed and it wasn’t.
‘There’s no excuse. I was out of order massively. I will live eternally with regret.
‘The lines between comedy and insensitivity were massively blurred. I was genuinely too comfortable and said the complete wrong thing.’
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The explosive MAFS reunion showed that Jenna and Zoe are very much still together, while Thomas and Adrian Anderson called it quits towards the end of the experiment.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Thomas’ reps for comment.
Married At First Sight UK is available to stream on All4.
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Jenna branded Thomas’ claims as a ‘stab in the back.’