Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe embroiled in 2024's most bizarre feud as he clashes with Married At First Sight star on-air READ MORE: Ian Thorpe takes brutal swipe at Peter Helliar live on The Project By Jimmy Briggs For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:47 BST, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 00:47 BST, 17 September 2024 e-mail View comments Tensions reached boiling point during Sunday's shock episode of The Amazing Race , when Olympian Ian Thorpe clashed with Married At First Sight bride Cyrell Paule . The heated encounter came after Cyrell, 35, overheard Thorpe's teammate Christian Miranda complain that she was 'following' them during a challenge. Paule, who has earned the nickname Cyclone Cyrell due to her fiery temper , confronted the best mates and demanded to know if they were gossiping about her.
'Were you having a dig before Christian, about us following you?' Cyrell and her partner Eden Dally demanded, to which Christian responded he didn't know what she was talking about. 'I'm talking about you being a smart a**e, that's what I'm talking about,' a furious Cyrell shot back. Ian and his friend then attempted to defuse the situation by telling their enraged co-star 'we are not on MAFS' and asked her to keep the personal attacks out of it.
However, this only enraged Cyrell even more, who told them: 'Yeah, and you ain't swimming right now either. Christaian, you're known as Ian Thorpe's friend. 'You're only his mate, a sidekick.
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