Married At First Sight star Mishel Karen claims she was left ‘broke and homeless’ after undergoing knee surgery following accident on ‘honeymoon’ with Steve Burley
Mishel Karen signed up to Channel Nine’s dating experiment Married At First Sight in the hopes of finding love and living happily ever after.
But instead, the 48-year-old sustained a serious knee injury while skiing during her honeymoon with ‘TV husband’ Steve Burley, and was allegedly left ‘broke and homeless’.
‘She’s had a hard time getting production to reimburse her the bills despite the fact it happened on set,’ a source told Woman’s Day.
Painful: Married At First Sight’s Mishel Karen (pictured) was forced to undergo surgery on her knee after sustaining a skiing injury while filming her honeymoon which left her ‘broke and homeless’ according to Woman’s Day
The reality star reportedly ‘hasn’t been able to pay back her anesthetist’ after being forced to take time off to recover and is struggling with her mortgage repayments.
The publication went on to say that the Brisbane based school teacher is currently being supported by her two teenage kids, who are helping buy groceries while she recovers.
The MAFS star tore her meniscus on the slopes in Queenstown, New Zealand in September, but she chose to ignore the agonising pain to continue filming.
Recovery: She then ‘lived in pain throughout the season’ before seeking medical help in December, and went under the knife on February 3. Pictured: Mishel’s knee after surgery
She then ‘lived in pain throughout the season’, before finally seeking medical help after production wrapped in December. She underwent surgery on February 3.
A source tells Daily Mail Australia: ‘Mishel could barely walk after skiing, but chose to continue filming. A producer offered to take her to a doctor but she said no.
‘They’d been filming on the slopes for six hours and she was exhausted, all she wanted to do was get back inside somewhere warm and relax.
Painful: Married At First Sight’s Mishel Karen was forced to undergo surgery on her knee after sustaining a skiing injury while filming her honeymoon to Steve Burley (L) last year
‘Mishel never realised how serious the injury was, she thought it’d just get better.’
On February 3, Mishel finally had an operation on her knee at Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane.
Daily Mail Australia has exclusively obtained medical photographs of Dr Mark Dekkers cutting away the torn meniscus around her knee.
She was then signed off work as a teacher for several weeks, and has spent thousands of dollars to cover the medical costs.
Surgery: Daily Mail Australia has exclusively obtained medical photographs of Dr Mark Dekkers cutting away the torn meniscus around her knee at Greenslopes Private Hospital
‘She was exhausted’: A source tells Daily Mail Australia that Mishel declined seeing a doctor after sustaining the injury, believing it wasn’t that serious, and chose to continue filming