Married At First Sight star Jacqui Burfoot has made more shocking claims about her TV husband Ryan Donnelly and his ‘testosterone theory’ on her social media. 

The controversial bride, 29, revealed intimate details about her sex life with Ryan, 36, on Monday’s episode, saying he ‘saves his testosterone’ to increase his performance at the gym.

Now, Jacqui has taken her claims one step further, saying Ryan also preserves his male hormones for Dinner Parties and believes ‘sleeping with women makes him more powerful’. 

‘The whole Ryan saving his testosterone for the gym thing, he also saved it for Dinner Parties. I was like, this is f***ing ridiculous. You are insane,’ she said on TikTok.

‘He thinks that sleeping with women makes him more powerful as a person. He had a body count. He said to me as he increases it, it means he’s got more power.

‘But if women do that, it means they get less power in society. I was like this is just f***ed.’

Jacqui went on to say she confronted Ryan over this belief when he bragged about how many women he slept with, only to tell Jacqui he didn’t think she should have a high ‘body count’.  

‘I said, “What would you think if I had slept with that many people?” And he was like, “We wouldn’t be having this conversation because I would have left”,’ Jacqui alleged.

‘I was on a mission just to expose him about the whole test thing. I think it’s just dumb. It’s snake oil. I can’t believe he was believing it. It’s so dim of him.

‘This is why I think he’s got such a small brain because he believes stuff like this and then actually lives his life by that.’ 

Jacqui first revealed Ryan’s bizarre ‘testosterone theory’ on Monday night when she shared jaw-dropping details about her sex life with the project manager.  

During a candid girls’ chat, the New Zealand-born lawyer confessed Ryan has a strict rule when it comes to intimacy—and it all comes down to his devotion to the gym.

‘He really cares about training all the time. He only wants to have sex if he’s not training,’ Jacqui told the group.

‘As in, he’ll only have sex after training and never in the morning. It has to be at night, after training. Because he wants to save his testosterone, he says.’

Her fellow brides were visibly shocked as Jacqui elaborated.

‘Apparently testosterone helps you work out,’ she explained, suggesting Ryan believes refraining from sex before a gym session boosts his performance.

The revelation was met with disbelief, with the women questioning the logic behind his self-imposed abstinence.

‘Is this real? I’ve never heard of that, and can no one tell my husband because I don’t need him saving his testosterone for the gym,’ fellow bride Jamie Marinos joked.

‘Surely that kind of release is a lot more exciting than hitting the gym? That’s just me personally.’

Jacqui admitted she had never dated a gym fanatic before and was unsure if this behaviour was normal. ‘I don’t know, I actually thought it was a gym boy thing.’

But the revelation sparked a major confrontation at a group gathering when Ryan was later confronted by the other contestants about his ‘testosterone theory’.

Ryan was visibly frustrated as the group pressed him to explain the practice.

‘Thanks, Jacqui, for not keeping that private,’ he snapped. 

‘It was girl chat first night,’ Jacqui replied.

Ryan then vented: ‘I can’t believe we’re talking about our sex life and intimacy and all that. It’s not what I wanted at all.’

‘I just don’t want to talk about our sex life,’ he continued. 

‘I prefer to keep private, intimate details out of a group setting.’

But the other contestants weren’t willing to let him off the hook. 

‘What is your connection between testosterone, sex and the gym?’ fellow bride Veronica Cloherty, who is a personal trainer, demanded.

Ryan hesitated before finally doubling down on his controversial stance.

‘It’s not going to make sense to a few people, but a lot of my mates are athletes, and a lot of guys do train the same way and have the same sort of mentality,’ he argued. 

‘If you do have goals and you want to perform a certain way, then sex every day is not conducive to that.

‘In terms of going to the gym, I prefer to train before having sex because saving my testosterone enhances performance. It’s served me very well for like 15, 20 years.’

While some of the grooms attempted to support Ryan’s logic, others couldn’t help but mock his self-imposed celibacy.

‘Self-imposed blue balls,’ one quipped, while another scoffed: ‘That’s an Olympic athlete thing, not a “going to the gym to do bench press” thing.’

Ryan, however, refused to back down. 

‘All I said was, I don’t feel like having it every single day. It’s not a need of mine, it’s not a desire of mine either,’ he said.

Despite his firm stance, the group couldn’t hide their amusement at his controversial gym protocol. 

‘No, you touch my leg, I’m ready to go,’ Adrian Araouzou said.

As the night continued, it was clear the testosterone theory had become the talk of the evening, with Ryan left fuming over the group’s reaction.

Married At First Sight continues Sunday at 7.00pm on Channel Nine and 9Now.