Watch: Aussie Groom Outed as Bisexual at Wedding Reception on Reality Show

Liam Cooper made reality show history – in Australia, at least – when he was outed as bisexual at his wedding on an episode of reality dating series, "Married at First Sight."

In the show, relationship experts pair strangers and marry them without courtship. Cooper wed Georgia Fairweather on Monday's episode. Then, uncomfortably at the reception, he was asked by his bride if he was bisexual. "I am...yeah," he responded.

While other couples responded with shock, it was announced Georgia and Liam were asked to cut their cake. While this happened, the footage showed others at the reception whispering amongst themselves as Liam's revelation spread around the room.

The sequence is played as awkward comedy and was immediately slammed as a "MAFS" misstep. "Sports reporter Hayley Willis took to Twitter after the episode aired, to share her frustrations about what went down," reported New Idea.

"Are you joking #MAFS ?" she tweeted. "It's 2021. I know these people sign up for this show (and obviously I continue to watch it), but to put someone in a position where their sexuality is laughed at is NOT okay."

Nor was 29-year-old Liam, a Brisbane prison case officer, happy with the way he was publicly outed as he expressed in a series of television interviews this week.

"Now, I wish I would've been able to talk to Georgia – just me and her – instead of having the whole group to come out that way," he said in an interview with the Australian show Today Extra, reported by The Wash.

He continued: "I'm a big believer in we shouldn't have to have labels. Heterosexual people don't have to come out, so why does anyone from the LGBTQI community have to come out?"

He told 9Entertainment in another interview: "Being bisexual – it doesn't define who I am. I hate labels. I even hate having to say I'm bisexual. We shouldn't live in a world where we have to put labels on each other ... I know some people do think that, 'Oh, he's bisexual, so if I date him I have to worry about not only girls, but I have to worry about guys as well.' It comes down to the person. Every partner I've had has always trusted me."

After the initial shock, Georgia was said to be comfortable with the revelation; it hasn't always been that way for Liam.

Growing up in a country town, he explained to 9Entertainment, that many in his community "weren't educated around it, so you felt like you couldn't be yourself. You had to be that stereotypical country boy. It was really hard growing up in that environment. Nobody knew about it. Nobody really talked about it. It was a taboo thing to talk about in country towns, so I would feel trapped. You can't really talk to your mates about it because if you did your kind of were shunned upon."

Frustrated, he moved to Brisbane. "As soon as I got to Brisbane I felt that was where I belonged," he said.

He also responded to criticism calling himself bisexual is just a transitional phase in his coming out as gay. "I think a lot of people still judge it as it is a transitional period. [People say] you're just either transitioning or you're too ashamed to say you're gay. No mate, I'm more than happy to say I'm gay, but I'm bi," Liam explained.

"You can't just switch it off. It's my body and who I am. I'm attracted to both."

The sequence where Liam Cooper reveals he is bisexual occurs 1 hour, 3 minute mark in the video: