EXCLUSIVE Married At First Sight star sparks outrage over horrifying reaction to Erin Patterson trial verdict as he blames the 'old' victims
The former Married At First Sight groom, 56, stunned followers after leaving a series of jaw-dropping comments under a post reporting that a jury had found Patterson guilty of murdering her three in-laws by serving them death cap mushrooms in a beef Wellington at her Leongatha home in July 2023.
In a now-viral Instagram exchange, Nasser wrote: 'Poor woman' – before doubling down in a reply to another user, writing: 'She didn't mean it, plus they were old anyway.'
When contacted by Daily Mail Australia, Nasser stood by his remarks and shockingly doubled down.
'Look at her, right? The poor woman disliked her in-laws and disliked her husband,' he said.
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'And instead of going to shoot them or whatever, she invited them for lunch and just poisoned them. It's very clever.
'I feel sorry for her because she's going to be left in jail now for the rest of her life. And these people are old anyway. Really, it's just one less pensioner to feed.'
Asked if he believed age diminished the value of life, Nasser replied: 'Look, age plays a big factor. If I'm 85 and something happens - f**k, I'm 85.
'I've lived 85 good years. I've had my time. I've travelled, I've eaten at good restaurants. At 85, it's okay.'
He went on to suggest that the victims were partly to blame for their own deaths.
'If I didn't like someone and they invited me to lunch, I wouldn't go,' he said.
'So it's their fault for going to lunch. You've got to take your chances, don't you?'
Despite widespread backlash, Nasser remained unapologetic.
In a now-viral Instagram exchange, Nasser wrote: 'Poor woman' – before doubling down in a reply to another user, writing: 'She didn't mean it plus they were old anyway'
'I stand by it,' he said.
'If they were 30 or 40, that's really sad. But when you're in your 80s - come on.'
He insisted he felt 'sorry for the families' but quickly returned to defending Patterson.
'You've got to look at the actions. If your mother or father is disliked by your daughter-in-law, you wouldn't send them to lunch, would you?'
He added: 'It wasn't like a lunch to say "Let's talk about it and be friends." It was "Come over, I've made lunch" – and they went.'
Nasser also claimed he was initially expecting a hung jury and floated the idea that the deadly mushrooms could have been a mistake.
'It is possible that you can have mushrooms that are off. You could eat yoghurt that's off and get poisoned,' he said. 'I don't know what poisonous mushrooms are – do you?'
He concluded the interview with an unexpected pivot to rapper P Diddy, bizarrely comparing the two cases.
'If you've got money, you get the best lawyers. If you're Erin Patterson - no money, a little overweight and unattractive - you've got no chance.'
Patterson has been found guilty of murdering her three in-laws with death cap mushrooms in a beef Wellington that she served them for lunch at her home on Monday.
The verdict ends one of Australia's most intriguing homicide cases.
The mother-of-two sat defiantly throughout her 10-week trial, glaring at the media, members of the public and the family of the people she murdered with callous disregard.
Patterson had pleaded not guilty to the murders of Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail's sister, Heather Wilkinson.
They died after consuming death caps in the beef Wellingtons during lunch at Patterson's Leongatha home in southeast Victoria on July 29, 2023.
Only Pastor Ian Wilkinson survived her plot, a blunder Patterson would live to regret, and will now serve time for after also being found guilty of attempting to murder him.
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