Kelly Ramsay, one half of the resident ‘bully’ team on this year’s My Kitchen Rules, has told news.com.au that she has been having a majorly tough time since losing the show’s grand finale last week.
She revealed that she was admitted to hospital for exhaustion over the weekend, after waking up with a serious migraine.
“They said it was probably exhaustion and stress,” she said in the interview.
Chole and Kelly on MKRKelly said that being framed as bullies on the show has taken its toll on her and Chloe, and insists that they are now the ones being bullied by the public. She said she has been approached while out and sometimes even verbally abused by people who watched the show.
And the problems don’t end there – Kelly has said she is now broke and has had to move back in with her parents. She and Chloe were certain they would take out Channel 7’s insanely popular show but when they didn’t, they had to face a pretty harsh reality – and they finally had to face up to the behaviour that has made them so unpopular.
But regardless of what took place on the show, nobody deserves to be hated by an entire nation of people and it’s understandable that Kelly would be struggling with the pressure of that kind of notoriety.
“We have no money, I have people trolling my work to fire me, I was in hospital on Sunday with exhaustion. It cuts your whole soul, it cuts your being,” she said.
Hopefully she is supported and finds some direction now that the show is over.
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Kelly made so many rude remrks coupled with face expressions that were clearly meant to be negative. I was disgusted. Even if it was scripted, it just shows poor judgment on her part to completely follow the script knowing it is against her own principles (if indeed what we saw was not her true self). Chloe was milder. I really couldn't stand Kelly's bad face expressions! So condescending!
Hold on - WA News reported on 28 March that Kelly had started a job at a Perth restaurant, Trustee, owned by friends of hers. And the filming of the series ended at least four months ago - so Kelly experienced the grand final months ago. Why would she suddenly be exhausted last weekend? And how could her exhaustion be attributed to the grand final rather than her recent restaurant work and ongoing PR activities? Interestingly and tellingly, she's quoted in the article saying there's "more pressure in the restaurant than she experienced during My Kitchen Rules". The article also has Kelly Ramsay attending Ascot and Polo In the Valley in recent weeks. It begs the question, why is sheeting now being unemployed home to MKR, when she has had a job since? She is quoted in the article saying that she was working as a trainee chef and "hoping to be qualified in a couple of years". So it appears she either left a proper chef job of her own volition, or parted ways with her employer.