While the rest of Australia is busy taking aim at My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans for being the most dangerous man on TV, there’s someone else on the show we should be putting in our crosshairs.
I’m talking about this year’s MKR “villain” Josh Meeuwissen. While the self-anointed Seafood King has managed some pretty objectionable behavior all season, tonight he did something so awful I can’t believe it even made it onto our screens.
Listen: This is why there’s a huge problem with this season of My Kitchen Rules.
Because since when did it become okay to call a woman a slut? And not only to call them that, but then to chuckle as if you’ve made the best joke of all time?
And yet that’s what Josh did to a rival contestant on national television tonight as she handed him a plate of food.
And while we’ve braced ourselves for it all week thanks to the promos heralding the moment, what I wasn’t prepared for was the lack of reprimand that came his way.
Amy Murr – the person he threw the slur at – was visibly shaken. You could see her blinking back tears as she stepped back from the table.
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An interesting and disturbing contestant. He reminds me of the actor with the metal teeth in old James Bond movies? Please be kind people - we love commaraderie, joy, support and friendship over divisiveness. Be true to yourselves and stop blaming illusive "producers" for your poor choices when it comes to respecting your fellow competitors and the judges. Manners matter - always! *^_^*
It was all summed up best to me by my husband the other night. We were watching Josh tell his wife how she'd ruined the dish and he wanted to throw it in the bin and how she sucked, and he looked at me and said "That's domestic violence. He emotionally abuses her. How is he on tv?".
I can't watch it the same way now.