Channel 7 has confirmed to News.Com.Au there was an off-camera fight that contributed to Sonya and Hadil being removed from My Kitchen Rules.
The pair were shown being kicked off the show earlier this week by Manu Feildel after a verbal fight with other contestants at a dinner party.
Now, it’s been confirmed that there was a fight at a hotel in Tasmania that is part of the reason they were asked to leave the show.
The source told the publication:
“A few of the teams had gathered in a room and were cooking dinner.”
“Sonya and Hadil were walking past and they heard a comment through the door. They were very upset by that comment and knocked on the door.”
Brothers Nic and Josh answered the door and “an altercation broke out”.
“It started as voices and people arguing and pretty quickly got to push and shove. It blew up in the corridor. Other people on the floor poked their heads out of their doors. It calmed down pretty quickly and everyone returned to their rooms, but it was not a good scene.”
The fight “was of great concern” to the production team. Seven released a statement to the publication which read:
“While on location in Tasmania, during a break in filming, several members of this year’s teams became involved in an argument which escalated into a physical exchange.”
“This regrettable incident was witnessed by other team members.
“Over the following days, producers put in considerable effort to rebuild the teams and their relationships with each other.
“Eventually, it became apparent the situation was beyond repair, resulting in one team being dismissed from the show.”
Two days later they shot the episode that aired on Wednesday that showed them getting kicked off the show. Sonya and Hadil were reminded before filming began that day that it was a cooking show, but it didn’t stop them from launching their verbal attack on Jess and Emma.
At that point, Pete Evans and Manu had had enough which is when they were excused from the table.
The teams were brought together in the hopes they could work out their differences, but it didn’t work out.
Sonya and Hadil claim to have been edited in a negative way, but the MKR insider said:
“No one has been misrepresented. You just can’t do that.”
Image: Sonya and Hadil/Instagram
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