Things got heated on My Kitchen Rules (MKR) 2025 tonight after Rielli grew frustrated with Mark’s consistent digs about Michael’s buttered beef tongue, which only scored a three from the judges.
When Mark said he could guarantee he was better at cooking meat than Michael, Rielli replied with a scathing, “When you can reach the bench you can say that”, insulting Mark’s height. Mark responded by storming off and was comforted by Tan outside the house.
Mark tells Chattr he thinks both Michael and Rielli are “rude and disrespectful people”, and says that while he wasn’t “phased” by the sledge, he didn’t feel the need to stick around at the table to be insulted.
“Obviously, I’m not going to sit around and be disrespected by people and listen to their sort of crap and [it’s] funny, like I was the third-tallest person on the show other than those two,” Mark says.
“I’m not that short, but you know, obviously they’re just doing it because they got a three. They just want to somehow get back at us.”
Rielli did feel remorse and apologised to Mark when he came back to the table, but the MKR contestant wasn’t buying it.
“She’s just doing it for the cameras, I guess. She’s trying to look nice, but I think, yeah, at the end of the day she’s got Michael’s back,” Mark claims.
Are Mark and Tan friends with Michael and Rielli after MKR?
Even though Mark and Tan have clashed heavily with Michael and Rielli on screen, according to the home cooks, there’s no bad blood between them.
“We’re all good with them. You know, at the end of the day, it’s like when you jump onto a field or something in a game, you know you’re going to be competitive,” Mark explains.
“But off the field, you know what I mean, it’s different. I don’t think they’re bad people. I think they’re quite nice, but I think they probably just go a little bit far with certain things.”
Michael and Rielli are next to cook, and Mark and Tan don’t have high hopes for their second Instant Restaurant.
“I don’t think that they’ll do as well [as they think they will],” Tan says.
“If it’s like his tongue, it’s not going to be very good,” Mark jokes.
As per a bet made earlier in the season, whoever has the lowest score out of these two teams will be required to do a shoey out of Manu’s boot. It’s going to be very interesting.
My Kitchen Rules (MKR) airs on Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30pm on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
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