Krysten and Lucy may have left My Kitchen Rules (MKR), but the mother-daughter duo aren’t leaving quietly.
After becoming the latest team eliminated from the competition, the pair told Chattr they believe they were “stitched up” by the edit and another team is being saved.
They also reveal why they thought they wouldn’t be going home just yet.
Krysten and Lucy claim they were ‘stitched up’ by the edit
Krysten said she and Lucy were stunned to find themselves in the bottom after their first Kitchen HQ cook because they believed their dish had been well received.
“In that first cook in Kitchen HQ, we were so happy with what we did,” Krysten told Chattr exclusively. “We came away thinking, ‘Well, we might not be the top, but we’re definitely not the bottom’.”
Lucy said the episode’s edit only added to their confusion.
“They didn’t show a lot of positive feedback on our dish from the table, so even in the moment it felt like even more of a stitch-up because we thought we’re definitely not the bottom!”
They went on to spotlight an unaired moment from the episode that landed them in the bottom two.
“When everyone was critiquing our first cook in HQ, literally every single team said that the sauce that we served in the little dish with our salmon fish cakes was insanely good, like 10 out of 10, incredible,” Lucy said.
“Simon actually picked up his sauce dish and drank it in front of everyone and for them to not air that is obviously trying to make it look like our dish was way worse than it was critiqued. And also Zac and Zoe’s dish with the fish skin, one of the judges said the fish skin was inedible, so for them to not be in the bottom is a bit crazy.”
Krysten pointed out: “An entire element of their dish failed!”
“That’s why we figured well we’re not on the top, but we’re definitely not on the bottom,” Lucy added.
Krysten said it was particularly frustrating because they would have accepted criticism if they genuinely believed they’d underperformed.
“I think that’s what made it harder for us. We are the first people to admit if we stuffed something, but we honestly didn’t feel like we had,” she said.
They didn’t think they were actually going home
Despite landing in the elimination cook-off, Krysten and Lucy admitted they were convinced producers had simply thrown them into the challenge to create a surprise for viewers.
“We thought we got put in the elimination cook-off to be a shock to the audience,” Lucy said.
“We thought, ‘Okay, we can get past that, we’ll cook our asses off and remain in the competition’. Then when we got eliminated, we thought, ‘Well, what was the point of that? Now we’re out!'”
While their MKR journey may be over, it’s clear Krysten and Lucy still have plenty to say about how it all unfolded.
My Kitchen Rules airs on Channel 7 and 7Plus.
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