Triple M radio star refuses to deny MasterChef judge rumours
Triple M radio star has reacted to rumours that she is set to star in a new cooking show with former MasterChef judges, Matt Preson and Gary Mehigan on Channel7.
Mick Molloy, a co-host of Kennedy Molloy with Jane Kennedy hit his peer with the confronting rumour live on air.
“The Channel 7 Upfronts are on Wednesday (afternoon) and I believe there’ll be some sort of announcement about a cooking show involving them and you, you hussy!” Molloy said on Triple M.
“I beg your pardon? Me? I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Kennedy replied.
“You can’t even look me in the eye!” Molloy said.
There has been speculation for weeks that Preston and Mehigan will appear in a new TV show on Channel 7 in 2020.
Embattled former MasterChef judge George Calombaris was reportedly excluded from the list putting them on a new Channel 7 show after being fined $200,000 for underpaying staff at his restaurants.
Preston recently confirmed he would be appearing as a judge on next year’s season of My Kitchen Rules, but the TV personality shot down the allegations while speaking to news.com.au.
“I can confirm that I am talking to other networks and producers about new projects for 2020 and beyond,” Preston said.
“Taking over MKR as host/judge is not on the agenda! I have too much love for Manu, Colin and Pete to do that!”
The three judges were sensationally dropped by Channel 10 in July, but all have a different “hold back” agreement with the network that stipulates how long they have before they can sign with another commercial network in Australia.
Preston, Mehigan and Calombaris have said they are interesting in finding a TV project to do together. They all determined their “hold back” clauses do not cover international TV opportunities.
“The feedback we have all received in person on our travels and online from so many of the 20 million fans around the world who loved watching the ‘three musketeers’ on TV confirms that we’d be mad not to continue making TV together overseas for the international market,” Preston told news.com.au.
“This is something we all look forward to doing when the time is right.”