Just days after filming a spot on Ten’s cooking series, a source has claimed Meghan and her team were not happy about one detail during filming.
‘Bullied’ Meghan Markle dubs herself ‘the most trolled person in the entire world’
‘Bullied’ Meghan Markle dubs herself ‘the most trolled person in the entire world’
Meghan Markle referred to herself as “the most trolled person in the entire world” on day three of her and Prince Harry’s Australia tour….
Meghan and her team were reportedly left “very frustrated” by MasterChef’s production team after secretly filming a guest role on the series during her and Prince Harry’s whirlwind visit to Australia last week.
The Duchess of Sussex quietly slipped off last Wednesday to appear as a guest judge on Ten’s popular cooking series, as news.com.au reported at the time.
Just hours later, the promo confirming the news was pushed out across Ten’s social media channels.
“We’ve had MasterChef royalty in the kitchen before but no one like this,” judge Poh Ling Yeow was heard gushing excitedly.
“All the way from sunny California, please welcome to MasterChef Australia … The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle!”
A beaming Meghan is then seen walking through the doors into the MasterChef kitchen, located at Melbourne Showground.
Meghan quietly ducked off to film a guest spot on MasterChef Australia last week. Picture: Instagram/masterchefau
Meghan Markle joins MasterChef as guest judge
Meghan popped in to the…
According to the insider, Meghan and her team only heard the wording in the promo when it was released to the public – and they were not happy about it.
“They’re very frustrated,” the source told news.com.au, adding that they’d “specifically” made clear they didn’t want the word “royal” used.
“They were outside the doors when it was filmed, so didn’t know what had been said.”
News.com.au has reached out to Ten for comment.
Harry and Meghan mobbed at Bondi beach
The royal couple’s Aussie…
While technically accurate, the term was presumably flagged so as to avoid fuelling any debate over Meghan and Harry’s royal status during their tour, especially in a commercial context.
The issue has been regularly discussed during flashpoints over the past six years since they quit royal duties.
Meanwhile, the use of “Markle” was also an interesting choice, given that Meghan infamously corrected actress Mindy Kaling when she called her by her maiden name in her Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.
“It’s so funny you keep calling me Meghan Markle,” she said pointedly.
“You know it’s Meghan Sussex now.”
Harry and Meghan visited Melbourne and Sydney as part of their recent visit. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA via AP, Pool
Shortly after news.com.au broke the news of the MasterChef cameo last week, Meghan’s publicist confirmed she had appeared as a guest judge.
“As part of her first Australian visit since 2018, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, featured as a guest judge on the country’s most beloved cooking show,” the statement read.
“Meghan mentored and guided our nation’s top home cooks alongside MasterChef Australia judges Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli.”
She and her team were keen to avoid the word “royal” being used during a commercial appearance, a source claimed. Picture: Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP
Season 18, which premiered last night, will also see stars including Robert Irwin and Jimmy Barnes make their MasterChef debut.
More Coverage
The mother-of-two isn’t the first royal to pop up on MasterChef.
In 2018, during their Australian tour, then-Prince Charles and Camilla visited the set in Darwin, where they were filmed meeting the season 10 contestants, who were tasked with catering a reception at the Royal Flying Doctor Service base.
At the time, then-MasterChef judge Gary Mehigan revealed it was Camilla who had gotten the royals’ cameo over the line, as she was a “massive MasterChef fan”.
News
7-YEAR-OLD BOY K!LLED OUTSIDE HIS OWN HOME — TRAGEDY STRIKES DURING A SIMPLE SCOOTER RIDE…
The ‘dearly loved’ child was riding his scooter when the tragedy occurred. Boy killed in tragic scooter accident in Melton…
ALC0H0L INVOLVED?! — SH0CKING CLAIMS EMERGE AS AFL STAR ELIJAH HOLLANDS SAGA TAKES A NEW TURN…
Bombshell new details have emerged about Elijah Hollands after the AFL world was left stunned by alarming vision of the…
“ONE D-E:AD… ONE STILL MISSING FROM THE SAME CRUISE — AND CHILLING DETAILS SUGGEST THIS IS FAR FROM A SIMPLE TRAGEDY…”
The search for a man missing after going overboard from a Carnival cruise ship near Moreton Island on Friday night…
PLEASE STOP, GET OFF ME – HEARD BEFORE HORROR INSIDE HOME WHEN SON S-T:ABBED HIS OWN MOM! A horrifying case has stunned the community after a mother was found inside her home with multiple stab wounds to her face and b0dy, with authorities alleging her own son was responsible. A neighbor recalled hearing desperate cries — “please stop, get off me” — just moments before the c-h:illing discovery…
Rebecca McIntyre was found dead inside her home moments after her son Blaise was arrested outside. Son charged with murdering…
MUM… WHY WERE YOU N@KED?! — Carrie Bickmore stunned after awkward confrontation from her son.
The TV and radio host has faced an intervention over her ‘passion for nudity’. Glenn and Mick’s celebrity intervention launches…
“SCOTT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HER GOLD MINE?!” — Gia Fleur lifts the lid on MAFS experience and pay. In a revealing breakdown of her time on Married At First Sight 2026, Gia Fleur has opened up about everything from the application process to how much she was actually paid — and it’s raising eyebrows. The controversial bride, already at the center of this season’s biggest dramas..
MAFS Australia 2026 bride Gia Fleur has broken down her experience of what it was like to film for the show, including…
End of content
No more pages to load
