Former MasterChef Australia judge Gary Mehigan has revealed the surprising truth behind his exit from the popular show.
Mehigan - along with fellow judges Matt Preston and George Calombaris - left the show in 2019 after a 10-year stint, with the show’s network, Channel Ten, claiming it was because Ten “couldn’t meet their demands for a pay rise”. However, Mehigan claims there is a different reason.
The Daily Mail has reported the television star has claimed the trio’s decision to leave was inaccurately depicted to the public, and the network wasn’t transparent about what happened behind the scenes.
During a press conference in India, while filming a National Geographic show, the star reportedly said he had made a deal with himself “early on” that if the show ever felt like it wasn’t aligning with his brand anymore, he would leave.
“I promised myself early on that once I felt that it wasn’t my thing, that it was time to move on,” he said adding, “The way we parted from Channel 10 was a little bit different. Ten decided to take the narrative and make it about the ‘greedy judges’. But it wasn’t.”
