My Kitchen Rules villain, Josh Meeuwissen, is reported to have left the country just one day after the hit cooking show aired him calling a fellow contestant a ‘slut’.
Sunrise host Sam Armytage said the sudden trip was why he couldn’t join them for an interview on Thursday morning.
“We invited Josh to come on to explain himself but he has left the country — he literally is in Europe,” she said.
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Armytage, 40, went on to reprimand Josh, 25, for using the term against fellow contestant Amy Murr.
“You should never say that to a woman — ever. Under any circumstance,” she said.
Co-host David Koch offered his own take on the situation and how it could have been misconstrued.
“Wow. When you see the grab by yourself you think…. you know you have lighthearted banter with some friends and then it goes too far — but it doesn’t sound like it,” he said.
“It sounds like it just came out of the blue.”
