Spice Girls: 'We weren't being rude'

Known as the 'Spice Girls' high school friends Jessie and Biswa have been eliminated from My Kitchen Rules. Source Seven Network

MKR'S Jessie said they forgot the microphones were on, and defended herself against claims they were rude, "bad girls" on the hit reality TV show.

In an exclusive blog for News Limited, Jessie Khan told fans they were trying to have fun and stay honest, but she did not think they were rude.

"We are opinionated but I don't think we're rude," she said.  

Contrary to public opinion about her and Biswa Kamila, she defended them saying they were nice and "just joking" on the show.

"We were just joking on the show. If you met us in person, you would see the same people on the show but also that we're nice! We were judging the food, not the contestants and were just being honest about the food."

She also mentioned how Sandilands had helped them since they met this week.

"We didn't mean to be bad girls, we were just having fun and being honest. We only just met Kyle Sandilands so he's only given us tips since the show went to air and he's awesome. We love him!," she said.

In hindsight, she said that they could have scored a "little higher" than a 1 when it came to Jake and Elle's meal.

"It was a little bit strategic but we honestly just didn't like the food. But maybe the mark could have been a little higher," she said.

Khan added they were not meant to be ambassadors for the Bangladeshi/Indian communities living in Australia, contrary to what viewers might think.

She did not believe the show was about race when asked if she thought being Indian made Australia hate them more.

"I don't think it was about the race. It was just the way we came across wasn't to everyone's tastes," she said. 

"We didn't go on the show to be ambassadors for anyone but ourselves. I don't think anyone should take us as a whole community and culture, we're just being ourselves."

She said they were surprised by the public reaction to their time on the show, and still maintained they acted appropriately.

"We were just being ourselves and honest and whether it's appropriate or not, each to their own. And don't forget, it was a TV show and we were there to judge the food."

Khan also tipped Mick and Matt to take this year's MKR title. 

For both of them, it was meant to be a fun and fabulous fifteen minutes of TV fame.

But such has been the scorching heat of publicity and viewer backlash, at least one half of the now infamous Spice Girls is "relieved" the pair have now been eliminated from Channel 7's mega-rating home-cooking show.

Biswa Kamila and Jessie Khan with their partners Fady El-Sharoni (left) and Simon Ameen. Picture: Danny Aarons,

READ JESSIE'S BLOG HERE.

Two of the most offensive recent tweets aimed at My Kitchen Rules' contestants Jessie Khan and Biswa Kamila.

Khan admitted the vicious and racist reaction to their contentious appearance on MKR had left her shell-shocked by the TV experience and grateful they crashed out so early in the competition.

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The NSW pairing had polarised the 2-million-plus audience with their antagonistic approach to the series, criticised for stirring the pot and undermining their rivals during the first week of home visits.

Contestants Jessie Khan and Biswa Kamila said they were just being themselves, but the edits made them look nasty.

While Khan and her best friend Biswa had happily gone along with the producers' plan to play the bad girls, the reality of reality television editing left the two women in tears over their portrayal and the hateful public response which followed them.

Khan said she took death threats from the angriest fans seriously, but could not understood the level of venom directed of them over "just being ourselves."

She pointed to the out-of-context editing of footage, especially in the final days of their MKR lives, for painting them as emotionally manipulative and negative schemers.

"We're not such horrible people who hate everyone all the time," Khan said. "It was nothing like that and we came across to the public as such negative people.

She said the vile response on Twitter had been out of proportion to their alleged crimes.

"We didn't expect this reaction. We didn't think people would take us so seriously. The reaction has been out of proportion."

Admitting they had been guilty of "saying too much" to producers, Khan said her comments in particular had been sliced and diced during the Jake and Elle episode, making her seem like she was smiling at the their failings and upset when they succeeded in the eyes of the judges.

"That (editing) really upset me in the end because I knew that wasn't me. They filmed me smiling when actually I was reacting to them being praised by the judges and that wasn't what it seemed like on (air)."

While accepting the risks involved in signing up for reality TV, Khan said she felt manipulated at times by the process.

"It's part of the show (to be villain). You film for 12 hours and in the end you say anything. They (producers) were always really nice and ask you about things. You might not want to say them (on camera) but they'd say 'it's okay, say that.' Then they'd use it in a way that it wasn't meant to be."

On the upside, the friends felt vindicated by the wild ratings success of the show, especially the season peak hit during their home restaurant episode (which hit 3.2 million viewers across the metro and regional markets).

Not ruling out a return to the small screen, Khan said the double act would consider signing on to another lifestyle program, or even a reality vehicle like The Amazing Race.

On life as a villain, Khan revealed they had been taking advice from 2Day FM's shock jock Kyle Sandilands.

"I can't say he's humble," Khan said, "but he's nicer than we thought he'd be and he gave us advice before the show started and we'd listen to him again."

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