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MKR shock: ‘He actually called me a transgender woman’

Josh and Austin reveal what really happened during their latest feud with Ibby and Romel
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Tensions hit boiling point on Tuesday night’s episode of My Kitchen Rules as the dinner table turned into a playground. 

WATCH: Ibby and Romel reveal they are not afraid of arch-rivals Josh and Austin 

At the heart of all the drama was none other than ‘dinner party terrorists’ Josh and Austin that have had several runs ins with each of the contestants, but mostly Ibby and Rommel. 

It all started to unravel when Josh decided to ask who had undergone body modifications. 

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Ruby was the first to stick her hand up and confess she had undergone botox and lip fillers, but Romel stayed quiet. 

“What about you Romel?’ insisted Josh. 

“I haven’t had anything!” Romel snapped. 

“But you look like Woody from Toy Story!” laughed Josh leaving the entire table up in arms with the homeschooler. 

However, after the show Josh confessed to New Idea what really went down saying that it was actually Romel stirring the pot.  

“I’ll tell you what really happened, here’s the truth of what happened in that situation. Romel was desperate from attention the entire first round of instant restaurants. He would always come up to me and be like, ‘Let’s have a fake fight to get more camera time’ and I was like, ‘Get stuffed you lizard’. So he goes to me, ‘What would you want to ask everyone if you could get away with it it?’

“And I foolishly replied and say, ‘I dunno, I would probably ask who has had plastic surgery’ and he literally bangs his glass and goes, ‘Attention everyone! Josh wants to know who has had plastic surgery’.

Josh also claimed that Romel called his brother a ‘transgender woman’. 

“He totally threw me under the bus. That was where the trust ended with him. So everybody asked Romel if he’d had work done and he goes, ‘No, I haven’t’ and then Austin goes, ‘Yes you have, you’ve had plastic surgery, you can see your lips are all puffy’. And you know what Romel said to Austin? Romel says to Austin, ‘Well you look like a transgender woman’. That’s what he said. And then Austin replied, ‘Yeah, well you look like Woody’.

“So there you go, you have the uncut version of what happened. That is the honest moment. I’ll tell you one thing, me and Austin are gonna forever continue our policy and that is honesty. So whenever things happen, if they’re out of context, you think that we’re gonna go along with that story? Hello no. We’re going to tell everyone the truth.” adds Josh. 

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