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Mary Ashbolt has won fans over with her bubbly energy and passion for food on My Kitchen Rules, but she has a message for those who have been criticising her.
The nurse and mother, who is competing with her friend Golden, has taken to social media to address people who have complained that she talks too much.
“So, I’m sorry, my mouth has its own brain. If you’re annoyed listening to my voice, me too. Up here, up here, guys. So, maybe turn the volume down,” she said in a video posted on Instagram, which had “Sorry, not sorry” in the caption.
She went on to say that she wasn’t fake, and “what you see is what you get”.
“If you see me in person, this is me. So that’s it. If you like to listen to me talk, thank you. If you don’t, goodbye.”
During the video, she said she’s always been “talkative”.
“I always get the most talkative award. Grade school, high school, college, I will get sent out of the classroom for always talking,” she continued.
This is something she also told New Idea when we spoke with her and Golden earlier in the season.
“Mary and I talk a lot,” she laughed.
“I’m loud, but I think when you’re put on the table with a lot of people that have stronger personalities, you sit back and just watch.
“We didn’t have to open our mouths. We literally just had to listen.”
Throughout the competition, Mary and Golden have watched drama unfold in Kitchen HQ and at the Instant Restaurant tables, telling New Idea they didn’t want to be part of it.
“We knew there was going to be drama, but I think just our personalities, me and Golden stayed out of it,” Mary explained.
They also explained that they instead chose to focus on representing the Philippines, because they “didn’t want to let the community down”.
“Every dish that we serve has got a history and has got a story behind it. That was what made both of us really emotional because every dish that we decided to do, there was a reason,” Golden explained.
“It wasn’t just anything from TikTok; it was what we grew up eating and what we love.”
