“I feel sorry for him.”

My Kitchen Rules (MKR) 2025 gatecrashers Amy and Lara aren’t afraid of a bit of conflict, and they’ve already clashed with Michael at the dinner table. During Danielle and Marko’s Instant Restaurant, Michael was visibly frustrated that Amy and Lara dodged his questions about why they were competing in MKR, and he declared the two saucy divorcees would be the first to go home.

The divorcees tell Chattr they didn’t have the best first impression of Michael and Rielli, with Lara joking their necks “must be sore from looking down on everyone”.

“I think Michael just feels like he’s the captain of this ship, or whatever this is, and it’s like, when did he take over? Is he the self-proclaimed boss of the table?” Amy says. “He unfairly judged us, but I think he just needs a cuddle… it’s like he gets [wound] up, and then he just can’t stop himself.”

Michael labelled Lara a “blonde bimbo” during their first interaction, but the divorcees are quick to point out that Lara is a natural redhead.

“I feel sorry for him,” Lara says. “I don’t actually think he knows what the word bimbo means. I might have to give him a pass at this stage, but he was quick to fire back at me, yeah.”
Amy and Lara are here to win. Image: Seven

Are the MKR gatecrashers going to score the OGs strategically?

There’s a bit of a divide between the MKR gatecrashers and the OG contestants, and it doesn’t look like that’s changing soon.

“1000 per cent there’s going to be some rivalry. I mean, it’s a competition, and it makes sense, and it’s just amusing to sit back and watch [the OGs] just go so basic. It’s so basic,” Amy says, referring to the OGs being critical of gatecrashers Danielle and Marko’s dishes.

“We got the feeling as soon as we sat down, it was gonna be that way,” Lara adds. “I think the judges were on par with our scoring, and then the OGs, they just low-balled. That was a bit disappointing.”

However, Amy and Lara plan on scoring all of the teams — including the OGs — fairly instead of strategically.

“At the end of the day, it is a cooking competition and we wouldn’t [score unfairly]. What do they say? Do unto others as you’d like to be treated,” Amy declares. “It should be fair, because it’s a competition and all that strategic scoring, we don’t want a part of it… it’s about the food, not the drama. We’re here for cooking, so we judge fairly.”

Lara also notes that if you start getting messy and scoring badly, it could come back to bite you in the end.

“We don’t want the karma coming back at us and then having them lowball us. We just want to make it as fair as possible,” Lara says.

The saucy divorcees Amy and Lara are yet to cook on MKR, but with Amy’s background as a private cook, they’re definitely a pair to watch.