MasterChef’s Jock Zonfrillo defends fellow judge Melissa Leong over vile racial slur  


MasterChef’s Jock Zonfrillo defends fellow judge Melissa Leong as he names and shames viewer who called her a vile racial slur

Jock Zonfrillo has lashed out at a viewer who sent him an offensive message about fellow MasterChef Australia: Back To Win judge Melissa Leong.

The 43-year-old shared a screenshot of the Instagram message he received on Sunday, not censoring the full name of the sender, nor the racial slur it contained.

The rambling message read: ‘Geez I will be glad when this dumb a**e MasterChef finishes I wouldn’t watch it but sick of while watching other 10 program. 

Angry: Jock Zonfrillo (right) has lashed out at a viewer who sent him an offensive message about fellow MasterChef Australia: Back To Win judge Melissa Leong (left) 

‘Having to watch trailers of you and that painful g**k criticise what is put in front of you because a pea is in the wrong place half the stuff no one would ever make geez you are so far up yourselves’. 

Jock replied in his caption ‘Where to begin with this… Firstly I can only assume you are referring to @fooderati when you used the term ‘g**k’…

‘She’s actually Melissa, she’s my work wife, my sister, my mate, she drinks espresso like I do, she is able to express and articulate a damn sight better than you can clearly and that is just the beginning Graham. 

Offensive: The 43-year-old shared a screenshot of the Instagram message he received on Sunday, not censoring the full name of the sender, nor the racial slur it contained

Offensive: The 43-year-old shared a screenshot of the Instagram message he received on Sunday, not censoring the full name of the sender, nor the racial slur it contained

Jock replied in his caption: 'When you used the term 'g**k'. She's actually Melissa, she's my work wife, my sister, my mate... She's a woman whose origin happens to be different than yours, but why does that make you so afraid?'

Jock replied in his caption: ‘When you used the term ‘g**k’. She’s actually Melissa, she’s my work wife, my sister, my mate… She’s a woman whose origin happens to be different than yours, but why does that make you so afraid?’ 

‘She’s a woman whose origin happens to be different than yours, but why does that make you so afraid?

‘I feel sorry for you that you cannot see past the colour of someone’s skin or actually the fact they are just different than your white a** in any way.

‘Graham, please get educated and be a better human. You owe it to yourself and everyone around you who are most probably too embarrassed by the shit you say to let you know.

She wrote: 'I couldn't help myself, I had to mark this one up. Grammar is the difference between knowing your s**t, and knowing you're s**t'

She wrote: ‘I couldn’t help myself, I had to mark this one up. Grammar is the difference between knowing your s**t, and knowing you’re s**t’

Tough: Melissa, 38, reposted the comment on her Instagram Stories in comical style, marking up the man's grammar mistakes

Tough: Melissa, 38, reposted the comment on her Instagram Stories in comical style, marking up the man’s grammar mistakes

‘I’m sick of this type of thing getting sent to me so here’s a heads up… if you send this kind of s**t to me it’s getting called out,’ he concluded. 

Melissa, 38, reposted the comment on her Instagram Stories, marking up the man’s grammar mistakes and writing: ‘I couldn’t help myself, I had to mark this one up. Grammar is the difference between knowing your s**t, and knowing you’re s**t.’

The chef joined the cast this year along with Jock and Andy Allen, 32, and has quickly become the show’s most beloved judge. 

Love her! The chef joined the cast this year along with Jock and Andy Allen, 32, and has quickly become the show's most beloved judge

Love her! The chef joined the cast this year along with Jock and Andy Allen, 32, and has quickly become the show’s most beloved judge