My Kitchen Rules – Pete Evan’s Ex-Wife Not Happy With His New Girlfriend
Last week a commenter on this blog was querying what happened to My Kitchen Rules judge Pete Evans marriage, and it was like the tabloid newspaper gods shone down on us as low and behold there was a story about it in the Sunday Telegraph.
Pete Evans split earlier this year from his long term partner Astrid Ellinger with whom he has two children, apparently has a new girlfriend kiwi model Nicola Watson.
Astrid lets fly about the My Kitchen Rules judge in the interview:
“He’s got more famous and it inevitably changes anyone,” the mother-of-two said. “All I’m going to say is Pete has had down-to-earth girlfriends (before) so I’m not sure what’s happened now. I’m a down-to-earth and natural person. I don’t know what she is like.”
Ms Ellinger, who lives in North Bondi with her children, refused to go into the details of their split, which had been reported last month as “amicable” after more than a decade together. “She can have him if she wants.”
Watson, also known as Nicola Robinson, is a prominent Kiwi socialite and model formerly married to millionaire Warriorsleague club owner Eric Watson, whom she divorced in 2003. Her subsequent romances have included Sydney nightclub boss Justin Hemmes and ex-All Blacks Matthew Ridge and Ali Williams.
During an infamous 2007 TV interview, Watson admitted attempting suicide, undergoing three breast augmentations, using hard drugs, having threesomes, watching pornography from a “young age” and forgetting to wear underwear while attending horse races.
Watson recently revealed she no longer wanted to be famous, would revert to her birthname and seek refuge working at a day spa in a rural NZ community.
Ms Ellinger was clearly upset about the rising TV star’s new love. “I have googled (Watson) and I am shocked, she is not the type of girl Pete would usually go for. I am shocked,” she said. “I do not know what has happened.”
“I don’t care. I am just getting on with my life and they can go to it.”
Ms Ellinger quizzed The Sunday Telegraph about Watson, asking: “What can you tell me about her?”
My guess it is a what is commonly known as a mid-life crisis.
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Whether its a new car or a new girlfriend, generally at this age men tend to trade in something for a new model.
The ex does seem understandably bitter about it though.
@JaneyT – WWHHAATT? Manu with a Malay stripper?? This I gotta read about!
Sounds like that she might have had a frog in her throat.
Pardon, JaneyT I mean ze Malay ‘ooker. Ze knock shop assistant
In ze Manu kitchen, zere are no rules.
Manu and Pete can get a new show going out of this-
“My Dick Rules”
‘She can have him’ lol must have been a memorable union – anyhow I agree with the ex -
BDD – has he actually got one big enough to satisfy?
PMSL, so all the lame arse gags and baaaa-ing about kiwis in the previews of My Kitchen Rules have rubbed off on Pete then.
The ex seemed very bitter. One moment she said she doesn’t care and then she goggled the other woman. I think people should move on when the marriage is over.
She does have two kids with Pete, Little Petal. She’ll always have to have contact with him. I’d want to know a bit about who my kids were in contact with – doesn’t sound like the new woman would be much of a role model.
Awww, so cute…
a modern fairly tale…
“Mr Furry goes to Silicon Heaven”
My jaw has dropped.
This is Nikki Watson, right?
You can see that there can’t be many Kiwis coming to this site, because this is absolute gold.
Nikki was the inspiration for Pascalle West in Outrageous Fortune.
In NZ, she’s Woman’s Day cover material: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/5009150/What-the-Kiwi-gossip-mags-say
You think his ex sounds bitter? You haven’t met my gent’s ex-wife then…
Oh KatInEurope – is she high profile in NZ, do you think he met her when they were filming the NZ section of the competition? Any other gossip?
I imagine ‘not being happy with your ex’s new partner’ would be par for the course, amicable or not.
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