Melissa Leong’s fans hit back after the MasterChef judge gets heavily trolled

MasterChef Australia fans have come to Melissa Leong’s defence after she was trolled by some viewers of the show.

In a lengthy post on the MasterChef Facebook page that attracted almost 300 likes, one fan urged Melissa to keep being herself and to ignore the backlash.

‘Melissa, yell as much and as loud as you like!’ they wrote.

‘Wear whatever clothes you like, you are splendidly fabulous and those who criticise your fashion are just jealous and fuddy-duddys!’ 

They continued: ‘Those who don’t like it are not happy unless they are moaning about something. Only rude thing about it is their whining! I adore Melissa and you make the show so much fun.’

The post received more than 100 comments from other fans agreeing with the statement and defending Melissa. 

Backlash against the MasterChef judge peaked last month, when trolls took to criticising the way she ate her food on the program.

‘Hate the way Melissa eats her food. Grrrr,’ the troll wrote on Facebook.

Another agreed: ‘It’s seriously weird. I reckon she’s been practicing that for a long time to keep her lipstick perfect.’

‘I’m pretty sure she can’t change the way she eats. George was way worse with the way he held his knife and fork,’ a third pointed out, only partially agreeing.

But some other Masterchef fans were tired of the persistent hate directed at Melissa.

‘Seriously… are we just clutching at straws now to find ways to bag out Melissa? Gosh some people are pathetic in here,’ one fan hit back.

Another asked: ‘Seriously people? Anything else you can pick on? Leave her alone, you’re not the friggin’ eating police!’