Logies 2026: MasterChef star Sofia Levin reveals reality behind Prince Harry telephone name Meghan Markle acquired throughout her look on cooking present

Australian meals journalist and MasterChef choose Sofia Levin, 36, instructed News24.com.au the FaceTime cameo from Prince Harry through the present was solely unscripted – opposite to claims the second was “contrived”.

“It was very real,” Levin mentioned of the cameo from the Logies purple carpet on Sunday evening. “It was so real that usually they tell us what’s going to happen in advance – they didn’t tell us.”

She added that the second so caught the forged off-guard that they initally believed the fuss was attributable to a “security breach”.

“The bit that probably didn’t make it into that edit was Poh [Ling Yeow’s] and my … faces, because we thought there had been a security breach.

“If somebody form of interrupts like that [that’s what you assume].

“And then when we saw [Harry’s] face and we sort of figured out what was happening and afterwards we [told Meghan] ‘You totally should have told us’.”

Levin added: “[It was] not planned from where I was standing.”

During the wild on-air second, Meghan’s telephone was dropped at her by a staffer, with Meghan saying “My husband’s here,” to crew and the contestants.

“What’s going on? Have I interrupted something important?” Harry requested, in a second GB News contributor and TV presenter Cristo Foufas blasted as “contrived”.

“It’s just so contrived; are we honestly expected to believe that it was just, oh my word, I just happened to be in the MasterChef studio, oh my husband has given me a call.” Mr Foufas instructed News24 host Danica De Giorgio.

“What a load of nonsense, and suddenly as well that the production team are able to bring up Harry’s face. “Meghan is smart enough to know that she’s not the A-list act there; it is Harry, that is the one that they want, that’s the one that is actually the royal connection.”

However on Sunday evening, Levin singled out Markle’s authenticity on set. 

“None of the bad stuff is true. She was just an absolute delight. People are really mean. My experience of Meghan was that she loved food… we hung out when we weren’t filming… she didn’t run off to her green room. She wanted to talk about beekeeping and her kids and the things she likes to cook and eat. It was really nice getting to see that side of her.”

Co-star Andy Allen echoed Levin’s reward for the Duchess, telling News24.com.au that stories from the forged and crew had led him to imagine Meghan was “super down-to-earth” and “knew people’s names” on set.

“Just those really small things that add up.”