Sydney ‘It’ couple Nathalie Kelly and Jordy Burrows split up
Two years after their lavish Harbourside wedding, Dynasty actress Nathalie Kelly and husband Jordy Burrows have reportedly called it quits. Confidential also reveals who the latest guest is on MasterChef, and why a top model agent believes the Aussie modelling industry is racist.
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Just two years after they tied the knot on Sydney Harbour in a lavish ceremony, ‘It’ couple Nathalie Kelley and Jordy Burrows have reportedly called it quits.
Distance reportedly got between the Dynasty actress and Sydney bar owner, with the pair going their separate ways earlier this year.
“It wasn’t a bad break-up,” a close friend said.
“Nat has to spend a lot of time overseas for work and Jordy remained in Sydney.
“It just didn’t work.”
Fuelling the rumours is the fact Kelley has deleted every image of the pair together from 2018 onwards.
GUEST CHEF
He famously lost a MasterChef immunity challenge to an amateur cook three years ago, however Atlas Dining chef Charlie Carrington said it was best case scenario.
“It was one of those things … to be honest losing had a good result for me,” Carrington said.
“People see another side of you, I’ve been so busy ever since. It is amazing what it did for my business. There are a lot of MasterChef fans out there and people really connected with me.
“People come up to me in the restaurant and talk about that episode.”
Carrington will feature as tonight’s guest chef on the Channel 10 reality TV program and said it was good to be back
“It was incredible to be back,” he said.
“Last time I was on for an elimination challenge which was great, t it was awesome to come on more as a guest judge and take the pressure off.
“The new judges have a great vibe and really work well with one another.”
TOP MODEL AGENT SAYS AUSTRALIA’S MODELLING INDUSTRY IS RACIST
Having run a modelling agency for plus size and diverse models for almost two decades, Chelsea Bonner knows a thing or two about the local industry.
And the Bella Model Management owner says there is no denying the Australian modelling industry is racist.
“That has been a push pull, push pull, push pull for so long,” Bonner told Sunday Confidential.
“I remember six or so years ago, it took us 10 years to get a plus size, mixed race model in a David Jones catalogue. We fought and fought and fought and a lot of the levels at David Jones wanted it and loved the idea, but it would hit this certain level and it would just keep getting rejected.
“When we finally did it, it felt like such an enormous shift. Since then David Jones has been very inclusive.”
Bonner’s claims come as popular Australian brand Zimmerman were forced to hit back after influential fashion watchdog Diet Prada shared an internal company grooming guide on Instagram which was criticised for alleged racial preferencing, claims they have denied.
Bonner, whose company initially started out as an agency for plus size models, said when she signs a mixed race models, she has to be frank with them about the lack of work they are likely to get.
“They know there is reluctancy from the brands but they know we are fighting as hard as we can,” she said.
“Often when I sign people of colour we are honest and say, we love you and we want to try and represent you and get you as much work as possible but the current state of the market a that it is incredibly racist.
“They need to yell as loud as we do.”
Bonner said while there is no doubt the industry has changed, it still has a long way to go.
“The industry in Australia has changed a lot, but nowhere near enough,” she said.
“A passion of mine is fighting for the underdog and I will continue to do this.
“When those top retailers do it, it filters down through the community. In the last five years we have seen a massive shift from brands like Sportsgirl, Peter Alexander and Jeans west.
“It is changing, it’s just slow.
“These Black Lives Matter protests are great to start a conversation for black people and people of colour. It is crazy that our advertising is so white.”
Bonner and International Australian model Jennifer Atilemile and her agency of models have joined together in a campaign to call our racism in the fashion industry through a series of videos which will launch on YouTube.