MasterChef’s Sarah Tiong addresses rumours she flipped off her former competitors

Sarah Tiong has addressed rumours she flipped off her former co-stars as she left the MasterChef kitchen on Tuesday.

Appearing on The Project on Wednesday, the 29-year-old lawyer was asked about the incident, which took place following her elimination.   

As she walked out of the kitchen, Sarah turned one last time and pointed her fingers towards the other contestants in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment.

‘Did you flip the bird on the way out?’ asked The Project’s Peter Helliar, who confessed to having rewound the moment a few times over. 

‘My lawyer training tells me to plead the fifth. I can neither confirm nor deny,’ Sarah joked.

But fellow panelist Carrie Bickmore said she was almost certain Sarah had been pointing her index fingers.

‘I wouldn’t want people to think you flipped the bird when you didn’t,’ the 39-year-old TV presenter explained, prompting Sarah to add, ‘Absolutely not.’  

Following her elimination, some MasterChef viewers were convinced that they saw Sarah flip off her former co-stars.  

‘Did Sarah just “flip the bird” upon exit from @masterchefau?! Asking for a friend…’ tweeted one eagle-eyed viewer.

Added another: ‘Hubby replaying Sarah leaving convinced she gave everyone the finger on the way out.’   

But others claimed the beloved star was simply pulling out ‘finger guns’, with the angle of the camera making it seem more sinister than it actually was. 

‘Nah looked like finger guns to me,’ commented one fan, while another added, ‘Finger guns shooting everywhere.’