came across as the butt end of the joke, resulting in an unexpected turn of events where she reached out to “Uncle Roger” himself. The unlikely duo, who both reside in London, met in person, and Patel clarified that she knew how to make egg fried rice and had simply been doing a job for the BBC and following a recipe the network had given her. The pair then announced their intention to film a video together, and Ng denounced the judgmental trolling that Patel had received.
In the BBC appearance, Ng acknowledged that perhaps he had been a “little bit mean” in his original video. ″[Uncle Roger] is just a character; I don’t actually feel that way towards Hersha or her rice techniques,” Ng clarified. “The internet can be very volatile, and I wanted to make this a positive thing,” Patel added, explaining why she had decided to reach out to Ng and collaborate. “The idea is that we both have a sense of humor and we understand that there are lots of different ways to cook things.”
Despite this truce, the BBC presenter interviewing the pair cheekily said that the network would “take responsibility” for the recipe that had garnered Patel such criticism.