Pete Evans is still alive and active, but he has largely disappeared from mainstream TV after a series of controversies around health misinformation, COVID-19 views, and extremist imagery that cost him major media and brand deals.

Who Pete Evans is

  • Pete Evans is an Australian celebrity chef who rose to fame as a co-host and judge on the TV show My Kitchen Rules (MKR).
  • At his peak he fronted one of Australiaā€™s biggest cooking franchises and had numerous cookbooks, endorsements, and media appearances.

Why he vanished from TV

  • Around the late 2010s and 2020, Evans increasingly promoted fringe ā€œwellnessā€ ideas, including strong anti-vaccine and COVID-19 conspiracy views, which drew complaints from health authorities and professional bodies.
  • In 2020 he was dropped from My Kitchen Rules and lost multiple sponsorships and publishing deals after repeated controversies, including promoting a ā€œBioChargerā€ device as having effects against COVID-19 and other serious illnesses, which led to regulatory fines.

The Nazi symbol and ā€œcancellationā€

  • In November 2020, Evans posted a social media image that included a Nazi-associated ā€œblack sunā€ symbol; after the backlash, at least a dozen to 15 business partners cut ties with him.
  • This episode cemented his reputation in the mainstream as a controversial figure rather than a TV chef, and he effectively disappeared from Australian prime-time television afterwards.

What heā€™s doing now

  • Evans has shifted toward wellness retreats, ā€œalternativeā€ health content, podcasts, and social mediaā€“driven projects, often talking about paleo or carnivore-style diets, psychedelics, and ā€œancestralā€ lifestyles.
  • He surfaces periodically in media: recent reports describe him living a more rugged, barefoot, low-key lifestyle in northern New South Wales and occasionally giving interviews or podcast appearances about being ā€œcancelledā€ and his current beliefs.

Forum and fan chatter

  • On fan forums for My Kitchen Rules , people asking ā€œwhat happened to Peteā€ are usually told he was fired after his conspiracy-laden COVID comments and attempts to sell questionable health devices.
  • Some viewers say they miss the old MKR duo of Pete and Manu, while others feel his later behaviour made his removal from the show inevitable.

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