The Masked Singer: Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes and Mel B share awkward text message exchange

Dave ‘Hughsey’ Hughes shared an awkward text exchange with Masked Singer Australia judge Mel B ahead of filming for the new season.

Talking to the Hughesy, Ed & Erin breakfast show on Wednesday, the comedian, 51, revealed he had received a cheeky response from Mel, 48, after asking the former Spice Girl for advice on his facial hair on Tuesday.

During the conversation, Hughsey asked Mel if he should “keep or lose the beard,” sending her a photo of his unshaven face.

However, Mel, who had just arrived in Sydney after a long-haul flight from England, was in no mood for niceties.

He read Mel’s answer aloud and said, “Umm, maybe. But more to the point, ask your wife and not me – d**ckhead’.

“That’s even better than f-off,” his co-host Erin Molan quipped.

Hughesy signed off the segment with a message addressed to his frenemy, exclaiming “Thanks Mel B, accurate as always”.

It comes after Hughesy ended his love-hate relationship with Mel, who joined The Masked Singer Australia’s panel last year.

We have a new panel. We’re actually already filming, and it’s hectic! Absolutely hectic. Let me tell you – I know why Scary Spice is called Scary Spice,” Hughsey said during an appearance on The Sunday Project in July.

“I love her, and she knows it, but she and I are in a relationship. She told me to do it [f**k] off in our first meeting’.

When asked why the pair tend to clash, Hughesy said they both have strong personalities.

‘Because I have my own ideas and she has hers, and sometimes they clash. I love her though. And she knows I love her,’ he said.

Mel and Hughesy join returning judges Abbie Chatfield and Chrissie Swan for this year’s episode of The Masked Singer Australia.