In a recent post to her blog Sarma Raw, the ex-restauranteur criticised the new Netflix documentary and specifically, how it ended. She addressed the circulating rumours about being paid for the docuseries (she wasn’t), but clarifies that she insisted any payments be sent to her ex-employees. She writes:

“In my case, however, and at my insistence, the producers made an exception so that I could pay the total amount my former employees were owed –amounts that accrued after my disappearance in 2015. Of all the harm and the many debts resulting from my downfall, this portion weighed heaviest.”

She continues: “I think Bad Vegan conveys what anyone that knew me understood, which is that I was very close with so many of the employees over the years, and intentionally harming them is just about the last thing I’d have done. The good people who’d worked at the business back then were right to be devastated and angry.

“The point is… beyond getting former employees repaid, I did not otherwise profit from Bad Vegan. Netflix and/or the producers can confirm this.”

Melngailis also addressed the surprise ending, which saw her and Anthony Strangis share a rather odd phone call. She also writes: “The ending of Bad Vegan is disturbingly misleading; I am not in touch with Anthony Strangis and I made those recordings at a much earlier time, deliberately, for a specific reason.”

She adds: “There’s a lot Bad Vegan gets right, but it’s hard not to get stuck on the things that aren’t right or leave an inaccurate impression. Later, I’d like to clear up more.”

Netflix’s Bad Vegan: Sarma Melngailis has spoken out about the documentary in a brand new tell-all post on her blog