SHOCKING Takedown: Kate Langbroek BLASTS Robert Irwin’s Logies Jokes About Karl and Hughesy – You’ll Be HOOKED!
Kate Langbroek has taken aim at Robert Irwin over his Logies monologue, accusing the awards of joining a “pile-on” against Karl Stefanovic and declaring some of the jokes were simply not necessary.
Kate Langbroek has taken issue with Robert Irwin’s Logies monologue after he made jokes at the expense of Karl Stefanovic and comedian Dave Hughes.
Speaking on Listnr’s Fifi, Fev and Nick, Langbroek initially praised Irwin’s performance as “bright” and “bubbly” but said several jokes targeting Stefanovic and Hughes left her cringing.
“I just thought a couple of the jabs … were not necessary,” she said.
The criticism comes after Irwin took a brutal swipe at Stefanovic during his Logies hosting debut, joking the veteran presenter had been saved a seat on the “far-right”.
Langbroek suggested the jab showed little respect for her veteran colleague, who has spent three decades in the television industry.
“When he made the crack about Karl Stefanovic, I just went, ‘God, what are you doing?’” she said.
“Karl Stefanovic has worked in this business in television for 30 years, and suddenly whatever he’s done … he’s interviewed someone you don’t like, and suddenly there’s a pile-on?”
Langbroek compared the moment to the political commentary often delivered by celebrities at major Hollywood awards ceremonies.
“This is why a lot of people have gone off Hollywood because people get on stage at the award shows and they think they’ve got to tell people what to think,” she said.
“We don’t need to be told what to think … just entertain us.”
Irwin also targeted Hughes, joking his former quiz show Hughesy, We Have A Problem would return under the new title No, Seriously Hughesy, We Have A Problem.
Langbroek again came to the comedian’s defence, pointing to his history with the Logies.
“Hughesy has hosted the Logies and done a great job. It’s like they’re just a pack of animals, the second they sense the power shift … ‘oh let’s get stuck in’,” she said.
“And I’m like, oh don’t do that.”
Langbroek argued Stefanovic had similarly been embraced by the television industry for years before attitudes towards him shifted.
“All those years they really enjoyed his antics and Karl turns up drunk and he talks to everyone … and suddenly it’s like ‘oh we can’t like Karl’,” she said.
“You pitiful, pitiful mind virus idiots. I’m like, what are you doing?”
She saved her strongest criticism for the end, arguing appearances meant little without integrity.
“It doesn’t matter how long you spend in hair and make-up and what finery you’re wearing if inside you have no integrity,” Langbroek said.
“I didn’t like it; it wasn’t necessary.
“I just found it a bit sh*t, to be honest.”