Comedian Tom Gleeson is copping some blowback after he ran down his own award in a speech he gave after winning the Gold Logie on Sunday night.
“There’s been a lot of concern that I’m turning this award into a joke,” Tom said in his controversial speech.
“This award has done a lot of great things for a lot of different people. In the past it has represented trying to get more diversity on the screen or launching charities and that’s fantastic.
“But for me it represents a joke, but I love jokes. I really enjoy them. I really think we should all lighten the f**k up.”
WATCH:
Tom Gleeson takes out the Gold Logie! #TVWeekLogies pic.twitter.com/H71eLZM0Xz
— Channel 9 (@Channel9) June 30, 2019
Entertainment reporter Peter Ford called the comments “bitter and sad”.
“Like the bogan taken to an antique shop who decides to carve his name into the furniture with a Stanley knife,” Peter tweeted. “He thinks he knows a lot about TV -but clearly not brevity or class.”
Tom Gleeson’s bitter and sad acceptance speech! Like the bogan taken to an antique shop who decides to carve his name into the furniture with a Stanley knife. He thinks he knows a lot about TV -but clearly not brevity or class. Coming up @RossAndJohn
— Peter Ford (@mrpford) June 30, 2019
