Logies host Sam Pang tears Lisa Wilkinson to shreds for her disastrous acceptance speech that triggered Bruce Lehrmann rape trial to be delayed – leaving the viewers of celebrities gasping

The celebrity-packed viewers on the Logie Awards gasped when host Sam Pang took a unprecedented swipe at Lisa Wilkinson on stage throughout TV’s evening of nights.

The comic made a brutal joke about how Wilkinson’s acceptance speech ultimately yr’s ceremony had resulted within the trial of Bruce Lehrmann being delayed.

On the time, Mr Lehrmann, a former political staffer, was going through a legal trial for the alleged rape of his ex-colleague Brittany Higgins. 

Comic Sam Pang made a brutal joke about how Lisa Wilkinson’s acceptance speech ultimately yr’s ceremony had resulted within the trial of Bruce Lehrmann being delayed (the journalist is pictured along with her Silver Logie ultimately yr’s occasion – she isn’t in attendance this yr)

Ms Higgins had accused Mr Lehrmann of raping her in a minister’s workplace at Parliament Home after a boozy evening out in 2019. 

He has all the time denied the allegations and the trial was finally aborted resulting from juror misconduct. A second trial was to go forward however the matter was then dropped by the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions.

Ms Higgins first made her allegations public in a 2021 interview with Wilkinson that aired on Channel 10 present affairs present The Undertaking.

When Wilkinson gained a Silver Logie for that interview the next yr, she went on stage and delivered a speech that implied Ms Higgins’ allegations had been true – regardless that they had been nonetheless legally unproven and Mr Lehrmann’s trial hadn’t began but.

Whereas reeling by means of an inventory of housekeeping bulletins, Logies host Pang deadpanned to the viewers: ‘A reminder to all winners on the market, just remember to do not combine your acceptance speech with an energetic courtroom case.’

The gag drew audible gasps from the viewers, whereas double Gold Logie winner Georgie Parker may very well be seen leaning ahead in mock-shock, making an attempt to suppress her laughter. 

However no cameras panned to Wilkinson’s response as she was not in attendance at this year’s award’s ceremony.   

Wilkinson met with Ms Higgins and her boyfriend David Sharaz in a Sydney resort room in January 2021. Recordings of the five-hour assembly have since been leaked

‘Continued to be a rankings juggernaut and one other clear signal that we’d not make it as a species’.

The Undertaking host famously basked in her triumph ultimately yr’s awards ceremony.

Her speech compelled the courtroom case to be delayed till October. It later collapsed after jury misconduct and the prosecution determined to not pursue it out of fears for Ms Higgins’ psychological well being. 

Wilkinson confronted a wrath of public scrutiny within the aftermath, with 1000’s of Australians calling for to resign. 

There have additionally been rising calls in current months for Wilkinson at hand again her gong for Most Excellent Information Protection or Public Affairs Report, which she was awarded in June final yr for her explosive interview with the previous Liberal staffer.

The calls had been prompted by the emergence of a recording of a five-hour assembly between Wilkinson, her Channel Ten producer Angus Llewellyn, Ms Higgins and her boyfriend David Sharaz in a Sydney resort room in January 2021.

The allegations which arose from the recorded lunch assembly are that Wilkinson coached and prompted Ms Higgins previous to her interview concerning the rape allegations.

The group additionally spoke concerning the Labor politicians they claimed they may depend on to ‘hearth’ questions in Query Time and the obvious mockery of the Liberal Celebration’s preselection of indigenous candidates.

Wilkinson was later compelled to concern an apology to candidate Jacinta Nampijinpa Value after showing to check her preselection to a white household ‘hiring a black cleaner’.

Pang had the Logies viewers in stitches with many risque jokes. 

‘I want to acknowledge a win for variety tonight. I’m the primary host within the historical past of the Logies to be half and half – half Channel 7 and half Channel 10,’ he started.

‘Let’s be sincere, it’s simply be nice to have an Asian on Channel 7 who isn’t making an attempt to smuggle reside birds by means of border safety.’

Pang did a humorous section on the variety of different stars he claimed had been requested to host the awards.

‘Karl Stefanovic stated sure, as lengthy the present was held in a park in Noosa,’ he stated.

He added: ‘Ultimately it got here down to 2: after which Rolf Harris died and right here I’m.’

He additionally cracked a joke about Married at First Sight, claiming it ‘continued to be a rankings juggernaut and one other clear signal that we’d not make it as a species’.