‘I’ve had to get through my sense of entitlement’: I’m A Celebrity host Julia Morris reveals how she copes with not winning a Logie Award
She’s had a stellar career in the TV industry as a comedian, presenter, actress and producer for more than three decades.
But despite her many years in showbusiness in Australia and the UK, Julia Morris has yet to receive a Logie Award.
Speaking to TV Week on Monday, the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! host, 51, said it took work to come to terms with the snub.
‘I’ve had to get through my sense of entitlement’: I’m A Celebrity host Julia Morris (pictured) has revealed how she copes with not winning a Logie Award
‘I’ve had to get through my sense of entitlement,’ she said.
‘Just because I’ve worked hard doesn’t mean I deserve a Logie. Over the past four to five years, I’ve started to understand that working is my Logie.’
It comes after Julia’s controversial #MeToo skit at last year’s Logie Awards resulted in her losing work.
‘Just because I’ve worked hard doesn’t mean I deserve a Logie’: Julia has revealed how she’s learned to cope with not winning a coveted Logie Award in spite of her extensive experience and ‘hard work’
Julia told The Sydney Morning Herald in August 2018 she was forced to turn down a role hosting a mental health charity lunch shortly after the performance.
The charity’s CEO had apparently contacted her and asked her to ‘clarify [her] position on sexual assault’ in light of the sketch.
Clearly fed up by the backlash she’d received as a result of the performance, Julia told organisers they should probably find someone else to host the event.
Backlash: Julia Morris revealed her controversial #MeToo performance at last year’s Logies had come at a price
‘No thanks. It’s like, “If you didn’t get it, I can’t help you”,’ she said.
‘It’s like, uh, “I wonder what my position on sexual assault and the #MeToo movement would be, being a woman who’s worked in this business for 35 years?” I wonder what my position would be, idiot.’
And according to Julia, the backlash was all symptomatic of a wider problem.
‘Everybody’s scared, no one knows what to say anymore… It’s a straining time to be in television,’ she added.
Lost work: The comedienne said she was forced to turn down a gig hosting a mental health charity lunch shortly after her performance at the Logie Awards in 2018
Taking to the stage at the Logies in July last year, Julia performed a song and dance routine set to MC Hammer’s 1990 hit, U Can’t Touch This, which referenced #MeToo.
Fans were quick to criticise her on Twitter following the envelope-pushing sketch.
‘Making fun of the #MeToo movement was terrible. Poor choice there Logies and Julia Morris,’ tweeted one disgruntled viewer.
Sign of the times: ‘Everybody’s scared, no one knows what to say anymore…It’s a straining time to be in television,’ she told The Sydney Morning Herald last year