He offered one of the most memorable Logies moments of this year, but Sam Pang was not happy behind the scenes.
Comedian Sam Pang offered one of the most memorable moments of this year’s Logie Awards when she took to the stage to accept the award for Most Popular Actress.
A slightly embarrassed Pang accepted the award on behalf of his friend, comedian and Fisk actress Kitty Flanagan, who was unable to attend the June ceremony. He made some well-received jokes at her expense, telling the crowd that Flanagan “would be happy to know that it wasn’t really a very popular victory in the room,” before complaining that they hadn’t invited him back to Fisk after filming a small role in the first season of the show.
But in this week’s episode of the LiSTNR podcastUrzila Carlson is enoughPang confessed that he was not very happy to be called to accept the award by Flanagan, and only accepted because he was sure she would not win.
“I did something this week that sucks: I had to accept an award on behalf of someone.”
“She was nominated for the most popular actress and did not think she would win. In the category there are great hitters like Deborah Mailman, with powerful performances; then win the old Flanagan comedy!
Pang admitted he had “drank a couple” of drinks when he took the stage.
“To pick something up on behalf of someone else? I’m wondering, shit, what a waste of time.”
Carlson suggested that he should have invented a horribly offensive speech that could have claimed that Flanagan wanted me to read.
“She wanted me to read this:”War crimes: are they so bad?? “he said laughing.” I should have done it. “
He may have hated every minute, but the Pang’s Logies cameo was arguably one of the highlights of this year’s ceremony, the first time the awards had been held in three years due to the pandemic.
Elsewhere, Gold Logie winner Hamish Blake delivered a hilarious speech, while presenter Chrissie Swan surprised with her hilarious displeasure of her roommate Karl Stefanovic, and criticized him on stage. for not attending the rehearsal.
But Pang isn’t the only person to have spoken negatively after the awards: Veteran Neighbours Star Ryan Moloney criticized the treatment of the long-running soap awards, which ends this month, arguing that those in the In Memorium segment received more attention during the show than the cast of Neighbours did.
Moloney said he found the package of excerpts from the show that was played during the “incredibly disappointing” ceremony.
“We have people who have been on television for almost 30 years each, and I think probably the least they could do is make us say something … I mean we’re in the bloody Hall of Fame, that’s not how you “a show that is in the Hall of Fame. I mean good luck to the Lodges for real,” he said angrily.