IN THE end, Waleed Aly won the Gold Logie, and the sky didn’t fall in.
Aly acknowledged the debate that had surrounded his nomination with his trademark no nonsense approach. “There’s nothing wrong with this picture.”
And as Australia reacted to the news, it seemed many agreed — one only had to look at new Logies Hall of Famer’s Noni Hazelhurst’s tears as Aly spoke to know that.
Social media lit up with congratulations, many quoting another of Aly’s lines in his speech, “yes, this is happening”.
Fellow Gold Logie nominee Lee Lin Chin, whose Twitter account usually is pure delightful sarcasm, interrupted normal transmission with a heartfelt message to the winner.
“As much as I would have loved to have won the Logie, I would never have been as articulate as Waleed. Australian TV needs more of you,” she wrote.
More on the “great night of diversity” here.
Tim Blair:
Waleed Aly wins the Gold Logie! Australia’s great evader now takes his place alongside Craig McLachlan, Denise Drysdale, Steve Vizard, Ernie Sigley and Georgie Parker in the pantheon of local TV greats – none of whom have ever once described the murder of thousands as a mere “irritant”.
UPDATE. The mysterious “Mustafa” referred to by Aly in his Logies speech – the guy who claimed he had to change his name so he could work in television – is revealed as Tyler De Nawi, star of Nine’s Here Come the Habibs.
Lefties wanted De Nawi’s show taken off the air because they thought it was racist.
Can’t let go of the racism bogey
Can our entertainment elite finally, finally drop the Australia-is-racist shtick?
The Project’s Waleed Aly … won a Silver Logie as best presenter and the big one, his first Gold Logie, as “‘best personality on TV”… Deborah Mailman won her fourth Logie, as outstanding actress in Redfern Now.
But no, even at the moment this latest evidence is revealed:
The former Radio National drive host was a popular winner in the room, reviving a standing ovation. “Do not adjust your sets. There’s nothing wrong with the picture,” he said.
Turned into a joke:
“This is happening. Finally a male presenter on commercial TV has won a Gold Logie.”
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