The Project hosts shocked by snarky Father's Day remark
The Project hosts have been stunned by a snarky Father's Day comment by a guest, with viewers letting loose online over the remark.
On Sunday night's show, which coincided with Father's Day, hosts Hamish Macdonald and Sarah Harris were joined by The Guardian's political editor Amy Remeikis to discuss Australia's housing shortage and cost of living crisis.
At the end of her interview, however, she signed off by noting Father's Day with a snarky comment.
"Happy Dad's Day to all the non-crap dads and for all the mums and everyone else who had to stood up for the crap dads [sic]," she said.
The bizarre off-the-cuff remark left the bemused hosts lost for words with a perplexed Harris appearing to grimace, while the audience awkwardly laughed.
"Okay, in other news," Macdonald eventually responded as he quickly moved to the next segment.
Dozens of viewers took to X to share their confusion over the remark after the program shared the segment online, which has since been deleted.
"What was that little rant at then about c**p dads?" one viewer asked.
Others slammed the comment and believed that it shouldn't have been aired, as another viewers wrote, "Happy Father's day to the non crap dads? Are you serious? What a s**t thing to say."
"Just say happy Father's Day, or don't."
But some viewers did see the funny side, as one person wrote, "I've just watched Amy Remeikis discuss capitalism and crap dads on Father’s Day. Cannot ever imagine an equivalent on British TV."
Single parents who solely raise their children alone also leapt to Remeikis' defence, as one mum added, "Just saw you on The Project. As a mum who does both roles. THANK YOU!"
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