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“Hypocrite”: Hughesy's on-air clash with Greens leader

<p>Dave “Hughesy” Hughes had a fiery debate with Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt about veganism on-air on<em> </em>The Fox’s <em>Fifi, Fev & Nick</em>. </p> <p>Before Bandt appeared on the show, a clip played of Hughesy, who is a vegan, calling for the leader to "quit the party" after learning the Greens leader wasn't a vegan. </p> <p>He questioned how Bandt could advocate for climate action without adopting a plant-based lifestyle, and the Greens leader was brought onto the show to explain his stance. </p> <p>“So you are not a vegan?” Hughesy asked the politician. </p> <p>“I’m not….” replied Bandt. “I applaud those who are, I applaud those who have made the shift. I’ve been thinking about it …”</p> <p>Hughesy then loudly interjected “ … URGH, THINKING ABOUT IT?”</p> <p>The Greens leader replied: “I don’t have a good drop-dead reason, but I’ve been thinking about it, and I can probably give you three justifications for it.</p> <p>"Firstly, we’ve made big changes at home and basically only eat meat for special occasions, the rest of the time we’re vegan or vegetarian at home.”</p> <p>“…. THERE’S ONE WAY, ADAM, THERE’S ONE WAY …” the presenter yelled in response. </p> <p>Hughesy's co-star Fev then tried to make light of the situation and asked him: “What are you doing Dave?"</p> <p>"Adam is doing the version of Leonardo DiCaprio and his private jet flying around the world while banging on about climate change, but you flew to Brisbane on the weekend,” he continued suggesting that Hughesy too was being a hypocrite by getting on a flight recently. </p> <p>“But I don’t bang on about it,” exclaimed Hughesy.</p> <p>“Adam is the leader of the Greens … it’s hypocritical! C’mon, you can do it, Adam, you can become a vegan! Be the change you want to see in the world, buddy!”</p> <p>Hughesy adopted the vegan lifestyle for his own health, but he has previously revealed that it comes with its challenges and his family were also not that enthusiastic about the change. </p> <p><em>Image: news.com.au/ Fifi, Fev & Nick</em></p>

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Hughesy's damning tirade over the Logies

<p>Dave Hughes has launched into a damning rant live on air over the annual Logie awards, saying he was disappointed to not be invited to this year's ceremony. </p> <p>Hughesy has hosted and presented the opening monologue of the Logies several times in past years, but even that wasn't enough to score him an invite to the 2024 awards that happened on Sunday. </p> <p>The comedian and radio and TV regular appeared on The Fox’s <em>Fifi, Fev & Nick </em>on Tuesday, where he launched into a tirade over being snubbed at the event. </p> <p>“I’ve enjoyed doing the Logies in the past … and look, I wasn’t invited on Sunday night. So, I was just at home, yeah,” Hughes explained.</p> <p>“So you don’t even get invited if you’re a past host? I thought there’d be a table for you,” host Nick Cody asked.</p> <p>“I hosted it four times in a row and no invite. No invite! Not even an invite!” responded Hughes, before jokingly shouting: “The amount of losers in that room! I presented for 20 years in a row and didn’t even get an invite.”</p> <p>Brendan Fevola pointed out, “You’ve got no shows on TV though, why would you get invited?” </p> <p>“Mate, I pop up on things. I pop up on things! I’m a pop-up guy!” Hughes hit back.</p> <p>Hughesy's Logies snub comes just two weeks after his radio show was abruptly <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/entertainment/music/beloved-breakfast-radio-show-pulled-off-air" target="_blank" rel="noopener">axed</a>, with breakfast show hosts Hughes, Ed Kavalee and Erin Molan sharing a statement about their sudden departure from 2DayFM. </p> <p>"We've loved our time together on 2DayFM Breakfast, however, due to some of our families living in different cities we are unable to commit to 2025, so with a heavy heart we are moving aside so 2DayFM can find the team to take them forward in Breakfast," the co-hosts said.</p> <p>"We are so grateful to Sydney for their support, and to double the number of listeners in three years is something we are immensely proud of, and we will miss each and every one of them."</p> <p><em>Image credits: Channel Nine / Instagram </em></p> <div class="media image" style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 24px; align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: 705.202209px; max-width: 100%;"> </div>

Hughesy spills the beans on major shows set to be axed

<p>Dave Hughes has shared his prediction that <em>The Masked Singer</em> is die to be axed from Network Ten's lineup this year as the network continues to battle dwindling ratings. </p> <p>The host of the show made the admission on his radio show on Tuesday, saying he hadn't been given any updates on when filming was due to commence. </p> <p>“We’ve been waiting on a production schedule. That production schedule has not come through, so as far as I know, <em>The Masked Singer </em>won’t be filmed this year for Channel 10,” Hughes said on his show Hughesy, Ed and Erin on 2DayFM.</p> <p>“We’ve had such a great time over those years, it’s been such a fun show to be on, so many great singers have been on,” he continued. “We’ve had great panels. We started with Jackie O, Dannii Minogue, [Lindsay] Lohan, then Urzila Carlson came in, we’ve got Abbie Chatfield, Chrissy Swan, Mel B. All stars in their own right."</p> <p>“It’s a tough one for the production team.”</p> <p>Later during the radio show, Hughesy and the team called Osher Günsberg to question whether <em>The Bachelor </em>was facing the same grim fate as <em>The Masked Singer</em>. </p> <p>“I tell you what, I haven’t cancelled our trip to Fiji, which is in the middle of the shooting window we normally have [for <em>The Bachelor</em>],” Günsberg, who has been host of the dating show since 2013, said.</p> <p>Osher went on to criticise Australian TV for putting British and American shows on prime time, rather than favouring homegrown talent. </p> <p>“I personally feel we really need to value our own stories, and our culture, and our own voices far more highly,” he said. “And we’ve got to do what we need to do to make that happen on our screens."</p> <p>“If we’re not going to sing our own songs and tell our own stories – we’re just going to be this weird echo of the US and the UK, and that’s not going to work out well for us.”</p> <p>Last year's season of <em>The Bachelor</em> premiered to the franchise’s lowest ratings in its decade-long history, while personalities involved with <em>The Masked Singer</em> have repeatedly said "it is a very expensive show to produce". </p> <p><em>Image credits: Ten </em></p>

“I’m in trouble here”: Hughesy recalls disastrous surfing accident

<p dir="ltr">Dave Hughes has recalled the details of a horrific surfing accident on New Year’s Eve, that resulted in him being rushed to hospital in excruciating pain. </p> <p dir="ltr">Speaking candidly on his <em>Hughesy, Ed & Erin</em> radio show, the 53-year-old shared what happened on the Surfers Paradise beach as he was ringing in the New Year. </p> <p dir="ltr">He told his co-hosts Erin Molan and Ed Kavalee that he was having surfing lessons when the disaster unfolded. </p> <p dir="ltr">“It’s New Year’s Eve, I decide to go surfing and I crash on a huge wave,” Hughesy began.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We’ve all got out big boards, and the problem is, the boards are too big.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“So, and, I didn’t listen properly when the instructor said, ‘If you’re going to fall off your board, fall off backwards, don’t fall off forwards’.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“And I didn’t really realise why, but I found out why.”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2HC0_ILybf/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Hughesy, Ed & Erin (@hughesyedanderin)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">While still sporting a sling on his arm from the accident, Hughesy explained that he fell forwards off a wave, and the surfboard took the next wave, which was directly behind him.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The board got a really good wave and the board smashed into my back and dislocated my shoulder,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I was immediately like, ‘I am in trouble here’.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“The instructor saw me and said, ‘are you okay?’ and I said, ‘I don’t think so.’”</p> <p dir="ltr">“He started laughing! And I’m like, ‘no, I’m really, I’m really in pain’.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Still trying to keep his sense of humour through the ordeal, Hughesy described the pain as “worse than childbirth”, with the situation only getting worse when he “sat on the beach crying for an hour” waiting for the ambulance to arrive. </p> <p dir="ltr">Hughesy <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/health/caring/hughesy-gives-health-update-after-being-rushed-to-hospital">first shared</a> the news of his accident in the days after he was released from hospital, sharing a series of photos to his Instagram from the fateful day. </p> <p dir="ltr">He shared that he had "morphine and the rest of them" after enduring "two hours of the worst pain of my life", thanking the hospital staff who treated him, as well as the Surfers Paradise Surf Club before admitting he will "be in a sling for a while". </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Instagram / 2DayFM</em></p> <p> </p>

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Hughesy gives health update after being rushed to hospital

<p>Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes has shared an update on a dramatic accident he suffered on New Year's Eve, after he was rushed to hospital in the "worst pain of my life". </p> <p>The TV and radio host took to Instagram to admit he had the "least sober NYE in 30+ years", after having to take extensive pain killers to cope with a severe injury. </p> <p>Hughesy shared that he suffered a "shoulder dislocation whilst surfing" while spending time on the Gold Coast over the holiday season, which saw him rushed to hospital for the injury. </p> <p>He shared that he had "morphine and the rest of them" after enduring "two hours of the worst pain of my life", as he shared a series of photos of the dramatic incident.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1iN1RqSLdM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; 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border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1iN1RqSLdM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Dave Hughes (@dhughesy)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The 53-year-old went on to thank his wife, the Surfers Paradise Surf Club and the health professionals who helped him during the accident, while admitting he will "be in a sling for a while". </p> <p>In the days after the incident, Hughesy shared an update on his condition with his followers on Instagram, making light of the painful situation, which now means he can't manage to feed himself properly.</p> <p>Standing over a kitchen bench, the comedian struggled to eat a bowl of cereal, laughing as he tried to get the spoon to his mouth. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1p4C7WyxJp/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Dave Hughes (@dhughesy)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"Four days into my surfing accident and I'm nearly back," he joked.</p> <p>"That’s one way to do a summer shred," one person commented. "I’m so pleased we can hear a little giggle! Wishing you a speedy recovery," another person said.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram </em></p>

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“She’s still with us, but it won’t be long": Hughesy's heartbreaking family news

<p>Dave 'Hughesy' Hughes has held back tears as he shared the heartbreaking details of his mum's health battle live on his radio show. </p> <p>Speaking candidly on <em>2Day FM’s Hughesy, Ed & Erin</em>, Hughesy shared that it had been a "tough few weeks" for his family as his mum, Carmel, was nearing the end of her life. </p> <p>“My mum’s unwell, and the family have gathered around her, and we’re celebrating her life,” Hughesy told co-hosts Erin Molan and Ed Kavalee. </p> <p>“She’s still with us, but it won’t be long. She’s a beautiful woman who’s been a great matriarch of the family, and we’re all around her at the moment.”</p> <p>While holding back tears, Hughesy then revealed that “she’s asleep now and she probably won’t wake up again”.</p> <p>He explained the family had been “going through photos” recently in celebration of Carmel’s life.</p> <p>“Mum grew up in an orphanage, and there’s a photo of her teaching a class with nuns looking over her … She had to leave the orphanage because she didn’t want to be a teacher, so she left with nothing and went and became a nurse, and met Dad.”</p> <p>Reflecting on his mother’s legacy during the segment on Friday, Hughesy told his co-hosts: “She’s been a beautiful mother, who really supports her children.”</p> <p>He went on: “Everyone goes through [losing their parents] … but the memories of all the sacrifice, and all the good times … She’s done so well in her life. We’ll miss her a lot. </p> <p>“She’s always been stoic and never complained.”</p> <p>Despite the difficult time Hughesy and his family are going through, the comedian was still able to smile and laugh as he reflected on his mum's sense of humour that she has kept "until the end". </p> <p>“We were around and didn’t think she could even speak again, and one of the nurses was lifting her and said, ‘I’m sorry if I drop you’, and Mum just whispered, ‘it doesn't matter now’, and made the nurse laugh.”</p> <p>“So she was still coming out with zingers … she’s a beautiful woman.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

Family & Pets

Kate Langbroek reveals real reason she parted ways with Hughesy

<p>Kate Langbroek has caused a stir during an appearance on <em>The Project</em>, revealing the truth about why she and Hughesy went their separate ways, with a hefty pay gap hanging between them. </p> <p>The 57-year-old TV presenter was there to discuss gender pay gaps with her fellow panellists when she decided the time had come to share her own experience, admitting that she had earned a staggering 40% less than her co-host David Hughes on their shared radio show. </p> <p>“It’s unusual because in showbiz it’s not a standard situation, but Hughesy and I did a radio show together for 18 years,” she began, referencing their 2001-2019 <em>Hughesy & Kate</em> show. </p> <p>“[We] had never, ever discussed what we got paid,” she explained. “And then the second last job we did together, it turned out he was getting paid 40% more than I was.” </p> <p>Kate went on to note that in show business, if someone has a higher profile they’re likely to be getting more, but that crucially “this was the <em>Hughesy & Kate</em> show that we had made together. </p> <p>“Like, it didn’t exist without Hughesy and Kate.”</p> <p>She spoke next of how the discovery had changed their relationship, and how she had then left him. </p> <p>“So then the show ended?” co-panellist Waleed Aly sought to confirm. </p> <p>“It’s a really hard thing to do,” Kate said, “who’s going to talk about money?</p> <p>“It’s just not the Australian way. And yet it’s true that women - because we are the ‘breeders’ … we do that, and we take time out of our [careers].” </p> <p>Sarah Harris, another of the show’s panellists, spoke up then to expand on that, explaining how “often we are drawn to part-time and casual work because we want to make it work with our families.” </p> <p>She then shared how she’d been doing her taxes the previous night, and how the “deductions for what helped you with your job” brought her thoughts to childcare, and how she “would have loved to [have] put childcare down” but couldn’t, as “you can’t claim it on tax”. </p> <p>“Until we get those sorts of things worked out,” she said, “I don’t think we’re going to get that close in pay.” </p> <p>Kate took over again from there, sharing how she believed it was about “much more than just equal pay”, and how she “thought it was illegal to pay someone differently depending on whether they’re male or female. It’s just so nuanced.”</p> <p>“I think what people don’t understand with the gender pay gap,” Waleed contributed, “is [that] they think it’s people being paid unequally for the same work. And that is part of it, but it’s actually a relatively small part of it, a lot of it has to do with career progression for women being halted because they have babies, things like that.”</p> <p>Kate, agreeing, chimed in again with a final note to say that “because we’re lovers and nurturers … we’re like, kind of punished for that, at the other end of our working lives as well.” </p> <p><em>Images: The Project / Ten </em></p>

Money & Banking

Erin Molan collapses on-air during spider encounter

<p dir="ltr">A creepy crawly encounter on 2Day FM’s Breakfast Show ended in dramatic scenes when presenter Erin Molan fainted, prompting co-host Hughesy to call for an emergency ad break.</p> <p dir="ltr">Molan had been facing her fear of spiders along with Linda, an arachnophobic listener, with footage of the segment showing the media personality shrieking in terror and falling to the floor.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b352f65e-7fff-f3fe-f3b6-bd0c0635cb89"></span></p> <p dir="ltr">“We’re about to have spiders put on us,” Molan told the camera before a small tarantula was released beside her and its handler advising her and Linda to “breathe” and “stay calm”.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjlq-fNhWfT/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cjlq-fNhWfT/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Hughesy, Ed & Erin (@hughesyedanderin)</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Erin Molan collapses on-air during spider encounter</span></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">While Linda held the spider briefly with guidance from the handler, things took a turn when Molan was faced with the spider.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We can stop if you want to stop,” the handler said, with Hughesy echoing the sentiment in the background.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The most important thing is that you feel safe and that you feel comfortable.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Determined to carry on, Molan agreed to have the spider put on her before she slowly fell to the floor.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We need to go to a break, go to a break, absolutely. We need to go to a break,” Hughesy frantically said, with a producer yelling for everyone to “get out of the studio” shortly after.</p> <p dir="ltr">In the clip, Moran can be seen apologising profusely and speaking with first aid before embracing Linda for helping her face her fear.</p> <p dir="ltr">As Moran managed to laugh off the moment, the segment seemed to end on a positive note with Hughesy saying, “All’s well that ends well”.</p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-be491d29-7fff-13d5-9c3d-e431a2e524d3"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: @2dayfm (Instagram)</em></p>

Caring

Kate Langbroek reveals why she split from powerhouse duo Hughesy and Kate

<div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> <p>Kate Langbroek and David Hughes were a radio powerhouse for years before Langbroek decided to leave.</p> <p>She revealed the reason why she left on her new radio show<span> </span><em>The 3 pm Pick-Up</em>.</p> <p>The 55-year-old said that the pair's "divorce" was a long time coming.</p> <p>'It was a big thing, but he knew it was coming for a long time because I had pre-empted [a move to Italy],' she told co-hosts Monty Diamond and Yumi Stynes.</p> <p>'He kept saying to me: ''What are you going to do all day'',' Kate said. 'I'm like, my dream, my dream is nothingness.'</p> <p>Kate went on to call Dave one of the most 'significant men in her life'.</p> <p>'Apart from my husband he was the most significant man in my life. And it has been like a marriage, and now like a divorce,' she said.</p> <p>Kate also revealed that the pair wouldn't be getting back together anytime soon as she didn't want to uproot her family after returning home from Italy.</p> <p>'We had conversations about that but I couldn't say to the kids, yeah we're coming back to Australia, guess what we're moving to Sydney,' she explained.</p> <p>Hughesy also tried to get Kate back on the show, but said she's got "different priorities".</p> <p>“Kate is, we were trying to get Kate involved in this show, but she’s got different priorities and that’s fair enough. So, Kate was definitely in the mix…</p> <p>"There was an offer for Kate, but she [didn’t take it]. We still speak. I’m going to see her tonight. We still talk a lot and text a lot, and yea, nah, she got a sweet gig. To be honest, she got a sweet gig. 3PM Pick Up is a sweet gig….</p> <p>"She knows that, but yea, I love Kate and she loves me, I believe, so we will continue to be great friends, and who knows what happens in the future,” he told<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://radiotoday.com.au/kate-langbroek-3pm-pickup-debut/" target="_blank"><em>Radio Today</em></a><span> </span>ahead of the launch of his Breakfast show.</p> </div> </div> </div>

News

Hair of the dog: Amanda Keller cracks up over hilarious dinner party gaff with Lisa Wilkinson

<p>Amanda Keller has shed light on a hilarious dinner party incident involving mashed potato, several alcoholic beverages and Lisa Wilkinson.</p> <p>Sharing her drunken tale on<em><span> </span>Hughesy, We Have A problem</em>, the television personality recounted the moment she scooped up a spilt mound of mashed potato off the floor and served it to her guests – one being<span> </span><em>The Project</em><span> </span>co-host Lisa Wilkinson.</p> <p>Joking that she had downed “a thousand drinks” beforehand, she said it was like “an out of body experience”.</p> <p>“It was awful,” she said in a segment which involved Hughesy matching three different stories written on cards to celebrity guests Arj Barker, Tommy Little and Keller.</p> <p>He had correctly guessed that it was Keller who had the dinner party faux pas, telling the panel it sounded like something a “busy mum” would do.</p> <p>“I thought, I’ll get ahead and make the mashed potato and then just reheat in the microwave,” explained Keller.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7hJybvHAyR/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7hJybvHAyR/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Who knew there were so many problems in the world? Luckily some of the country’s biggest brains are at your disposal. @hughesywhap tonight 9 on @channel10au</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/amandarosekeller/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Amanda Keller</a> (@amandarosekeller) on Jan 19, 2020 at 2:28pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Of course I had a thousand drinks,” she joked, adding: “Lisa Wilkinson was a guest at my home that night!” as Wilkinson’s<span> </span><em>Project</em><span> </span>co-host Tommy Little shook his head beside her.</p> <p>“Everyone saw it, it landed at their feet. I had an out of body experience, I scooped it up, dog hairs on the floor everything, put it back in the bowl and put it on the table and just brazened my way through,” she said as the audience broke out in fits of laughter.</p> <p><em>News.com.au</em><span> </span>approached Wilkinson to hear her side of the story, to which she revealed that no one had known that the dish fell to the floor.</p> <p>“She never told us!” she said.</p> <p>“We thought the crunchy topping was some sort of garnish. Then again, dinner at Amanda’s is usually boozy enough to ensure that any side order of roasted germs that came with the potatoes would have been killed off.”</p> <p><em>Hughesy, We Have A Problem returns tonight at 9.00 pm on 10</em></p>

How Hughesy turned $100,000 into a dollar

<p>Dave Hughes has opened up about an ill-fated financial investment that saw him lose a six-figure.</p> <p>The comedian told the Hit Network’s<span> </span>Carrie & Tommy<span> </span>that he sold his share in a business venture, which cost him $100,000, for just a dollar.</p> <p>“I once invested in a bar and my share – I mean, I’m going to be unrelatable here to some people – my share cost $100,000,” Hughes said on Monday.</p> <p>Hughes explained that the nightclub, which was in an up-and-coming part of town, did not align with his lifestyle. “I was trying to leverage my profile to make the bar happen, but also I wanted to get joy out of it,” the 48-year-old said.</p> <p>“I don’t drink and I had a wife at the time … I invested $100,000 for my share and I sold that share for $1.”</p> <p>The failed foray into the hospitality industry is not Hughes’ only misadventure. In 2017, Hughes bought a five-bedroom house in Elsternwick, Melbourne for $3 million, only to find out later that the bank valued the property at “<a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/tv/dave-hughes-big-regret-about-3-million-the-block-house/" target="_blank">much less</a>”.</p> <p>He told Triple M’s<span> </span>Hot Breakfast<span> </span>in January last year that “it took a while” before he could find a tenant for the property, which was renovated by Josh Barker and Elyse Knowles on The Block. “I had trouble renting it,” he said.</p> <p>“At one point the real estate agent rang me and said, ‘someone wants to move in but they’ve got a dog’. I felt like saying, ‘I don’t care whether they’ve got a meth lab’.”</p> <p>It was later reported that Hughes found a renter who paid<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/finance/money-banking/the-unbelievable-amount-of-rent-dave-hughes-is-getting-for-his-the-block-house/" target="_blank">$2,500 to $3,000 per week</a><span> </span>for the place.</p>

Retirement Income

Dave Hughes’ wife confronts him on TV over marriage issues

<p>When Dave Hughes brought his wife Holly on stage on his popular TV show <em>Hughesy, We Have a Problem</em>, we’re betting he wasn’t expecting to be called out for his own problems.</p> <p>At the beginning of the episode, Hughesy explained, “foreplay has become a little bit not as romantic as it should be and I’m blaming her.”</p> <p>“She looked me up and down and I thought she was perusing how sexy I was,” he said, recalling a recent night in bed.</p> <p>“She had a look in her eye and I thought, ‘she wants me so much, she can’t handle it.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘have you put the bins out?’”</p> <p>Pointing at his body, Hughesy added, “You cannot look this up and down and be reminded of a task that you don’t particularly like doing that is a bit stinky!”</p> <p>The comedian’s partner of 15 years later came on stage as a guest, venting about how her hubby tries to initiate intimacy before they even get a chance to catch up.</p> <p>“We don’t get to spend a lot of time together because you work a lot,” Holly told him.</p> <p>“I’m still debriefing and you’re trying to start the thigh rub or the hand holding and I’m like, ‘I’ve still got things to tell you.’”</p> <p>After exchanging a few quips, Holly then stole the show with a zinger after Hughesy told the panel of an occasion when their “special time” was ruined “halfway through” because she had remembered a funny news story she heard that day and began laughing.</p> <p>The quick-witted Holly brought the house down with her hilarious comeback.</p> <p>“We weren’t halfway there! Number one, women are very good at multi-tasking and number two, I think you often have this idea that things have started when I’m not aware that they have!”</p>

Body

Revealed: What Dave Hughes looks like with new teeth

<p>On last week’s episode of Hughesy, We Have a Problem, comedian Dave Hughes <a href="/health/body/2018/03/dave-hughes-reveals-the-bizarre-reason-why-his-teeth-have-started-falling-out/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">revealed the reason behind his gap-toothed, “meth addict” smile</span></strong></a> was because of his country upbringing and “too much orange juice”.</p> <p>But could you imagine Hughesy without his trademark smile? Well, thanks to the magic of Photoshop, we’ve finally got an idea of what that might look like.</p> <p>In a photo shared to Hughesy and his radio co-host Kate Langbroek’s shared Instagram page, you can see just what the dad-of-three would look like with a fresh set of pearly whites.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 33.56481481481482% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BgSwrQjB_xk/" target="_blank">A post shared by Hughesy and Kate (@hughesyandkate)</a> on Mar 13, 2018 at 11:12pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“We’ve been busy photoshopping Hughesy’s mouth to see what he’d look like with different teeth,” the caption reads.</p> <p>But fans weren’t so sure of the 47-year-old’s new look.</p> <p>“No! You won’t be Hughesy without the gap!” wrote one commenter.</p> <p>“Just does not look right, Hughesy’s missing teeth are his signature look,” said another.</p> <p>However, some did think he should go ahead with the transformation, with one fan saying, “No excuse for bad teeth in this day and age, so yes definitely do it Hughesy.”</p> <p>Others said the new teeth made him look “so much younger”.</p> <p>What do you think? Do you prefer Hughesy’s unique smile or should he consider going through with the transformation?</p> <p><em>Image credit: Dave Hughes/Instagram.</em></p>

Body

The message that left Dave Hughes in tears

<p>Dave Hughes might have built up a thick skin after years of dealing with hecklers around the country, but the star of the new Channel 10 Show, <em>Hughesy, We Have A Problem</em>, has proven that he still has a soft spot, breaking down in tears on radio.</p> <p>During the program, Hughes and his fellow panellists covered the topic of fathers who found it difficult to communicate their emotions to their children.</p> <p>“Me and my father never really said I love you to each other and now he’s no longer with us,” Hughesy said on the show.</p> <p>Following the show, Hughesy revealed on the Hit Network program that he co-hosts with Kate Langbroek, that he received a private message on Instagram form a stranger.</p> <p>“I had a direct message on Instagram that made me cry,” Hughesy said on air yesterday.</p> <p>“And made my mother cry.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.48665955176094% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf-t4QiHZH_/" target="_blank">A post shared by David Hughes (@dhughesy)</a> on Mar 6, 2018 at 3:23am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Langbroek encouraged Hughesy to read it, despite the difficulty he was having.</p> <p>“Hey Dave, watching the show. I nursed your dad at Mercy and he loved his family so much. He would often speak of you as kids. You definitely have his humour. A real gentleman who was proud of his kids. Love the show and yes, I live in Warrny.”</p> <p>What a lovely story. What are your thoughts?</p>

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Sarah Harris reveals her husband’s awkward request

<p>What would you do if your husband asked you to wear his ex’s signature perfume? That’s the awkward situation<em> Studio 10 </em>host Sarah Harris found herself in, opening up about her hubby’s strange request on Dave Hughes’ comedy show <em>Hughesy, We Have a Problem</em>.</p> <p>Asking the panel for advice, Harris revealed her husband Tom recently asked her to start wearing a “very floral and sickly sweet” perfume that wasn’t quite to her taste. What’s worse is that it was the same scent worn by his ex-girlfriend.</p> <p>“First of all, is it a bit weird that he wants me to wear an ex’s perfume?” she asked co-panellists Meshel Laurie, Merrick Watts and Luke McGregor. “And, second of all, should I wear it?”</p> <p>The group suggested she only wear it during their “special times”, but Harris expressed concern that it would only lead Tom to think of his “smelly” ex at the absolute worst time.</p> <p>McGregor agreed, asking, “What if you start wearing it and then he goes, ‘Great,’ and then he goes, ‘Now, I know this is weird as well, but if you could start wearing this ex-girlfriend mask?’”</p> <p>Unfortunately for Harris, none of the panel’s advice was all that helpful… but at least it was funny!</p> <p>Tell us in the comments below, what would you do if your husband asked you to wear his ex’s favourite perfume?</p> <p><em>Image credit: Sarah Harris/Instagram.</em></p>

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Kate Langbroek injured in “crazed, violent” attack

<p>Radio star Kate Langbroek has lashed out at politicians after she was injured trying to protect her babysitter who was attacked outside her home in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda.</p> <p>Bruised, shaken and angry after the “crazed, terrifying and violent” attack, Kate unleashed on politicians on her radio show for failing to clean up St Kilda in the face of growing crime rates.</p> <p><img width="414" height="637" src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/29edfe9627cdc2954f3dc84ff845e465" alt="“The real vulnerable are the decent citizens of St Kilda,” Langbroek wrote in the tweet showing her bruises. Picture: Twitter/Kate Langbroek" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>Speaking on air on her <em>Hughesy and Kate</em> raduo show, Kate said the terrifying attack on Friday night was the last straw.</p> <p>Kate described how her babysitter, Annabelle was walking to her car, which was parked less than 10 metres from Kate’s front door, at about 10pm when a man tried to get into the passenger seat.</p> <p>A terrified Annabelle ran back to Kate’s house and banged on the front door.</p> <p>The man, yelling and swearing, followed Annabelle and tried to get into the property.</p> <p>With her children and the babysitter inside, Kate and her husband Peter went outside to investigate.</p> <p>The man, who she described as looking “deranged”, was across the road but when he saw them he started running towards the house.</p> <p>“He was quick as insanity and was right there on us,” she said.</p> <p>Kate ran for the house, slamming the door once she was inside and holding the door to brace it.</p> <p>As the man kicked the door repeatedly, police were called. About 12 officers arrived to take the man away.</p> <p>Kate later tweeted a picture, showing the large bruise on her arm, to Victorian Housing minister Martin Foley.</p> <p>“This is the bruise I sustained trying to keep that ‘vulnerable’ resident from kicking our front door in on Friday night,” she wrote. “The real vulnerable are the decent citizens of St Kilda. We await your action.”</p> <p>Langbroek told listeners “the people we have elected to solve the problems are not solving the problems.”</p> <p>“People who are living good, decent lives are having those lives compromised by people who have chosen to do the opposite,” she said.</p> <p>Langbroek told <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="https://www.theage.com.au/" target="_blank">Fairfax</a></strong></span> that anti-social behaviour in the area had become “rampant” in St Kilda since residents of the Gatwick were moved to public housing,</p> <p>“Our children walk to school and [the other day] we saw a guy get a Glasgow kiss,” she said. “He was just walking around the corner with his headphones in and he got headbutted in broad daylight. It’s crazy.”</p> <p>“It’s an extremely complex issue, but in the meantime we’re not being offered the most basic short-term solution.</p> <p>“They [politicians] want to look like heroes and use words like ‘vulnerable’ and ‘the community’, but they’re not actually servicing the community. “</p> <p> </p>

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Dave Hughes reveals the bizarre reason why his teeth have started falling out

<p>David Hughes’ new gig <em>Hughesy, We Have A Problem</em> promises to help Aussies “get over life’s infuriating problems”.</p> <p>And now, the 47-year-old has openly discussed the infuriating problem he is experiencing – his teeth falling out.</p> <p>Hughesy explained that he is missing 10 teeth and his wife thinks he looks like a drug addict.</p> <p>“My wife is worried. She says I'm starting to look like a meth addict,” Hughesy announced on the Channel Ten show.</p> <p>He joked that his teeth are falling out faster than his wife, Holly Hughes, because he was raised in the “country” and has consumed a lot of orange juice in his life.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“But I'm from the county and she's from the city and when you're from the country and your teeth fall out, you get on with your day,” he told the live studio audience.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“But when you're from the city, you got to keep them in your mouth your whole life.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“One of my problems right now is that I am missing a number of teeth.</p> <p>“Not just one, two, three...I'm missing 10 teeth.”</p> <p>The Australian comedian then put his dilemma into perspective for viewers at home.</p> <p>“The human mouth only has 32 [teeth] and I'm missing 10...that's almost a third.”</p> <p>Hughesy explained that his wife “forced” him to go to a specialist to have the problem corrected.</p> <p>However, he was met with more hurdles at his appointment after learning that the solution would be a lot harder than originally anticipated.</p> <p>“The person [health professional] took an x-ray of my mouth, and told me I don't have enough 'jaw' to fit the bolts to put in the false teeth,” he said.<br /> In order to compensate for his lack of jaw, he could choose to have a lengthy bone graph.</p> <p>“Take some hip bone, put that in your mouth and then you wait six months to see whether that nips with your jawbone and if it does, you'll have enough room for the bolts so we can start drilling,” he explained.</p> <p>Later in the show, Hughesy asked his guest panel, which included Meshel Laurie, Sarah Harris, Luke McGregor and Merrick Watts, if he should get his teeth fixed.</p> <p>Studio 10 presenter Sarah Harris asked, “What area of your hip bone will they take?”</p> <p>Hughesy responded, “On the side here” (as he pointed to his buttock).</p> <p>Harris clarified, “So, towards the bum.”</p> <p>Hughesy nodded and said, “Yeah absolutely.”</p> <p>“So you'll literally be speaking out of your arse!” Harris exclaimed. </p> <p>The television series has received positive reviews on Twitter since its recent debut on Channel Ten.</p> <p>“Funniest show on TV so far!” one viewer in commented.</p> <p>Have you watched <em>Hughesy, We Have A Problem</em>? If so, what did you think of the show so far?</p>

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The verdict is in: Viewers rate Dave Hughes' new show

<p>Comedian Dave Hughes’ new panel television show <em>Hughesy, We Have A Problem</em> recently debuted on Channel 10 – and it’s already received rave reviews.</p> <p>After the show aired last night, viewers flocked to social media to praise the program.</p> <p>“Funniest show on TV so far!” one viewer commented. </p> <p>“This show should either be on every night or have longer episodes. Funniest show on TV by far,” one fan said on Twitter.</p> <p>“Onya Hughesy keep on keeping us laughing [sic]' shared another, along with: “For real @DHughesy new TV show is my favourite panel-style Australian TV show since The Glasshouse”.</p> <p>The show sees Hughes and his panel guest give “advice” to viewers who have submitted their various problems.</p> <p>It’s a light-hearted show where much of the humours comes when the comedians share their own personal anecdotes while offering solutions to other people’s problems.</p> <p>Have you watched the show? Do you agree with the praise?</p> <p> </p>

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