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Aussie moms lash out at ABC News Breakfast host Tony Armstrong: ‘Criminal gorgeous. make him stop’
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Tony Armstrong has made hearts beat faster across Australia, but his biggest fans turn out to be moms.
The 33-year-old ABC News Breakfast host has a loyal following among middle-aged and older women thanks to his fun personality and “criminally gorgeous” looks.
A reddit user revealed on Tuesday that their 79-year-old mother giggles when she sees him on television and wonders if someone else’s mother is acting the same way.
Tony Armstrong has made hearts beat faster across Australia, but his biggest fans seem to be moms
Someone else’s mom just loves ABC TV’s Tony Armstrong? My 79-year-old mother loves him,” they said.
“I was with her one morning and he did a live link from somewhere and I just noticed he didn’t seem to have brushed his hair.
‘Mom just chuckled and said, ‘Well, you know how Tony is.’ The other morning, giggling at something he was doing, she said, “Oh, he’s crazy, that Tony.”
The 33-year-old ABC News Breakfast host has a loyal following among middle-aged and older women thanks to his fun personality and “criminally gorgeous” looks.
Other Redditors quickly agreed, with one writing: ‘Yeah, mom, sister, me and my husband… all guilty of! Why can’t all the news be presented by Tony Armstrong?’
Another said: ‘My mother recently described him and said, ‘Do you know that handsome young Aboriginal man? I don’t know his name.’ Like, “Yeah, don’t say more, Mom. I know that one. He’s great, that’s for sure.”
The former AFL star has even won the hearts of straight men.
A Reddit user revealed on Tuesday that their 79-year-old mother giggles when she sees him on television, wondering if anyone else’s mother acts the same way
“As a straight guy, I’m very comfortable saying he’s a sexy guy,” one commented.
An elderly gentleman said that while he is “not that inclined”, he can recognize how “sweet” Tony is, suggesting that a mother wouldn’t be a “true blue Aussie” if she wasn’t “into him.”
The original poster also managed to gain some new fans.
Other Redditors quickly agreed, with one writing: ‘Yep, mom, sister, me and my husband… all guilty of it! Why can’t all the news be presented by Tony Armstrong?’
“I had never heard of him, so I had a Google. Criminally beautiful. Make him stop,” someone posted in the thread.
Tony rose to fame on the football pitch, playing for the Adelaide Crows, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Magpies between 2010 and 2015.
He changed his career in 2020 when he joined ABC as a sports presenter and commentator for Grandstand AFL and the host of Offsiders summer series.
In June he won the Zilveren Logie for Best New Talent.
Tony won the Zilveren Logie for Best New Talent in June (photo)