Chris Lilley goes shirtless as he heads home from the beach after his comedy shows were axed
Chris Lilley goes shirtless as he returns home from the beach in Tamarama after his ‘troubled’ comedy shows were removed from Netflix
Chris Lilley was seen leaving a Tamarama beach on Saturday in eastern Sydney.
After spending a sun-soaked day on the sand, the gracious Aussie, 48, ran across the street shirtless while looking both ways for traffic.
Lilley, who is behind the hit shows Summer Heights High and We Can Be Heroes, donned a black bathing suit while sliding down a pair of Adidas slides.
With a large black bag strapped to his back, the Angry Boys star tucked a water bottle into his side and hid his eyes behind trendy sunglasses.
His hair was still soaked from his fresh bath as he pulled a bucket hat over the top of his dark locks and weaved between parked cars.
Chris Lilley, 48, (pictured) was seen leaving a Tamarama beach in eastern Sydney on Saturday.
The Logie winner recently launched his comeback project Ja’miezing, a podcast based on his iconic schoolgirl character Ja’mie King, after four of his TV shows were removed from Netflix for ‘blackface’ portrayals.
In July 2021, it was announced that Jonah from Tonga, Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, and We Can Be Heroes would be removed from Netflix in Australia and New Zealand.
The shows raised questions about racial profiling, as several of the characters were portrayed with Lilley in black and brownface.
After spending a sun-soaked day on the sand, the droll Aussie ran shirtless down the road while looking both ways for traffic.
In Angry Boys, he played the African-American rapper S.mouse and performed a song called Squashed N****.
In Jonah from Tonga, he painted his face brown and wore a curly wig to play troubled teen Jonah Takalua.
In We Can Be Heroes, Lilley played Chinese physics student Ricky Wong.
Lilley, who is behind the hit shows Summer Heights High and We Can Be Heroes, donned a pair of black swim trunks while sliding down a pair of Adidas slides.
With a large black bag strapped to his back, the Angry Boys star tucked a water bottle into his side and hid his eyes behind trendy sunglasses.
Lilley has defended his brand of comedy, telling The Weekend Australian in 2019: “I’m not trying to do what’s hot right now.”
The award-winning comedian went on to say that he would continue to make ‘smart and layered’ characters.
Defending their controversial portrayals, he added: “When you meet them, you’re like, ‘I know that kind of person,’ but then there’s a twist, something crazy.
‘[In] by the end you think, “Actually, I relate to this, she just did what I do every day.”
His hair was still soaked from his fresh bath as he pulled a bucket hat over the top of his dark locks and meandered between parked cars.