Chris Lilley looks dejected while out with girlfriend Gabriella after Netflix cancels his shows
Comedian Chris Lilley is used to making his fans laugh.
But the 48-year-old couldn’t quite muster a smile as he stepped out with his girlfriend Gabriella Pereira, 30, in Woollahra, Sydney on Monday.
The couple, who have been dating for around two years, were seen strolling hand in hand down a suburban lane looking anything but perky.
Comedian Chris Lilley is used to making his fans laugh, but the 48-year-old couldn’t quite muster a smile as he stepped out with girlfriend Gabriella Pereira, 30, in Woollahra, Sydney on Monday.
Chris dressed in a casual black T-shirt, green shorts, and white sneakers, while draping his long curly locks under a white Kangol bucket hat.
Meanwhile, fashion designer Gabriella, 30, looked effortlessly cool in an oversized white T-shirt, baggy gray jeans, and a pair of blue sneakers.
She wore her jet-black hair in a center parting and covered her eyes with black cat-eye sunglasses.
The couple, who have been dating for around two years, were seen strolling hand in hand down a suburban lane looking anything but perky.
Gabriella is known for founding luxury clothing brand Beare Park, and launched her collection on the Afterpay Australian Fashion Week runway in 2021.
Neither Gabriella nor her Logie-winning boyfriend have publicly discussed their relationship.
The sighting comes after Chris 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.
Chris dressed in a casual black T-shirt, green shorts, and white sneakers, while draping his curly locks under a white Kangol bucket hat.
In July 2021 it was announced that the comedy shows 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.
In Angry Boys, he played the African-American rapper S.mouse and performed a song called Squashed N****.
The sighting comes after Chris launched his comeback project Ja’miezing, a podcast based on his iconic schoolgirl character Ja’mie King.
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.
Chris has defended his brand of comedy, saying the aussie weekend last year: ‘I’m not trying to do what’s hot right now.
In July 2021 it was announced that the comedy shows 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 discrimination, as several of the characters were portrayed with Lilley wearing black and brown face paint.
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.”
Chris has defended his brand of comedy, telling The Weekend Australian: “I’m not trying to do what’s hot right now… When you meet them (the character), you’re like, ‘I know that kind of person.'” but then there is a twist, something crazy’