Matt Parkinson roasts ‘hack’ Peter FitzSimons, says SMH wants rid of him
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The Chase star ROAST ‘old hack’ Peter FitzSimons and jokes that the Sydney Morning Herald is ‘trying to get rid of him’
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The high-profile journalist Peter FitzSimons made a brutal sleigh ride from comedian Matt Parkinson on Wednesday evening.
Parkinson, who portrays the terrifying ‘Goliath’ on Channel Seven game show The Chase Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald columnist jokingly called a ‘hack’ during a surprise outburst on the ABCs ask everything.
The 58-year-old made the comments during a discussion with co-hosts Wil Anderson and Jan Fran about the realities of working in the Australian media.
High-profile journalist Peter FitzSimons took a cheeky sleigh ride from comedian and The Chase star Matt Parkinson (pictured) on ABC’s Question Everything on Wednesday evening.
“I like the roving reporter, especially the slightly amateur ones who can’t do it that often, you know,” Parkinson said.
He then pretended to be a budding reporter who was stumbling his way through a TV interview.
“Hello, Terry Numbnuts here from Look At Me News…and a high-ranking media source has told me that The Sydney Morning Herald is having trouble with a lengthy hack that they can’t get rid of,” he said.
Parkinson referred to Fitzsimons (pictured), a columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald, as a ‘hack’ and joked that the paper was trying to ‘get rid of him’
“A high-ranking media source has told me that The Sydney Morning Herald is having trouble with a lengthy hack that they can’t get rid of,” he said, posing as a clumsy TV reporter.
And I said, ‘Gosh, that’s a hard way to talk about Peter FitzSimons, especially since he’s your man, Lisa,’ Parkinson continued, referring to FitzSimons’ wife Lisa Wilkinson (left)
“And I said, ‘Gosh, that’s a hard way to talk about Peter FitzSimons, especially since he’s your man, Lisa,'” Parkinson continued, referring to FitzSimons’ wife, Lisa Wilkinson, host of The Project.
He then tried FitzSimons’ prolific career as a bestselling author.
‘And she said, ‘Have you ever read any of his books?’ And I said, “No, rightly so, Wilko.” Back to you in the studio, Wil and Jan,” Parkinson added.
He then tried FitzSimons’ prolific career as a bestselling author
It’s unclear if Parkinson has any personal complaint about FitzSimons, or if his comments were just made in jest.
FitzSimons has released nearly 30 non-fiction books, mostly focusing on historical events.
He also wrote biographies of Nancy Wake, Kim Beazley, Nick Farr-Jones, Les Darcy, Steve Waugh and John Eales.
FitzSimons has released nearly 30 non-fiction books, mostly focusing on historical events