Supermodel Lauren Hutton censored during awkward The Project interview
Original supermodel Lauren Hutton’s appearance last week on The Project stunned viewers - and now one of the hosts has revealed the remark that got her censored.
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Comedian and radio presenter Michael Hing has revealed the comment a guest made on The Project panel that was so inappropriate, she had to be censored.
Original supermodel Lauren Hutton, 79, was a guest on The Project last week and her chaotic presence set tongues wagging online, with many wondering whether she might have downed a cocktail or two before her appearance.
According to triple j radio presenter and Project mainstay Hing, that may very well have been true.
Speaking on the ABC station’s drive program today, Hing said Hutton had regaled the hosts with “spicy” stories about drugs and openly discussed her love of martinis, which he mused she may have indulged in before the show.
“She might’ve been a bit jet lagged or something because she was just very loose,” he explained to co-host Lewis Hobba, adding that while the interview was “pretty hectic”, the fashion icon was “a lot of fun” and appeared to be flirting with him.
He then went on to reveal the comment that Ten bleeped out for viewers.
Answering a question about her decades-spanning career, Hutton had said that it was “important to keep working,” adding with a cheeky grin, “I think it’s important to keep fu***ing too”.
Of course, the comment was deemed far too naughty to air on the show, but it came amid a wild segment with plenty of awkward moments.
Firstly, Hutton – who rose to fame as the world’s first supermodel in the 1970s – corrected co-host Rachel Corbett for seemingly getting her age wrong when asking the American model if she was considering retiring now that she’s 79.
“I‘m not 79, I’m 80,” she deadpanned, while Corbett tried to laugh it off: “I just gave you an extra year.”
Hutton then burst into laughter and said she was only joking.
“That was a lie. [Eighty] got a better sounds. It’s curvy,” said Hutton, who is now currently working with David Jones on a new campaign.
Corbett then tried to ask her retirement question again, while insisting Hutton must still love working if she has no plans to slow down anytime soon. But the model’s response was censored at length.
“I think it’s important. I think it's important to get …” she began.
“These things are important. You can ask my friend,” she said, pointing to co-panellist Michael Hing.
Her comment left Hing not knowing where to look.
“You made my friend Michael blush,” host Hamish Macdonald pointed out as the panel and studio audience laughed.
“It’s just really nice to meet you, you seem really cool,” a nervous Hing told Hutton, who cuddled up to him and replied: “You’re not so bad yourself.”
Speaking today, Hing also revealed she had invited him to go shopping with her after the show.
Elsewhere in the interview, Hutton semi-joked that Sydney was a “crying shame” back when she first visited in the ‘70s.
“The last time I was here for David Jones, which was the year after the year before, I thought, ‘My god this place is so beautiful now.’ Because I had first come in ‘74 and it was a crying shame. This place was shocking. I thought they all think they live in England.”
Hutton changed her mind after another visit in 1998, to which she thought Sydney had come to life and was “another world”.
The internet has since shared their reactions to Hutton’s awkward The Project appearance, with many wondering if she was OK.
“Oh wow.. Lauren Hutton.. what the hell just happened?” mused one viewer on Twitter. “Is Lauren Hutton ok?”
“Is Lauren Hutton drunk?” commented yet another user, while another agreed: “I think Lauren Hutton has had a few before going on.”
Oh wow.. Lauren Hutton.. what the hell just happened? #theprojecttv
— Jo Watson or @Jojowat@theblower.au (@JoWat) July 16, 2023
Is Lauren Hutton ok?
— flick 🫀 (@arcadianhalsey) July 16, 2023
Is Lauren Hutton drunk?
— Jorgs (@Brindabella24) July 16, 2023
I think Lauren Hutton has had a few before going on @theprojecttv tonight 🥂 ðŸ·
— Mr Minogue 🌈 (@mr_minogue) July 16, 2023
Hutton has been called a trailblazer in the modelling industry. She arrived on the scene in the ‘60s and by 1973, she scored a lucrative cosmetics contract, earning million-dollar deal from makeup giant Revlon – the most expensive contract in modelling industry at the time.
After adding the likes of Calvin Klein, Pepsi and Barneys New York to her portfolio, the covergirl and runway model made her foray into acting, starring in films such as Paper Lion opposite Alan Alda, The Gambler with James Caan, and American Gigolo with Richard Gere.
She has appeared on countless magazine covers, gracing the cover of Vogue an impressive 26 times over the years.
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