Viral ‘Ozzy Man’ backs Indigenous Voice to parliament

An Aussie with 12 million followers on Facebook has weighed into the Voice to parliament debate with a foul-mouthed video.

He boasts 12 million followers on Facebook and almost 5.8 million on YouTube making him one of Australia’s biggest social media influencers.

Now Ozzy Man has given a ringing endorsement of the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

The constitution can handle a ‘tweak’, says the social media influencer. Picture: YouTube Ozzy Man Reviews

In a video uploaded yesterday, Ozzy Man observes in typical bogan fashion the Voice was “freaking some big bloody b***ards the f**k out”.

But he urged calm.

“Our constitution can handle a tweak I reckon,” he said passionately. “It’s getting dusty.

The constitution is not a p**y, like it not a soft c**k.”

“Revising documents, revising paper, creating multiple drafts in any settings is a good thing.”

He joked that if the final season of Game of Thrones had been revised it would have been a lot better.

“The world was s*** because of it,” he said.

He described the Voice as a “panel, that’s all” to create stability and continuity in Indigenous policy because governments change every few years, impacting funding.

“If there is a chance to make things life a little better for a community where it has been a little s***, I want to be on the side of better,” he concluded.

“I just think that's good.”

Celebrity endorsements

The Yes campaign has been heavily criticised for relying on big business and celebrity endorsements to connect with suburban and regional Australians.

Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales George Williams told news.com.au celebrity endorsements can be “counter productive” in a referendum.

“They run against the idea that it is a people’s proposal championed from the grassroots of the nation,” he said.

But Ozzy Man, a parody of an Aussie bogan with a good heart despite his propensity for foul language, cannot be described as your typical celebrity endorsement.

Who is Ozzy Man?

Ozzy Man is the creation of Perth man Ethan Marrell.

The thirty-seven-year-old started his Ozzy Man Reviews project while he was at Curtin University completing a master of internet communications, according to Perth Now, eventually quitting a full-time job in 2016 to go full-time with the venture.

“You’re always looking at bogans as the ones you’re laughing at in any kind of medium in Australia, whether it’s live performing or Kath and Kim,” Mr Marrell told the online publication.

Ozzy Man, a parody of a dinky-di Australian bogan who has a good heart despite his fondness for foul language. Picture: Facebook / Ozzy Man Reviews

“You’re laughing at how crass and vulgar they seem and how below you they are.

“The idea with Ozzy Man was to kind of flip that on it’s head a bit. He’s a bogan and he represents the lower-to-middle class but he’s intelligent.”

The venture has become hugely profitable for Mr Marrell, who makes most of his money from online advertising and merchandise.

He said he rarely has to go hunting for video content because his millions of fans contact him with suggestions.

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