Larry Emdur happy to turn the other cheek

Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur has stayed true to his word, appearing on morning television on Monday to get a tattoo on his backside of a Logie statuette and the initials of his six rivals for the top TV award.

No butts about it: Logies winner Larry Emdur gets his backside tattooed live on air. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur has stayed true to his word, appearing on morning television on Monday to get a tattoo on his backside of a Logie statuette and the initials of his six rivals for the top TV award.

“We’ll see you on The Morning Show tomorrow morning,” Emdur had vowed on Sunday night after accepting the night’s top prize at a ceremony at Sydney’s The Star casino.

During his acceptance speech, he said: “In 30 years time when I’m at the Shady Pines nursing home and I’m calling bingo … I want to remember this night.

“I love being in TV and I love being on TV and I have never done anything else and I never wanted to do anything else.”

The tattoo. Picture: Justin Lloyd

Emdur joked that his children had not watched free-to-air TV for about 15 years but admired him for another reason.

“Apparently it’s rhyming slang now that if you’re going on a bender, you’re going on a Larry Emdur, so they’re proud of me for that,” he said.

Emdur also received the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter, describing it as “wonderful recognition”.

In a reference to his time as host of The Price is Right and its catch phrase, he added: “Recognition for me is usually someone yelling out on the street, ‘Come on down, you wanker’.”