Logies producers ‘not happy’ as Tom Gleeson improvised ‘graphic’ wank joke

It turns out Tom Gleeson went off script with his “graphic” wank joke at the Logies, with an X-rated barb producers had no idea was coming.

Logies producers were reportedly unhappy with Tom Gleeson's graphic onstage joke.

Trust Tom Gleeson to troll the Logies.

The former Gold Logie winner, who infamously mocked Australian TV’s night of nights during his 2019 win, delivered a “graphic” joke while presenting alongside Poh Ling Yeow on Sunday.

Taking to the stage, Gleeson shunned pre-prepared jokes on the autocue, before proceeding to slag Channel 7 – the official broadcaster of the Logies – for awarding gongs to its own talent.

“Channel 7 just likes giving out awards to themselves. It’s becoming a bit like, Channel 7’s invited us to their house so that we can just watch them have a wank,” Gleeson said.

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Tom Gleeson's graphic Logies joke apparently didn’t go down too well backstage …

Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes, who attended the ceremony at The Star in Sydney, revealed on radio Monday morning producers had no idea what Gleeson was up to.

“There’s an autocue and I refuse to use it. I got a call on Sunday morning from the producers of the Logies saying, ‘What are you going to say on stage?’, I said, ‘I don’t know, just relax. No I’m not using the autocue’,” Hughes said on The Fox’s Fifi, Fev & Nick.

“Either did Tom Gleeson. He had all these jokes on the autocue that he didn’t use and just started slagging off Channel 7.

“It was funny and it was graphic, but it wasn’t on the autocue and they weren’t too happy.”

Tom Gleeson loves having a laugh at the Logies. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Meanwhile, Sam Pang’s third consecutive year hosting has been praised among viewers, many of whom declared he should be offered the job “for life.”

Jimmy Barnes kicked off festivities with his pub rock anthem Working Class Man, prompting Pang to open with, “I can’t think of a song that has less connection to the people in this room tonight.”

His zingers only got better from there.

Referencing his third time taking the stage, the host took aim at TV darling Kerri Anne Kennerly, declaring, “This is my third time hosting, so hopefully that’s enough to stop Kerri Anne Kennerly calling me Ahn Doh.”

On Channel 10’s somewhat chaotic year of change, Pang quipped, “Channel 10 replaced The Project with 10News+, which is like the Titanic replaced with the OceanGate Submarine.”

Home and Away veteran Lynne McGranger took out the top award of the night, the Gold Logie, beating out Ally Langdon, Hamish Blake, Lisa Millar, Sonia Kruger, Poh Ling Yeow and Julia Morris.

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