‘Screw you’: Australian comedian’s biting message to radio host
Australian comedian Kitty Flanagan has hit back at a radio host after she was asked a question about her new TV series.
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Australian comedian Kitty Flanagan has hit back at popular Melbourne radio hosts over her new TV series.
Speaking to Nova 100’s morning hosts Jase and Lauren, Flanagan began by discussing her latest season of the hit series Fisk when she was asked if she had any control over how the show was aired.
“Do you get to choose if you drop shows like one episode a week or if you can just drop a whole season?” co-host Lauren asked the comedian.
“Because I’ve turned into a real binger.”
Hitting back with her trademark wit, Flanagan reminded the radio stars how much blood, sweat and tears go into creating a TV show, only to have someone watch it in the space of an afternoon.
“Yes, but see, here’s the thing, Lauren. Can I say to you, it took me nine months to make,” Flanagan quipped. “Screw you if you want to watch it in three hours. I want you to take at least six weeks and have to look forward to it and enjoy it.”
The Fisk star added that if people were so set on bingeing the new series, they could “just wait six weeks and then watch it all online”.
But co-host Lauren wasn’t finished quizzing the comedian, drilling her for more answers about the series’ release and her control over how it was aired.
“So you get to decide if that’s how you do it?” she asked Flanagan.
The comedian used her signature sarcasm to ram the point home.
“Do I get to decide?” she asked. “I think I really just get to throw tantrums and go, ‘Ehhhhh! Don’t put it all out at once! Don’t put it all out at once!’ And hope that they listen?”
Originally published as ‘Screw you’: Australian comedian’s biting message to radio host
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