After his debut on Network 10’s I’m A Celebrity...
Get Me Out Of Here! in March, Robert Irwin described his 2024 Gold Logie nomination as a “dream come true” to Mediaweek. Nominated alongside his I’m A Celeb co-host Julia Morris , one can only imagine where he was when he got the big news. “I was at home, but I was actually in my backyard cleaning my chicken coop,” he said.
“I was covered in chicken poop and I got this call and they said something about a Logie, I straight away said, ‘you’ve got the wrong guy.’ “Once I realised it was for real, I just ran inside and told my family, it was such a beautiful moment, but really the first person I called was Julia.” This year’s Logies marks Morris’ second Gold Logie nomination after being nominated for the first time in 2022, also for I’m a Celeb.
“I wish I was in the coop [like Robert] but I was just happy to be in the loop,” she joked. “Seriously though, we’ve been having so much fun because we get to have this experience together. “I’ve been nominated before and it can feel a bit lonely because you’re standing next to the people your competing with, but standing next to Robert, there’s no competition.
“I think Robert’s gonna take it.” In March, Irwin was named Australia’s most popular broadcast personality in the Australian Talent Index’s 2024 Top Talent Report , before he even appeared on I’m A Celeb . Irwin, a relative newcomer to Aussie screens, took out the top bro.