Sam Pang didn’t hold back during his Logies 2024 , taking down many celebrities in the room. This included a swipe at stalwart, , who has played Alf Stewart since the show began in 1988. Meagher recently celebrated his 80th birthday, so Pang’s dig took aim at his age.
“Big night for you, nervously waiting to see if you’re included in the in-memoriam package,” he said, with the crowd erupting into laughter. Meagher himself looked chuffed with the joke, laughing along politely. However, on a fan group, some questioned whether the joke was bad taste or not.
“I love Sam Pang BUT yeah, [it was] a bit tacky,” one person said. “I feel Sam has been very rude to all the popular people, as well as not knowing half of what he’s talking about, but I guess someone has written it for him,” another added. “A very boring night,” a third chimed in.
“I felt there were a few tacky moments,” another agreed. “Could have been worse, could have been a Sonia [Kruger] joke,” another said. A swath of fans soon came to Pang’s defence, saying that it was simply good old ‘Australian humour’.
“Just a light-hearted joke, Ray laughed at him,” a fan pointed out. “Some people need to learn to take a joke. Pang and Ray are good mates,” another said.
“An absolute joke, nothing wrong with it,” a third remarked. “It was fine, [Ray] knows it’s a joke,” another said. Sam Pang didn’t hold back, taking aim at Channel 7, Olympic breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’.