Oops. Richard Wilkins slammed for “talking out of your a**”
UK singer sends Nine entertainment editor a serve for reporting fake news.
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Richard Wilkins may have an enviable contact book but UK singer Dua Lipa delivered him a serve to today after he accused her of snubbing Australian audiences.
“Now get this, she was supposed to be here in Australia opening up for Bruno Mars on his 24K World Tour, but Dua Lipa cancelled her appearances last weekend, as a result of having to have immediate surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed,” he said on Today.
“But get this, here she is last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Wilkins added, “we were told that was live to air…”.
But Lipa hit back online, telling him to get his facts straight.
“Lol @RichardWilkins if you were a good journalist you would’ve done proper research instead of talking out of your ass. Jimmy Kimmel was shot in Feb in La and aired yesterday. I’ve been in Australia on bed rest and wouldn’tve cancelled my Bruno shows if I didn’t have to. @9NowAU” she tweeted.
https://twitter.com/DUALIPA/status/976257741634273280
Sincere apologies @DUALIPA. Didn't mean to misinform. Assumed you were live with Jimmy K. your fans and my son have severely castigated me!
— Richard Wilkins (@RichardWilkins) March 21, 2018
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Hasn’t been the best week for the Today show has it? Im glad she blasted him. This is the 2nd stuff up he made after he killed off Jeff Goldblum. You would have thought he would have learnt after that.
I thought that TV presenters had teams of researchers to advise them on such matters before they went in front of the cameras. Perhaps they don’t any more due to cutting staff in ‘economy drives’. Well, at least he apologised which is refreshing.
Not teams… he would have a segment producer.
That’s the trouble with most showbiz journalists now – they assume rather than investigate.
Good on her for speaking out about it. I’ve never liked Wilkins & could never understand how on earth he got the Mtv Aust gig since he was & still is the blandest music/entertainment reporter i’ve witnessed. He must’ve signed a lifetime contract with 9. At least Molly Meldrum earned his longevity by always being passionate & knowledgable about the music.
Molly is more interesting !!!!!!
I guess the big question is who is Dua Lipa?
Unless you live under a rock you would know who Dua Lipa is. Her song New Rules was one of the biggest songs of last year.
I had no idea who she was either. Teenage daughter was able to enlighten me though. ?
I asked my daughter as well, after i heard her song on the radio, i asked her who sang it and could have sworn she said Dalai Lama!!!
On first read I read it as Dual Lips. I thought he had insulted someone’s plastic surgery.
It could have been worse. He might have reported that she died, ala Jeff Goldblum.
This made me giggle, I’ll never forget that morning!
So this is the second mistake that he has publicly made. Doesn’t this guy do his homework before opening his mouth? How embarrassing.
These morning shows are going beyond being a joke. If its not one thing its another. Embarrassing !
hahahahhahhahahahahaha its tv why checks facts they only get in the way of a story hahahahahaha
Is some of the article missing DK? No mention of Dua’s tweet or her “ass” quote?
Hmm, I have added into the post body now.