Celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Project should’ve been a career highlight for Lisa Wilkinson, but a throwaway comment from Peter Helliar reportedly put a damper on the festivities.
The Australian reported that the comedian singled out Lisa as an outsider amongst his fellow co-hosts, Carrie Bickmore and Waleed Aly, when he said, “We love having you on our show.”
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The report went on to say that the brunette had “shuffled offset” after just 30 minutes of the hour and a half broadcast.
“Diary hears she was not sighted again, either during the 90-minute-plus extravaganza or the after-party,” said the publication.
Peter, Carrie and Waleed reportedly stayed for the after-party, where they gave warm toasts to each other.
“You are the show!” Peter gushed about Carrie, who has been a panellist on The Project since it’s 2009 launch.
“You are the soul of this show and it is an honour to work alongside you,” he stated.
However, a couple of days after the celebrations, Lisa also joined in honouring her co-panellists through an Instagram post.
“Here’s cheers to an amazing decade…and an extraordinary bunch of colleagues – both on and off-air – who are everything I imagined them to be,” Lisa wrote in the caption.
The former Today show host joined The Project last year, after leaving Nine‘s morning show over a pay dispute.
Lisa also posted a behind-the-scenes photo from the 10th birthday celebration episode, writing “Ten years of @theprojecttv And I’ve never felt more at home than with these amazing humans…”
