McKnight Tonight with Julia Morris

Summary: You'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the entertainment industry who has a bad word to say about Julia Morris. A comedian, actress and presenter; she is a triple threat who's become a go-to host for Network ten on a string of shows including I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! which returns on January 5. Never one to shy away from work Julia is embarking on another tour in 2020 and tickets are on sale now at livenation.com.au or www.juliamorris.com In this episode Julia talks about; • What went terribly wrong that saw the entire crew of a TV show she was working on see her poo • Running out of money when she risked it all to move to the UK • How her husband kept her grounded with the best piece of advice • What went wrong with Sunday Night Takeaway • Why flirting with Dr Chris Brown doesn't work any more • Why she insists on censoring some footage caught on camera for I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Subscribe to McKnight Tonight and TV Blackbox here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tv-blackbox-mcknight-tonight/id1415436461 Robert: Julia, welcome to McKnight Tonight. Julia: How are you, hon? Robert: I'm very well, all the better for hearing from you. Hey, television, it's a roller coaster ride. You have had an extraordinary career. Do you feel that you are now at the top of your game? Julia: Well, I'm concerned about the top of the game because isn't the next bit the slide? Robert: Very good point. Very good point. Julia: Every year I'm still employed, it's not lost on me, I must say. I think I remember many years ago, Andrew Daddo saying to me, I'm talking in the 90s and he had this lovely take on, "Your first two years, you think you're the biggest star to ever hit the televisual and then for the next two years you're like, I'm kind of a senior in the industry and then the next two years you're like, Oh God, I hope I don't lose my job. I've got an awfully big mouth all of a sudden." And then he said, "The next two years you're probably out of work. And then the two years after that, you're so grateful to have a job, you just keep your head low and try your best." Robert: I think there's so much truth to that. Now I need you to correct me if I'm wrong here. I have a very vague recollection of you appearing in Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List where- Julia: I did. Robert: You did, so this is the bizarre thing though. She was in England trying to get across all things English and suddenly I saw an Australian teaching her about being English. How the hell did you get that gig? Julia: Isn't that dreamy? I actually had been working with the production company that were making that show. I got married to Dan in the New Year's Eve of 2005 and went straight away after getting married to New York to go and work with the production company that make Kathy's show. And so when they were in the UK they wanted the perspective of what's it like to be a foreigner in the UK as a stand up and what to look out for and what to avoid. Robert: Ah, okay. That works- Julia: So that was sort of the vibe and plus, Kathy Griffin, oh my God, she's a goddess. Robert: Yeah, absolutely. That must've been an amazing shoot because you really did take it- Julia: It was incredible. Robert: You really did take a chance going to the UK for a while, didn't you? You'd had some success in Australia with Full Frontal and then you just decided to go over and try your luck. Julia: It's exactly what happened. I think that I might've been in that second part of Andrew's roll out where I just thought, "You know what? I'll go to the UK and I will have my own show in like four minutes." Robert: Of course. Julia: And it didn't occur to me that I would literally have to start again. Nobody cared that I was on...