Julia Morris has asked Logie voters to consider giving the Gold Logie to someone else, even though she is a five-time nominee. On the Stellar podcast Something To Talk About she said "the best idea is to give [the Logie] to someone else," while also acknowledging she would welcome the recognition. The remark came during a wide ranging interview with Sarrah Le Marquand that touched on her long run on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, her relationship with co-host Robert Irwin and life after divorce. If you want the full context, the podcast carries the full conversation and the quotes reporters have cited.
She asked voters to give the prize to another personality at the same time as admitting she would be pleased to win. Morris made the comment on the Stellar podcast Something To Talk About, where she told host Sarrah Le Marquand that "the best idea is to give [the Logie] to someone else."
Why she thinks someone else should get the Gold Logie
Morris, whose long career in Australian television, said the suggestion came amid a conversation about her co-host Robert Irwin and the changing shape of television. Irwin, 22, was praised by Morris as "a perfectly formed human" and "the person I’d like to become when I grow up." She credited his stamina and professionalism during the most recent season, noting he moved straight from success on Dancing With The Stars to international media duties and then on to filming in South Africa.
Irwin is both a Gold Logie nominee and the announced Logies host, which places him at the centre of the awards night where he will compete against Morris and other nominees. Morris framed her comment about giving the award to someone else as part of that wider admiration for colleagues and the moment they're in.
Morris co-hosted I’m A Celebrity for 12 years, first with Dr Chris Brown and then with Robert Irwin. Behind the camera she described the production as a logistical behemoth that had become hard to justify. She told Le Marquand the show employed roughly 500 crew, required 17-hour work days over 31 consecutive days on location, and that producers and broadcasters had repeatedly trimmed costs and made adjustments over the years.
Those numbers fed into a broader point about the precariousness of television work. Morris said producers had pared back budgets and that television can be an unstable income source, flatly telling listeners, "If you’re relying on your television wage to live your life, you are cactus." Channel 10 has framed the decision to take the program out of production for the next cycle as a pragmatic move, with the network describing the show as being "rested." Morris said she found it emotionally difficult to accept the jungle run is likely over for the foreseeable future, while praising the production teams and expressing gratitude for the opportunity to be part of a large-scale format for more than a decade.
She used the interview to open up about her private life since splitting from Welsh comedian Dan Thomas. Morris spoke about rebuilding confidence while parenting two daughters, Ruby, 20, and Sophie, 18. She recalled a humiliating 40th birthday speech from a former acquaintance that labelled her a "train wreck," and said the experience of becoming a single parent reshaped how she and others view her capabilities.
Despite acknowledging lingering self-doubt about decision-making, Morris said the work has remained "a pleasure, not a chore." That sense of enjoyment came through when she praised colleagues such as Irwin and reflected on what the industry can demand of performers and crews.
For readers who want to hear Morris in her own words, the interview is available on the Stellar podcast Something To Talk About with Sarrah Le Marquand. The full episode carries longer passages and context for the quotes cited here.
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Morris arrives at the Logies this year as a five-time Gold Logie nominee, yet she has publicly suggested the prize might be better awarded to another personality.
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