Australia’s major media watchdog has received a flood of complaints about The Project after it aired a vulgar Jesus joke.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority revealed hundreds of people have complained about a joke by comedian Reuben Kaye on the Channel 10 program.
Mr Kaye joked about his love for Jesus Christ after he spoke on the hate he receives from the Christian community about his sexuality.
“I love any man who can get nailed for three days straight and come back for more,” he said on the Tuesday episode.
In response to the outrage, the media regulator revealed it will not yet consider the complaints.
“The ACMA has received 203 inquiries about an episode of The Project broadcast on Tuesday 28 February 2023 featuring the comedian Reuben Kaye,” the ACMA said in a statement.
“Under the broadcasting co-regulatory system, complainants are directed to the broadcaster in the first instance.
“If a complainant does not receive a response from the broadcaster within 60 days, or is not satisfied with the response they do receive, they may refer their complaint to the ACMA for consideration.”
After the episode, Christians and Muslims erupted with criticisms, forcing The Project to issue an apology on Wednesday.
Anchor Waleed Aly acknowledged the offensiveness of the joke, particularly to people of faith, after the program fell in hot water.
"We weren't expecting a comment like that to be made. We wouldn't normally broadcast it. We acknowledged the offence it caused. We are sorry," he said.
Co-host Ms Harris added that the joke took them by surprise.
"Live TV is unpredictable and when this happened in the last few moments of the show, it genuinely took us all by surprise. There wasn't a lot of time to react in any sort considered way," she said.
While The Project said the Jesus joke was an off-the-cuff joke which could not have been predicted, others were quick to cast doubt.
Former employee of the program, Em Rusciano, claimed the joke had been approved prior to airing.
“I find it pretty hard to believe that Reuben Kaye’s joke that stopped a nation wasn’t script approved,” she said in a statement on Thursday.
“I’ve worked on the project - very little is off the cuff. A tiny, tiny amount.
“They’ve flat out thrown him under the bus (in my opinion). Sorry, but someone had to say it.”
Mr Kaye has yet to formally address the incident but posted a video of the episode to social media with the text: “the joke that broke Australia”.
His caption read: “Some heroes don’t wear capes… They wear lashes”.
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2023-03-03 22:43:35Z
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