Richard Wilkins on why he reported the death of Jeff Goldblum
The man who now co-hosts Weekend Today Cameron Williams was the person who handed Richard Wilkins the erroneous information that actor Jeff Goldblum was dead, the entertainment presenter has revealed.
Wilkins, entertainment editor on Today, found himself an international figure of fun in 2009 after making the live announcement – based on a website hoax spread via Twitter – on the same morning that Michael Jackson died. As a result of Jackson’s death, Today had dropped the ad breaks, leaving the presenters under pressure to make instant decisions.
Wilkins told Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes: “In the middle of that suddenly there’s all this stuff about Jeff Goldblum coming up. There’s lots of internet action on Jeff. Cam who was working as our sports guy at the time handed me a piece of paper – I don’t suggest for a moment he was trying to set me up, he was trying to keep me in the loop, I think.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVoezuh8dgA
Internet 101 – You don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
…or television, apparently
Media 101 – You don’t believe everything that Cameron Williams hands you.
He ran live with Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson’s Sydney Olympics prank ….
It’s almost like he’s the most gullible person in Australia with access to a camera and a mic.
Can someone give him a heads up that the Mayan Calendar and the End of the World thing isn’t real? Otherwise, he might have a relapse come 2012.
@Peter – Why should I believe you?
I don’t believe you Peter P.
How do you know the Mayan Calendar/End of the World is not true @i haz cookie???
@Andrew – You shouldn’t!
But then again, I’d probably have more trust in an anonymous internet person than Dick Wilkins.