He’s known for making playful jibes at Richard Wilkins, most notably comparing the entertainment guru’s bouffant hair to period-costumed woman’s feathered hat.
And Tim Gilbert couldn’t resist poking fun at Richard once again on the Today show on Thursday, pulling a mock-exasperated face as he deadpanned that Wilkins is ‘hard to sit next to’.
His brutal on-air remark left their hosts Karl Stefanovic and Georgie Gardner unimpressed, with Georgie wincing as she declared: ‘Too harsh!’
‘You’re hard to sit next to. You give Panadeine Forte a headache’: Moody Tim Gilbert made a brutal on-air remark to Richard Wilkins on the Today show on Thursday
Karl, noticing the tension between Richard and Tim, kicked off the drama by declaring: ‘I find it quite captivating watching you two. We don’t know what’s going to happen ever.’
Tim sighed and said: ‘He’s hard to sit next to. You give Panadeine Forte a headache.’
As their fellow presenters burst into shocked laughter, Richard replied: ‘Well, I love you too.’
‘I don’t always love you. Anyway, that’s life. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,’ Tim shot back.
Handling it well: As their fellow presenters burst into shocked laughter, Richard replied: ‘Well, I love you too’
Ouch! His brutal on-air remark left their co-hosts Karl Stefanovic and Georgie Gardner unimpressed, with Georgie wincing as she declared: ‘Too harsh!’
After a brief pause, Sylvia Jeffreys stepped in and said: ‘You don’t mean that, Tim Gilbert. You’re just joking.’
Richard turned to a stony-faced Tim and said, ‘say sorry’, which his co-host refused to do.
The pair are known for their on-air squabbles, with Tim leaving viewers in hysterics last year when he made jibes about Richard’s famously bouffant hair.
Easing the tension: After a brief pause, Sylvia Jeffreys stepped in and said: ‘You don’t mean that Tim Gilbert. You’re just joking’
Richard sat stony-faced as sports reporter Tim compared a period-costumed woman’s feathered hat to the entertainment guru’s iconic mane.
Tim, Lisa Wilkinson and Richard were doing a live cross with weather presenter Natalia Cooper, who was interviewing a tourism operator clad in 19th century attire complete with a feathered hat.
As the show cut back to the hosts, Tim asked Natalia: ‘Does that lady have a Richard Wilkins headdress on there?’