Veteran reader Sandra Sully launches scathing tirade against ‘ridiculous’ comments about her appearance
Veteran Channel Ten presenter Sandra Sully launched a scathing tirade on Sunday against the “ridiculous” focus on her physical appearance.
The journalist, 58, told ABC that women in the media were judged differently than men and that people had focused on her appearance for years.
“I became increasingly aware of the double standard by which women were judged. What you wore, how you presented yourself, what your hair looked like, your makeup,” she said.
“We were judged much harsher than the men and so that was an additional obstacle to overcome.”
Sully said she always makes sexist remarks when she hears them, revealing she once put a male colleague in her place after an inappropriate comment about her big breasts.
Veteran Ten news presenter Sandra Sully (pictured) launched a scathing tirade on Sunday against the “ridiculous” focus on her physical appearance.
“He said to me, ‘That was a bit sharp, wasn’t it?’ And I said, ‘You shouldn’t have said that. What does that have to do with anything? Stop it, that’s not how you behave.”‘
She added that although the media landscape was now much better than it was a few decades ago, there was still a long way to go.
“Women are considered for all roles and have every right to seek out these opportunities. But there is still a boys’ club and I think it’s more unconscious than conscious.
The 58-year-old journalist told the ABC that women in the media were judged differently to men and that people had focused on her appearance for years.
Sandra has been part of the Ten News team since 1990 and was the first Australian journalist to break the news about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Last week, Sully dropped jaws across the country when she was unmasked as Fawn on Monday’s episode of The Masked Singer Australia.
And the Channel Ten presenter revealed on Tuesday’s episode of The Project that she took on the decidedly unserious role because she needed a break from the “zombie” muck of the evening news.
“I became increasingly aware of the double standard by which women were judged. What you wore, how you presented yourself, what your hair looked like, your makeup,” Sandra said.
“I live in a serious space…And I honestly think I’ve realized that sometimes the straitjacket in life is either you do it or it’s made for you,” she said.
Sandra said she had been in a “routine pattern of zombies” appearing on a “box in some people’s houses” and needed a change.
“All the credit goes to my husband, he kept saying to me what do you have to lose? Why not? The worst thing that can happen is that you bomb the performance, but you can laugh at yourself, right? »
After removing his mask, the 58-year-old left judges Melanie Brown, Abbie Chatfield, Dave Hughes and Chrissie Swan completely stunned, with none of them able to guess his identity.
Last week, Sully dropped jaws across the country when she was unmasked as Fawn on Monday’s episode of The Masked Singer Australia.
