SAMUEL Johnson has finally revealed what he was going to say in the rest of his Gold Logie acceptance speech.
The actor was only halfway through his speech when Molly Meldrum stepped up to the mic and stole the show.
Speaking to the media backstage immediately after his win, Johnson said the rest of his speech was “epic” and that he “had it all planned” before it was derailed by Meldrum.
And now we know just how epic it was going to be after Johnson today posted his speech in full on Mamamia.
In the second half of his speech, the actor was going to thank the social media warriors who he believes made his Gold Logie win possible.
“Facebook has apparently been helping to swing voting results lately,” Johnson was going to say.
“It should be noted that I am the co-founder of an active, committed, now near 400,000-strong Facebook village, called Love Your Sister. I’m sure there’s many reasons why a record number of people voted for the Logies this year, you could argue it’s because commercial television has never been more relevant and popular, but equally you could argue it has something to do with our gang of ratbags wanting nothing more than to see their snotty little brother get up here and have a crack.
“As much as I should dedicate this golden beauty to my sisters Connie and Hilde, for being such awesome boneheads, or to Molly for backing me in, I think it’s only right that I dedicate this instead, to each and every good egg that has gathered around our family over the last several years.
“You’re all lunatics, and I love you and you have my thanks for giving me a place where I don’t have to be other people. Where I don’t have to put my smile on if I don’t want to. A place where we write our own script and tell our own stories. This puppy can’t be for anyone but you guys.”
Johnson planned to end the speech by encouraging people to visit loveyoursister.org to help out with their Big Heart Project.
On May 10, Johnson’s sister Connie will be in Canberra trying to raise $1 million for cancer research and to create an unofficial world record for the most five cent coins in the shape of a heart in the process.
“We’re hoping for a million dollars just in the heart,” Connie Johnson told the Canberra Times.
“We’re up to $600,000. We’re trying to make it a million dollar heart.”
You can read Samuel Johnson’s Gold Logie acceptance speech in full here.
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