Veteran news anchor Sandra Sully delivers a scathing tirade against “ridiculous” comments about her appearance
Veteran Channel Ten news presenter Sandra Sully launched a scathing tirade against the “ridiculous” focus on her appearance on Sunday.
The 58-year-old journalist told the ABC that women were judged differently than men in the media and people had been focusing on their appearance for years.
“I became increasingly aware of the double standards with which women were judged. “What you wore, how you presented yourself, what your hair looked like, your makeup,” she said.
“We were judged much more harshly than men, and that was an additional obstacle to overcome.”
Sully said she always made sexist comments whenever she heard them, revealing she once put a male colleague in his place after he made an inappropriate comment about her large breasts.
Veteran Ten News presenter Sandra Sully (pictured) launched a scathing tirade against the “ridiculous” focus on her appearance on Sunday
“He said to me, ‘That was a bit pointed, wasn’t it?’ And I said, ‘You shouldn’t have said it. What does that have to do with it? Stop it, it’s not how you behave.”
She added that while the media landscape is now much better than it was a few decades ago, there is still a long way to go.
“Women are considered for every role and have every right to take advantage of those opportunities. “But there is still a boys’ club and I think that happens more unconsciously than consciously.”
The 58-year-old journalist told the ABC that women were judged differently than men in the media and people had been focusing on their appearance for years
Sandra has been part of the Ten News team since 1990 and was the first Australian journalist to break the news of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Last week, Sully caused a stir across the country when she was revealed as Fawn on Monday’s episode of The Masked Singer Australia.
And the Channel Ten newsreader revealed on Tuesday’s episode of The Project that she took on the decidedly dubious role because she needed a break from the “zombie” quagmire of the evening news.
“I became increasingly aware of the double standards with which women were judged. “What you wore, how you presented yourself, what your hair looked like, your makeup,” Sandra said
“I’m living in a serious situation… And honestly, I’ve realized that sometimes the straitjacket in life is either of your own making or is made for you,” she said.
Sandra says she was in a “routine zombie pattern” that appeared on a “box in some people’s houses” and needed a change.
“All credit goes to my husband, he kept saying to me, what do you have to lose?” Why not? The worst that can happen is that you bomb the performance but you can laugh at yourself, right?’
After removing her 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 her identity.
Last week, Sully caused a stir across the country when she was revealed as Fawn on Monday’s episode of The Masked Singer Australia