This is the second year running that Julia Morris has been nominated for the TV WEEK Gold Logie. But don’t try to suggest she’s hit a career peak at age 55. She’s hoping to follow in the footsteps of a comedian who was on TV well into her nineties.
“I feel like I’ve still got some Betty White stuff to do,” she says.
The co-host of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is thrilled that all three of the women nominated for Gold this year are in their fifties.
“That’s pretty awesome,” she says. “We may have to have a think about how we talk about women in the industry and when their time is up, because it feels like the wave is starting to come that says, ‘Nah, there will be work for you if you want to work.'”
Julia Morris is nominated for the TV WEEK Gold Logie Award. (Image: Paul Suesse)
Of course, not all fifty-something women on TV look fifty-something. Julia has been very open over the years about having had cosmetic work done. But she’s not as enthusiastic about Botox as she used to be.
“I think Botox is for people in their forties,” she says. “Now I’m in my fifties, I’m like, ‘I don’t know why I’m holding back this tide.’ I certainly don’t feel any professional pressure to do that – I just want to look prettier.”
There’s another reason Julia has eased up on the Botox.
“If you want to continue to be considered for acting jobs, it’s a little bit difficult to just have everything frozen off,” she says.
Julia is up against six other Aussie stars for the Gold Logie. (Image: Paul Suesse)
Any acting jobs that come up will have to fit around I’m A Celebrity. Julia has recently been chemistry-testing for a new co-host, with Dr Chris Brown having moved to Channel Seven.
“What I’m really angry about with Dr Chris is he’s really spoilt the pool,” she says. “He was so yummy, so funny and so easy to work with.”
Right now, Julia is looking forward to Logies night. She says being nominated for Gold a second time is “no less exciting” than the first – and this time, she’ll be able to focus totally on it.
“Last time when the nomination came through, I knew I was hosting the opening,” she explains. “So I already had a really big focus on the night.”
Julia is looking for a new co-host after Dr Chris Brown left the reality TV show. (Image: 10)
She admits that the crowd at the Logies is a tough one.
“They all think they can do it better,” she says. “Maybe some can – but they didn’t get the job!”
Having written her first Logies acceptance speech when she was in primary school, Julia can’t describe what it would mean to win Gold.
“I’ve dreamt about it for so many years, since I was a kid – not necessarily the Gold Logie, just winning a Logie. Honestly, I don’t even know.”
