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News.com.au
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘C***y face': Vanessa Kirby stunned by Australian interviewer's remark
Vanessa Kirby has been schooled on vulgar Gen Z slang during her trip to Australia. The English actress sat alongside The Fantastic Four: First Steps co-star Pedro Pascal for a flurry of interviews with local media to promote the upcoming Marvel film in Sydney this week. Youth outlet Pedestrian. TV landed a slot with the star pair, where journalist Rebekah Manibog made Kirby aware of her apparent social media status as an icon who has a 'forcefield, snatched, c***y, fierce face.' Cue a mortified expression from the Mission Impossible star, who responded, 'Oh god. I don't know if that's a good thing.' Pascal – who is no stranger to having his own internet nicknames, notably 'daddy' – swiftly came to the rescue, assuring Kirby it was a 'compliment'. 'F**k yeah,' Pascal declared. C***y face is good babe,' he continued. 'It means fierce, fabulous, beautiful, strong. It's good. Promise.' Kirby simply responded, 'OK.' Reaction to the interview has been overwhelmingly in support of Pascal for expertly propping up his female co-star amid her confusion. 'Our favourite internet daddy teaching everybody the lingo,' one wrote. 'Pedro Pascal being every female co-star's biggest cheerleader will never get old,' another said. 'Rare example of a man saving the day,' a third added. 'Of course Pedro Pascal knows what this means,' a fourth wrote. Others in the comment section pointed out how Kirby probably wasn't the best person to drop the C-bomb to. While the swearword has evolved as somewhat of a compliment, particularly in LGBTQ+ circles, there are certain people who believe it still carries a misogynistic undertone. 'Could've been worded more eloquently. Pedro saved the interviewer and turned it into something positive,' one said. 'Interviewer was lucky Pedro is so online,' another wrote. 'Calling someone this out of context in an interview is WILD,' a third wrote. 'Yikes! I'm with Vanessa. I don't like that label,' said a fourth. 'Gurrrrrrl you are so lucky Pedro was there and aware coz that could've gone downhill SO FAST,' another chimed in. The cast flew out of Sydney on Wednesday after a red carpet event to premiere the movie at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter Tuesday night.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Influencer slams Australian Fashion Week after she is asked 'diabolical' question by a reporter: 'No way in hell'
Sopha Dopha has slammed the media covering Australian Fashion Week at Carriageworks this week after she was asked two 'diabolical' questions. The TikTok star, 21, who has 1.4 million followers on the platform, arrived at Carriageworks in Sydney 's Eveleigh district wearing a fluffy, green two-piece by Selezza London on Tuesday and a metallic silver dress with a plunging V neckline on Thursday. 'This is my third year attending Australian Fashion Week and I wanted to do a little debrief on how this year has been,' she began in a video posted today. Sopha said she flew into Sydney from Texas in the US on Tuesday morning. 'I didn't really have a lot of time to prepare my looks. I kind of packed my suitcase with heaps of stuff I had from home and loaned heaps,' she explained. 'I always say yes to the interviews because it's a bit of fun and part of the experience, and good for exposure. But some of the questions I have been asked this year were diabolical.' reporters asked Sopha, among other Fashion Week attendees, how much money she earns and what was the biggest brand deal she has ever turned down. 'There is no way in hell I'm ever going to answer that question, and I'm sure that if I turned around to the interviewer and asked them the same thing, they would be uncomfortable,' she said. 'I don't think you should ask people about money, that's just how I was raised.' Sopha added that she felt the attending media had the 'sole purpose' of 'trying to 'catch people out with tricky questions' to elicit 'juicy' answers. 'But some of the questions were really good so thank you to the interviewers that had good questions prepared,' she noted. The TikToker explained she has not had any media training and attended AFW alone, without the company of her mum or manager: 'So I'm freaking out. I don't want to word vomit and say the wrong thing.' Sopha said she had all the clothing she rented for the week sent to her hotel room and planned to pull looks together ahead of each show. 'I knew it was going to be stressful but I didn't really have any other option because I left it too late,' Sopha, whose real name is Sophia Beggs, continued. Sopha's answers were not included in the video that was uploaded to Pedestrian's TikTok. In another video, which Pedestrian has since removed from their TikTok, interviewers asked, "Who is the biggest microtrend final boss?" 'First of all, s*** question,' Sopha fumed. 'You can see almost everyone is uncomfortable and clearly doesn't want to answer that. We're at AFW... Let's talk about Australian Fashion. 'I wouldn't be asking whose fashion sucks.' 'The Australian influencer scene is already so toxic and we have such Tall Poppy Syndrome, we don't need other creators bringing people down.' The 21-year-old was named as the 'biggest micro trend final boss' in the video by another TikToker, who she noted 'wore SHEIN to Australian Fashion Week,' with a disdainful look. 'Not sure what that's about.' One familiar face to answer the question was Sydney socialite Suzan Mutesi, who said that she turned down a $5000 payment from a brand because she felt 'she deserves more.' Sopha's eight minute video has been liked more than 32,000 times in the past six hours, with hundreds of attending media, influencers, and even Abbie Chatfield weighing in the debate. 'The money questions is such a trap,' Abbie commented. 'If you refuse to answer you're 'not being honest'. If you say what you turned down, you aren't grateful or are hated for the money you earn. It's so misogynistic demanding influencers tell people what they earn. 'They just know people are waiting to hate influencers (especially female influencers) and they know that will get engagement, no matter what the question. I hate this s***.' 'Imagine an AFL interviewer going up to the players and asking who they think is the worst,' one viewer pointed out. 'Money transparency is very important but that's not done by trying to get a sound bite from a young female at fashion week,' one fan commented. 'That conversation should happen in a contextual space with a constructive conversation around income misunderstandings/questions about influencers incomes.' Sopha replied: 'Yes I agree!' Elsewhere in her video, she said AFW has been 'a bit of a s*** show in general', noting that the Carriageworks venue had changed the standard layout for 2025. 'The lack of diversity at the fashion shows has been insane,' she added. 'I went to a show yesterday and diverse wasn't even in their vocabulary. I was sitting there thinking this is so s***. I just thought that in 2025 we would've been a lot better at that by now.' Sopha Dopha's street style interviews featured in several videos shared this week, both by traditional and non-traditional media outlets, on social media. She said the comments about her looks have been 'hateful' and 'toxic.' 'I don't think "I ate" with some of these outfits. I pulled these looks together in 30 seconds rummaging through my suitcases,' she said.
Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
MasterChef Australia judge Andy Allen finally addresses bizarre fan rumour: 'I start crying'
Foodie Andy Allen has finally addressed a bizarre rumour that has dogged his time as a cast member MasterChef Australia. The 36-year-old who has been a judge on the cooking competition since 2020 has been known to pull a face after tasty a spicy dish. And fans have drawn the conclusion that the former contestant is not a 'friend' of chilli. 'I'm going to put this to bed once and for all,' Andy told Pedestrian TV as he addressed the 'spice' rumour. He explained, 'I love spice, but I show my emotions. 'When I have chilli, I start crying, there might be a little bit of sweat. I really do enjoy spice, it just hits me!' 'Everyone's like, 'Oh, you can't handle spice'. I can handle spice, but I just show it,' he continues. 'I'm not that tough guy who just stands there, and you just see beads of sweat rolling down his face. I let everyone know that it's hot!' Andy will be returning to the MasterChef kitchen on Monday alongside Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli. This season sees 24 past contestants come back to win the MasterChef trophy and $250,000 in prize money. Among the cast are MasterChef fan favourites, including season one's Andre Ursini, Sarah Todd from season 14 and Tim Bone from season 11. And already fans of the cooking competition have emerged with a theory about who will be crowned the winner. Viewers have gone online to speculate that the producers have spoiled the show after dropping a promo poster showing just six of the 24 contestants who will battle it out in the kitchen. The featured contestants are lined up in the image and appear in various sizes, including Laura Sharrad who starred in seasons 6 and 12. Also appearing in the promo are season 16's Savindri Perera and Darrsh Clarke as well as Tim Bone from season 11. There's also Declan Cleary from season 15, while the image of fan favourite Steph De Sousa from season 11 looms largest in the poster. Many fans felt Laura Sharrad was a shoe-in based on her appearance on the poster. A fan Reddit started the discussion by asking, 'Do you think the winner is pictured?' 'Considering that Laura is the only pictured contestant from before season 11, do you think she wins, or do you think that the winner is not pictured?' 'I do think majority of them probably went far or did pretty well, while maybe at least one maybe goes out relatively early?' said one fan. Observed another: 'It's interesting that those are the ones chosen for it. I do think just based on the trailers, it seems like Laura and Darrsh are the main characters so far.' 'The only one out of these that could realistically win is Laura, I think.'
