London Bureau Chief for the ABC and Walkley Award-winning journalist, Lisa Millar, had a perfect response to one male fan who tweeted she shouldn’t be wearing the same jacket throughout her reporting of the Paris attacks.
Millar has slapped down a Twitter follower who criticised her lack of jacket rotation while she was reporting on the recent terrorist attack in Paris for the ABC. The Twitter user, named as Stephen Blackman, tweeted she should make it a priority to visit a David Jones store to get a “few more clothes”.
@LisaMillar Don’t you think when time permits a visit to “David Jones” for a few more clothes might be a priority?
— stephen blackman (@stephenblackma1) November 24, 2015
@LisaMillar Da…the same jacket…report after report….I’m sure you follow…
— stephen blackman (@stephenblackma1) November 25, 2015
@stephenblackma1 Funnily enough I didn’t have time to shop. Mental note to self – pack better when covering breaking news tragedies — Lisa Millar (@LisaMillar) November 25, 2015
The offending black jacket taking time out on the chair after Twitter frenzy @JamesMcHale@FlipPrior@sister_ratchedpic.twitter.com/qoNWGktQgA
— Lisa Millar (@LisaMillar) November 25, 2015
Blackman’s tweet prompted numerous responses from male Australian reporters to rally behind Millar, including from Channel Nine personality and The Verdict host Karl Stefanovic. He famously wore the same blue suit on air for a year to highlight the double standards for men and women:
Same one.. https://t.co/lkz0wsBxFW
— Karl Stefanovic (@karlstefanovic) November 25, 2015
The Seven Network’s Europe correspondent, Hugh Whitfield, tweeted:
@tomsteinfort @LisaMillar @stephenblackma1 I’ve been wearing the same jacket since Friday 13th. We barely had time to eat some days.
— Hugh Whitfeld (@hughwhitfeld) November 25, 2015
James McHale, also an ABC reporter, tweeted:
Lay off Stephen, everyone. He’s simply mixed up Paris Terrorism Tragedy Week with Paris Fashion Week. Easy mistake. https://t.co/VYmwopwBN1 — James McHale (@JamesMcHale) November 25, 2015
Chief correspondent for Europe, Africa & Middle East – Channel Nine Tom Steinfort tweeted:
@LisaMillar@stephenblackma1 one of my cameramen wore the same underwear for five days straight because he had so little time to pack!
— Tom Steinfort (@tomsteinfort) November 25, 2015
News Corp Australia’s national TV writer Holly Byrnes tweeted:
How about wear the same jacket as yesterday in solidarity @Lisa_Wilkinson @samarmytage @SarahHarris @SylviaJeffreys https://t.co/H5hkJFABzD
— Holly Byrnes (@byrnesh) November 25, 2015
