Comedian Nazeem Hussain took to Twitter to call out a TV guide that mistakenly listed him as The Project’s Waleed Aly.
Contrary to what you may read, Hussain hosted the ABC show Australia Talks last night alongside Annabel Crabb, not Aly.
The error was published in Binge TV.
According to TV Black Box, Binge TV is made by Pagemasters, who distribute nationally to both Nine and Newscorp newspapers.
Hussain posted about the mixup on Twitter.
Not again… pic.twitter.com/AVJmbLMT8C
— Nazeem Hussain (@nazeem_hussain) June 20, 2021
Unsurprisingly, the comedian was not the only person that took to Twitter.
This is so shit.
And to reiterate: @nazeem_hussain co-hosts TONIGHT at 8pm on @ABCTV https://t.co/66qs4dEtGZ— Virginia Trioli (@LaTrioli) June 21, 2021
For the record I actually think I look way more like Waleed than @nazeem_hussain but whatever 🤷🏽♂️ #australiatalks
— Matt Okine (@mattokine) June 21, 2021
But no @nazeem_hussain ?? https://t.co/cXSU1TbR26
— Barry Russ (@dustysastar) June 21, 2021
This is not the first time Hussain has been mistaken for The Project host.
In 2014, The Age published a photo of Hussain while announcing that Aly had landed a role on The Project.
Well, we are kinda the same person… pic.twitter.com/FC3d0NQiFO
— Nazeem Hussain (@nazeem_hussain) December 17, 2014
Interestingly, Karl Stefanovic and David Koch never seem to get mistaken for one another.
