ABC host Jeremy Fernandez says he’s ‘going to a few of the parties’ while hosting Sydney WorldPride coverage – but ‘can’t go too crazy’
He is one of the ABC’s most high-profile presenters.
And newsreader Jeremy Fernandez says he’s planning to combine work and leisure this weekend as he covers Sydney WorldPride for the public broadcaster.
Fernandez told TV Tonight on Thursday he feels a part of the LGBTQIA+ community and plans to go to a few parties in between broadcast duties.
However, his on-air obligations mean he won’t be ‘going too crazy’.
‘But there might be a bit of a barbecue at my place afterwards to kind of wrap it all up and tie things together in a neat bow!’ he said.
ABC newsreader Jeremy Fernandez (pictured) says he’s planning to combine work and leisure this weekend as he covers Sydney WorldPride for the public broadcaster
Fernandez told TV Tonight on Thursday he feels a part of the LGBTQIA+ community and plans to go to a few parties in between broadcast duties
The journalist will be co-hosting Friday’s Live and Proud Sydney WorldPride concert, which stars Kylie Minogue (pictured) and Jessica Mauboy, from 7.30 pm on the ABC
The journalist will be co-hosting Friday’s Live and Proud Sydney WorldPride concert, which stars Kylie Minogue and Jessica Mauboy, from 7.30 pm on the ABC.
And on Saturday, Fernandez will be taking to the streets as one of the ABC’s roving reporters for the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.
The ABC’s team for the parade coverage includes Nate Byrne from ABC News Breakfast, Jack Evans from Behind the News and ABC Queer’s Mon Schafter.
Actor Zindzi Okenyo and comedian Mel Buttle will join Fernandez to cover the action from the street.
‘I’m so excited about it,’ Fernandez told TV Tonight.
‘The vibe in Sydney is just so vibrant, and it’s almost like you’ve got a fear of missing out because there’s so much going on.
On Saturday, Fernandez will be taking to the streets as the ABC’s roving reporter for the Mardi Gras Parade. (Pictured: Fernandez with the ABC’s Mardi Gras broadcast team from 2022)
‘I feel like that at work too, it’s early mornings and late nights but I’m loving all of it.’
He said he was especially looking forward to covering the world-famous parade, adding that the coverage was an uplifting and positive experience.
‘It’s a community that’s been really good to me. It’s a community that looks after each other. And it’s a community that’s been through a lot.’
