Star Maroons five-eighth Cameron Munster has admitted his viral sledge at Andrew Johns on the Footy Show wasn’t timed nicely.
In the construct as much as a Game 2 at Suncorp the place Queensland have been seeking to wrap up a complete collection victory, Munster requested Johns on-air, “have you made up with your brother?” earlier than bursting into laughter alongside fellow Queenslander Johnathan Thurston.
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Johns death-stared down the barrel of the digital camera earlier than co-host Danika Mason stated “do you want to answer, they’ve always got to say something, don’t they”.
Johns was then heard muttering: “What brother?”
Munster has since mirrored on his on-air gag, with Munster telling the Nine papers that “it probably wasn’t the right time to say it”.
“It popped in my head,” Munster stated.
“If you know me, I’m pretty impulsive. If anything pops into my head, I’ll say it. There’s no filter unfortunately.
“Was it the right time? Probably not. I just thought it was funny television.
“He would probably do the same to me. There’s no disrespect there. I respect him as a person and as an old player. Speaking to JT [Johnathan Thurston] and Smithy [Cameron Smith], they were mesmerised by him when they played against him. It goes to show how good he is.”
Johns had an on-air spat with brother Matthew whereas collectively on the latter’s Friday morning SEN radio present over his admiration of Billy Slater’s Maroons outfit.
Joey is likely one of the most parochial Blues supporters within the recreation, and is arguably the best ever participant to placed on a Blues jersey, and was clearly irked as Matthew talked up the Queensland Maroons workforce within the lead-up to Origin Game I.
Andrew, also referred to as ‘Joey’, has reportedly give up Matty’s SEN Morning Glory radio slot for the remainder of the yr, nonetheless offended over the on-air spat that noticed SEN chief government Craig Hutchison pressured to step in.
The pair have reportedly not spoken for 4 weeks after the Eighth Immortal’s beautiful blow up in the course of the pair’s radio present squabble.
Popular Fox League cult hero Matthew confirmed his brother was “off me” when he returned to the present earlier this month whereas Andrew was nowhere to be seen or heard.
Hutchison, who stays a Channel 9 character as host of Footy Classified, instructed News Corp days earlier than Joey’s resolution that he was making an attempt to dealer peace between the pair.
“We love Joey and we love Matt. They’ve been a fantastic part of SEN 1170 on Friday mornings,” Hutchison stated.
“We respect Joey’s wishes to concentrate on Origin at the moment. We understand he’s got a fair bit on his plate. And I probably underestimated how worked up he is.
“We look forward to sitting down with him after Origin and welcoming him back with open arms.
“I’ll get them both together for a bite to eat and go from there.”
Source: www.foxsports.com.au