Some viewers were less than impressed with the ABC’s coverage of Sydney’s famous fireworks display, which included a drag queen paying tribute to the late Olivia Newton John.
has been blasted online as “a disgrace” and out of touch.
A segment of the coverage was also dedicated to this year’s WorldPride Festival, to be held in Sydney, which included a performance from drag queen Courtney Act. The ABC's coverage of the fireworks was led by Charlie Pickering, Zan Rowe and Jeremy Fernandez. Picture: Twitter Act also covered ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and the Divinyls’ raunchy hit ‘I Touch Myself’ to the ire of some social media users.
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