From an embarrassing nude mishap to being labelled a “pig” by her own mum, Carrie Bickmore cops brutal feedback in Mick Molloy’s new TV show.
Molloy has teamed up with his good mate Glenn Robbins for a program called Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention, which launches on Channel 7 on Monday night.
The hilarious show (I’ve had a sneak peek, and it’s brilliant) is a cross between This Is Your Life and a celebrity roast, with a different star each week being torn to shreds by showbiz pals, family and friends.
Carrie Bickmore is the victim in episode one, and the legendary comedian revealed some fun details about that episode when I spoke to him earlier this week.
Firstly, how did you come up with the concept?
I was watching celebrity roasts and I thought, these are really brutal.
I was thinking, times have moved on a bit since those old days … everything now is guised under the form of ‘helping’. So I thought, okay, let’s dress it up in a modern context where, under the thin premise that we’re here to help, we’re actually here to sink the boot in just as much.
We’ve got so many great cameos … everyone’s putting their hand up to come on and slay their friends.
Carrie Bickmore stars in the first episode. What can we expect to see on Monday night?
She cops a real grilling over the course of the hour and she takes it pretty well.
Carrie will be confronted by her son about appearing naked in front of his friends while heavily pregnant. Carrie’s mum presents pictures of her room when she was young. I think her mum uses the words, “a real pig”.
Peter Helliar wants an explanation as to why he found her bra in his car. And Tommy Little, boy, he lands some stinging blows.
Carrie gives a bit back too … you’ll see some fireworks.
Can you tell me about some other celebs who’ll be subjected to interventions throughout the season?
Jim Jefferies will be on and we’ll examine his ongoing feud with The Village People.
Dr Chris Brown is great. He comes on and … we bring out all the families of pets he’s had put down … That’s very moving.
Guy Sebastian comes on. He’s a real good sport. We’ve got some of his old alma mater from Australian Idol coming on. If you take a look back at some of his hairstyles and fashion choices over the years, some of them, I’m not going to lie, haven’t stood the test of time.
We have an episode with Sam Pang, Andy Lee and Mick Fanning.
Oh and Hughesy … that’s a wild episode! People were queuing up to have their say about Hughesy. Let’s just say he gets carried out on a stretcher.
Did any celebrities pass on the opportunity to appear on the show?
Salman Rushdie (laughs). We asked Ed Sheeran and Kylie and they said no. Russell Crowe didn’t even return our call. Neither did Cocaine Cassie.
Most people said yes … but a couple said, “I might watch the first series and see how it all works”.
Before I let you go, can you tell me a fun behind-the-scenes story from the series?
Well, Mick Fanning was so casual that during rehearsals and filming, he took himself off to Bunnings to look at flooring samples. It was only a 30-minute break.
Glenn & Mick’s Celebrity Intervention premieres at 7.30pm on Monday on Seven and 7plus
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