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'You can't say anything!' Peter Helliar is escorted from The Project by security after making a tasteless joke

By Nick Hadley For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:24 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 19 June 2019

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Peter Helliar was kicked off The Project on Tuesday night after making a tasteless joke about socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, who died aged 95 earlier this week.

Under the pretext of discussing the celebrity tributes to Ms Vanderbilt, the 44-year-old introduced an unrelated clip of Brett Hull, the vice president of the St. Louis Blues hockey team, singing 'Gloria' by Laura Branigan.

Gloria is the club's victory anthem. 

He's gotta go! Peter Helliar (pictured) was kicked off The Project on Tuesday night after making a tasteless joke about socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, who died aged 95 earlier this week

He's gotta go! Peter Helliar (pictured) was kicked off The Project on Tuesday night after making a tasteless joke about socialite Gloria Vanderbilt, who died aged 95 earlier this week 

In the video, Hull sings the 1982 hit single in a very unmusical voice to celebrate his team winning its first-ever NHL Stanley Cup title. 

'Gloria! Gloria! I think I got your number!' bellows Hull tunelessly.

Peter, 44, had jokingly introduced the clip as one

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