Monday 13 June 2022 07:01 AM ABC Breakfast host Fauziah Ibrahim makes a very racy joke on live TV trends now
Fauziah Ibrahim has been criticised for making a crude joke about the similarities between a robotic finger and a sex toy during her weekend breakfast show.
The embattled ABC host is no stranger to controversy and only returned to air two weeks ago after after creating two public Twitter lists grouping her followers into groups titled 'lobotomised s**theads' and 'Labor trolls/thugs'.
She was reportedly stood down from her on-air reporting duties at the time but returned a month later.
Now, she's back in the firing line again as her critics slam her for the 'unprofessional' and 'juvenile' remarks.
During the segment on Sunday morning, Ms Ibrahim said: 'It's warm and sweaty... It looks like it needs AA batteries... It might do something else.'
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The embattled ABC host is no stranger to controversy and is now back in the firing line again as her critics slam her for the 'unprofessional' and 'juvenile' remarks]
Her co-host attempted to ignore the joke by noting the robotic finger - which has been covered in human skin cells to replicate the appearance of a real finger - needed 'a bit of sun, perhaps'.
As a second image of the robotic finger appeared on screens, Ms Ibrahim tried the joke again.
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'I'm telling you it needs an AA battery and it probably vibrates.'
When her second attempt to make the joke also garnered an exasperated response from her colleague, Ms Ibrahim attempted to brush it off, asking: 'Too early?'
'Too early for a breakfast show? Welcome to Weekend Breakfast, everybody'.
The lighthearted comment attracted a raft of criticism online, with some even calling for her resignation after two years in her role.
Her co-host attempted to ignore the joke by noting the robotic finger - which has been covered in human skin cells to replicate the appearance of a real finger - needed 'a bit of sun, perhaps'
The Weekend Breakfast anchor (pictured during her previous role at Al Jazeera) vanished from screens after creating two public Twitter lists grouping her followers into groups titled 'lobotomised sh**heads' and 'Labor trolls/thugs'
'I’m not a prude but is it acceptable for a ABC presenter to ridicule a robotics finger by making a juvenile reference to a vibrator and dildo,' one critic asked.
'Why are we getting this smutty garbage on our screens?'
Another said: 'I thought her remarks were totally out of order. She really has to go - for good this time!'
It comes after Ms Ibrahim was cleared following an investigation into the offensive comments made on her Twitter account in April this year.
Social media users who found themselves grouped in the two lists - which were made public on Ms Ibrahim's account - accused her of displaying anti-Labor bias
Ms Ibrahim had grouped a handful of Twitter followers into two lists on her personal account, 'lobotomised s**theads' and 'Labor trolls/thugs', which were left open for the public to see.
When she learned these groups were public and had notified users, the mentions
