Tony Jones has some explaining to do after he was brutally uncovered by Essendon legend Matthew Lloyd on the Sunday Footy Show.
Lloyd ambushed Jones throughout a reside phase the place accused the Channel 9 star of being a bit too frugal — and he pulled out a receipt to show it.
Lloyd gave Jones a bake and accused the host of attempting to skip out on paying for lunch throughout a group mind storm session at a Melbourne restaurant.
Lloyd’s receipt confirmed the ambush was greater than two weeks within the making.
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Lloyd mentioned Jones had didn’t cough up for an $11 soup he ordered on the Platform 28 venue in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct.
“I go to the bathroom. I’m the last to leave,” Lloyd mentioned with a smile.
“I go and say, ‘I had the chicken salad and a coke and dumplings, so I’ll pay for that. And as I’m about to leave they say, ‘Excuse me Matthew. There’s an item on the menu that hasn’t been paid for’. And I’ve got the receipt. And there it was, the soup. So TJ I paid that $11. You just walked out.
He went on to say: “Can you pay me back?”
Fellow panellist Nathan Brown instructed Jones: “Gee, you’re tight”.
Jones gave an unconvincing rationalization.
“That is a genuine oversight,” he mentioned.
“I just assumed the producers might have paid for a meeting that they called.”
Moments later within the present it was Jones who was throwing the punches.
He took a surprisingly heated swipe at his Channel 7 rival Tim Watson — re-igniting their grudge that has simmered for a few years.
Jones slammed Watson — and Channel 7 for its AFL season promotions — throughout a rant on the Sunday Footy Show that left panellists Kane Cornes, Nathan Brown, Matthew Lloyd and Damien Barrett in stitches.
Jones and Watson, the Essendon legend who has transitioned into a well-liked sport presenter on 7News’ 6pm bulletin, have often traded barbs in public in recent times and it seems Jones couldn’t resist throwing the primary punch in 2023.
The 61-year-old hammered Seven for a promotional video the place Watson promised viewers news from “inside” AFL venues and “inside the team rooms”.
Jones then confirmed viewers a mash-up clip of Seven reporters, together with meteorologist Jane Bunn, presenting from outdoors the MCG within the hours earlier than Thursday evening’s season opening draw between Richmond and Carlton on the MCG — after which he let his rival community have it.
He mentioned his “old mate Timmy Watson” was “guilty by association”.
“When you pay billions (for the AFL TV rights) you would expect to get the front door key to the MCG. Here is Timmy telling us and all the other non-broadcast holders how we do it outside the game.
“Pretty compelling stuff. I had a look at their news on the opening night. Here is Blake Johnson, a senior reporter outside the ground. There is senior reporter Nick McCallum. Mitch Cleary, chief football reporter. Jane Bunn outside.
“Timmy, did you read the script properly? Well done, Seven for thinking outside the square.”
Cornes was left guffawing and responded to the rant by saying: “Very strong start TJ. No prisoners kept”.
It was one among a number of feuds re-opened in the course of the phase on the Sunday Footy Show with main AFL journalist Damian Barrett additionally potting Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge.
Barrett and Beveridge have a frosty relationship stemming from the journalist’s questioning and reporting of points such because the leaking of knowledge from throughout the Bulldogs in 2015, and the absence of retired star Tom Boyd from the senior group in 2016 when he was disciplined internally due to a drunken incident with then-teammate Zaine Cordy.
Barrett final 12 months eluded to an incident on the 2021 Brownlow Medal the place he says Beveridge “did basically shoulder me”.
Barrett on Sunday poked enjoyable at Beveridge for exhibiting off some glistening white tooth — suggesting the veteran coach had joined Jones in having some beauty dentist work executed.
Meanwhile, the meat between Jones and Watson goes again a few years.
The feud between the pair went public once more in 2021 when Jones was proven a photograph of Watson earlier than remarking “who is it?” throughout a phase on The Footy Show.
That quip made its technique to Watson who sneakily implied that Jones, identified extra generally round AFL circles as “chompers”, had hair plugs.
Watson, who works on SEN alongside Garry Lyon was alerted to the footage by his co-host and got here out swinging.
“What toupee Tony did? Did he play that did he?” Watson mentioned.
Jones wasn’t pleased with Watson’s retort and rapidly fired again on the former Essendon famous person.
“The teeth might have had a bit of work but not the hair … if that’s a toupee then I want my money back.’’ he said.
“Garry Lyon has got to be the biggest (s***) stirrer going around at the moment. The tape that we played, which we’re not playing again by the way.”
Source: www.news.com.au
