There’s A Petition To Make Judith Lucy The Next ‘Bachelorette’ And Thousands Have Signed It
Who wouldn't want Judith Lucy as the next Angie Kent?
Judith Lucy is a national treasure. But a particular kind of national treasure. As in, one who would probably give you a gently sour look if you referred to her as such in her presence.
Lucy has spent her entire career poking holes in all of the trappings usually associated with celebrity. To call her self-depreciating isn’t quite right. It’s more like she’s everything-depreciating, just as quick to put herself down as some new ridiculousness being rolled out in either the world of politics or of entertainment. Her best punchlines are delivered with a fiery wink, one that says: ‘this is all total bullshit, hey?’
Anyway, for precisely that reason, Australia has firmly decided that Lucy should be the next star of The Bachelorette. A petition calling for the icon to take to the show has already garnered thousands of signatures. You can and should sign it here.
Why? To be honest, I don’t even think that you need many reasons delivered to you. Simply three seconds of imaginative thought will confirm to you how perfect it would be to see the caustic comedienne thrown into a series of increasingly bizarre, televised setpieces, culminating in maybe the strangest marriage proposal in the history of television.
The petition began life as a suggestion from a talk-back caller on national radio. Not long after, Lucy fan Nelly Thomas decided to put the thing on the internet.
The petition makes its case like such: “As a single woman over the age of 30, Judith would be a relatable — but revolutionary — presence on a television dating show. To quote one person I spoke to, ‘I would watch the shit out of that.'”
Seems like most Australians would as well. Since debuting only yesterday, the petition is now at 5,000 and something signatures.
For her part, Lucy is apparently utterly bemused by what is going on. But she’s already given the whole exercise her personal stamp of approval.
Sounds like we’re in with a chance for this to actually happen.