Pete Helliar joins 7 Days

Following Rove McManus’ very successful guest appearance on 7 Days, this week sees another Rove cast member joining the hit series; Pete Helliar teams up with Jeremy Corbett and co. on Friday, October 9th at 10pm on 3.

So was it Rove’s good word-of-mouth that convinced the hilarious Helliar to make the trip over the ditch? According to the Australian comedian, the decision to appear on 7 Days was actually much less complicated.

“It was pretty complicated,” Helliar explains with a devilish smirk. “They asked and then I said ‘sure, why not?’. True story, sounds made up I know, but every single word is the truth I swear.”

Really, was it really as simple as that? “Actually, I think I just said ‘sure’ and not ‘why not?’. But the rest is 100% true. I’m going to dine out on this story for years!”

As many 7 Days fans have noticed, Rove certainly loves to humiliate Jeremy Corbett, first on Jeremy’s MORE FM breakfast show and more recently on 7 Days. But can audiences expect the same from the little man’s Rove co-star?

“I don’t like to poke fun at Corbett… I mean, he is so tiny,” explains Helliar of Corbett who’s close to twice the size of Rove. “Personally I love it when he sits on that big armchair at the end of the show and tells a joke and his glasses are hilarious… I am thinking of the right Corbett aren’t I?”

But despite his insults towards the always professional Corbett, Rove still managed to be named 7 Days’ most valuable player, or MVP. Will Helliar live up to this benchmark?

“I expect to be even more valuable than Rove was,” Helliar says with an unremarkable confidence. “In fact, I expect to be offered the hosting gig by the end of the third segment… Sorry Ronnie, I mean Jeremy.”

Are Jeremy’s hosting days numbered? Find out when Pete Helliar guest stars in 7 Days on Friday, October 9th at 10pm on 3.

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