Dave “Hughesy” Hughes has gone viral after exposing a neighbour who left their car parked in the middle of a Melbourne cul-de-sac during the Easter Monday public holiday.
Taking to Instagram, the Aussie comedian, 55, raged about how the car had been left blocking the road for more than 20 minutes, making it impossible for him to drive home.
“This is a dead-end street…That car is parked in the middle of the road. That’s not good. We want to go home,” Hughes complained in a video.
Elaborating on the situation, the TV personality revealed he even considered calling the police when the car was left sitting there with no driver in sight.
“How long do I wait before we call the cops?” he wrote.
“You can’t just leave your car in the middle of the road, even on a public holiday. It’s been at least 20 minutes already.”
The comedian’s fans were also outraged, and many encouraged him to call the authorities.
“So inconsiderate – we always have people park across our back gate driveway, have called police and they can’t do anything,” one person sympathised.
“How do these people pass their drivers license test? He’s blocking other drivers from getting through, therefore I’d call the police and they should teach them a lesson,” another fan agreed.
Another person argued Hughesy would have “enough room to get out”, and others suggested the car may have belonged to a “delivery driver, tradesperson, or emergency worker”.
Hughes did not provide an update on how the situation resolved itself, but later appeared at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Hawthorn’s AFL clash against the Geelong Cats.
Hughes was there to help raise awareness of pancreatic cancer with the Dare to Hope charity, which was founded by late AFL player Paul Dear before his death.
The comedian has been a longtime ambassador for the charity and also participated in the relay at last year’s AFL Legends match.
Notably, Hughes ended up in the hospital with five broken ribs and a punctured lung after taking several tackles from former AFL players, including Andrew Embley.
The 2006 Norm Smith medallist later apologised to Hughes, saying: “I just want to say that I am so sorry for my little thump on you last night that obviously caused so much damage. You look so sore right now.
“How brave were you, big fella, to continue with the game.”