{"id":576643,"date":"2026-03-31T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576643\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:40:09","slug":"gq-moty-2025-joseph-zada-makes-x-rated-gaffe-during-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576643\/","title":{"rendered":"GQ MOTY 2025: Joseph Zada makes X-rated gaffe during speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Aussie actor on the brink of superstardom made an X-rated blunder at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Zada, who is set to appear in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel as the young Haymitch Abernathy, was one of the big name guests at Tuesday night\u2019s event held at the Overseas Passenger Terminal overlooking Sydney Harbour.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the stage after being named GQ\u2019s Breakthrough Actor of the Year, Zada cracked up attendees when he made a slight slip-up during his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to my manager, Trent Baker, for always rooting me \u2026 I mean rooting for me,\u201d the 20-year-old said, as the crowd erupted.<\/p>\n<p>Zada has previously won acclaim for his roles in Invisible Boys and We Were Liars, and is considered one of Australia\u2019s most exciting young talents.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/7a16c5c0c15f22d896fd133905a9243f\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Stars reveal their personal lockscreens at GQ Australia Man of the Year Awards\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joel Creasey \u2026 the host with the most<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Zada not only received an award, but also got a shout out during host Joel Creasey\u2019s opening monologue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoseph is about to forget the little people, that\u2019s us, when he appears in a lead role in the mammoth franchise that is The Hunger Games, which for any of the Real Housewives of Sydney in the room, is a movie, not a motto,\u201d the comedian joked.<\/p>\n<p>Creasey, who is getting ready to launch his <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/tv\/radio\/radio-bombshell-nova-stars-to-swap-shows-amid-shakeup\/news-story\/585f146fc1c8a7949396598b24307c67\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"585f146fc1c8a7949396598b24307c67\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new national Nova radio show<\/a>, also amused the crowd when he dropped the fact he actually went to school with a couple of former AFL stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the Wikipedia page of my high school under \u2018notable alumni\u2019 it goes Ben Cousins, Buddy Franklin, Joel Creasey. It\u2019s like, which one doesn\u2019t fit in here? Ben, obviously, because Buddy and I haven\u2019t been to prison,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 awards held in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night\u2019s GQ Men of the Year Awards were meant to be held in December last year but were postponed due to the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n<p>A number of big names attended the event including Joel Edgerton, Thomas Weatherall, Joseph-Aukuso Sua\u2019ali\u2019i, Peter Bol, Jakara Anthony, Baker Boy, Tyde Levi, and Gout Gout. <\/p>\n<p>The annual awards celebrate individuals who have shaped culture, style, and influence over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 winners, announced in December, were:<\/p>\n<p>GQ Visionary of the Year \u2013 Joel Edgerton<\/p>\n<p>GQ Breakthrough International Musician of the Year \u2013 Sombr<\/p>\n<p>GQ Actor of the Year \u2013 Thomas Weatherall<\/p>\n<p>GQ Breakthrough Sportsman of the Year \u2013 Gout Gout<\/p>\n<p>GQ Creative Force of the Year \u2013 Danny and Michael Philippou<\/p>\n<p>GQ Artist of the Year \u2013 Shaun Daniel Allen <\/p>\n<p>GQ International Actor of the Year \u2013 Anthony Starr<\/p>\n<p>GQ Breakthrough Actor of the Year \u2013 Joseph Zada<\/p>\n<p>GQ Model of the Year \u2013 Cruz Kahlbetzer<\/p>\n<p>GQ Sportsman of the Year \u2013 Joseph-Aukuso Sua\u2019ali\u2019i<\/p>\n<p>GQ Musician of the Year \u2013 Baker Boy<\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/sydney\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Sydney\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Aussie actor on the brink of superstardom made an X-rated blunder at the GQ Men of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[202976,282861,64,63,689,36084,282864,76406,282870,89155,282862,282867,447,273418,128952,134,282871,16741,227446,282859,282860,282872,220527,20227,282869,673,677,60504,195954,9444,282863,14754,282866,282858,282865,282873,191938,278123,139061,282868],"class_list":{"0":"post-576643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-andrew-bucklow","9":"tag-annual-awards","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","13":"tag-awards-show","14":"tag-awards-speech","15":"tag-baker-boy","16":"tag-blonde-lady","17":"tag-bondi-beach","18":"tag-breakthrough-actor","19":"tag-breakthrough-sportsman","20":"tag-celebrities","21":"tag-clovelly","22":"tag-edwards","23":"tag-entertainment","24":"tag-garage-sale","25":"tag-gout-gout","26":"tag-henry-brodaty","27":"tag-hilarious-opening-monologue","28":"tag-hip-replacement-way","29":"tag-jackie-o-joel-creasey","30":"tag-jakara-anthony","31":"tag-joel-edgerton","32":"tag-joseph-zada","33":"tag-new-south-wales","34":"tag-oceania","35":"tag-one-nation","36":"tag-opening-monologue","37":"tag-opera-house","38":"tag-overseas-passenger-terminal","39":"tag-pauline-hanson","40":"tag-professor-henry","41":"tag-red-carpet-video","42":"tag-richard-jarman","43":"tag-shaun-daniel-allen","44":"tag-terrorist-attack","45":"tag-thomas-weatherall","46":"tag-tony-armstrong","47":"tag-trademark-diamond"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}