{"id":890693,"date":"2026-09-13T16:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890693\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:18:19","slug":"ill-vote-for-people-with-tougher-lives-than-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890693\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’ll vote for people with tougher lives than me’"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the beloved star of White Lotus and Stories about My Body limbered up for the next wild season of Taskmaster, she also faced a 1News Grill. <\/p>\n

What are the three essential elements of your perfect weekend?<\/p>\n

No deadlines, getting amongst nature with my family and my dog, my friends. <\/p>\n

What’s the best comment you’ve received from someone who’s seen your stage show and now film Stories About My Body?<\/p>\n

When people tell me they laughed and they cried and walked away with a little more love for their tums. I love that. <\/p>\n

\"Morgana<\/p>\n

Morgana O’Reilly in her one-woman play, this year adapted for screen, Stories About My Body. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

What will be the biggest issue on your mind when you vote this November? <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be voting for people living tougher lives than me, the environment, the arts and our continued effort to support and revitalise re reo M\u0101ori.<\/p>\n

Which three adjectives best describe you as a teenager?<\/p>\n

Bratty, forthright, munter. <\/p>\n

Who do you envy?<\/p>\n

Pretty much everyone on Instagram who seem to be living more exciting, hilarious and successful lives than me… <\/p>\n

\"Morgana<\/p>\n

Morgana O’Reilly joins this year’s cast of Taskmaster on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n

What’s one vice you’d like to quit or reduce? <\/p>\n

Doom scrolling Instagram.<\/p>\n

Which specific skills do you show off in this series of Taskmaster?<\/p>\n

I was thankful for my increased yoga practice of late.<\/p>\n

\"Morgana<\/p>\n

Morgana joins some big stars on this year’s season of Taskmaster. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n

Can you share one high and one low from your experience of shooting White Lotus?<\/p>\n

High: Getting to experience hotels beyond anything I could ever afford myself.<\/p>\n

Low: Knowing how amazing those hotels are that I will never afford myself.<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

White Lotus, Season 3, cast members Morgana O’Reilly, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Natasha Rothwell, and Leslie Bibb pose for a photocall at the Park Hyatt, 2025 in Sydney. (donqrnold)<\/p>\n

What are five words to describe making a living creatively in New Zealand?<\/p>\n

Ingenuity, scarcity, creativity, ingenuity and ingenuity. <\/p>\n

Taskmaster NZ starts Monday 14 September, 7.30pm on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+, and continues Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the beloved star of White Lotus and Stories about My Body limbered up for the next wild…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,1721,1861,434],"class_list":["post-890693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-opinion","tag-people","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890693","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=890693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}