Richard Wilkins’ unchanging hair has long been the subject of light-hearted mocking from his Today show colleagues.
However, Wednesday morning Sylvia Jeffreys may have taken the joke one step too far, with ‘Dickie’ Wilkins walking off the set after the host compared his famous ‘do to that of a dinosaur.
The entertainment reporter was sitting at the desk when a trending clip was played of a child excitedly trying to get his mum to look at something on TV – apparently a tyrannosaurus rex.
“Maybe it’s Dickie’s hair!” Sylvia joked as the clip ended.
“Oh Sylvia,” Richard responded.
Sylvia continued, saying “well it is the T-Rex- oh no that’s the other one – the stegosaurus.”
Dickie was still laughing along at this stage, but it was the cheeky suggestion made by co-host Tim Gilbert that Sylvia was calling Dickie an extinct animal that set the veteran reporter off.
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The reason people laugh at Dick is because he is easy to laugh at.
C'mon, he took it very well but no one deserves to be taunted about something non-stop. A few times is funny, a few more is boring, a few more is frustratung, and a few more is unacceptable. Just, move on to another joke guys, its definitely not funny anymore and even though he was smiling and whatnot he has to be getting sick of it. I would be.