'Imagine people losing their minds when they see Tammin Sursok!' Merrick Watts mocks Pretty Little Liars star after she hits out against 'celebrity obsession'
Merrick Watts has mocked Tammin Sursok after the former Home And Away star penned a critical essay hitting out against the public's 'celebrity obsession'.
The comedian made the comments on the Today show on Thursday, mocking the actress for thinking people would be excited to see her in the street.
'Imagine all the people losing their minds when they see Tammin Sursok! They just go, 'Oh my god it was Tammin Sursok!',' he joked, to laughter from his co-hosts.
Grilled: Merrick Watts has mocked Tammin Sursok after the former Home and Away star penned a critical essay hitting out against the public's 'celebrity obsession'
'Tammin Sursock! Oh my god Martin Sheen's over there...Tammin Sursock is there! Forget about Martin Sheen!' the 43-year-old howled, relentlessly taking the mickey.
Pretty Little Liars star Tammin wrote an article for news.com.au in which she complained that the public treat celebrities like animals.
Talking about celebrity bus tours that often travel around Hollywood, she accused fans of, 'pointing famous people out like large game from a city zoo'.
Tammin called being a famous, 'a job that should end at some point in the day' and said that, 'no person should live in a virtual cage'.
The 33-year-old complained that people turn to celebrities to escape their 'banal routine' and should be concerned about issues like greenhouse gases instead.
Cheeky! 'Imagine all the people losing their minds when they see Tammin Sursock! They just go, 'Oh my god it was Tammin Sursock!',' he joked, to laughter from his co-hosts
Scathing: Tammin wrote a scathing article in which she complained that the public treat celebrities 'like large game from a city zoo'
The blogger then went on to say that she'd rather the public was not invested in her 'wrinkles' or the weight she has gained.
'I do not want you to be interested in any kilogram I still might have to loose,' she wrote in the essay.
Fame game: However the singer also admitted, 'Don't get me wrong, I'd rather you knew my name than not'
However the singer also admitted, 'Don't get me wrong, I'd rather you knew my name than not.'
Tammin is now based in Los Angeles where she lives with her director husband Sean McEwen and daughter Phoenix, 3.
She stars as Jenna Marshall on the American TV drama Pretty Little Liars.
Hollywood based: Tammin is now based in Los Angeles where she lives with her director husband Sean McEwen and daughter Phoenix, 3
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