Aussies turn against Robert Irwin after he threatened to sue One Nation over ‘defamatory’ video: ‘Snowflake’

The Aussies have turned against the situation Robert Irwin after threatening legal action over a satirical One Nation cartoon used to criticize the Queensland government.

Pauline HansonThe animated video series ‘Please Explore’ featured an image of the youngest Irwin in the final episode on Friday alongside the famous cartoon dog Bluey.

The episode, titled ‘The State of Queensland’, satirically depicted Irwin and Bluey exploring the state after the pair were unveiled as the faces of their new tourism campaign.

Hours after the video was published, FC Lawyers sent a cease and desist order on Irwin’s behalf to StepMates Studios, the series’ production team.

Ms Hanson fired back at Irwin, telling him to “lighten up” and questioning how this could discredit the wildlife celebrity.

Ordinary Australians are on board with it, with some calling Irwin a ‘sook’ who needs to ‘grow up’, while some have defended him and condemned Ms Hanson.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has hit back at Robert Irwin after he sent the party a cease and desist order over the latest episode of ‘PleaseExplain’

‘Your father would have laughed heartily at Pauline’s cartoon. Grow up, stop being a snowflake!’ someone said.

‘I can’t believe Robert Irwin is threatening One Nation with legal action over a (fantastic) satirical cartoon. How pathetic and un-Australian. Develop a sense of humor, mate,” wrote another.

“Robert Irwin has very thin skin, he needs a laugh,” a third person commented.

‘Robert Irwin doesn’t seem to have thought this through. Taking action not only made it trending on

Others targeted Ms. Hanson and defended Irwin.

“It’s Pauline Hanson who is the politician and she has a reputation for taking others to court when they are offended,” one person wrote.

“She likes to dish it out, but she can’t stand what it will cost her at the ballot box!”

Another added: ‘What about when Pauline Hanson threatened legal action against Pauline Pantsdown?’

The two minute video uses Irwin to criticize the state government over the hospital system, roads, transportation, renewable energy, the housing crisis and youth crime.

Ms Hanson questioned how her cartoon discredited Irwin and insisted he must find it funny.

“Lighten up, your father was a larrikin, an icon for Australia and the world, and he would have had a good laugh about it,” she said Adelaide now.

The firefighter-senator’s YouTube series included an episode Friday satirically portraying Irwin and the ABC children’s cartoon character Bluey (pictured)

The Queensland government addressed the dilemma on Sunday.

Transport Minister Bart Mellish slammed the video, saying Ms Hanson used Queensland icons “to try and sell a bit of a mean-spirited and a bit of a racist political message”.

“I like political satire, but the most important thing about satire is that it has to be funny,” he told the newspaper. Daily telegram.

Mr Mellish said the video was ‘designed to get a reaction’, but he could see no point in it other than to ‘divide people’.

‘I am a father of two young boys and they love watching Bluey every day. “I don’t think they would want to see Bluey in a Pauline Hanson video,” he said.

Opposition leader David Crisafulli called on everyone involved in the scandal to resolve it.

“I’m not a big fan of censoring cartoons, but I would like to see them try to find a solution to that,” he said.

Irwin (pictured) sent legal letters to the production company behind Pauline Hanson’s cartoon within hours of uploading

Ms Hanson said One Nation plans to fight the lawsuit because the cartoon wasn’t even about Irwin in the first place.

‘How is he going to fight slander? “It’s not about him, it’s about the issues in Queensland,” she said.

She also suggested that he should be grateful that he would be appearing in the surprisingly popular web series.

“I have MPs asking me when they can appear in the cartoon, we make people pay to be in it, so I gave him a free kick,” she said.

‘And [Irwin] wants to sue me about it.’

One Nation chief of staff James Ashby also confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that the party would oppose the contents of the letter and had engaged defamation expert Sue Chrysanthou SC.

The letter from Zoe Naylor of FC Lawyers to the animation studio’s founders, Mark Nicholson and Sebastian Peart, states that their portrayal of Irwin ‘contains defamation’.

Ms Hanson told Irwin to take the matter as a joke, as his father, legendary conservationist Steve Irwin, would have done.

Ms Naylor added that the cartoon was an “unauthorized and misleading use of our client’s image” and demanded that the studio remove the video from all platforms.

In the episode, enthusiastic Irwin character Bluey tries to show all the positive things the Sunshine State has to offer.

But the pair are confronted with exactly the same problems that residents there struggle with every day.

The duo at one point mistake a long queue at famed Movie World theme park for a rental inspection, highlighting Queensland’s dire housing crisis.

They are also targeted by foul-mouthed delinquents who steal their car and ‘bash’ Bluey.

When he is taken to hospital, they are told there will be a wait of ‘six months’.

The episode ends with a somber Irwin saying, “I can’t believe this is the state of Queensland”.

Ms Hanson and One Nation chief of staff James Ashby told the younger Irwin to be more like his father Steve, who they claim would have had a “good laugh” at the cartoon

Ms Naylor’s letter claims the cartoon has ‘not only tarnished our client’s reputation, but also misled the public, causing significant damage to our client’s brand and image’.

“The unauthorized use of our client’s image in this context is particularly egregious as it manipulates the truth and misrepresents our client’s personality, values ​​and beliefs.”

The lawyer demanded that StepMates Studios remove the cartoon from all social media platforms and elsewhere online.

Ms Naylor also ordered them to stop playing Irwin without permission in the future.

They have until 5 p.m. Monday to comply, or the company could escalate the matter to federal court.