By Savanna Young For Daily Mail Australia
02:33 23 Jun 2023, upgraded 02:33 23 Jun 2023
Robert Irwin is maintaining his friendly fight with Sam Mac after he almost took his job as Sunrise weatherman in 2015.
The 19-year-old wildlife warrior appeared on Sunrise in July 2022 where he took control of Sam’s weather-presenting tasks for a week while he was taking personal leave.
But Sam appears to be worried Robert will take his job for good, taking a saucy swipe at the teenager throughout a chat on The Morning Show on Friday.
As Robert discussed his alarmingly close encounter with a python in a recent video, he revealed Sam too has actually had ‘some close calls’ with the snakes at Australia Zoo.
Sam didn’t keep back when he responded: ‘The just snake I’ve had an encounter with Robert was you, when you attempted to take my job on Sunrise weather condition.’
‘You were a snake in the yard that day.’
Robert chuckled off the jab, however kept the friendly fight running by stating he’s still wishing to change him on the Channel Seven breakfast program.
‘Yeah, mate, I’m still gunning for that position,’ he included. ‘Watch your back. I have not forgotten.’
The competition started when Robert briefly handled the position as Sunrise’s weather condition speaker in 2015 and joked ‘Sam Mac, I am coming for ya!’
Days later on, Sam ranted on TikTok about Channel Seven billing Robert as the program’s ‘brand-new weather condition speaker’, despite the fact that he was simply substituting a couple of days.
He raged over the truth Robert – an ‘animal man’ – had the ability to easily check out the weather condition throughout live crosses from Australia Zoo in Queensland.
Sam likewise didn’t value how the zookeeper joked about taking his job and got along so well with hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr.
But what truly pressed him over the edge was getting a text from his mom Loretta, who gushed over how ‘incredible’ and ‘good-looking’ Robert was.
Sam, who is anticipating his very first kid with partner Rebecca James in September, said in his video: ‘People have actually begun sending me short articles stating “Watch out, Robert Irwin’s going to take your job.”
‘I resembled, “[News websites] do things like this all the time; I’m sure it runs out context… So I believed, to be safe, I’d take a look at what was said on the air.’
Sam then aired video of Robert, the boy of late Australian conservationist Steve Irwin, stating on Sunrise: ‘All I can state is, Sam Mac, I’m coming for you!’
He likewise removed an authorities Sunrise discount of Robert explaining himself as ‘the brand-new weatherman’, including when again: ‘Watch out, Sam Mac!’
Sam then viewed back video of among Robert’s live weather condition crosses and was crestfallen to discover he did a respectable job.
‘Alright! He’s good,’ he yielded.
Sam confessed he felt ‘insecure’ by all of it, and a text from his mum didn’t help matters after she asked him if he’d ‘been fired’ yet.
Robert, a routine visitor on Sunrise given that he was a kid, substituted 2 days while Sam was on leave. Katie Brown substituted the staying 3 days.
