Deb didn’t go in for a hug so I wouldn’t say it’s as awkward.
It wasn’t a public event. Those would be Nine photographers and I am sure Tracy was completely surprised by the crowding the halls idea.
Even if what you say was the case, it is going to be counterintuitive as the media (especially the women’s mags) will see it her as not endorsing Langdon at all. I suspect PR is going to haul Tracy back in now to shoot a small congratulatory clip.
I actually read it as quite the opposite - as if Tracey said something to her and Ally understood there was no need for a hug. More that they were on friendly terms that didn’t require a hug for the cameras.
Should have gone to Spec Savers then Tracy given you locked eyes with her from about half a metre away.
This does feel like damage control ahead of an announcement about Ally taking over next year. If it was anybody else they’d probably just forget about it.
I don’t know if you could purposely snub someone like that in front of cameras and people galore. I mean I would do the whole fake ohhhh thank you hugs kisses bullshit and keep the snub stuff to more discrete moments.
do we not think this is all so over - analysed and way too much being read into less than a 5 second piece of video in what was clearly a very emotional time for Tracy, and to have nearly 100 or so people welcoming her out of the studio…
Might be more believable if they were all on the same page. A Nine spokesperson last night told TV Blackbox that they didn’t hug because they didn’t want to mess their make-up. Only a male executive could come up with something as ludicrous as that