North Melbourne’s Nick Larkey goes viral with spot on Damian Barrett impersonation

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Nick Larkey has proven he’s not just a star on the field.

The North Melbourne forward showed off his talents behind the microphone as he pulled off a flawless impersonation of journalist Damian Barrett.

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Barrett has been one of the AFL’s leading news breakers for years with the journo now appearing on Triple M, Channel 9 and the AFL website.

And his news reports were perfectly mimicked as Larkey displayed his incredible talents on the 200 Plus podcast.

The 25-year-old poked fun at the way Barrett breaks down stories, brings former players into the discussion and even included a catch phrase often used by Barrett during his impersonation.

Larkey was asked by his co-hosts to weigh in regarding Essendon’s Sam Draper and his controversial dive on the footy against Adelaide.

“Lloydo that’s a great question, Lloydo I don’t know if Sam Draper knew what he was doing … I just don’t,” Larkey said.

“You know he laid on the ball in a way that was not acceptable.

“Now the Essendon footy club have a lot to deal with but I would love to get your thoughts Lloydo just cause you know how much I love you.

“Now Lloydo it has been a fantastic show here on the 200 Plus podcast and in Nick Butler’s tenure here at the workshop has been nothing short of phenomenal, I don’t know how to put it any other way.

“And on that note Lloydo, that will wrap up tonight’s proceedings. I think that’ll do.”

Nick Larkey's journo impersonation goes viral

The impersonation left hosts of the show Max Lynch, Butler and Draper all in stitches before vision of the impersonation quickly went viral.

North Melbourne’s Charlie Comben wrote “Spot on” along with a laughing emoji while Carlton’s Sam Durdin posted two laughing emojis in response.

Channel 7’s Ricky Mangidis wrote: “Nick Larkey’s impression of Damian Barrett is spot on.”

Triple M’s Rudi Edsall wrote: “This is very good.”

One user wrote: “He sounds more like Damian Barratt than Damian Barratt does.”

A second wrote: “Far out this is elite.”

While Barrett didn’t respond to the upload on the AFL Daily podcast on Thursday, it’s likely the moment will be brought up on Saturday’s Triple M Rub show or on the Sunday Footy Show.

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