Single has been an extended way of life for Sri Lankan import Dilruk Jayasinha, but don’t expect this show to be a pity party. He’s done the work, physically and mentally, to be super-comfortable taking himself out on dates where he unashamedly orders pasta for two, for one, even if it freaks out waiters and fellow diners. When he has embraced the dating game, he's been confronted with wild racism. But he’s not ashamed to get it on with them in a power reclamation way.
These stories are wildly funny, and his hard-earned confidence is a joy to behold. So much so that he has also found himself invited into the uber-exclusive Raya dating app, alongside such noted celebrities as Channing Tatum and John Mayer. But not, sadly, his fellow Melbourne comedian Tommy Little, who continually hounds him for a recc.
Jayasinha's name literally translates to show title Victorious Lion, and this gig works the crowd into roaring louder. He has an innate ability to make even the worst of the worst worth a hearty laugh. Including the fellow CBD tower resident who confused him for an Uber eats delivery dude. Though he got a pass card when Jayasinha realised, in the lift mirror, that, in fairness, he was clutching both Maccas and KFC bags.
Jayasinha's sunny disposition is indomitable, much to the consternation of exasperated producers during his stint on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, who desperately wanted a breakdown. Even as he muses that he overestimated the brown brothers and sisters voting block, he had a hoot in the South African jungle. And he’s willing to spill potty mouthed secrets that probably break his non-disclosure agreement.
Nothing is off limits, and that makes for a rapid-fire hour that ignites the Town Hall room where he became an Australian citizen. Musing on his most Aussie moment, he recalls getting so blotto the night of the citizenship ceremony that he managed to lose both his newly acquired certificate and the wattle tree he had no space to home on his balcony. Standard. Which this show most certainly isn’t, in the very best way.
