Jay Laga’aia reveals what he really thinks about getting dropped from Play School after 16 years on the show: ‘What did I do wrong?’

Jay Laga’aia has damaged his silence on getting dropped from Engage in School in 2014 after 16 a long time on the profitable children’s show.

The New Zealand-born actor and singer, 60, appeared on The Jess Rowe Massive Discuss Demonstrate and exposed how he really felt about finding the axe.

Despite his exit showing up to be amicable, Jay claimed the worst portion about leaving the series he ‘loved’ so a great deal, was in no way currently being contacted by his colleagues afterwards. 

‘The folks all over that make the demonstrate, they are amazing creators for the reason that if you looked at it from the outdoors, you look like an idiot dancing all over like a chicken,’ he started to inform host Jess Rowe.

‘But in the space they continue to keep you safe and sound as you generate this planet for our young children… and for me I felt unfortunate simply because, not only did they not connect with, but it was – you ended up never pointed out yet again.’

He continued: ‘They had their celebrations and this kind of, and as most likely the only Polynesian who has at any time worked on the display itself, you felt like, “Well, what did I do completely wrong in buy not to get known as up?”‘

Jay has gone on to have a glittering job in entertainment pursuing his effective job on Perform School from 2000 to 2014.

He has starred on a selection of Tv demonstrates these types of as H2o Rats and Household and Absent.

Jay has even taken a crack at Hollywood, showing up in Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in the 2000s.

He also dipped his toe into actuality Television set by showing on I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Listed here! in 2017, in the course of which time he flipped the table on his easygoing persona.

Throughout his stint on the collection, he blasted his campmates for acting like young children in the course of an explosive rant when they ended up slow to do their chores following evening meal. 

Jay also hosted his possess children’s clearly show, Jay’s Jungle, which he started off in 2015 and ran until eventually 2018. 

Not too long ago, he landed a position in Grease the Musical as the radio demonstrate announcer Vincent ‘Vince’ Fontaine.

The character was at first played by the late Edd Byrnes in the iconic 1978 film, and acted as a small antagonist who judged the dance-off at Rydell Higher College. 

Jay is now slated to appear as Dr Keller in Shadow Wars, a film in the Star Wars franchise, which is at present in publish-generation.