The West Australian’s Ben O’Shea has ensured this year’s Telethon will be one he’ll never forget, getting a tattoo of Telethon icon Fat Cat live on-air in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Hosting his customary Slumber Party overnight alongside Sunrise reporter Matt Tinney and local entertainer Famous Sharron, the senior journalist vied to achieve something he believed had never been done in the fundraising event’s 58-year history.

“For the first time, I think, in the history of Telethon we’re getting a tattoo live on-air,” O’Shea declared.

“But what exactly I’m getting tattooed... that’s gonna remain a secret.”

As the senior reporter lay chest-down on an impromptu tattoo table, artist Bec Nguyen went to work on O’Shea’s lower left leg as his co-hosts continued to run the show from th

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