Dave Hughes
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Hughes in February 2009
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| Born |
David Willam Hughes 26 November 1970 Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Holly (m. 2006) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | http://davehughes.com.au/ |
David William "Hughesy" Hughes (born 26 November 1970 in Warrnambool, Victoria) is an Australian stand-up comedian, and a radio and television presenter.
He is known for being a co-host on Network Ten's Before the Game, until the show finished in 2013. He is also known for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent, and deadpan comedic delivery.
Hughes currently hosts Hughesy & Kate with Kate Langbroek on the KIIS Network.
After graduating from the all-boys Christian Brothers' College, Warrnambool in 1988, where he was Dux, Hughes briefly studied IT at Swinburne University in Melbourne, and then Accounting at Deakin University in Warrnambool before dropping out to eventually pursue a career in comedy.
He married Holly Ife, a reporter with the Herald Sun, on 31 December 2006. They have three children together, Rafferty David (born April 2009), Sadie May (born April 2011) and Tess Clementine (born 22 January 2013).
He gave up drinking alcohol when he was 22 after deciding that it had become a bad influence in his life.
Hughes is a keen supporter of the Carlton football team in the AFL and even asked the Dalai Lama to bless Carlton: after doing so, the Dalai Lama commented: "It probably won't do much."
After leaving university, it was seven years before Hughes found work as a stand-up comedian and he did a variety of jobs including working at an abattoir, as a bricklayer's labourer and a shop assistant.
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