Why Shaun Micallef keeps his family out of the spotlight

Why Shaun Micallef keeps his family out of the spotlight

Comedian Shaun Micallef has been a mainstay of Australian television for 30 years—but it’s his wife we have to thank. The story goes that Shaun’s wife, Leandra, gave him an ultimatum before he broke into the entertainment business. “She put an X on the calendar and said, ‘You have to have done something about it by this date or you have to shut up’,” Shaun told The Age in 2007. As they say, the rest was history. After beginning his career in ske…