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“G’day mate,” came back at him.

As he approached the speaker’s chair at a news conference Friday before the Kings’ departure for their NHL Global Series trip to Melbourne, someone greeted him by saying, “G’day, mate.”

Every g— day somebody’s slapping a celebrity on something.

Over the decades, the actor-singers could be seen mingling at annual G’Day USA events promoting diplomatic and economic ties between the United States and Newton-John’s home country, Australia.

Travolta was named a Goodwill Ambassador for Australia that same year — a few days after singing with Keith Urban at a cocktail party kicking off G’Day USA’s week of events.