Another month passed, and once again it’s time to acknowledge the unpolishable turds that are the Jerk of the Month May 2022 Nominations.

Thankfully an election has now passed in Australia, now before a few of the main players stop in at Jerkville for a nomination. 

It’s not all political, jerks comes from every walk of life, and usually from a tennis court. Like old times.

Determining the month’s biggest jerk is ultimately up to you, the reader of this website. So read the form guide, and vote now. Feel free to vote early and vote often. For as many of the candidates whose cut of jib you dislike.

The Jerk of the Month May 2022 “winner” awaits your vote below.

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VOTE NOW – Jerk of the Month May 2022

There’s only one way to determine the biggest jerk this month – your vote.

Vote for one, vote for two, feel free to vote for as many of these jerks as you like or all of them. They’ve asked for it.

FORM GUIDE – Jerk of the Month May 2022 Nominations

CELEBRITY COUPLE IN COURT

No matter which side of the fence you are on in the now infamous celebrity actors’ court case, or if you are not interested in any fences at all, the dirty laundry airing has got way too much air time in our opinion. And neither is coming out of it smelling like roses. They do smell like a Jerk of the Month nomination.

NICK KYRGIOS & BERNARD TOMIC

Ahh, a good fashioned stink off between two of the people who were a major part of the Jerk of the Month in it’s early statges.

Like Heard v Depp, these two have been battling it out for the world to see, but unlike Heard v Depp this battle is rather entertaining.

Here’s some of their work.

If we’re honest we’re on the Nick Kyrgios side these days, as Bernard Tomic is at least five times less likeable than Kyrgios, which is saying something, but if we’re talking jerk nominations these two must go together.

Irina-Camelia Begu

Before we leave tennis, we head to Roland Garros, where a major tennis tournament is always good for a Jerk of the Month moment.

Tennis’ reputation as the angriest sport in the world came to the front again as Begu bounced her racquet into the ground, but such is the unpredictability of a tantrum that the racquet bounced high enough to go into the crowd and nearly hit a child who was upset enough at that experience.

There’s been worse tennis tantrums, but not this month.

NRL BUNKER

Staying on sport before we dive into politics, the NRL Bunker receives a Jerk of the Month nomination for its continued incompetence.

Rugby League is a simple enough game, so it is hard to work out how the video refereeing system manages to over complicate things and ultimately not even get decisions right.

SCOTT MORRISON

One last chance for a monthly Jerk nomination for an award he has dominated in recent years.

Maybe it was the permanent smirk, the excessive amount of him every night on the news due to the election, or tackling a kid while playing soccer.

Maybe we just simply think he needs a final Jerk of the Month nomination to cover his whole stint as PM. That is our job after all.

“THERE’S A HOLE IN YOUR BDUGET” TV COMMERCIAL

Without doubt the worst political ad of all time, and was sadly catchy enough to stick in the brain during the last weeks of the campaign.

Perhaps voters had that song in their mind on Election Day where the Liberal party had their worst results in decades.

CLIVE PALMER

Staying with Political ads, a JOM earned for Clive Palmer for his saturation advertising too.

Thankfully with the election over, and the UAP getting next to nothing for their multi, multi million dollar spend, Australians are now ironically enjoying the freedom of no more BS from Clive.

Interesting the final ad of his campaign which was a 30 second song featured what looked like a Clive Palmer looking out of breath after walking four metres and shaking two people’s hands. 

THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER

Ironically called The Australian when it is aimed at a slender wedge of the country.

With bias and propaganda along the lines of current Russia, North Korea or other historically evil regimes, they are an embarrassment and worthy of a Jerk of the Month nomination every month. But especially nominated here for their election coverage.

SKY NEWS

Ditto for above. Except we enjoyed the coverage once the Coalition were not going to win, and much like spoiled children who didn’t get an ice cream there were tears and pouting and everything associated with a three year old.

BORIS JOHNSON

For the continuing details coming out about his parliamentary partying during lockdown.

Quintessential jerk behaviour from an oaf. Oafs haven’t done well in elections lately.

VLADIMIR PUTIN

For all our moaning about jerk-like qualities of several politicians above, nothing comes close to Putin who is going for a fourth consecutive monthly win. A feat only matches by Donald Trump.

LA NINA

For bringing unprecedented rain and misery and ruining weekends for what feels like forever.

MONKEY POX

Will probably take over from Covid as the main medical pain in the arse that news will try and scare us with now that Covid is just like a normal flu and everyone has in Australia.

2022 JERK OF THE YEAR MONTHLY “WINNERS”

Apr 2022 – Various
Mar 2022 – Vladimir Putin / Scomo
Feb 2022 – Vladimir Putin
Jan 2022 – Anti Vaxxers

JERK OF THE YEAR “HONOUR BOARD”

2021 – Scott Morrison 

2020 – Donald Trump

2019 – Israel Folau

2018 – David Warner and Donald Trump

2017 – Jarryd Hayne, Donald Trump, Bernard Tomic

2016 – Channel 9 Cricket Commentary