Inside Lisa Wilkinson’s 12 months from hell as The Project host faces Channel Ten ‘big head’ claims

Lisa Wilkinson’s bungled Logies acceptance speech is the latest chapter in a hellish year for the highly paid The Project co-host and Network 10 star.

From a releasing a tell-all memoir that didn’t go over well with colleagues and now sits in bargain bins, to a humiliating airport search, to going on the attack after photos of her sipping a solo margarita were published, to the possibility of contempt charges, it’s been a challenging year.

Wilkinson’s televised comments about Brittany Higgins caused ACT Chief Justice Lucy McCallum to order a delay in the trial of the former political staffer’s accused rapist, Bruce Lehrmann.

In the same moment the star, who is reportedly paid $1.7million by Channel Ten, celebrated one of her journalism career highlights, Wilkinson, 62, added to a growing…