Sky News host Andrew Bolt says “it’s finally happened” – Bruce Pascoe has been confronted on television about claims he’s a “fake”.

“SBS filmed a program on fake Aborigines and somehow got Pascoe to come," Mr Bolt said.

He said many Aborigines in the audience believed it to be a big problem that “fake Aborigines” are “taking powerful jobs in land councils and other Aboriginal organisations”.

“But there was Bruce Pascoe, listening to all this and still claiming he was a member of no fewer than three Aboriginal tribes, and then came the questions.

“But they were too gentle for me, Pascoe should have been confronted with the evidence showing he's a fake and asked to name his ancestor, but his answers were still illuminating.

“What I found interesting is the evidence – very weak – that Pascoe now gives for claiming he really still is now Aboriginal.”