diff --git a/changelog.d/10879.misc b/changelog.d/10879.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acc04930f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/10879.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include outlier status when we log V2 or V3 events.
diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index a730c1719..49190459c 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -344,6 +344,18 @@ class EventBase(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         # this will be a no-op if the event dict is already frozen.
         self._dict = freeze(self._dict)
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.__repr__()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s event_id=%r, type=%r, state_key=%r, outlier=%s>" % (
+            self.__class__.__name__,
+            self.event_id,
+            self.get("type", None),
+            self.get("state_key", None),
+            self.internal_metadata.is_outlier(),
+        )
+
 
 class FrozenEvent(EventBase):
     format_version = EventFormatVersions.V1  # All events of this type are V1
@@ -392,17 +404,6 @@ class FrozenEvent(EventBase):
     def event_id(self) -> str:
         return self._event_id
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.__repr__()
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<FrozenEvent event_id=%r, type=%r, state_key=%r, outlier=%s>" % (
-            self.get("event_id", None),
-            self.get("type", None),
-            self.get("state_key", None),
-            self.internal_metadata.is_outlier(),
-        )
-
 
 class FrozenEventV2(EventBase):
     format_version = EventFormatVersions.V2  # All events of this type are V2
@@ -478,17 +479,6 @@ class FrozenEventV2(EventBase):
         """
         return self.auth_events
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return self.__repr__()
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<%s event_id=%r, type=%r, state_key=%r>" % (
-            self.__class__.__name__,
-            self.event_id,
-            self.get("type", None),
-            self.get("state_key", None),
-        )
-
 
 class FrozenEventV3(FrozenEventV2):
     """FrozenEventV3, which differs from FrozenEventV2 only in the event_id format"""