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Disgraced broadcaster Chris Smith has been stood down from his position at radio station 2GB over his drunken acts at a piece Christmas occasion.
2GB issued an announcement saying it had been made conscious of significant allegations towards the media persona, arising from a Sky Information occasion.
“Sky has suggested that they’re conducting an investigation.
“Chris has been standing down from his duties at 2GB till the investigation has concluded.”
Smith hosts 2GB’s morning present on Saturdays and Sundays and has information internet hosting duties at Sky. He reportedly refused to resign from each.
The event comes after Smith’s colleagues at Sky publicly blasted his conduct which he had blamed on dependancy and a bipolar situation.
Smith issued a “profuse” public apology on Monday night time to “the ladies I upset”.
“That is not the person I’m at work ever, as they may all attest. They’ve been so supportive to me and don’t deserve such drunken therapy,” Smith stated within the assertion.
Nevertheless Sky host Andrew Bolt was having none of it on his program The Bolt Report on Monday night time and known as for Smith to go.
“Chris, all the perfect to you getting over what you say is your dependancy and your bipolar situation, however your restoration should happen someplace else, not right here.
“Together with your report you continue to select to drink, you probably did then, and allegedly assaulted and upset younger ladies who should work right here.”
Bolt continued to elucidate that “we’re all good individuals right here at Sky with a tradition of taking care of one another.
“Should you betray that good belief, besmirch our good identify, offend ladies right here, you are out.”
Bolt stated each group has “individuals who behave badly” and could be judged by “how they react”.
“And I say to Chris, ‘Good luck, however goodbye’.”
One other Sky colleague Rita Panahi additionally demanded he be kicked out the door.
“What he did on Saturday night time, how he made numerous ladies really feel, signifies that for my part he can by no means be on this community once more,” Panahi stated on her present.
“Girls at Sky Information are handled with the utmost respect and we won’t have the superb repute of this community and its individuals besmirched by one drunken man’s actions, that isn’t who we’re.
“The ladies at this station know we now have their again, we stand with them and can by no means tolerate this type of conduct.”
