Carrie Bickmore and her companion of 10 years, Chris Walker, have introduced their separation in the present day, months after Walker was embroiled in a nude Skype scandal.
In May final yr, the TV producer narrowly prevented disciplinary motion from the ABC after unintentionally revealing himself to his co-workers. Former Project host Bickmore remained tight-lipped over the incident because it gripped headlines, although some speculated it might have put pressure on their relationship.
Fast-forward eight months from Walker’s nude gaffe, and the couple have confirmed their cut up in joint statements shared on social media this morning. The couple share two daughters, Evie and Adelaide, and a son, Oliver, who Carrie welcomed together with her late husband, Greg Lange.
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“Hi there. It’s with immense sadness that (Carrie) and I have decided to separate,” the pair wrote in the present day.
“While this is a tough time, our focus is to concentrate on parenting, loving and supporting our three amazing children, Ollie, Evie and Addie with everything we’ve got. They are doing great.
“We won’t be making any further comment at this stage.”
Last yr, Walker, the manager producer of comedy present The Weekly, starring Charlie Pickering, had stripped bare in entrance of shocked colleagues as he readied for a bathe, pondering he’d left a video convention on May 17.
Up to 9 employees members witnessed the gaffe, which reportedly noticed Walker utterly bare for between 40 seconds and two minutes.
The employees have been supplied “counselling” to deal with the shock, nevertheless it has now been revealed Walker is “unlikely to face serious sanctions,” The Australian reported.
In a press release, the ABC described Walker’s stripshow as “unintentional”.
“The ABC is aware of an unintentional incident which occurred involving the production team for The Weekly,” it stated in a press release.
“The ABC is in regular communication with the relevant team members and are in the process of developing strategies to ensure an incident of this nature does not occur again.”
In a comply with up report, a supply quoted within the Herald Sun claimed that as Walker stripped off his pyjamas within the toilet in preparation for a bathe, ABC management room employees have been flashed close-up photographs of his genitalia.
An nameless worker instructed the publication they felt the state of affairs had been handled evenly on account of Walker’s manufacturing firm, Thinkative Television, being a key shopper of the ABC.
They asserted it was a transparent occasion of “double standards” throughout the public broadcaster.
“You’re not allowed plastic bottles in the building but the nude guy is on the screen but that’s hilarious,” they stated.
“If it was an ABC person [instead of someone from an external production company] they would never be allowed to set foot in the place again.
“The reason we are all concerned about it is [because] the ABC are moral preachers.”
Speaking to The Australian, nonetheless, one other TV insider stated: “It was a genuine mistake. Obviously, the ABC is taking it seriously if people were traumatised.
“But if serious action was taken against Chris Walker for an accidental flash, there’d also be an outcry.”
It was not the primary time Walker had unintentionally uncovered himself on a name.
Bickmore defined on her Carrie & Tommy radio present in November 2021 that her companion had walked in “with his bits out” whereas she was conducting an interview on Zoom, whereas different journalists all over the world have been watching.
“Full-frame in the corner [of the screen] was Chris with his meat and veg, just standing there for the entire world’s press to see,” Bickmore stated.
Bickmore and Walker’s cut up announcement comes as a shock, given the couple moved to the UK for a number of months with their youngsters, Oliver, Evie and Adelaide final April.
Shortly after returning, Bickmore introduced her resignation from The Project in October.
