Glenn McGrath has damaged his silence after a Sunrise presenter made a clumsy on-air joke that the cricket nice had died.
Prior to McGrath’s live-cross onto the breakfast program, news presenter Mylee Hogan was heard saying: “Glenn McGrath is dead,” off-screen. Her comment prompted a shocked response from her co-hosts, Mark Beretta and Edwina Bartholomew.
When requested in the course of the annual Jane McGrath High Tea and Sydney’s Allianz Stadium on Friday morning, the Co-Founder & President of the McGrath Foundation confirmed that he had been involved with Hogan.
“We’ve spoken, everything’s good,” he mentioned.
Hogan hasn’t been seen on the Sunrise panel desk since she made the remarks about McGrath. On Thursday she reappeared on the present as a reporter.
Prior to McGrath’s section, Hogan had launched a weird TikTok pattern the place younger customers videoed themselves telling their mother and father that their favorite celeb had died.
After making the gag about McGrath, Bartholomew and Beretta appeared to brush her feedback apart.
“Don’t even … that’s not funny,” mentioned Bartholomew, to which Bretta added: ‘I don’t get that in any respect. It’s so not humorous. It’s loopy …”.
Bartholomew might be heard including: “It’s not funny. Sorry.”
But viewers took offence with Hogan’s feedback. On social media, some mentioned they might be boycotting this system after her remark.
“We will not be watching Sunrise anymore, if that girl with the black hair is reading the news again,” one remark learn.
“She made a comment about Glen McGrath dying and laughed. Doesn’t she know that Glen’s first wife Jane died tragically from breast cancer.”
Another remark learn: “I agree totally, that was awful”.
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McGrath was one of many many high-profile attendees seen on the McGrath Foundation’s High Tea. Despite the rain and wind, friends together with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his accomplice Jodie Haydon and NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, arrived in shades of fuchsia, rose and pastel pink.
Danni Willis, who’s married to the captain of this yr’s Australia Test workforce, Steve Smith, mentioned the couple had a “relaxed” celebration after he broke a number of batting information on Thursday.
“It was pretty relaxed. Obviously (it is) still the middle of the Test match,” mentioned Ms Willis.
“But Steve’s celebration when he scores 100 is chocolate, so we had to go for a drive to pick up some Cadbury Dairy Milk and the Marvellous Creations.”
Friday’s occasion was Ms Willis’ tenth yr celebrating Jane McGrath Day, during which punters put on pink to lift cash for the McGrath Foundation.
The day additionally honours the legacy of Jane McGrath (Glenn McGrath’s first spouse) who died in 2008 from breast most cancers. She was first recognized with breast most cancers on the age of 31 in 1997 and was a staunch advocate for breast well being consciousness and help for sufferers present process remedy. Her advocacy led her to ascertain the McGrath Foundation in 2005, alongside her husband.
“I try to help out as much as I can with the Pink Test and Jane McGrath Day but the high tea year-on-year is incredible,” mentioned Ms Willis.
“Obviously over the past couple of years with Covid, we haven’t been able to attend, so it’s great to see that it’s back bigger and better than ever.”
Also in attendance was Eloise Carey, who’s married to star wicketkeeper, Alex Carey.
Speaking to Triple M radio after Carey grew to become the second Australian wicketkeeper to attain a century in a Boxing Day Test, Ms Carey joked that “he could be doing more with the kids”.
However Ms Carey jokingly revealed he’s nonetheless but to choose up his sport, regardless of the publicised jab.
“No he hasn’t,” she mentioned, laughing.
“He’s always pretty good with the kids but it’s a bad week for me unfortunately. I just have to take it on the chin and do all of the parental duties.”
“But he’s got a few weeks after this and then he’s going to have to pick up his game. He’ll be back on nappy duty, back on waking up early duty.”
Like Ms Willis and Smith, the couple and their two kids have but to totally rejoice Carey’s cricketing achievements, and as an alternative opted for a quiet night time in after the Boxing Day Test.
“We got home, put the kids to bed at seven, got Uber Eats and went to bed at 8.30,” she mentioned.
“He never really watched the game afterwards but I forced him to watch the highlight reel so he could see the kids on the TV and he was just beaming.
“He was so happy and really celebrated the moment.”
The McGrath Foundation studies ought to they obtain their objective of promoting 300,000 Virtual Pink Seats, the organisation will be capable to give 4200 households the free help of a McGrath Breast Care Nurse in 2023.
McGrath celebrated the occasion’s fifteenth anniversary and mentioned he was amazed on the help it’s obtained.
“This is the 15th Jane McGrath Day and it’s incredible to think back to where this all began when cricket first turned pink,” he mentioned.
“Every Pink Test is special, and each year we are blown away by the support of the Australian public. Unfortunately, breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in Australian women and it’s our mission to ensure that no one with breast cancer misses out on the care of a breast care nurse.
“This year it’s been so great to see Australia get behind us to make it a Pink Test to remember by ensuring families have the free care and support they need.”
Originally revealed as Glenn McGrath responds to Sunrise presenter Mylee Hogan joking that he had died
