Kate’s instagram story has shared the FW&K story promoting something huge coming on Thursday at 8am (with a cricket theme), so it appears that Kate is still part of the show. My guess would be she’s either got an extra week of holiday or is sick (which is more likely since they were able to organise Chrissie for today but not yesterday).
At the start of today’s podcasr, Wippa mentioned Kate will be back on Monday.
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I understand when things go on, you can’t help it.
But in a major radio market like Sydney, you need brekkie announcers who show up, from start to finish (not 7am) and are consistent for listening routines and branding.
If Kate cannot commit, then just keep her as a regular guest - and again, just revert to Fitzy and Wippa as the show name.
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Fitzy and Wippa also take an extra week’s holiday during the year and Kate works 6-9 those weeks.
Sam Pang did 7-9 in Melbourne when Chrissie and Browny did 6-9.
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Jase and Lauren broadcast part of this morning’s show on the road, as Jase dropped his youngest son Archie off for his first day of kindergarten. Clint and a producer travelled with them in the same car.
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And this is why Jase and Lauren are the best by doing this sort of stuff compared to K&J O
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As predicited: Daily Mail on the case of the absent Kate Ritchie.
TL:DR it offers no insight into her absence, just that she was in a bottle shop and later looking distressed in a park.
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Probably looked distressed because she was being hounded by the paparazzi.
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How intrusive. That video should not have been published. Hopefully everything is okay.
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The article claims a source said she’d told Nova she was looking after her sick daughter.
It’s clear that Kate is battling some demons and for all the speculation about what’s going on, it appears that no one really knows and even Nova are playing it day by day. I’d be surprised if she’s back on the radio anytime soon. Hopefully she’s got a support network around her to get her the help she needs away from the Daily Mail’s cameras.
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Yeah, I’d be surprised if she’s back on Monday. Probably wouldn’t be the worst idea for her to take a step back from media and focus on herself.
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Every article on there is about her “looking worse for wear” because she’s either not wearing makeup or something. To have to be a woman in the media…
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Fitzy and Wippa are having another Backyard Cricket match for charity at Kirribilli House. Normally held towards the end of the year, last year’s match had to be postponed because the ground was being landscaped.
First celebrity name announced today was Raygun and she was interviewed on the show this morning.
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Chrissie Swan is back again with Fitzy and Wippa this morning after 7am.
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Jase and Lauren are holding a listener competition with a chance to putt for $100,000 at LIV Golf Adelaide later this month. Only noticed the competition is on last night when a codeword was shown on screen during 7News Melbourne last night.
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Nath getting stuck in about the filming of Kate recently.
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DM back on Ritchie patrol
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Kate Ritchie made a statement about her absence on social media this morning, basically citing mental health issues and asking the paparazzi to leave her alone.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFltgAPSlyj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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It’s disgraceful that she has had to endure the paparazzi and the Daily Mail harassment. Hopefully the statement will stop their pursuit.
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Tom Grennan’s new song “Shadowboxing” has received its first radio airplay in Australia (to my knowledge) on Smallzy’s Surgery this evening.
His fourth studio album, Everywhere I Went, Led Me to Where I Didn’t Want to Be, will drop on August 15.
Elsewhere, Ava Max will be dropping a new song, “Lost Your Faith”, this Friday.
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