McGuire was a football radio caller at Triple M, a station which had previously concentrated on rock music. The comments below have not been moderated. Errors including spoilers before surprise appearances, ill-timed remarks, reference to the Peter Pan character Captain Hook as Captain Cook, and Abraham Lincoln as a prime minister of the United Kingdom. McGuire was born and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows. The document's author, Mark Llewellyn (previous head of news and current affairs who has since found work at Channel 7), claimed that McGuire and his staff had told him that he would be forced to "eat a shit sandwich" (accept a dramatic pay-cut). Gold Coast criminal defence lawyer Ashkan Tai was pictured partying with McGuire on Saturday night alongside nightclub identity Joey Lamattina and was photographed giving a big thumbs up for the camera. Collingwood has rejected the approach by president Eddie McGuire's media company. 'While he is out there jiving at the Pink Flamingo, his players and coaches are in a hub breathing stale air. [41], McGuire's one-time near-ubiquity in Channel Nine programming led to him being nicknamed "Eddie Everywhere". Eddie McGuire, 55, merrily chatted to Gold Coast partygoers while on a booze run on Friday night - one day before he was spotted at a nightclub with his teenage son In 2018, he co-hosted the show with Sam Newman. 'My boy is 19, he hasn't been out for the best part of six months so I took him across and bought him a beer. [5] Rival program Today Tonight still beat ACA with 1.470 million viewers. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. He added his son Joe hadn't been out much in 2020 due to lockdown. [35], In December 2017, McGuire was accused of making an anti-Semitic joke on Millionaire Hot Seat, when saying to a contestant with Scottish and Jewish parents that "it would have been hard getting pocket money from them". The Queen was 'worried' when her two direct heirs contracted COVID-19 but Prince William 'coped pretty well... Kourtney Kardashian is SLAMMED for 'utterly unacceptable' Instagram post promoting a conspiracy theory that... Nearly half of all coronavirus patients in some hospitals caught the illness AFTER being admitted, new... Navy cut cigarettes! Frank McGuire, who worked as a newspaper sports reporter, helped McGuire to get his first job in the media as an Australian rules football statistician and cricket reporter for The Herald (1978–1982). On 9 February 2006, it was announced that McGuire would become the new CEO of the Nine Network,[17] filling a vacancy created by the departure of David Gyngell in May 2005. I went through the procedure on how you go about doing things if you are outside the hub. In December 2018, McGuire announced that The Footy Show was to be replaced by a new format of the show in 2019. Mike … [20], The troubles worsened when an affidavit written by a Channel 9 executive affected by the purges was leaked to the press and Nine failed in its attempts to suppress it. [46] In February 2020, however, McGuire partnered with Seven commentator Bruce McAvaney on Fox and Seven's co-coverage of the one-off 2020 AFL State of Origin Bushfire Relief match, with the match televised on the Seven Network nationally. 'It looks silly. Stressed Cardi B smokes THREE cigarettes on election night while she 'watches states turn red'... America (and the world) holds its breath: Millions vote to deliver their verdict on the most divisive ever... Could heated talk over the dinner table become a HATE CRIME? McGuire has openly condemned AFL players who have been caught breaching restrictions. [39], On 17 May 2013, RMIT University awarded McGuire an honorary doctorate, making him a Doctor of Communications honoris causa. AFL players and their families have access to games and training rooms, but can not play golf or other activities. I doubt it. He decided to take his son and crew from his show Millionaire Hot Seat out for dinner and night out at the burlesque and cabaret venue in Surfers Paradise, having just completed his mandatory two weeks of quarantine in Queensland after leaving virus-riddled Victoria. Edward Joseph McGuire AM (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian radio and television presenter, AFL commentator. [34], In June 2016, McGuire, North Melbourne president James Brayshaw, and former St Kilda player Danny Frawley made jokes about drowning Fairfax journalist Caroline Wilson during the Big Freeze at the 'G event, with McGuire saying "I'll put in 10 grand straight away, and if she stays under (the water), 50, even if I have to hold her head under." This saw the ratings of the show increase with 1.42 million viewers tuning in to watch on his first night of hosting. McGuire has since hit back at Kennett's comments. Richmond Tigers players Sydney Stack and Callum-Coleman are currently serving a 10-game suspension after they were involved in a fight outside a Gold Coast strip club. [33], In June 2015, McGuire was labelled a "continual boofhead" in a motion passed by the Upper House of the Parliament of New South Wales for comments he made about an Indigenous dance performed by Goodes, who was praised as a "role model to all". 'The people over at the restaurant said 'come over and have a drink. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images. A blessing in disguise. ', Ashkan Tai (pictured right) called on critics to stop 'whingeing about sports players in quarantine' in the wake of backlash facing Eddie McGuire. Commentating greats to reunite for State of Origin game", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eddie_McGuire&oldid=986837594, Delegates to the Australian Constitutional Convention 1998, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 November 2020, at 09:00. Gyngell had earned $1.1 million a year by comparison. Eddie McGuire's career began when he was 14, working as an junior AFL statistician for the Melbourne Herald Sun. [32] He also offered his resignation as Collingwood President, but the Collingwood board expressed their support for him. [25] The McGuire and McKinnon commentary was not used for Foxtel's coverage of the opening ceremony. [37], In 2005, McGuire was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (2005) "for service to the community, particularly through support for healthcare and welfare organisations, and to broadcasting". [31] He also held a press conference in which he apologised again. [2] He and his older brother Frank McGuire both won scholarships to Christian Brothers' College, St Kilda. It contained allegations regarding McGuire's treatment of employees. A high profile lawyer pictured partying with Collingwood club boss and media personality Eddie McGuire at a Gold Coast nightclub has leapt to his defence. "Collingwood board offers 'full support' to Eddie McGuire after Adam Goodes slur", "Eddie McGuire labelled a 'continual boofhead' by NSW Upper House", "Eddie McGuire, James Brayshaw contacted by AFL after 'clearly inappropriate' comments to Caroline Wilson", "Swans slam McGuire's 'disappointing and inappropriate' gaffe", Eddie McGuire to be awarded an honorary doctorate from RMIT University, "'Eddie Everywhere' returns to hosting duties for World Cup", "Eddie Everywhere returns to the commentary box", "Back After the Break: Eddie McGuire Resigns as Nine CEO", 8.6 "Million Australians reach out tO Asia", "From 9 to Fox to 7, Eddie McGuire really will be everywhere", "Bruce and who? [44], On 8 January 2005, McGuire was on Australia's three commercial TV networks (Seven, Nine, Ten) at the same time, hosting a show simulcast on the networks to raise money for the 2004 Asian tsunami victims. Early media career. In addition, he called events for the Nine Network and Foxtel and co-hosted the opening and closing ceremonies with Leila McKinnon.[24]. BREAKING NEWS: Joe Biden says 'it ain't over till every vote is counted, we're going to win this' despite... 'This is my son, Beau, who a lot of you helped elect to the Senate': Joe confuses his two granddaughters and... 'Is this a free country if you're too scared to express your views?' McGuire himself has been a harsh critic of the 'idiot' players who recently breached the code's strict quarantine protocols and called for anyone who broke the rules to be slapped with $100,000 fines. He apologised on air after making the reference,[28][29] but prefaced his apology by stating "I wasn't racially vilifying anyone. [4] He was elected as a delegate to represent Victoria at the 1998 Constitutional Convention, which led to the ultimately unsuccessful 1999 referendum. Such a drag! GPs are 'told to prepare to give jabs to over-85s and... Moonshot testing of millions 'will fail unless 14-day quarantine rule for contacts is relaxed' because... We didn't mean to scare you: Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance defend their '4,000 deaths a day'... ROSS CLARK: The 4,000 deaths 'fact' that made Doom and Gloom squabble like schoolboys. McGuire and McKinnon's commentary of the Olympic opening ceremony was widely criticised in newspapers and on Twitter. He returned to commentating Friday night football in August 2007 when he began a new contract with Melbourne radio station SEN 1116 to commentate one match a round. McGuire, 55, has come under heavy fire after he was spotted enjoying a night out with son Joe, 19, at popular nightspot Pink Flamingo on Saturday night while his AFL team and their families remain under strict quarantine. McGuire came out of on-air retirement to host the event, which was broadcast as part of The AFL Footy Show (both versions). McGuire hosted the annual Australian Logie Awards show in 2003 and 2004 and co-hosted in 2005.[3]. Is a Covid-19 vaccine coming at the start of December? [22], This episode was considered by many in the media as a failure by the 'P-plated CEO' (a term coined by Sydney tabloids) to manage the network in a professional and ethical manner. Despite a vigorous publicity campaign by the CEO these cost-cutting measures severely damaged morale at the network. They're pictured with Eddie's wife Carla and other son Alexander at the 2016 Melbourne Cup. Frawley later apologised for the comments, but maintained it was a poor attempt at good humour, given the occasion. | Fellow footy heavyweight and former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett called McGuire's behaviour a 'hell of a contradiction', despite the fact the Channel Nine personality in no way breached the government or the AFL's rules. Erik Dober, Other Works
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