By Kylie Stevens and Aidan Wondracz For Daily Mail Australia, Published: 12:12 GMT, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 12:19 GMT, 21 September 2020. ', Ashkan Tai (pictured right) called on critics to stop 'whingeing about sports players in quarantine' in the wake of backlash facing Eddie McGuire. 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? According to Business Review Weekly McGuire's on-air salary was $3.5 million a year. On 6 May 2007, Llewellyn's position was vindicated when it was announced that Jessica Rowe would not be returning to Channel 9. He is the host of the network's Australian version of game shows Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? McGuire came out of on-air retirement to host the event, which was broadcast as part of The AFL Footy Show (both versions). He has an Irish mother as well as Scottish father, both of who were migrants to Australia. [45] Additionally, due to the contract between Fox Footy and the Seven Network which requires interstate teams to be televised on free-to-air in their respective markets (for example, matches involving the Brisbane Lions must be televised live into Queensland), McGuire can sometimes be heard on Seven calling these matches, though via the Fox Footy feed and never on free-to-air in Melbourne. McGuire also hosted the Sydney New Year's Eve 1999–2000 telecast. '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. Mr Tai has jumped to McGuire's defence and called on critics to stop 'whingeing about sports players in quarantine' and focus on more important matters. [9] The fourth and final episode was broadcast on 2 June 2011. 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. [47], President of the Collingwood Football Club, Eddie McGuire buys $11million mansion in Toorak, Melbourne | thetelegraph.com.au, "Logies avoid sipping from Oscars' poisoned chalice", "Eddie McGuire boosts A Current Affair's ratings", "Eddie McGuire to host Channel Nine fundraiser for Victoria fire victims", "Game over for Eddie's Between The Lines", "Eddie McGuire to host new version of This Is Your Life", http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/foxtel-announces-eddie-mcguire-will-spearhead-fox-sports-afl-coverage-in-2012-on-fox-footy/story-e6frf3e3-1226187248642, "Pies dominate Saints to win Grand Final replay by 56 points", "Publishing and Broadcasting Limited Concise Annual Report 2006", "It's black and white: team says Eddie's out of form", Viewers let Nine know what they think of the new Sunday, Ejected teenage fan didn't know 'ape' was racist, Eddie McGuire apologises to Adam Goodes after a Magpies fan racially vilified the Sydney champion, Matt Thompson, "McGuire apologises for gaffe linking Goodes and King Kong", AFL.Com 29 May 2013, Matt Windley, "Adam Goodes 'gutted' after 13-year-old girl's racial slur, who called the Sydney champion today to apologise", Caroline Wilson, "Swans 'bewildered' by McGuire's gaffe", "Eddie McGuire concedes his Adam Goodes gaffe was. 'Every Aussie bloke, whether they are famous or not should be able to take their son out for a drink and not have to get their photo plastered in the media the next morning then be forced to offer an explanation. [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. 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. McGuire's role at Nine expanded when he became the host of The Footy Show in 1994. This raised questions in both the media and within Channel 9 itself about the competence of Nine's executives. [39], On 17 May 2013, RMIT University awarded McGuire an honorary doctorate, making him a Doctor of Communications honoris causa. I doubt it. 'What I did was I booked a dinner on Saturday night – the last night that I've got, because the next four weeks I'm flat out doing Hot Seat and hosting and all sorts of different things.

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