On dating…
When you’re away so much and then you get home, you want to sleep or you want to catch up with a mate who you haven’t seen for months. It sounds like I’m making excuses, but, having said that, I am very fussy.
To be honest, I’m extraordinarily picky because I know exactly what I want. I could give you a long list. I’ve had a long-term relationship which was great, seven years, and we’re still friends, she’s a big part of my life. But I think when that ended, and I’ve had quite a few years now of being single, it means that if I don’t have something that’s that or better than that (then what’s the point) ...
I’m not one of those people that feels I need to be in a relationship. I’ve met really nice girls who might be interested, and my friends and family say, “What is wrong with you? She’s great. What are you doing?” And it’ll be one little thing about her that will make say, “Oh, but blah, blah, blah.”
I still might date someone for a little bit, but I’m not someone to kind of jump and tell people on social media until I’m really 100 per cent about it.
On becoming a dad…
Yeah, I’d love to have kids one day. Absolutely.
I’d be an annoying dad. But that would be part of the fun of it, I think. To embarrass them and ... at the moment
I already embarrass myself. So, it would be nice to have someone else to embarrass.
On his Gold Logie nomination…
There have been a lot of elements to it that have been quite mind-blowing, to be honest. No-one from Sunrise has ever been nominated for it. Ever. I’m the only Seven person nominated for Gold.
And I’m also still reasonably new to TV, in terms of full-time. My background is radio and now I’ve been with Sunrise for three-and-a-half years, so it’s really nice.
On being BFF with Dr Chris Brown…
I love it. Chris is one of my really close friends. We have a lot of shared experiences with work and with the craziness of the industry, and we have worked with a lot of the same people and putting shows together. But also, he’s just a legendary person. He’s a funny, nice person who, even if he wasn’t a famous vet or whatever, chiselled jawline and all of that – looks as though he’s been designed by a computer program – even if he wasn’t all of those things, I would still be hanging out with him and be friends with him.
On his Sunrise co-hosts…
They are genuine. I know that I’m supposed to say that but they really are. The thing that people don’t realise is that I don’t see them very often, face-to-face. Honestly, on average once a month. And the reason there’s a disconnect there is people who watch the show see me with them every day. Seven or eight times. So, they think that we’re having breakfast together, hanging out on the weekends together. But it’s just ... It’s a schedule and it’s a travel thing.
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