Channel Nine star Brooke Boney’s surprising career move as she lands a high-profile radio role after being promoted to news anchor on the Today show
Today star Brooke Boney has been named to temporarily replace Woody Whitelaw as co-host of KIIS FM’s Will & Woody show.
The exciting announcement came on Friday’s episode of the popular radio program.
Hosts Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw told their listeners that Woody left the show briefly to take part in the next season of “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.”
His first appearance in the reality TV series will be when the series premieres on Channel 10 on Monday 17 April.
Today star Brooke Boney has been named to temporarily replace Woody Whitelaw as co-host of KIIS FM’s Will & Woody show
Hosts Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw told their listeners that Woody has left the show for a while to take part in the next season of “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.”
The limited edition KIIS Drive Show, titled Will & Brooke Boney, aims to deliver a healthy dose of gossip, daily news and celebrity interviews.
Meanwhile, Brooke is keen to return to radio after getting her big break with Triple J many years ago.
In addition to her other duties on the show, she vowed to continue the show’s comedic tradition of pranking Woody’s father Steve on his behalf.
“Will and I will have great pleasure laughing at him in the jungle from the comfort of our posh radio studios,” she said.
“I don’t have half as many food intolerances as Woody, so the show’s snacking game is definitely going to step up.”
“Will and I will have great joy laughing at him in the jungle from the comfort of our posh radio studios,” Brooke said.
Brooke joined Channel Nine’s Today breakfast program in 2019 as an entertainment reporter.
She had worked at Triple J as a weekday morning news anchor.
It comes after there was a reshuffle in Nine’s breakfast program last month, when Boney took over Alex Cullen’s role as news anchor while he retired to focus solely on sport.
While the Nine Network issued a statement supporting Cullen as a key member of the show’s cast, New Idea reported that the switching roles had created “tensions” between Cullen and Boney.
“You can cut the air with a knife,” a source told the magazine.
“Alex was coming back from tennis coverage of the Australian Open and Brooke was sitting in his chair. [He] caught it in the chin but it has made everyone feel jittery.
It comes after there was a reshuffle in Nine’s breakfast program last month, when Boney took over Alex Cullen’s role as news anchor while he retired to focus solely on sport