17-07-2025
Channel Nine reporter departs the network after shocking on-air gaffe
A popular Channel Nine presenter is set to depart the network, one week after making headlines due to a shock on-air gaffe.
9News Melbourne journalist Lana Murphy, 31, shared a post to Instagram on Wednesday night revealing she was going on maternity leave, just days after forgetting her script during a live report and ad-libbing nonsense.
Lana posted a gallery of photos, one of which captured her showing off her growing baby bump while presenting the weather.
The journalist looked radiant in the photo as she announced she'd be taking time off to prepare for her second child.
'Bumping the east coast out of shot while bumping out of my role at Nine News Melbourne for a few months, eek!' she wrote.
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'Final story, bathroom bump selfie, PTC & sign off. Got to work with some of my favourite humans on earth. What a dream.'
Many of Lana's Channel Nine colleagues took to the comment section to offer her their well wishes.
'Best wishes for what's coming Lana! Cheers,' wrote fellow presenter Peter Hitchener.
Today show co-host Sarah Abo also posted a love heart emoji.
This will be the second child for Lana and her partner, Nick Riddle, who already share a young son, Bowie.
Lana's departure follows a widely shared moment when she forgot her script during a live broadcast and ad-libbed to fill the time — an incident that seemed to endear her more to viewers.
She took to TikTok last week to own up to her mistake.
Lana shared a clip that showed her delivering a seemingly innocuous report about school holiday activities in Melbourne.
The segment quickly derailed when Lana clearly forgot her script.
It seems her ad-libbing abilities may need some work, with the reporter uttering a string of unintelligible filler words.
'We will have a full list of all the possible school holiday activities and...' she said, before pausing briefly in an attempt to remember her lines.
'Dib-a-dib-a-dib-a-dib-a-doo' was all Lana could muster before finally getting back on track.
The segment then cut back to presenter Brett McLeod in the studio, who appeared at a loss to explain Lana's bizarre gaffe.
'Well, there you go!' he said.
Seeing the funny side of her error, Lana captioned her clip with a self-effacing remark: 'I wish I could say this was the first time my real personality went to air.'
'I promise I'm normally a serious, professional journalist,' she added.
Lana's followers also saw the funny side, with many flooding the comments to praise her for the hilarious moment.
It's not the first time the reporter has experienced an on-air slip-up.
Back in 2020, Lana was forced to apologise after accidentally dropping an F-bomb during a report on the coronavirus pandemic.
