6 days ago
Snubbed sports presenter Roz Kelly quits Nine two months after Danika Mason beat her to plum Today gig
Weekend sports presenter Roz Kelly has resigned from the Nine network, just two months after she missed out on a major gig.
Former Nine rugby league sideline reporter Danika Mason has been installed as the new sports presenter on the Today show after Kelly was overlooked for the position, has reported.
Kelly has now quit the network, and it is understood she does not have another job to go to.
According to the website, sources close to her have revealed she is now tossing up moving her family to South Africa, which is the country of birth of her cricketer husband Morne Morkel.
Ms Mason's Today Show appointment came after former jobholder Alex Cullen was stood down in January for accepting a $50,000 cash reward from billionaire Adrian Portelli.
Mr Portelli had called out to be branded 'McLaren man' instead of 'Lambo guy', and Mr Cullen took the opportunity during a live-cross from the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Portelli responded saying "we have a winner, well played sir" on social media, and posted a screenshot of what appeared to show a bank transfer of $50,000 to the sports reader.
The Nine network then glossed over Ms Kelly as his replacement, instead choosing Mason, who is understood to have got the job after an endorsement from Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V'landys, reported.
Nine, which is yet to report the news of Kelly's resignation, has overlooked her for other positions in the past.
She had previously switched from Nine to Ten, before returning to the network four years ago, and has covered Olympics, Paralympics and Wimbledon events in her time on the airwaves.
Kelly's social media accounts have been quiet following the revelation of her departure.
Danika has become a familiar face on the network and her CV includes performing reporting duties during Nine's NRL coverage out of Las Vegas earlier this year.
She is currently in a relationship with ex-Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and South Sydney Rabbitohs player Liam Knight, having cancelled her wedding to personal Trainer Todd Liubinskas in September 2023.
