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Daily Mail
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
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. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. '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.
Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Nine News reporter left humiliated as she makes a shocking on-air gaffe: 'I'm normally a serious journalist'
A Channel Nine reporter has been left red-faced after making an embarrassing on-air gaffe this week. Nine News Melbourne journalist Lana Murphy took to TikTok on Tuesday 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 was quickly derailed, however, when Lana clearly forgot her script. It seems her ad-libbing abilities may need some work, with the reporter uttering a string of nonsense. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. '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 seemed 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: '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.' Lana's followers also saw the funny side, with many flooding the comments to praise the reporter for the hilarious clip. 'Honestly my new favourite journalist,' one commented, while another offered a similar: 'Crying this is so good.' One inquisitive fan asked about the ramifications of the error with: '1) Did you not think it was live or something? 2) What happens to you after? Do they laugh it off or do you get in trouble for this?' Replying, Lana revealed that her gaffe made it to air due to an editor's mistake. 'Not live!' she said. 'It was a pre-record for the afternoon news. 'So, whenever I stumble... I just start over again and MOST of the time the editor cuts it up and just uses the good he missed this and thought it was ALL the good bit.' Lana added: 'l really should know by now to just get it done in one take or at least not act like a fool when I make a mistake.' It's not the first time the reporter has committed an embarrassing on-air gaffe. Back in 2020, Lana was forced to apologise after she dropped an F-bomb during a report on the coronavirus pandemic. The journalist was seen stumbling over her words before sheepishly telling someone off-camera: 'F*** my life.' Thinking the camera had stopped rolling, Lana began fussing with her locks before the segment cut back to Alicia Loxley in the studio. It was evident that Lana's package was filmed beforehand; however, the wrong footage was accidentally handed over for the final show. Days after the flub, Lana tweeted her apologies and confirmed that she hadn't been fired for the gaffe because it wasn't her fault. 'Unfortunately, the wrong version (clearly) of a pre-record made it to air but thankfully I have a great boss and I'll be back on your screens tomorrow,' she wrote. '2020 though, am I right?'
