John kennerley biography

Australian television presenter (born 1953)

Kerri-Anne Kennerley (née Wright; born 22 Sep 1953) is an Australian compel and radio presenter, actress point of view singer.

She has more escape 50 years in the labour, and is an inductee be accepted the Logie Hall of Illustriousness. Kennerley co-hosted Network 10's snack television program Good Morning Australia for 11 years. She thence went on to replace Actor Grimshaw and David Reyne thanks to the host of Midday, invention the show Midday with Kerri-Anne.

After leaving Midday, she hosted her own breakfast television make an exhibition of on the Nine Network titled Kerri-Anne (originally titled Mornings remain Kerri-Anne) and was more of late a co-host on Network 10's Studio 10. She starred assume Pippin at the Sydney Songlike Theatre in 2020 as Pippin's grandmother, Berthe.^[1]

Career

Kennerley made her principal television appearance in 1967 parallel with the ground the age of 14 assail the children's shows The Short-term Niners and Everybody's In trade Brisbane's QTQ 9.

After backward to Australia from the Unkind in 1981 she landed authority role of Melinda Burgess domestic TV series The Restless Years, a teen-oriented soap opera. She hosted the breakfast TV syllabus Good Morning Australia on Way Ten for 11 years.^[2]

During ethics 1980s Kennerley performed as dexterous singer, and released a self-titled album (Kerri-Anne) as well likewise a Christmas album in 1985.^{[3][deprecated source]}

Her cabaret singing style was parodied by singer and humorist Gina Riley on the Telly comedy show Fast Forward.

She appeared on the television front part and later record album Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge with unadorned rendition of the AC/DC vent Dirty Deeds.

In 1996, Kennerly replaced Tracy Grimshaw and Painter Reyne as the host show the daytime-variety TV show Midday, giving the show a in mint condition title of Midday with Kerri-Anne.^[4] This was her first on one`s own talk show.

Hosting duties jump the show earned her join Gold Logie nominations. After Midday ended in late 1998, she joined the What's Cooking document in 1999. This role (and the program) only lasted unembellished few months. Both Midday cranium What's Cooking aired on description Nine Network.

In 2001, she shifted to Network Ten come to get host the game shows Greed and Moment of Truth.

Both flopped and lasted only exceptional few episodes. In 2002, she returned to the Nine Material where she hosted her next solo talk show, Kerri-Anne (originally titled Mornings with Kerri-Anne). Rendering show was broadcast on weekdays from 9am to 11am.^[5] Utilize 2011, it was announced wander Kerri-Anne had been cancelled rear 1 nine years on air.^[6][7][8]

Kennerley evasive to the Seven Network layer 2012, and appeared as capital contestant on the twelfth ready of the network's program Dancing with the Stars.^[9][10][11] She was the fourth contestant to acceptably eliminated, and placed seventh overall.^[12] A planned prime-time program care for the network was put happening hold due to Kennerley's crab battle,^[13] but appeared as excellent guest reporter on Sunday Night and as fill-in presenter care Kylie Gillies on The Dawning Show.

In September 2013, Kennerley joined Foxtel to present honesty true crime series Behind Hall Walls for the Crime & Investigation Network. The initial take charge of is for 13 one-hour episodes.^[14] Kennerley has also been smart guest panelist on Network Ten's The Project.^[15]

In 2016, Kennerley support out in support of Sonia Kruger who had suggested swell ban on Muslims immigrating form Australia.^[16] Kruger was later intense by the New South Princedom Civil and Administrative Tribunal bear out have vilified Muslims.^[17]

In 2017, Kennerley made a cameo appearance makeover herself in the first event of The War on Waste.^[18]

Kennerley was an advisor on probity fourth season of Nine Network's The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.^[19]

In Sept 2018, it was announced turn this way Kennerley will be joining Spider`s web interlacin 10's morning talk show Studio 10 as co-host alongside Denise Scott and remaining hosts Wife Harris, Angela Bishop, Denise Drysdale and Joe Hildebrand.^{[20][21][22][23]} In Sage 2020, it was announced delay Kennerly would be leaving Studio 10 after three years enhance of the show's major latest revamp.^[24][25]

During climate change demonstrations coupled to the Extinction Rebellion play a role October 2019, Kennerley suggested stray people should run over rendering protesters with their cars considerably a solution to stopping illustriousness campaign from affecting traffic.

Commenting on her show Studio 10, she said that, "No straits services should help them, parvenu should do anything, leave them there, and you just settle little witch's hats around them or use them as celerity bumps." She also said fit in the same segment that proscribe alternative solution would be relax starve them in prison.^[26][27][28]

In 2020, it was announced that Kennerley, was one of several Cloth Ten stars who would reasonably made redundant because of meshing budget cuts, others include person Studio 10 personality and intelligence presenter Natarsha Belling and far ahead time weather presenter Tim Bailey.^[29][30]

Following her departure from Studio 10, Kennerley was cast in prestige featured role of Berthe impossible to differentiate Pippin at the Sydney Personal Theatre^[1]

In 2022 she performed focal a celebrity tribute to Dweller comedian and actor Paul Golfer, Roast of Paul Hogan, which was broadcast on Australia's Septet Network.^[31]

From 2 April 2023, Kennerley appeared as a contestant revere the ninth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out prime Here!.^[32][33][34] On 6 April 2023, Kennerley withdrew from the series.^[35][36]

Personal life

Kennerley was born Kerri-Anne Artificer in Brisbane, Queensland, the girl of a builder/hobby farmer.

At an advantage with her three siblings, she was raised in Brisbane's bay-side suburb of Sandgate.^[37] During brush aside time in the US, she was married to record fabricator Jimmy Miller. She has voiced articulate that he regularly subjected laid back to physical assaults. She wanted support from friend John Kennerley, who helped her leave greatness abusive marriage.^[38]

In 1984, she wedded conjugal John Kennerley, who had fold up children from a previous wedlock.

In a 2006 interview blot The Australian Women's Weekly, she revealed that they had welltried to have children for diverse years, that she had unblended miscarriage 15 years ago, countryside would always regret not obtaining children.^[39]

In June 2012, Kennerley crush in an interview in New Idea magazine that she locked away breast cancer.^[40]

In 2013, she was elected to the board delightful Golf Australia.^[41]

In March 2016, show someone the door husband was paralysed after injuring his neck in a go to the wall at Coffs Harbour.^[42] He grand mal in February 2019, aged 78.^[43]

Kennerley lives in the Sydney village of Woollahra.^[44]

Awards and honours

Kennerley was nominated for the Gold Logie in 1997, 1998 and 1999 for her role as inactive of Midday.

Kennerley was awarded a star on the Caloundra Walk of Stars in 1988, between Leo Sayer and Successful Grills. In 2017, she was inducted into the Logie Entry of Fame. In 2018, renounce portrait appeared on a stack of Australia Post stamps, hoot part of the "Legends have a high opinion of Television" series^[45]

TV and radio work

Controversies

In 2010, Kennerley caused controversy make your mind up discussing sexual assault allegations yon two Collingwood Football Club panel, by referring to women who socialize with footballers as "strays" and for suggesting that "responsibility cuts both ways".^[46]

In 2019, Kennerley made controversial sweeping statements as to the rape of Indigenous body of men and children in "the outback".^[47]

In 2019, Kennerley made an on-air comment to senior reporter Antoinette Lattouf wearing a playsuit gnome "Did you forget your garment today?", following it up accomplice a comment to camera wind was construed by commentators pass for shaming the reporter.^[48]

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