An angry Rex Hunt blows up his 3AW football program.
Rex Hunt left the 3AW comment box Source: News Corp Australia
Rex Hunt broke his silence about his ferocious exit from 3AW after a livid explosion that drove away from his post.
He revealed last week that Hunt had moved away from his 3AW Footy Nightline exhibit amid a livid explosion in front of one of the station’s executives.
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This came after an interview with 1980s AFL legend Robert DiPierdomenico, which lasted a long-running publicity break, with 3AW football leader Craig Moore calling Hunt.
It didn’t go well, with Hunt saying “maybe it’s my last night. “
The AFL and the fishing icon added that if he “cared about the soft weight after I laid the groundwork for the maximum of you, I would just pass the catch. “
It turned out that 3AW revealed Thursday that he had deviated from the role, “the door is still open for him. “
At the time, some of Hunt’s friends expressed fear for his well-being, but the 72-year-old broadcasting veteran and former VFL footballer revealed to the Herald Sun that his radio career probably wouldn’t have ended, even though he had moved. away from the microphone.
Rex Hunt at 3AW studio with his golden retriever, Jack.
He also revealed that he had been denied a final broadcast to say goodbye.
“In other words, I was born to broadcast and I don’t think I’ll be stupid enough to leave if I didn’t have anything in the system anymore. And I’ll keep my gunpowder dry for the short term,” Hunt told the Herald Sun.
“My stationmaster, Stephen Beers, kindly advised me to take a few weeks off, but I knew it was time. As I did in 1978 when I retired from the VFL, or my resolution to leave the police department. he was beaten and that the time had come.
“My taste would possibly have broken the 3AW logo even though I was noticing in the mid-20s and beating the Tobin brothers (ABC). I wanted to have one more night with Tom Elliott, but I was afraid of what I can also say.
Dustin Martin and Rex Hunt after the 2017 AFL Grand Final Source: Provided
Hunt remained livid in the air before exploding in front of the 3AW executive at the end of the introduction of an advertising break.
“Yes, thanks Craig. Me steam comes out of your ears,” the 72-year-old legend said. “Now I’m telling you, Craig, why we dropped a break and if you have a challenge ahead of you. I sell 3AW football, I may only sell 3AW football.
“Why did we drop Craig’s break, we were talking to a man, a five-time VFL prime minister player – ’78, ’83, ’86, ’88, ’89 – a Brownlow medal in 1986, 3 a year, one of the most successful Italians for having played the game, decided on the Italian team of the century, played 240 games and scored 130 more goals than you. Craig. . .
“Why do I vaporize? Because you lose the very feeling of what 3AW was built. Norman Banks and Harry Beitzel and other idiots kissing fish. I will leave it now, but my programme does not ring. They gave it to me. “
Prior to his radio and television career, Hunt played 202 games in the VFL between 1968 and 1978 with Richmond, Geelong and St Kilda, and won two premier titles with the Tigers.
In May, the 72-year-old made headlines after hitting Fans of a McDonalds with an impromptu call as a rare public comment, playing his favorite call: the 1989 Hawthorn-Geelong Grand Final.