Carrie Bickmore, a founding co-host of The Undertaking, has introduced she's going to depart the Channel Ten present on the finish of November after 13 years.
“It’s been the toughest determination of my skilled life to make this name, nevertheless it’s time for a brand new problem, time for the following chapter,” a teary Bickmore, 41, stated on Tuesday night time’s present.
She didn't reveal what her plans are however sources say it is not going to be to take over from Tracy Grimshaw on 9’s A Present Affair.
Grimshaw will step down subsequent month after 17 years on the helm of ACA. Each prime-time present affairs exhibits now have vacant chairs.
Bickmore outlasted her authentic co-host Charlie Pickering, in addition to resident funnyman Dave Hughes, to be the longest-serving panellist on The Undertaking.
.@BickmoreCarrie has been on The Undertaking desk for the reason that day we first launched in 2009 and tonight, Carrie has revealed that she will likely be leaving the present. Right here is the second she made the the announcement.#TheProjectTVpic.twitter.com/a7RkxGl6KH
“There’s a lot I’m going to overlook, I’m going to overlook my finest mates on the desk, the job itself, which is so extremely fulfilling [and] the fantastic viewers over the previous 13 years,” Bickmore stated.
“It’s no secret this present has grow to be a second residence to me and I couldn’t be extra grateful to everybody that has been concerned on- and off-screen.”
The 2015 Gold Logie winner used her acceptance speech that yr to get Australia speaking about mind most cancers, the illness that killed her husband, Greg Lange, in 2010.
Bickmore’s son with Lange, Ollie, was one when she began on The Undertaking in 2009 and he's now 15. Bickmore, who had two extra kids with husband Chris Walker, stated she needed to spend extra evenings at residence.
The chief vice-president of Paramount ANZ, Beverley McGarvey, stated Bickmore was synonymous with The Undertaking.
“I do know this has been a really tough determination for Carrie, and though we're all very unhappy that she's going to not be on The Undertaking, we totally respect her determination and want her nothing however one of the best for her subsequent journey,” McGarvey stated.
“Carrie has been a beautiful host of the The Undertaking for the previous 13 years, and he or she has additionally been a revered, valued and much-loved member of the ten household for the previous 17 years, when she appeared each week as the favored newsreader on Rove Reside.
“Her real heat, empathy, ardour, humanity and humour have at all times resonated with viewers. It’s no marvel audiences welcomed her night time after night time into their lounge rooms and on to their screens.”
The previous radio newsreader who started her profession on 92.9FM in Perth was awarded the OAM in 2019 for companies to broadcast media and to mind most cancers consciousness.
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