Peeved Sarah Ferguson Storms Off Australian 60 Minutes
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 @ 06:00AM
By Adam S. Levy - Radar Staff Writer
Call it Sarah Ferguson’s blunder down under.
A livid Fergie stormed off the set of the Australian 60 Minutes after reporter Michael Usher rehashed her News of the World scandal, showing footage of the May 2010 fiasco in which she tried to sell business access to Prince Andrew to a reporter from the now-defunct publication.
In a preview of what Channel Nine (the network that airs the program) called "the weirdest interview you will ever see," Fergie is clearly upset and irritated at the line of questioning, at one point commanding Usher to "Delete that bit!"
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John Scott, the manager for the Duchess of York, said his calls for the drama to be edited out of the final show went unanswered; he ripped Hamish Thomson, who produces the news magazine for Channel Nine, for the report.
Thomson "hasn't had the decency to get back to me, nor has [Channel Nine head] David Gyngell, despite showing the Duchess in the worst possible light," Scott told the Daily Telegraph. "We had gone through all the questions and subject matter beforehand and filmed all the walking in the park footage before we sat down.
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"She did walk out when she was ambushed -- no, it was entrapment -- but after cooling down she said to me, 'F**k them, let's do this', and she did, but it was a banal interview and her demeanor reflected that."
Thompson said in response, "She agreed to talk about the issue, as she has already extensively done, so it certainly wasn't entrapment."
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Posted Sat, 08/13/2011 - 3:58pm
hey amagod, how many friggin times does she have to say she's sorry? you can tell she was totally set up in this so called interview. take your snippy little comment and shove it where the sun don't shine! :)
Posted Sat, 08/13/2011 - 4:05am
I watched this clip and it looks like this completely set her up and what is 60 minute australia closer to our tmz then the real 60min? This guy is a douche!
Posted Sat, 08/13/2011 - 4:02am
How many times does Fergie need to acknowledge fault & say she's sorry?! Interviewees BEWARE, 60-Minutes Australia breaks agreements for ratings. They'll negotiate & agree to topic points, then RUN YOU OVER for ratings!
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 2:34pm
They were underhanded by veering off the approved topics. It doesn't matter what she has done in her past. A deal is a deal. She was totally betrayed by these clowns in their desperate attempt to pad their ratings.
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 1:17pm
I really don't blame her for walking out if they ignored an initially agreement to limit questions on the subject. There's no point in continuing to embarrass the women for ratings.
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 1:12pm
Who can blame her for feeling betrayed? Regardless of what she did, it looks like they deliberately set her up to get high ratings. She needs to insist on final approval before Any footage can be shown in all future interviews.
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 12:07pm
Fergie is only upset because she was caught.....own up to your actions, you silly cow
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:42am
60 Minutes here or there is as bad as the rest, don't apologize for them.
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:28am
The down under 60 minutes seems more like a TMZ type of show so tabloid trash, not like the more serious reporting of the US 60 minutes, just by judging of that clip.
Posted Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:06am