ABC’s Leigh Sales and The Project’s Peter Helliar unite behind Chris Walker after split from Carrie Bickmore: ‘Legend and a great partner’
Chris Walker has a lot of support behind him, following his split from Carrie Bickmore.
On Saturday, ABC’s Leigh Sales and Carrie’s former The Project co-star Peter Helliar endorsed the embattled producer in a series of Instagram Stories.
Leigh posed with Chris in a photo that appeared to have been taken during a pub outing with Chris, Peter, comedian Anthony Lehmann and cricketer Adam Gilchrist.
Chris Walker (left) has strong support behind him, following his split from Carrie Bickmore. On Saturday, ABC’s Leigh Sales (right) and Carrie’s former The Project co-star Peter Helliar endorsed the embattled producer in a series of Instagram Stories.
‘If you love Hard Chat and The Weekly this guy @chriswalkertv is the master. Legend and a great partner,’ she captioned a photo of her with Chris.
Peter put his arm around Chris in a second image, which Leigh captioned: “Enjoying being an honorary guy for the arvo with these top guys.”
Carrie announced the couple’s split in an Instagram post Wednesday morning, saying the couple were focused on raising their three children. The couple was in a relationship for 11 years.
Leigh posed with Chris in a photo that appeared to have been taken during a pub outing with Chris, Peter, comedian Anthony Lehmann and cricketer Adam Gilchrist. everything in the photo
“It is with immense sadness that Chris and I have decided to part ways,” she wrote.
“While this is a difficult time, our focus is to raise, love and support our three children Ollie, Evie and Addie with everything we have.
“They are doing very well, we will not comment further.”
Carrie and Chris’ love story captivated the hearts of Australians.
They met as colleagues on The Project – she was a presenter and he was a producer – and began dating in late 2012, two years after she lost her husband Greg Lange, the father of her eldest son Ollie, 15, to brain cancer.
Carrie (right) announced the couple’s split in an Instagram post Wednesday morning, saying the couple were focused on raising their three children. The couple was in a relationship for 11 years.
Despite her terminal diagnosis, Carrie had married Langue in 2005 when she was just 25 years old.
After Langue died in 2010 at the age of 35, a widowed Carrie started the charity Bickmore’s Beanies for Brain Cancer in her memory.
Two years later, Carrie had found love again with Walker, who became Oliver’s stepfather, and with whom she later had two daughters: Evie, born in 2015, and Adelaide, born in 2018.
Walker became a stepfather to Carrie’s son Oliver, 15, and the couple later had two daughters: Evie, born in 2015, and Adelaide, born in 2018. All pictured