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Disgraced TV host Chris Smith wore a hoodie emblazoned with the word ‘unbreakable’ when he was seen for the first time since he was fired over his ‘drunken groping’ scandal at the Sky News Christmas Party.
Smith, 60, was alone when he visited a Bunnings hardware store in Alexandria, Sydney, before picking up some groceries at a nearby supermarket.
The former host also went to a coffee shop and met up with an acquaintance before running errands.
It is the first time he has been seen since he allegedly groped the buttocks of a Sky News colleague at the company’s Christmas party in December and made several rude and inappropriate comments to other young women at the event.
The comments allegedly brought a female colleague to tears, while another co-worker is believed to have punched Smith due to his conduct.
Former Sky News presenter Chris Smith, 60, was alone when he visited a Bunnings store in Alexandria, Sydney.
He wore a hoodie with the word ‘unbreakable’ emblazoned on the back while running some errands in Sydney.
He also reached out to a woman and creepily commented on one of her Instagram photos from a vacation, saying she “had a lot of side tits.”
Three days after the party, Sky fired Smith and also lost his radio show on 2GB.
Smith later apologized “profusely” and blamed the incident on longstanding problems with alcohol and bipolar disorder, while also revealing that he had checked himself into a mental health facility.
“I have a recurring problem with alcohol… it makes me manic,” he said in a statement.
“I am in a facility receiving professional help to conclusively treat my alcohol abuse and resolve this once and for all, no qualifications…it can and will be done.”
His wife Susie Burrell moved out of the couple’s home after learning of the Christmas party incident.
The nutritionist, author and columnist – who also has a degree in psychology – took the couple’s six-year-old twin sons with her.
Smith’s dismissal from Sky and 2GB was the third time he had received an official reprimand for inappropriate behavior in his 40-year career.
A former Nine Network worker accused him of exposing his genitals and shoving her against a wall during an office party 24 years ago.
Sally, who is not her real name, said she only received a “slap on the wrist” after she allegedly unbuttoned her pants at a farewell party when she finished her stint on Channel Nine’s flagship show A Current Affair on Artarmon. , Sydney, in 1998.
The staffer told the Daily Telegraph that Smith approached her while “a bit drunk” on a Channel Nine, saying goodbye to her and two other colleagues.
Smith was her chief of staff at A Current Affair at the time, while she was the youngest worker in the office after landing her network job right out of college.
It is the first time he has been seen since he allegedly groped a Sky News colleague’s butt at the company Christmas party in December and made various rude and inappropriate comments to other young women.
The former host also went to a coffee shop and met up with an acquaintance before running errands.
Smith sensationally sacked following his ‘drunken groping’ scandal at Sky News Christmas party
The show’s employees gathered for the revelry in the network’s lavish third-floor boardroom.
We were in that boardroom. We were all having drinks and relaxing and I was in the middle of it all when Chris came staggering and staggering towards me, clearly already a little drunk,” he said.
“I’m paraphrasing here, but he said something like ‘I want to fuck you, you’re fucking hot’ and then I look down, his pants zipper is unzipped and his penis is hanging out.
She claimed she was surprised at the time and tried to get away from Smith and turned a corner, but he followed her.
“There he pushed me against the wall, still with his penis dangling, his drunken breath on my face, continuing to tell me how much he wanted me,” he alleged.
The woman said she pushed him, fled across the room, and told the show’s receptionist what had happened.
She said Smith then came and staggered over the couple, still with his genitals exposed, before she told him to zip up, which he didn’t.
His wife Susie Burrell moved out of the couple’s home after learning of the Christmas party incident.
Smith (pictured on Sky) later apologized “profusely” and blamed the incident on longstanding problems with alcohol and bipolar disorder, while also revealing that he had checked himself into a mental health facility.
Smith’s dismissal from Sky and 2GB was the third time he had received an official reprimand for inappropriate behavior in his 40-year career.
The staff member then called a passing senior colleague to help him, who reportedly saw Smith’s exposed genitalia and grabbed him by the neck before leading him out of the boardroom.
The woman said she still has a photographic memory of the event because it was so distressing and she remembers breaking out in a cold sweat and shivering.
Smith was never fired for the incident, but only received a “slap on the wrist,” he said.
The woman explained how they prohibited her from going to the Canal Nueve bar and took her car away for six months.
He added that he did not speak about the incident because he feared it would affect his career, claiming that the rumors of the terrible incident affected his attempts to get a good job in the industry.
Smith was demoted from his role as chief of staff on A Current Affair after the incident, but was caught again.
The TV commentator was temporarily suspended while working at 2GB after the station’s 2009 Christmas party.
It is alleged that he behaved inappropriately with several women and attempted to kiss a female colleague.