An emotional Brooke Boney has broken down in tears while reading the news of the Westfield Bondi Junction massacre on Channel Nine’s Today Show.
Boney struggled to keep her composure as she read the news shortly after 8 a.m. Monday.
Hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo took over reading the bulletin as an emotional Boney broke down in tears.
Stefanovic then addressed Boney’s absence.
“Sorry folks, this story is so heavy and we are not the story,” Stefanovic told viewers.
‘We would never want that either.
An emotional Brooke Boney broke down in tears while reading news of the Westfield Bondi Junction massacre on Channel Nine’s Today Show
“But dealing with this story and the magnitude of it and how horrible it is for mothers and babies, it’s a lot. So apologies if some of us are upset at times.”
Boney returned to the air shortly afterwards.
“I think also, you know, knowing that so many women are affected, yeah, it’s very difficult,” she explained.
“You see people you love and friends of friends, and that’s really hard. And then you also think about families, and picking up the pieces.”
MORE TO COME.