Fitzy and Wippa: Sarah McGilvray breaks her silence on being replaced by Kate Ritchie
Sarah McGilvray breaks her silence by being replaced by Kate Ritchie on Nova FM’s Fitzy and Wippa as she receives support from listeners.
Radio host Sarah McGilvray has broken her silence after Kate Ritchie replaced her on Nova FM’s Fitzy and Wippa.
Sarah’s brutal exit from the Sydney breakfast show was finally acknowledged on Monday, four weeks after she disappeared from the airwaves.
She spent 12 years working for Nova’s flagship 96.9, eight of them in front of the microphone, before being ousted to make way for Kate, who was recruited from the network’s national driving show.
Sarah thanked her fans and friends for their support over the past few days, in a post shared to Instagram on Tuesday.
‘This is a thank you to all the amazing people who have texted or called me in the last few days. To everyone who made a comment supporting me or even thought of me. They have impressed me. Really,’ she wrote.
Radio host Sarah McGilvray (pictured) broke her silence after Kate Ritchie replaced her on Nova FM’s Fitzy and Wippa.
“From the bottom of my heart, I have never felt so supported and although I don’t know what’s next, any sadness or fear has now been replaced with excitement for a new adventure.”
‘You may not believe it, but your acts of kindness have changed my life. That is the absolute truth. So thanks. I give you back all my love.
It comes after Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli paid tribute to their longtime colleague on Monday, his first day on the air with Kate as host.
While they were no doubt being sincere in wishing their partner well, one comment seemed painfully awkward in light of the circumstances of Sarah’s outing.
Wippa urged Sarah to “stay in the radio game”, which felt like a hollow gesture given the fact that Nova’s management fired her from her job.
She thanked her fans and friends for their support over the past few days, in a post shared on Instagram on Tuesday.
“Guys, we wanted to have a chat here because with the announcement we made on Friday about the show, the excitement of Kate Ritchie joining, it’s clear that Sarah, who has worked with us for the last ten years, has left the show. ,’ he started.
So we wanted to say a couple of words just to acknowledge that and also thank Sez. She has been a huge part of the show for the past ten years, and as a colleague and friend of hers even more so, we want to say that we love her so much and that she has given her all on this show.
“We hope it stays in the radio game.”
Fitzy went on to say that Sarah had started out as a producer before stepping in front of the microphone and helping create some “amazing moments” on the show.
It comes after Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli paid tribute to their former colleague on Monday, his first day on the air with Kate as host.
He recounted his ‘favorite Sar moment’ when the team of Fitzy and Wippa were in Los Angeles on a work trip and saw Leonardo DiCaprio smoking a cigarette ‘in the back of his hotel’ and McGilvray tried unsuccessfully to take a photo. with the. .
‘We talk about it to this day. Those memories will stay with me forever, Sarah. I love you to death,’ she added.
Wippa concluded: ‘So we thank you, Sez. We know you’re great at the radio game. We hope you keep it up and we wish you all the best.
Nova confirmed in a statement last Friday that Kate would be joining Fitzy and Wippa on their Sydney breakfast show starting March 13.
Nova confirmed in a statement last Friday that Kate (pictured) would be joining Fitzy and Wippa on their Sydney breakfast show starting March 13.