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Michael Clarke ‘LOSES lucrative commentator job’ as financial blows keep coming after shocking playboy cricket fight at Noosa Park over cheating allegations
Cricket playboy Michael Clarke’s feud with his girlfriend and celebrity friends has cost the former captain a lucrative $150,000 commentating job in India.
The 41-year-old woman was filmed by a passerby in an explosive altercation in Noosa in Queensland while on holiday with her girlfriend Jade Yarbrough, her sister Jasmine and her husband and media personality Karl Stefanovic, sending the whole country into I would go crazy
Australia are scheduled to play India in a four Test series from 9 February and Clarke was expected to fly in to be part of the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) commentary panel to be heard on Fox Sports. .
Michael Clarke and his girlfriend Jade Yarbrough have been in a heated argument with Clarke since he lost a lucrative $150,000 skin care partnership and commentator gig.
But the notoriously image-conscious BCCI has, according to Agedecided that the playboy’s reputation doesn’t meet his standards for a contract believed to be worth around $150,000 plus expenses.
Multiple anonymous sources have told the publication that they are looking for other players to fill the spot along with Australian cricket legend Matthew Hayden, with four Tests and three ODI matches to cover between February 9 and March 13 before they start the IPL.
India’s gaming governing body, easily the most powerful in the world, continues to refuse to comment on the matter, but it now seems a fait accompli that Fox Sports viewers won’t have to hear its much-criticized commentary.
Michael Clarke’s role in the fight has prompted the notoriously image-conscious BCCI to replace him as commentator.
That said, he still has a chance to secure another job as a commentator, and he’s already submitted an offer, albeit a much smaller one.
“I’ve just been asked to comment on the PSL, the Pakistan Premier League, and you should watch the internationals they have,” Clarke said on his The Big Sports Breakfast radio show while making a big marketing pitch for the league.
“A lot of foreign players go and play in that tournament.”
Clarke made no mention of his India gig on his radio show, a big indication that he is aware that the now-infamous fight has cost him a highly lucrative gig with the most powerful cricket staff on the planet.
Footage of the fight showed Yarbrough yelling at Clarke, slapping him across the face and accusing him of allegedly cheating on her with his former partner, high-profile fashion designer Pip Edwards.
In the footage, Jade Yarbrough (right) can be seen slapping Clarke across the face as she insists the allegations are untrue before turning on Karl Stefanovic in a foul-mouthed tirade.
Do you want to send her to India with you? Yarbrough yells in the video.
‘You are the love of my life Pip, come with me to India.’
Clarke insisted she was innocent in the footage and swore on the life of her daughter Kelsey before lashing out at Stefanovic with a flurry of profanity.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Clarke’s potential endorsement deal with a skincare brand has already been terminated, with more to follow in the wake of the scandal.
Michael Clarke’s lucrative papers and jobs are dropping like flies. His association with luxury watch maker Hublot continues, to this day.
The notorious playboy has since apologized for his role in the Noosa riot, telling the daily telegraph He accepted full responsibility for the incident and was devastated by his actions.
“I am absolutely devastated. I have held people I hold in the highest regard in this position,” he said, not admitting to cheating but apologizing for his role in the fight.
“My actions in the lead up to this altercation were nothing short of shameful and regrettable. I own this completely and am solely to blame.
The divorcee and father-of-one will continue to work at his daily radio show, but faces a fight to recoup the hundreds of thousands of dollars the fiendish fight has already cost him.