Panic as footy reporter Tom Morris is HACKED with his private messages and phone number published online before the culprit posted series of anti-gay slurs
- Offender has published a host of personal information
- Has made several homophobic posts using Morris account
- A prominent footy star has challenged the hacker
Channel Nine’s chief AFL reporter Tom Morris’ social media accounts have been hacked, with the offender releasing his mobile phone number, private messages and posting a series of homophobic slurs.
In several disgusting posts, the hacker used Morris’ X account to post messages including:
‘God I hate the #PRIDE community.’
‘When’s the last time you went to the city, It’s time to ban the gays. Physically disgusting.’
‘Tom boy has some interesting dms.’
The hacker also posted ‘If anyone wants to give Tommy a ring’ and posted a private message that includes Morris phone number.
Channel Nine’s chief AFL reporter Tom Morris’ X account has been hacked by an unknown party with a host of homophobic and personal information shared
Personal information including Morris phone number was posted to the account by the hacker
Some of the posts that the hacker made while they had control of Morris social media account
The hacker was apparently frustrated that they were unable to get a ransom for Morris account
Not content with stirring up controversy publicly, the hacker also delved into Morris’ private messages looking for dirt to share.
That led Sydney Swans AFL Women’s player Chloe Molloy to challenge the offender by messaging Morris’ account.
‘How about you go hack someone else and stop invading someone’s privacy and a platform that he uses for work,’ she wrote.
‘Seriously, what are you getting from this?’
The offender then posted a screenshot of that message, along with previews of a host of other DMs. They then attacked the she/her pronouns included on Molloy’s account.
‘Chloemolloy seriously, WTF is the point of that tag [pronouns], I can see you’re a female. God I hate the left winged.’
Eventually left frustrated, the hacker posted: ‘Tom got no motion bruv didn’t make a single dime off this d***head.’
The offensive tweets were all deleted by around lunchtime on Monday.
AFL Women’s player Chloe Molloy messaged the hacker directly, which they also shared with Morris’ audience
The hacker asked why the Sydney Swans stat used she/her pronouns while also making a series of homophobic posts using Morris’ account
Morris returned to TV in 2023 as Channel Nine’s chief AFL reporter, less than two years after being sacked by Fox Sports for making offensive comments about women, Asians, and gay people.
He was dismissed by Fox Footy in March 2022 after a leaked WhatsApp chat revealed offensive remarks about his former colleague Megan Barnard, including her sexuality.
Another leaked video showed him making other controversial statements.
Morris faced heavy criticism from AFL supporters when he received an award at the Australian Football Media Association Awards on September 19.
His sacking by Fox Sports occurred less than 24 hours after Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge publicly condemned him during a press conference following their round-one loss to Melbourne, calling him an ’embarrassment.’
After being let go, Morris posted an apology on social media.
‘I would like to unconditionally apologize to everyone for my disgusting and disgraceful comments, which became public yesterday,’ he wrote.
‘I am especially sorry to the person involved. No one should ever, in any place, or at any time, be spoken about in that way.
‘I am deeply ashamed of my behavior. My comments were hurtful to many and I will now take the time to listen, learn and work to improve myself, ensuring that I become a better person. I am truly sorry to everyone.’