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Disgraced TV presenter Chris Smith celebrated not drinking for 50 days after he was sacked over his ‘drunken groping’ scandal at the Sky News Christmas party.
Smith, 60, marked the special milestone with a candid selfie that shows him sporting a green cap and sunglasses as he walks.
He opened up about his 50 days sobriety in another Facebook post: ’50 days sober!’
The photo comes after he was dumped for allegedly groping a Sky News co-worker’s butt at the company’s Christmas party in December.
Disgraced TV presenter Chris Smith has celebrated 50 days of sobriety months after he was sacked over his ‘drunken groping’ scandal at the Sky News Christmas party.
The photo comes after he was dumped for allegedly groping a Sky News co-worker’s butt at the company’s Christmas party in December.
He was accused of making 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.
He also reached out to a woman and 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 apologized “profusely” on December 13, blaming the incident on longstanding problems with alcohol and bipolar disorder.
He apologized when he revealed that he had checked himself into a mental health facility.
“I have a recurring problem with alcohol… it drives me crazy,” he said.
“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.
His wife Susie Burrell moved out of the couple’s home after learning of the Christmas party incident.
Smith (pictured on Sky) apologized ‘profusely’ for the Christmas party and blamed the incident on longstanding problems with alcohol and bipolar disorder, while 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.
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.
The show’s employees gathered for the revelry in the network’s lavish third-floor boardroom.
Chris Smith has kept a low profile since he was sacked after the Sky News Christmas party.
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 tipsy,” 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.
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.
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 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.