EXCLUSIVE
Marty Sheargold dropped his garden tools and stormed into his $2.3 million estate when he was spotted on Wednesday morning after taking ‘personal leave’ following bad behavior during the AFL Grand Final.
In photos obtained exclusively by Daily Mail Australia, the Triple M Breakfast host appeared lost in thought as he gardened at his sprawling estate in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne.
However, the 52-year-old comedian quickly left through the bushes and retreated to his five-bedroom home before refusing to answer the door when approached by a Daily Mail Australia reporter.
Last week, Triple M was thrown into chaos when Sheargold a unexpected absence from the airwaves.
The radio star’s departure from the show follows reports that he was turned away by security during the football match due to a number of offensive comments he made to other guests at a company event.
Marty Sheargold gardens at his $2.3 million estate in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne after taking ‘personal leave’
Sheargold retreated to his property and refused to open the door to a journalist from Daily Mail Australia
Several guests made complaints about Sheargold allegedly behaving badly, prompting organizers to ask him to leave the MCG. However, Triple M’s parent company Southern Cross Austereo says he left at half-time ‘of his own accord’.
“Marty is taking a personal leave of absence to spend more time with family. It will be back on the air soon,” they said.
Whispers about his sudden disappearance from the Triple M-dominated conversations in the radio industry.
Sheargold’s producer Loren Barry was in Sydney on Saturday evening as one of the presenters of the ACRA Awards.
She told The Herald Sun that Sheargold would be back and assured the show’s listeners that ‘everything is fine’.
“He’s just taking some time, he’s just spending some time with his family, but we’re all doing well,” Barry said.
‘Everything is fine. We’ll be back.’
The Triple M Breakfast was thrown into a whirlwind of speculation last week when Marty Sheargold unexpectedly disappeared from the airwaves after alleged bad behavior during the AFL Grand Final
The radio star was spotted pruning the hedges on the property he owns in the Dandenong Ranges
The radio star’s departure from the show follows reports he made a number of offensive comments to other guests at a corporate event during the AFL Grand Final.
She also highlighted the grueling life behind the microphone, saying: ‘Working in breakfast radio just makes you really tired. It’s very tiring work.”
The Marty Sheargold Show scored a 5.8 in the most recent radio survey, placing it eighth in the Melbourne breakfast radio market.
Marty also stars in the ABC sitcom Fisk, which was picked up by Netflix and has taken off in the UK and US.
Marty, far right, is pictured with Tim Blackwell and Kate Ritchie at the 2016 ACRAS