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TEN signs controversial NZ presenter for Breakfast

Lachlan Murdoch offers controversial NZ presenter Paul Henry a seat on the Breakfast couch.

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Controversial New Zealand TV presenter Paul Henry will join Andrew Rochford on TEN’s 2012 morning programme, Breakfast.

Currently host of a drive programme on the Radio Live station, Henry confirmed on NZ’s 3News on Saturday he will be paid paid more than $NZ1 million ($A767,813) after Lachlan Murdoch called to offer him the job.

He will conclude his radio show in March.

Henry, has previously hosted the NZ show of the same name, Breakfast, from 2004 to 2010 but it ended in controversy after his pronunciation of New Delhi’s chief minister Sheila Dikshit, which resulted in the New Zealand government apologising to India.

He has previously referred to homosexuals as “unnatural” and Susan Boyle as “retarded” -both of which resulted in complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Authority- and questioned the ethnicity of NZ Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand, born in Auckland to Indo-Fijian parents.

After being suspended Henry was forced to resign and apologised.

“It is also difficult for TVNZ to get on with the business of being a first-class broadcaster as long as I remain. I have apologised twice, and have meant every word. I again apologise to all those who were genuinely hurt by what I said.”

While working for TEN, Henry will also continue to work for TV3, filming his new Sunday night show in Sydney.

“The great thing about TEN is that they are edgy and prepared to have a laugh at life and themselves,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.

A female co-host for Breakfast is yet to be announced.

Source: NZ Herald, AAP

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  1. Lachlan is giving us a hate filled right wing commentator from NZ with his USA ideas. It’s Australia mate. You failed with one tel and you will fail with TEN.

  3. Have people forgotten that Richard Wilkins is a Kiwi?
    As are Brian Henderson and Rebecca Gibney.

    Let’s not blast him for being from another country..
    but for being an ignorant fool.

  4. So it’s OK for the ABC to be left of Stalin and those leftie clowns on 7 and 9 are fine, but Ten shows one sign of conservative right wing tendencies and the Joe public lefties go all righteous. You pack of hypocrites.

  6. A New Zealand friend emailed me and said Henry is the most ignorant , and prouid of it, person on TV, and Aussies will hate his New Zealand accent..a perfect fit for those clowns on Fox and Friends in New York I guess

  7. This is probably going to be fun. I much prefer a slightly right of centre presenter than an aggressive hate filled left wing bigot. I hope he has signed a contract with a compo deal if the show does not last.

  13. epic failure. Wonder how many more people will lose their jobs at 10 after this fails. Go back to the basics Ten. Do what you do best. This is not your genre.

  17. Been watching some vids of him on YouTube. I don’t think the controversial will be the issue. He just seems like an ass. Every clip of him has him cracking an unfunny joke then laughing histerically at it while everyone else just stares at him.

  18. I’ve given up on Channel 10. What a joke of a network led by a fool who is damaging the brand and turning the targetted demographic away in droves with all this right wing rubbish.

  21. Seriously, how will this work? Ten appear to be way off with this. To me, a large chunk of the breakfast TV audience is families, mums and dads having coffee, kids getting ready for school etc. The TV is on in the background. The first f-bomb this guy drops will be the end of it. No families will want to be subjected to his potty mouth. The breakfast market is overcrowded anyway. I think this will flop. Sure middle Australia has become more conservative, but they also don’t want their kids to hear trash talk.

  22. He looks like he has modelled himself on Kochie from Sunrise with extreme right wing views. Not even the Ten fanboys are supporting Ten these days. Explains why their ratings keep dropping.

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