Controversial former MP Sam Dastyari to host ‘edgy’ new Channel Ten TV show called ‘Disgrace’ that focuses on scandals – less than a year after controversy ended his political career
- Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari to host a new Network Ten show on scandals
- Labor powerbroker is making a pilot based on the format of ABC’s Gruen show
- He resigned from the Senate in January over a scandal involving Chinese tycoon
- Former Chaser comedian Charles Firth would be the producer of the panel show
Sam Dastyari will host a new TV show about political scandals, less than a year after his own Senate career was terminated over a China controversy.
The 34-year-old former Labor powerbroker from Sydney is reportedly in talks with Network Ten to front a new show called ‘Disgrace’.
Mr Dastyari, who already writes a column for the Ten Daily website, is set to host his own political notoriety program dissecting how some MPs survive scandals, New Corp Australia reports.
Sam Dastyari will host a new TV show about political scandals, less than a year after his own Senate career was terminated over a China controversy
People familiar with the pilot told The Daily Telegraph the program would be ‘pretty edgy’ and would also feature former Chaser comedian Charles Firth as a producer.
‘It’s taking scandal and political scandals to a space that no one has been covering,’ a production source told the newspaper.
The program would be modeled on the ABC’s Gruen show, where experts on a panel analyse a series of controversies.
Mr Dastyari resigned from the Senate in January after revelations he had told Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo his phone could be bugged, during a meeting at the home of the tycoon linked to the Communist Party-linked businessman.
The 34-year-old former Labor powerbroker from Sydney is reportedly in talks with Network Ten to front a new show called ‘Disgrace’
A month after he quit federal parliament, he was given a weekly gig on Sydney’s KIIS-FM revealing sordid political scandals on the breakfast show hosted by Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson.
In his book One Halal of a Story, written when he was still a politician, Mr Dastyari said he wanted a career after politics hosting an angry, left-wing talkback radio program.
Earlier this week, there was a report public relations supremo Roxy Jacenko was in taks to co-host a TV show with Mr Dastyari, a former general-secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party who was born in Iran.
Earlier this week, there was a report public relations supremo Roxy Jacenko was in taks to co-host a TV show with Mr Dastyari
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