Kate Ritchie breaks her silence on social media after being busted drink driving

Radio host Kate Ritchie has broken her social media silence after she was busted for drink-diving by police in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Monday.

The Nova personality tested positive after she was stopped by police for a random breath test and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station.

On Sunday, Ritchie, 44, shared a post to Instagram, apologising for her actions and said she made a ‘poor decision’.

‘Recently I undertook a random breath test. Although it was low level, the test came back positive,’ the post read.

‘I made a poor decision and there is no doubt I understand the seriousness of my actions. I am truly sorry.’

The former child star on Home and Away was stopped by police for a random breath test in her blue Subaru station wagon at 2.45pm on Heffron Rd in Pagewood on Monday.

Ritchie tested positive by the roadside and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station where she underwent a secondary breath analysis which returned a positive reading of 0.06, just a shade over the legal limit of 0.05.

On Sunday, Ritchie shared a post to Instagram, apologising for her actions and said she made a ‘poor decision’

A police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia: ‘She was issued with an infringement notice for the offence of Drive with Low Range Prescribed Concentration of Alcohol and issued a Licence Suspension Notice.’

Ritchie is understood to have been fined $600 on the spot and suspended from driving for three months.

Her former husband – ex-rugby league star Stuart Webb – was caught drunk-driving five times between 2012 and 2019 when the couple split.

The Nova personality tested positive after she was stopped by police for a random breath test and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station on Monday

Ritchie’s driving ban comes just as she is about to make her television comeback as a judge on Australia’s Got Talent. She will appear on the show alongside David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Shane Jacobson

Ritchie’s driving ban comes just as she is about to make her television comeback as a judge on Australia’s Got Talent.

She will appear on the show alongside David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Shane Jacobson.

The TV talent competition, which is returning to screens after a three-year hiatus, will air on Channel Seven later this year.

While no premiere date has been announced, the program will most likely launch after the conclusion of My Kitchen Rules.

The former soap star was previously married to retired NRL player Stuart Webb, with whom she shares a daughter, Mae. (They are pictured here in Sydney on January 11, 2019)