She’s the Australian showbusiness veteran who has worked alongside some of the industry’s biggest names throughout her career.
And this week Sophie Monk, 37, delved into her experiences working on set with Don Burke, who is currently facing sexual assault and harassment allegations spanning his 20-year TV career.
‘I don’t even know what to say,’ she told Yahoo Be at the ARIA Awards this Tuesday.
‘I don’t even know what to say’: This week, Sophie Monk, 37, delved into her experiences working on set with Don Burke, who is facing sexual assault and harassment allegations spanning his 20-year TV career
Claiming that she never witnessed Don behaving inappropriately while they were filming together, Sophie added: ‘No nothing happened, I was just in my backyard gardening and that’s about all I could say.’
In a recently-unearthed video of the encounter, Sophie is seen alongside her former Bardot band-mates as they filmed scenes for an episode of Burke’s Backyard.
The clip shows a fresh-faced Sophie cupping Don’s neck gently while serenading him with a rendition of Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend by Marilyn Monroe.
Throwback: Claiming that she had never witnessed Don behaving inappropriately, Sophie added: ‘No nothing happened, I was just in my backyard gardening and that’s about all I could say’
Blast from the past: In a recently-unearthed video of the encounter, Sophie is seen alongside her former Bardot band-mates as they filmed scenes for an episode of Burke’s Backyard
Don Burke has been accused of sexually harassing and indecently assaulting women who worked on his gardening program in the 1980s and 1990s.
While he says he has acted like a tyrant on set and a lot of people didn’t like him, he insists he never sexually harassed women.
On Monday, Burke told Nine’s A Current Affair that ex-employees with a grudge were out to get him.
Controversy: Don Burke has been accused of sexually harassing and indecently assaulting women who worked on his gardening program in the 1980s and 1990s
‘I have looked in the mirror and there’s a lot I don’t like’: On Monday, Burke told Nine’s A Current Affair that ex-employees with a grudge were out to get him
‘I’m prepared to cop that I might have terrified a few people and that I shouldn’t have done that… towards the end of Burke’s Backyard I must have been a bear with a bloody sore head and I do apologise for it,’ he told A Current Affair.
‘I have looked in the mirror and there’s a lot I don’t like.’
He also rejected comparisons to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein – which he said were ‘intended to severely damage (his) reputation’.
Defending himself: He also rejected comparisons to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein – which he said were ‘intended to severely damage (his) reputation’