A Channel Nine newsreader was forced to stop midway through her bulletin on Friday morning.
Today presenter Jayne Azzopardi was delivering news on a devastating car crash on Queensland’s Gold Coast when her voice faltered.
The 44-year-old veteran presenter appeared to choke up at one point just she began the story.
After a short spell of coughing, Azzopardi appeared to recover and continued.
She later explained that the interruption was down to a croaky throat.
‘Excuse me,’ Azzopardi said apologising to viewers.
She then continued: ‘I’m not sure what’s happening to my voice this morning.’
The newsreader, who replaced Brooke Boney last month, on Nine’s breakfast show, then took a sip of water to clear her throat.
Nine newsreader and Today presenter Jayne Azzopardi appeared to choke up while delivering a dramatic report about a car accident on the Gold Coast on Friday (Azzopardi pictured)
The mishap occurred as Azzopardi reported that the 37-year-old man involved in the Gold Coast car wreck thankfully walked away unscathed after hitting a fence and rolling his utility truck.
Last month Channel Nine confirmed that Azzopardi, who co-hosts Weekend Today with Clint Stanaway, would replace Brooke Boney as weekday Today newsreader later this year.
Azzopardi started at Nine in 2009 as a political journalist in Canberra before joining the Sydney newsroom in 2011.
She has also previously been a newsreader for Weekend Today and was named as host in April 2023.
Meanwhile, Australian entertainment reporter Renee Bargh will join Today ‘more regularly’ alongside veteran Richard Wilkins.
Bargh has worked as a weekend co-host for Today Extra and was also co-host of The Voice Australia alongside Darren McMullen in 2020.
Boney broke down in tears when she announced in March that she will be leave Today and move abroad to study a Masters of Public Policy at prestigious Oxford University.
‘I have some very big news for you this morning. I’ve been offered a place at Oxford University later this year, which means I’ll be leaving the show after the Olympics,’ Boney said on air at the time.
Azzopardi reported that the 37-year-old man who was at the wheel of the ute when it hit a fence and rolled walked away unscathed. Pictured: The devastated vehicle
‘I don’t want to go into too much right now, because there’ll be plenty of time for goodbyes and thank-yous, but I just wanted to share that good/bad news with you all this morning.’
She admitted the decision to leave her role on the program was ‘really difficult’.
‘It’s been a dream of mine to be able to study at an overseas university, and it just felt like the right time to take that step,’ she explained.
After a short spell of coughing, Azzopardi appeared to recover and continued. She later explained that the interruption was down to a croaky throat
‘I’m so grateful to come in here every day and I love you all so much. So it’s made the decision really difficult. But it just means that you’ll all have to plan trips to the UK to come and visit me.’
Boney first joined the Today Show in 2019 as an entertainment reporter, replacing long-standing editor Richard Wilkins who moved across to Today Extra.
Last year Boney was promoted to newsreader, taking over from Alex Cullen who moved to focus solely on sport.
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