Matt Doran has reportedly reached the “breaking point” after his failed interview with Adele and the pressures of caring for his ailing mother.
Channel 7 reporter Matt Doran is taking a mental health break following his infamous interview with Adele
The Weekend Sunrise presenter flew to London in November last year for the exclusive interview, but allegedly offended the 33-year-old musician when he said he hadn’t listened to his last album 30.
According to The Sunday TelegraphDoran has now checked into a mental health rehabilitation facility.
A family source told the publication that he is “battling severe and chronic depression” after the pressure of caring for his ailing mother, Paula, who suffers from a chronic illness, and the Scandal surrounding Adele’s interview.
They said the newscaster has reached the “breaking point” with his “terrible head space” triggering the failed interview with the English singer.
Adele’s interview was part of a package Channel 7 allegedly negotiated that also included broadcast rights to the interview and Oprah Winfrey’s One Night Only concert.
However, the singer’s label, Sony, refused to release it, leaving Channel 7 without footage of the interview following Doran’s admission.
Doran was quick to apologize to Adele and her Australian fans who were furious that the interview never aired.
In his lengthy apology, the host admitted that he “deserves” the “most of the savagery.”
“(The email from Sony) did not mention Adele but did contain a link to her album. The genuine, dead truth is that I lost it, the most important email I’ve ever lost in my life,” Doran said in November after the debacle.
Seven West Media CEO James Warburton also shared his views at the time, telling news.com.au that it was “obviously disappointing” that the interview never aired.
“Obviously the bonus piece would have been an exclusivity thing and it would have been great content for Sunrise and Sunday Night the week before to promote the special, and we didn’t get that and that’s really disappointing,” Warburton said on the show. to import.
“The Oprah Winfrey Special for Us was absolutely fantastic and did its job with brilliant ratings and streaming numbers,” he added of what aired, which generated 747,000 metropolitan viewers.
When asked what lessons were learned in light of the saga, Warburton said all they could do was move on.
“This is the first… nothing like this has ever happened before. We are in Sydney… he happened in London. Then what do you do?”
“Matt is a professional, he will continue with his work,” he added of the Weekend Sunrise host.
He also said that Doran has “two options”: “collapse into a heap or get on with your job.”
“He’s said his part and I’m sure everyone probably wishes they could have done things differently, but that’s life and we have to move on,” Warburton said.
However, given the circumstances that are unfolding and the personal issues that Doran has been dealing with, it is understood that the 38-year-old, who has worked for Seven for five years, will be taking a few more weeks off.
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