Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran makes emotional on-air announcement one year after 'vanishing' during Hunter Valley wedding bus assignment READ MORE: Matt Doran sparks concern as he mysteriously vanishes from Weekend Sunrise and is replaced by fill-in host Chris Reason By MIKAELA WILKES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 18:30 EST, 23 November 2024 | Updated: 18:42 EST, 23 November 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Matt Doran has called time on his five years at Weekend Sunrise. The breakfast show host, 41, made the emotional announcement live on air at the end of today's show on Sunday. The Seven star, who recently opened up about his struggles with depression on The Morning Show, said he will be taking time to focus on family and to pursue other opportunities.
'Before we go today, a bit of breaking news from the Doran household. I Want to share with you a decision I've made, with my beautiful wife Kendall - and of course in earnest consultation with our beloved Italian greyhound Murphy - and this is, after give years at Weekend Sunrise, I will be finishing up at the end of the year,' he said. 'This is something I've agonised over because it's honest to say this is one of the best jobs on earth, but we think it's right and at the right time - for our little family.
' 'While I'm sad, and I'm doing everything possible presently not to look Mon in the eye, where I am right now is honestly a place of incredible gratitude for the laughs, the lessons, the tears, the phenomenal sense of .