Today show entertainment reporter Brooke Boney breaks down in tears as she bids farewell to the breakfast program READ MORE: Inside Brooke Boney's rapid rise to success as Today show host By Jimmy Briggs For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:53 BST, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 16 August 2024 e-mail View comments Brooke Boney became teary-eyed on Friday as she was given an emotional farewell on the Today show, ahead of her moving to England to study. The news and entertainment reporter, 37, who began working with the Channel Nine breakfast show in January 2019 , was given flowers from her colleagues as she gave a heartfelt statement live on-air. 'I'd like to say thank you to the audience for accepting me.
I'm grateful to every one of you for tuning in every day,' Brooke began. 'It's a privilege to go over to Oxford, but it is even more of one that I have got this much love around me. It makes it difficult to leave.
' The veteran presenter added her appointment on the show was a huge milestone for Indigenous Australians, and thanked the team for taking a chance on her. 'Today was the first breakfast show in the country to put an Aboriginal person on as a full time host. Now it is a very normal thing to do in this time slot, and I'm proud of that.
' Host Karl Stefanovic , 50, then paid tribute to Brooke with some touching words: 'We love you and everything you represent, and how hard you work. You have such an immediate connection with everyone.' Meanwhile, co-host Sarah Abo, 38, said they were so proud of Brooke and wished her the best of luck for the future.
Brooke Boney (pictured) became teary-eyed on Friday as she was given an emotional farewell on the Today show, ahead of her moving to England to study Read More Brooke Boney pokes fun at marriage rumours after she shares photos with a ring on THAT finger In March, Boney shocked viewers when she announced her resignation live on air. The reporter confirmed she will be stepping down after the Olympics in July and August to pursue an exciting new career opportunity. 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.
On Tuesday, Channel Nine confirmed that Jayne Azzopardi, who co-hosts Weekend Today with Clint Stanaway, will be Boney's replacement. The news and entertainment reporter, 37, who began working with the Channel Nine breakfast show in January 2023, was given flowers from her colleagues as she gave a heartfelt statement live on-air. Pictured with her mother Leonie Steven Burling, Nine's Director of Morning Television said the Network is 'thrilled' to welcome Azzopardi to Today in the news chair.
Azzopardi, 44, 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, Brooke's Today show colleagues, including co-hosts Karl Stefanovic and Sarah Abo, paid a heartfelt tribute to her Celebrity Life Karl Stefanovic Brooke Boney Share or comment on this article: Today show entertainment reporter Brooke Boney breaks down in tears as she bids farewell to the breakfast program e-mail Add comment.
