Former Seven News anchor Sharyn Ghidella has given an interview to the Courier Mail following her sudden dumping two weeks ago, after 17 years with the network.
Ghidella was told over the phone during a hairdressing appointment and offered the chance to sign off on air, which she declined. There have also been suggestions the call was to arrange a face to face meeting, but Ghidella knew something was up.
“I wasn’t shocked when it happened, but I was saddened when it happened,’’ she said this week.
“I kind of thought after 38 years, this isn’t how I wanted it to end, and the hardest thing for me to actually accept was that I had given all that service for that long, and then that was how it ended.
“I think sadness is the biggest emotion for me right now.
“It’s the sadness of losing my wonderful friends in a work capacity, it’s the sadness of losing my connection to the viewers, and it’s my sadness that after 38 years I was fired.
“People get fired from their jobs every single day, and I guess when you’ve been somewhere a long time and it happens, there is a sense of, ‘Well, what on earth was all that for?’ And I think for anyone who’s experienced that in any field, it’s something you have to wrap your head around.”
“Now, I’m not at all being disrespectful here to Channel 7, and I’m not dissing on Channel 7, I had a great run until I didn’t. ”
Ghidella says she plans to take time off before considering her next career moves.
You can read more at Courier Mail.
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