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Australian Reporter Apologizes After Appearing Intoxicated on Live TV
Danika Mason attributed her slurred speech during a Winter Olympics live report to drinking, altitude, cold, and missing dinner, and apologized on air for the incident.
- Live from Italy on Wednesday, Danika Mason, Channel 9 lead sports journalist, struggled through a segment and apologized on Thursday morning on the Today show for her on-air slur.
- Mason said she had a drink before going on air and admitted she misjudged the situation, adding that cold and high altitude and not having had dinner probably worsened her speech.
- During the cross, Mason slurred and repeated headlines, prompting support from in-studio co-hosts and intervention from Karl Stefanovic, as she rambled about Italian coffee prices and iguanas.
- Support messages and public reassurance followed the broadcast, with no public disciplinary announcement, as Albanese publicly defended her while Channel 9's actions remain undisclosed.
- Social clips circulated widely with #WinterOlympics tags on TikTok and News.com.au, reviving memories of Stefanovic's past on-air gaffe.
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