Chris Smith tunes out of 2GB drama in New York
Ousted radio host Chris Smith has put his problems behind him and is enjoying the high life with 2GB listeners and his daughter Ashley in New York.
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Ousted radio host Chris Smith has put his problems behind him and is enjoying the high life with 2GB listeners in New York.
“It’s begun at pace and we’re all thrilled to be in the big apple on the 4th July,” he said after ticking off the “bucket lister” of being in Time Square on Independence Day.
Smith flew out of Sydney with his daughter Ashley this week after agreeing to the final 18 months of his $300,000 a year contract with Macquarie Media paid out.
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The talkback star was “distraught” after management told him that he was being moved from his lunchtime slot and into the night time spot of Steve Price.
He finally agreed to leave the station after the three week trip with 100 2GB listeners to New York and onto Europe on a cruise.
But that was all behind him yesterday as he took the listeners on tour. “Today tour of main sights, tomorrow World Trade and food tour. Saturday, Mets game,” he said.
And he joked with fans on Twitter after posing by Radio City that he might have “a little bit” of previous experience to help him get a job there.
KISS host Kyle Sandilands today said he understood why Smith was so unhappy. “Chris was doing nothing wrong – I have heard him and I think he is great.
“But who knows who is promised what behind the scenes,” he said. “Sometimes they have to move the chess pieces.
“Chris is a great operator and someone will pick him up.”
Originally published as Chris Smith tunes out of 2GB drama in New York
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