Mat Doran returns to Weekend Sunrise after four-week absence

Matt Doran will return to Weekend Sunrise after a month-long unexplained absence reignited talk that he is again seeking treatment for longstanding health issues.

Matt Doran will return to Weekend Sunrise today (Saturday) after four weeks of leave.

His unexplained absence earlier this month reignited talk the beleaguered presenter is again seeking treatment for longstanding health issues.

Two weeks ago, Doran wasn’t working on Seven’s weekend breakfast program, reportedly leaving TV bosses scrambling to find a substitute co-host for longstanding presenter Monique Wright. Chris Reason filled the position.

At the time, a network spokesman said Doran was “on leave” and did not respond to further questions.

However Confidential hears he will be back in the Weekend Sunrise hosting seat today and once again joining Wright.

Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran (right) and the Channel 7 crew in London last year. Picture: Instagram

Doran will be back beside co-host Monique Wright on Weekend Sunrise today (Saturday).

There’s been much speculation as to where Doran has been.

It comes one year after he sparked a frantic police search after vanishing during a work assignment in the Hunter Valley in June last year.

Doran took several weeks of personal leave after the Hunter Valley incident to ‘prioritise his health’.

At the time, he was replaced by his colleague Michael Usher on Weekend Sunrise.

Doran, who started his career as a police reporter at the Herald Sun, joined Seven in 2017 after spending almost eight years in Network Ten’s newsroom.

Two years later, he was promoted to his current role as co-host of Weekend Sunrise, alongside Monique Wright, after intermittently filling in for weekday host David Koch.

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