In bed with JMo: Queen of the airwaves Amanda Keller tells all
With 2020 shaping up to be a busy year, popular radio and TV host Amanda Keller jumps in bed with JMo to share the one thing she can’t live without … and why she hates travelling.
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For someone who doesn’t like to plan too far ahead, Amanda Keller’s 2020 dance card is already pretty full.
The popular radio and TV presenter will return to breakfast radio on WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda show for a 15th year, as well as Dancing With The Stars and The Living Room on Channel 10.
“I never like knowing what I am going to be doing even though I love what I am doing,” Keller said.
“I don’t like to think too far into the future. The year will start and I will hit the ground running.”
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Working breakfast radio hours — her alarm clock goes off at 4am — means Keller needs to be organised. An afternoon sleep is important and ensure she gets about eight hours a day.
“I take that sleep very seriously,” she said. “Some people go, ‘oh you are having your nana nap’, and I feel like ripping their throats out because that is my survival mechanism.
“In this job, you absolutely have to (take sleep seriously) and I have seen many people come and go because they haven’t respected the hours.
“You have to look after yourself and you have to take your sleep seriously.”
A spanner in the works for Keller’s routine next year is Ten’s decision to shoot Dancing With The Stars in Melbourne.
“It makes my life a bit harder because I will have to fly to Melbourne and do the radio show from there the next day,” she said.
“I’ve had a hip replacement and travelling is a pain in the neck. My hip sets off the alarm every time.”
Keller, who has been nominated for the Gold Logie for the past few years, is mum to two sons, aged 18 and 16.
Jumping into bed for Confidential’s weekly In Bed With JMo series, she was happy to answer any questions, including what she wears to bed.
“Usually a T-shirt since having children, before that I used to sleep in the nude,” she said. “My husband has always found it very strange that you put on clothes to get into a bed but now it is more practical for me to put on a T-shirt because you never know when you may have to get up.”
She also owned up to picking her nose when no one is looking and to urinating in the shower. For the record, this scribe does too.
“I am not going to deny that I wee in the shower,” she laughed.
