Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Yumi Stynes settle feud after on-air clash
Viewers were shocked when an Australia Day debate between Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Yumi Stynes descended into an angry race row on Studio 10. Nine months later, KAK now says it’s water under the bridge.
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TV veteran Kerri-Anne Kennerley insists there is no bad blood between her and Yumi Stynes nine months after their heated clash on breakfast television.
Kennerley told Confidential that the pair have agreed to disagree after their debate about Australia Day, during which Stynes accused her of racism.
“Oh yeah, everything is fine … clearly she’s got a strong point of view and she made remarks and that was it,” Kennerley said.
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Stynes, 44, reignited their feud earlier this month after The Australian Communications and Media Authority cleared Channel 10 over complaints it had breached code 2.6.2 for airing the tense debate.
She tweeted: “ACMA didn’t clear KAK. It cleared Channel 10”.
During their discussion about Invasion Day protesters earlier this year, Kennerley said: “Has any one of them been out to the outback where children, babies and five-year-olds are being raped, their mothers are being raped, their sisters are being raped?”
The comments prompted an investigation by ACMA, which ruled that Stynes’ response contextualised Kennerley’s statements and subsequently Channel 10 was cleared of any wrongdoing.
“The segment included material which offered counterpoints to Ms Kennerley’s views and thereby contextualised them as only one of a number of views on the issue,” the report stated.
Kennerley, 66, travelled to Alice Springs after her clash with Stynes to explore some of the issues affecting the Aboriginal community.
“Look you realise, Shirleen (Campbell) who was the woman who invited me out there — a 36-year-old woman who lost her aunt and mother through violence — and the work she’s trying to get in place is superb so I have a great admiration for her,” Kennerley said of Campbell — a leader at Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group.
“They need to look at how they want and need help, they have to do it in their own terms and their own way.”