Sonia Kruger: ‘If we are to find a solution ..at the very least we need to be able to discuss it.’

A TEARY Sonia Kruger delivered the following statement on Channel 9 this morning in response to online hate levelled at her following her comments on Muslim immigration yesterday.

Sonia Kruger on Channel 9 this morning, responding to support and criticism she has received after making her comments on Muslim immigration.

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A TEARY Sonia Kruger delivered the following statement on Channel 9 this morning in response to online hate levelled at her comments regarding Muslim immigration yesterday.

“Thank you very much. Before we start the show. I would like to say a few things about what happened yesterday on the Today Show.

The discussion we had was centred around a newspaper article which measured the correlation of Muslim population in certain countries and the number of certain terrorist attacks.

I thought the article made relevant points.

We witnessed too many atrocities in the name of terrorism. Last week’s attack on men, women and children in Nice left me in utter disbelief.

I saw the image of a baby covered in a plastic sheet with a doll lying beside her and it rocked me to the very core.

I imagined what that must have been like for the people of Nice, for the friends and families of the lost and the thought that it could happen here terrifies me.

This type of attack affects people from all walks of life and I want to make it very clear that I have complete respect for people of all races, and religions.

I acknowledge my views yesterday may have been extreme.

The reaction overnight in the papers, online and via social media demonstrates that there are a myriad of opinions in Australia which I actually appreciate.

It is a hugely complex and sensitive issue.

It’s an issue with no simple answer.

And it’s an issue that cannot be fully discussed in a short televised segment.

Is there a solution? I don’t know.

We elect politicians to make those calls.

They analyse and then they decide and we hope they get it right.

It’s a privilege to live in a country such as Australia which embraces a multi cultural society.

But there is no simple answer here and if we are to find a solution to the situation at the very least we need to be able to discuss it.”