Annette Sharp: Sunrise EP Michael Pell’s partner swaps Sunrise for acting

Sunrise executive producer Michael Pell and his boyfriend Daniel Burgess-Wise will no longer be able to carpool to the studio after the latter called it quits with a new career on the horizon, Annette Sharp reveals.

In more Sunrise news, Michael Pell, the executive producer of the breakfast show, and his partner, Daniel Burgess-Wise, have split — professionally, that is.

Burgess-Wise was employed in 2018 as the studio director of Channel 7’s breakfast show.

It was while working together in Seven’s darkened studio control room that the youthful Burgess-Wise and Pell fell in love.

Sunrise EP Michael Pell (right) and partner Daniel Burgess-Wise.

For a decade Pell has pulled the strings at Sunrise after taking over from former EP Adam Boland, his ex-boyfriend, in 2010.

On Friday Pell confirmed the youthful and handsome Burgess-Wise finished up with Sunrise two weeks ago to try his hand as an actor.

“He left Seven full-time to pursue acting and is studying at NIDA and Screenwise, both of which are audition only, so after being successful (in his audition), he quit,” Pell said.

Burgess-Wise will continue at Seven in a freelance capacity.