‘Not you’: Channel 7 presenter done dirty live on Grand Final TV

A popular Channel 7 presenter has been “stitched up” before the AFL Grand Final in brutal fashion — and was left looking wounded.

Channel 7 presenter Katie Brown was left looking mortally wounded when her interview with Sydney Swans great Andrew Dunkley suddenly took a turn.

The popular sport reporter laughed off the moment Dunkley unwittingly torched her live on air outside the MCG before the AFL Grand Final.

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The legendary Swans defender is the father of Brisbane star Josh Dunkley and he was happy to admit he will be cheering for the Lions because nothing is more important than family.

The interview was all going smoothly until he was asked how he was handling the nervous energy ahead of the game.

Katie Brown looked mortally wounded. Photo: Channel 7.

Katie Brown copped a brutal sledge. Photo: Channel 7.

When told he looked “a bit agitated”, Dunkley responded: “A little bit. I’m a little bit disappointed Katie because I thought I was going to meet the other Katy today. Not you.”

When Brown clutched at her chest with a look of shock, Dunkley quickly responded: “Sorry. They stitched me up”.

Brown grinned: “You thought you were going to meet Katy Perry and you got me.”

He replied with a laugh: “I’ve been stitched up big time. I’m sorry”.

Brown shrugged it off by ending the chat by looking down the barrel of a camera and singing the first line of the chorus in Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl” hit.

Dunkley predicted the Lions to win by five points.

Channel Seven Gold Coast sports reporter and presenter Katie Brown will host the 2016 Clarence Valley Sports Awards.

Brown is seen as a rising star at Seven and has previously been linked with the position as the full time sports presenter on Sunrise.

Meanwhile, Josh Dunkley is heading into the fourth grand final of his career.

He has felt both jubilation and devastation on the last Saturday in September - winning a maiden premiership in his debut year, before falling just short in 2021 against Melbourne and for Brisbane last year in a four-point loss to Collingwood.

Speaking to Fox Footy’s AFL 360 on Thursday night, Dunkley revealed that he has been a sounding board for many teammates at the Lions - with plenty of intrigue over his premiership at the Western Bulldogs eight years ago.

“It’s either the best day of your life, or the worst really - that’s as simple as it gets,” Dunkley admitted.

“Everyone’s asked me about 2016 and what the feeling was like then; I feel like belief is a big thing and our group certainly has that at the moment.

“Coming from behind in both our last couple of finals was very impressive, and the belief amongst the group’s just sky high at the moment. I thought we had that in 2016 ... coming from a long way back early in the season when everyone wrote us off, and to get where we are now is obviously amazing.

“The belief is huge come Saturday.”

Originally published as ‘Not you’: Channel 7 presenter done dirty live on Grand Final TV