What meltdown? Melissa George had no problem talking about Home and Away on The Jonathan Ross Show
NICE Melissa George or angry Melissa George? That all depends on which hemisphere she's in.
NICE Melissa George or angry Melissa George? That all depends on which hemisphere she's in.
The Australian actress reportedly threw a hissy fit on Friday's edition of The Morning Show because of Home and Away.
The Daily Telegraph says George threatened to walk off the set if the hosts Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies made mention of her character on the soap, Angel Parrish, and that her behaviour on The Morning Show "erratic" and "unbelievable".
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The show's executive producer, Sarah Stinson, said she originally thought George's meltdown was a prank. "I didn't realise she had such an issue with her roots. Most of our guests are usually proud to embrace where they've come from and we never would have done anything to purposely upset her."
However, the star didn't have any problems talking about her Summer Bay past when she appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show in the UK.
The interview, which was recorded before her appearance on Channel Seven, was aired on the ABC at the weekend. In it Ross introduces George by playing a clip of her as Angel in Home and Away.
George said she hadn't seen "that footage in so long" and went Ocker to joke that her accent back then was "really strong".
Ross asked her if Home and Away was still running and joked that the show should be put out of its misery. George agreed: "They really should."
The rest of the interview touched on her new show, Hunted, and offered up the gem that Simon Cowell had tried to make her into a pop star even though she couldn't sing.
George, a champion roller-skater in her youth, was also game enough to put on a pair of skates give Ross and his other guests some lessons.
She pleased enough with the interview to tweet about it on her Twitter account:
Hello Australia- my ep of Jonathan Ross will be on tomorrow night on ABC!
— Melissa George (@TheMGeorge) November 9, 2012
But her appearance on The Morning Show - to promote McHappy Day, a fundraising event organised by McDonald's to help Australian families with seriously ill children - left hurt and upset.
She responded to the hissy fit claims on her Twitter account, telling her fans that she had no problem talking about her past but that The Morning Show only wanted to speak about Home and Away.
It's 20 years ago. I always embrace the past, am used to being mis quoted, and love my fans, but the tall poppy syndrome is pushing us away.
— Melissa George (@TheMGeorge) November 11, 2012
@kateness22 anyone can ask me about the past, I always smiled and spoke about it, of course I am proud. But the today show was mean. I hurt.
— Melissa George (@TheMGeorge) November 11, 2012
It's not that I am forgetting where I came from. It's that I was home to raise money for mchappy day and channel 7 only spoke of H&A.
— Melissa George (@TheMGeorge) November 11, 2012
Again, it's not about mentioning the past, it's about ONLY mentioning the past. Like we failed and did SO badly for the past 20 years.
— Melissa George (@TheMGeorge) November 11, 2012
@kateness22 no one knows the scrutiny or can even imagine what goes on. But we take it and take it and take it. Until we say no more.
— Melissa George (@TheMGeorge) November 11, 2012
Both Home and Away and The Morning Show are produced by Channel Seven. An insider told The Daily Telegraph that George "kept saying she's had so many bigger roles since Home and Away that it was offensive to talk about it - she even said she'd send Seven an invoice because she inadvertently promotes it through the media".
George said the Australian press were "disgusting" for constantly aligning her with the soap.
"I don't need credibility from my country any more, I just need them all to be quiet," she said. "If they have nothing intelligent to say, please don't speak to me any more. I'd rather be having a croissant and an espresso in Paris or walking my French bulldog in New York City.
"I've never spoken out about it because I have to be the loyal good Aussie, who goes away and comes home.
"But I'm a really hard-working woman and people have to respect me for what I've done ... my next call will be to Home And Away to ask them to pay me because nobody does more promotion for that f***ing show than me."
