‘I can’t do this’: Em Rusciano breaks down on 2Day FM breakfast radio show

EM Rusciano left listeners of her 2Day FM breakfast radio show confused during a bizarre segment that ended with her whispering “I can’t do this”.

EM Rusciano left listeners of her 2Day FM breakfast radio show confused during a bizarre segment that ended with her whispering “I can’t do this”.

In audio that went to air just after the 7am news on Tuesday morning, Rusciano’s co-host Harley Breen gave a cheerful, “G’day mate!”

A distraught-sounding Rusciano could then be heard clearing her throat before asking: “What are we doing now?”

After some fumbling, their anchor said they’d be talking about a “letter from Harley’s teacher”.

“Oh good,” Rusciano sighed.

Once the anchor reset the segment and introduced the show again, Rusciano didn’t jump in on cue to take over.

“Yes it is ... I can’t do this,” she whispered off mic.

“You all right buddy?” Breen asked his co-host.

Suddenly, the anchor told listeners, “we might take a little short break and come back shortly” before throwing to ads.

Em Rusciano and Harley Breen are the newest breakfast team for 2Day FM.

A spokesman for Southern Cross Austereo — who broadcast the program — told Radio Today Rusciano was “caught off guard” and attributed the behaviour to “a personal issue”.

It comes just days after the latest radio ratings saw The Em Rusciano Radio Show With Harley Breen place last among its commercial FM competitors.

The newest competitor in the Sydney breakfast market, the 2Day FM offering is the fourth show that’s been rolled in to try and fill the void left behind when The Kyle & Jackie O Show defected at the end of 2013 to the rebranded KIIS 1065.