Radio host Marty Sheargold vanishes from airwaves as he takes abrupt personal leave

Triple M has released a statement after popular comedian and radio host, Marty Sheargold, went missing from the airwaves.

Australian radio host Marty Sheargold remains off-air as of Monday morning after disappearing from his namesake show last week.

Sheargold, who hosts Triple M’s Marty Sheargold Show in Melbourne, was MIA last week with anchor Troy Ellis filling in for him.

On Friday, Ellis told listeners that Sheargold was missing because he was on “personal leave”.

Southern Cross Austereo – the parent company behind Triple M – released a statement on Saturday saying Sheargold was prioritising his family.

“Marty is taking personal leave to spend some more time with family. He will be back on air again soon,” the statement read.

Sheargold, 52, is notoriously private. He has two children with his long-term partner, Ang, but rarely speaks about his family on-air.

Marty Sheargold has been MIA from his breakfast show. Picture: Supplied/Triple M

Fellow comedian Anthony ‘Lehmo’ Lehmann filled in for Sheargold on Monday morning’s show.

Sheargold didn’t attend the radio awards, known as the ACRAs, in Sydney on Saturday night.

It’s understood the comedian isn’t a massive fan of the awards show, but some industry insiders thought he might attend to watch his longtime producer and Triple M team member, Loren Barry, present during the ceremony.

Barry told Herald Sun on the pink carpet at the ACRAs that “everything is fine” with Sheargold, and suggested that the gruelling hours of breakfast radio had taken a toll on the host.

“He is just taking some time, he is just spending some time with his family, but we are all good,” Barry said.

“Everything is fine. We will be back.

“Working in breakfast radio you just get really tired. It is a very tiring job,” she said.

Marty Sheargold was also a no show at the ACRAs on Saturday night.

His offsider, Loren Barry, has assured fans “everything is fine”. Picture: Supplied/CRA

The Marty Sheargold Show was nominated for two ACRAs this year but walked away empty-handed on Saturday night.

The evening belonged to Amanda Keller and Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones, whose WSFM breakfast show took out the coveted ‘Best On Air Team’ award.

Keller broke down onstage during her acceptance speech, and later sobbed as she told news.com.au it was the most meaningful win of her career, despite having won the Best On Air Team award three times in the past.

“I’m very emotional this time,” Keller said about the honour.

“It’s been a week of really hard news this week, and to share that with your audience, as hard as it is to rock up every day and acknowledge what’s going on in the world and play the dance of acknowledging it, but cheering people up is such a dance and it’s a privilege to attempt to do that dance every day.”