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Stynes, former host Chrissie Swan, Gorgi Coghlan have spoken of their sadness
at The Circle being axed. Picture: Network Ten
Alice Coster, Emily Portelli and Christopher Gillett, The Herald Sun, report
The hosts from axed chat show The Circle have spoken out about their sadness with the demise of the Logie-winning program.
Co-host Gorgi Coghlan told viewers it was a day of “mixed emotions” .
“We’re obviously very sad, if you haven’t heard the news, The Circle is finishing at the end of the week,” Coghlan said.
“We have all felt, every member of the team here at The Circle , extremely privileged to do this show for the past two-and-a-half years and to have changed a lot of lives in a positive way.”
Yumi Stynes, the other co-host on the show who came under fire when she made demeaning comments in February about SAS Cpl Roberts-Smith, joked about coincidences.
“On Sunday, I was looking for income protection insurance and then on Monday I got told I don’t have a job,” Stynes said.
“The unfortunate thing is I didn’t end up buying the income protection insurance.”
The Circle cast and about 25 staff were told yesterday the show had been axed and the final episode would be shown on Friday.
Former host, Chrissie Swan, who departed from the show in December last year also said she felt incredibly sad about The Circle being axed.
The mother-of-two told her Mix FM listeners this morning, she thought the Channel 10 show would air forever.
"It's really sad news for me,’’ Swan said. "Obviously it's where I had my break on television. I did two beautiful years on there which I enjoyed every second of.
"The Circle was incredibly special and really beautiful. And I for one, thought it would always be there.
"I would pop back into The Circle office now and then and everything was exactly as I left it. I just liked knowing that was going on in the Como building.
"So on a personal note, it's really sad that it's finished but let's just appreciate it for what it was; which was an incredible, beautiful, funny, warm TV show that did a whole lot of good."
Channel Ten yesterday told cast and about 25 staff the show would be axed and the final episode would be shown on Friday.
"The saddest thing is there's about 25 or 30 people that work behind the scenes ... they are the most warm, funny, beautiful people, and super hard-working,’’ Swan said.
"The Circle looked effortless and that was because of all the amazing people and Pam Barnes, the EP who was incredible. I just feel really sad for them.’’
Herald Sun columnist and regular Circle guest Mia Freedman said it was disappointing the female-centric show was canned.
“I think that the more female voices that are out there in the media, the better,” Freedman said.
Swan was recently announced as Ian "Dicko" Dickson’s replacement to front Channel Ten’s topical panel show Can of Worms.
Ten said it would be looking for other opportunities within the network for co-host Coghlan, while Stynes will finish with Ten after Friday's show.
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