{"id":12134,"date":"2018-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/tv-host-blasts-comm-games-closing-ceremony-live-on-air\/"},"modified":"2018-04-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T00:00:00","slug":"tv-host-blasts-comm-games-closing-ceremony-live-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/tv-host-blasts-comm-games-closing-ceremony-live-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Host Blasts Comm Games Closing Ceremony Live On Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Channel Seven host Johanna Griggs left no doubts about her opinion of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on Sunday night.<\/h3>\n<p>After co-host Basil Zempilas acknowledged the ceremony had not \u201clived up to expectations,\u201d Johanna let fly.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cI\u2019m sorry, you\u2019re being way too polite,\u201d Griggs told Zempilas. \u201cPeople are thinking that Channel Seven has chosen not to show pictures of athletes or not to show the flag bearer, Kurt Fearnley &#8230;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWe can only show the pictures that are provided by the actual host broadcasters. They made the decision not to have athletes enter the stadium. I\u2019m furious. Actually wrecking a tradition that is so important&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cYou want to see the athletes come in. You want to see them jumping in front of camera. You want to see them celebrating 11 days of great sport. We missed out on all of that.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel Seven host Johanna Griggs left no doubts about her opinion of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on Sunday night. 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