{"id":14540,"date":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-reason-for-sam-newman-s-bizarre-footy-show-performance\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:00:00","slug":"the-reason-for-sam-newman-s-bizarre-footy-show-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-reason-for-sam-newman-s-bizarre-footy-show-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: The reason for Sam Newman\u2019s bizarre Footy Show performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>UPDATE, 2:27pm &#8212; Eddie McGuire returns to The Footy Show.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Following a crabby performance by Sam Newman on Thursday night\u2019s Footy Show, the Herald Sun is reporting that former host Eddie McGuire will return to the show replacing current host Craig Hutchison.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcGuire will host the show alongside Bec Maddern and Sam Newman,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/afl\/more-news\/sam-newmans-bizarre-the-footy-show-performance-leaves-cohosts-viewers-stunned\/news-story\/a2bdc12d61c8cfc9c79d1433e3bf0375?utm_content=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=EditorialSF&amp;utm_source=HeraldSun&amp;utm_medium=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">the paper reported on Friday afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChannel Nine is set to make an official announcement later today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EARLIER\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Sam Newman\u2019s bizarre behaviour on Thursday night\u2019s Footy Show was a reaction to his belief that the network is planning to axe him, says entertainment reported Peter Ford.<\/h3>\n<p>Newman was awkward throughout the program, barely speaking, refusing to answer questions, and leaving before the end of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Eddie McGuire\u2019s position as Collingwood president, Newman cryptically replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWell now, it can be controversial if you make comments on this. You can be taken aside and spoken to if you step over some imaginary line in the sand. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d like to make a comment on any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3aw.com.au\/why-sam-newman-was-a-complete-sad-sack-on-the-footy-show-last-night\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford told 3AW on Friday<\/a> that Sam has heard \u201crumblings\u201d he will be axed at the end of the year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou can write the story every year, but this time I think it\u2019s for real,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is of the opinion they are trying to rein him&nbsp;in more and more, and he just just doesn\u2019t want to play that game. He wants to beat to his own drum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to be there working at half-speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think (Thursday night\u2019s performance)&nbsp;was very much demonstrating what the show would be like (without him).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"316\" width=\"788\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2017-07-21_at_8.58.22_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/Kane-and-Danger-accidentally-bumped-into-each-other-in-a-cafe-today\"><strong>AWKWARD! 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Following a crabby performance by Sam Newman on Thursday night\u2019s Footy Show, the Herald Sun is reporting that former host Eddie McGuire will return to the show replacing current host Craig Hutchison. \u201cMcGuire will host the show alongside Bec Maddern and Sam Newman,\u201d the paper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-14540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: The reason for Sam Newman\u2019s bizarre Footy Show performance - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-reason-for-sam-newman-s-bizarre-footy-show-performance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: The reason for Sam Newman\u2019s bizarre Footy Show performance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPDATE, 2:27pm &#8212; Eddie McGuire returns to The Footy Show. 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