{"id":19661,"date":"2016-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/pregnant-today-co-host-deborah-knight-slams-viewer-who-called-her-repulsive\/"},"modified":"2016-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"pregnant-today-co-host-deborah-knight-slams-viewer-who-called-her-repulsive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/pregnant-today-co-host-deborah-knight-slams-viewer-who-called-her-repulsive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Today co-host Deborah Knight slams viewer who called her \u201crepulsive\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Weekend Today co-host Deborah Knight,&nbsp;pregnant with her third child &#8211; a girl &#8211; is due within the next two weeks and has been called &#8220;repulsive&#8221; by one viewer.<\/h3>\n<p>Deb&nbsp;wrapped up her Today commitments on Sunday&nbsp;morning before heading off on maternity leave, but not before receiving an angry COMPLAINT email from a woman who was watching.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"deborah\" title=\"ENTERTAINMENT\" height=\"584\" width=\"857\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-25_at_7.08.40_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The email, which Deb tweeted, suggested Knight should have hidden her pregnant belly while on air, even using the word \u201crepulsive\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-25_at_10.11.11_am.png\" width=\"641\" height=\"292\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to News.com.au, Knight expressed her disappointment in the email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was more disappointed than offended that someone would genuinely hold that view in a modern era,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe language used by the viewer was quite strong \u2014 she called me \u2018repulsive\u2019 \u2014 but I get it that there are certain people of a certain generation who might think that pregnant women should perhaps not be in the workforce, because back in the 1950s pregnant women were forced to quit their jobs. I was just disappointed that someone would express that view in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"deb\" title=\"ENTERTAINMENT\" height=\"595\" width=\"930\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-25_at_7.09.23_am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Only a week before, a New Zealand man slammed a pregnant sports reporter an \u201ceyesore\u201d in an open letter, published in TV Guide.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWho is responsible for allowing a sports presenter in a very pregnant state to remain on screen?\u201d the man wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no problem with seeing pregnant women in normal situations or places, but to have them remain on TV in a state which I feel is embarrassing and an eyesore? It\u2019s time to replace them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Responding to her own critic with class, Knight had the last laugh, with this tweet:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-25_at_10.15.02_am.png\" width=\"645\" height=\"284\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/new-sa-employment-minister-is-hopeless-says-steven-marshall\">STEVEN MARSHALL LINES UP WEATHERILL MINISTER \u2013 AND HE DIDN\u2019T MISS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/crows-live-up-to-training-reputation-for-new-recruit\">ADELAIDE CROWS LIVE UP TO THEIR REPUTATION, SAYS NEW RECRUIT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend Today co-host Deborah Knight,&nbsp;pregnant with her third child &#8211; a girl &#8211; is due within the next two weeks and has been called &#8220;repulsive&#8221; by one viewer. Deb&nbsp;wrapped up her Today commitments on Sunday&nbsp;morning before heading off on maternity leave, but not before receiving an angry COMPLAINT email from a woman who was watching. 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