chrismoyles.net
- Sat May 24, 2003 1:19 pm
#79274
I spotted this in the Daily Mirror today, its very interesting
THERE were fears last night for the health of Five presenter Christian O'Connell, who collapsed minutes after a carpeting from boss Chris Evans.
The 30-year-old was taken to task by Evans, who produces his chat show on Five, following cutting remarks in a newspaper.
O'Connell, also an Xfm DJ, was found on his dressing room floor on Wednesday after what looks like a panic attack.
Medics got him back on his feet, but he wasn't well enough to host Five's planned Matrix Special from Leicester Square.
Five had to pull the plug on the programme and O'Connell is now off ill. Richard Bacon will stand in for him.
O'Connell has had a stormy relationship with Evans, who hired the Irishman to replace DJ Chris Moyles in February.
And, O'Connell revealed to a newspaper that jokes about Evans' court battle with Virgin Radio had not gone down well.
O'Connell said: "He wasn't best pleased to say the least - but I'm doing a television show for the audience not for him."
The presenter admitted he had pinched tickets for premieres from Evans to give away on the show.
He said: "He genuinely did go berserk - it was a ginger meltdown." They also clashed when O'Connell refused to have the Stereophonics on his show. "I couldn't give a s*** what he thinks," he told the newspaper.
Last night a TV insider said: "It's not known what Evans said to O'Connell but it clearly shook him.
"His behaviour has been increasingly erratic and his career at Five is now very uncertain." A spokesperson for Five said: "Christian has been signed off for two weeks with exhaustion. "We don't know about his row with Chris, but it wouldn't have happened in front of us anyway."
THERE were fears last night for the health of Five presenter Christian O'Connell, who collapsed minutes after a carpeting from boss Chris Evans.
The 30-year-old was taken to task by Evans, who produces his chat show on Five, following cutting remarks in a newspaper.
O'Connell, also an Xfm DJ, was found on his dressing room floor on Wednesday after what looks like a panic attack.
Medics got him back on his feet, but he wasn't well enough to host Five's planned Matrix Special from Leicester Square.
Five had to pull the plug on the programme and O'Connell is now off ill. Richard Bacon will stand in for him.
O'Connell has had a stormy relationship with Evans, who hired the Irishman to replace DJ Chris Moyles in February.
And, O'Connell revealed to a newspaper that jokes about Evans' court battle with Virgin Radio had not gone down well.
O'Connell said: "He wasn't best pleased to say the least - but I'm doing a television show for the audience not for him."
The presenter admitted he had pinched tickets for premieres from Evans to give away on the show.
He said: "He genuinely did go berserk - it was a ginger meltdown." They also clashed when O'Connell refused to have the Stereophonics on his show. "I couldn't give a s*** what he thinks," he told the newspaper.
Last night a TV insider said: "It's not known what Evans said to O'Connell but it clearly shook him.
"His behaviour has been increasingly erratic and his career at Five is now very uncertain." A spokesperson for Five said: "Christian has been signed off for two weeks with exhaustion. "We don't know about his row with Chris, but it wouldn't have happened in front of us anyway."
dave benson phillips
Watching him on TOTP nearly kills me, he can't do the straight to camera thing at all, give him room to be his random self and hes great.
