Carrie Bickmore is the only remaining original panelist, and has – as well as her co-host Waleed Aly – won a Gold Logie for her efforts.
While she’s at ease behind the desk now, those first few weeks were a very different story. “Before the first episode I remember wondering if my body would automatically tell me to keep breathing because I was so stressed out that I thought that I might actually have a panic attack or a heart attack live on air,” Bickmore told news.com.au today.
“The only thing I remember is when the show ended, breathing out and hearing Dave Hughes say, ‘well, I think I just ended my career.’ I remember thinking, ‘shit, if Dave Hughes is saying that then what hope have I got?”
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