Sylvia Jeffreys has stepped in to defend her friend, sports presenter Erin Molan, who is in the midst of a feud with NRL star Andrew Johns.
On Thursday, Sylvia took to social media to support Erin, who broke down on live radio just hours earlier after she was viciously attacked online.
WATCH: Erin Molan breaks down on live radio
Sylvia, 33, took to Twitter to defend the blonde, saying she is “damn good at her job”.
The A Current Affair reporter wrote: “The list of reasons why I admire @Erin_Molan is too long for twitter.
“But in summary, she’s damn good at her job. A hard working class act. And Nine’s NRL coverage is richer for her perspective.”
Fans of the sport were quick to add their messages of support for Erin.
“Erin is the reason I love NRL – she is a wonderful representative of the game and her perspective is excepting professional,” said one fan.
While another said: “She’s brilliant – I love her.”
Sylvia’s supportive post came just hours after Erin had broken down in tears during a live radio appearance on Thursday.
The host, 37, has been plagued by vile trolls over claims that she is feuding with retired NRL player, Andrew Johns.
Wearing prescription sunglasses in a bid to hide her tears, Erin told WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda she is having a “rough” time in the lead up to Sunday’s NRL Grand Final.
“I am so sorry, I haven’t put my contacts in this morning. I had a rough night. I didn’t sleep very well and these are prescriptions,” Erin said, speaking about the dark sunglasses.
Speaking of the treatment she is receiving, Amanda said: “I don’t understand why people give you a hard time, it p***es me off.
“I think it’s because you are so professional, you are so good at your job and I think men don’t like you being good in what they still see as their world.
“I admire the pants off you … I just think you are the most professional female and it’s threatened everybody.”
Jonsey agreed with Amanda and said, “I admire the pants off you as well and I’m a man and I know a lot of men and they all rate you so don’t fill your head with these d**kheads that say these horrible things.
“You’re such a nice person and I know you very well and I’ve known you before you reached the pinnacle of fame you have now.
“You’re well qualified to do this and [the online abuse] will go away. But don’t read the trolls, don’t follow them [or] that junk.”
It had been claimed that the “feud” between Erin and Andrew dates back to 2017 when she replaced Paul “Fatty” Vautin as host of The Footy Show.
“Joey [Andrews’ nickname] has never been a fan of Erin, which isn’t fair because she works her a**e off … The whole Footy Show thing, with Fatty being booted, that is where it started to go sour,” the insider previously told The Daily Telegraph .
While another unnamed source told Daily Mail Australia claimed that Andrew does have a problem with Erin, saying he didn’t like the way she giggled or spoke over people on the show.
“He just doesn’t like working with her … Joey is a stubborn b***ard, if somewhere along the line she’s p***ed him off he’ll probably carry it around for the rest of his life.”
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