EX-SUNRISE host Mel Doyle was one half of the highest-rating breakfast TV show for more than a decade. But before that, she was told she was all wrong for the job. before she landed the coveted role, she was told by a news director at Channel Seven that she didn’t have what it took to make it to the top. The brutal revelation was made during her appearance on Nova Entertainment’s new podcast series, In Her Own Words, created especially for International Women’s Day this week.