Alex Cullen officially joined Melbourne’s GOLD104.3 and The Christian O’Connell Show this morning, sporting a black eye and after a hellish move from Sydney for the new role. He replaces Jack Post and will be the show’s resident sports guru.
Christian O’Connell: “We need to welcome to the show someone we’re really excited to be joining the show and our family as well. And that isn’t just me, Pats and Rio and the team here. It’s actually everyone who listens to the show and makes the show with us every day. Welcome to the show Alex Cullen.
“A genuine, big, warm-hearted welcome to the team, Alex. Everyone’s making you feel very welcome already. Already you’ve created a buzz, let me tell you why. When I came in this morning, a senior engineer [at ARN] pulls me aside and goes, ‘hey, Alex has been in since 5am.’ Now for this team, this is already remarkable because a certain former team member never came in till like, well 6am, so already times are changing.”
Alex Cullen: “I’m very conscientious. You’ve got to be on your first day. There’s a lot going on.
It’s wonderful to be here. Everyone’s been so lovely and friendly and welcoming. It’s a big move for us, as you will all well know. My girls are starting school this morning as well. So, it’s all happening in our family. But it’s wonderful to be here. We love this city. We’ve been here for a week.
The drive down was a nightmare, Christian. So, we’re sitting in the car about to go and one of the girls, Evie, just starts vomiting in the car and we’re like, really, is this happening right now? And then she’s just continuing to do that for most of the trip. Then about halfway, Audrey does the same.”
Christian O’Connell: “At any point, were you like, is this a sign of things to come? The vomiting as we leave Sydney.
Now I just have to mention as well that you do appear to have a brand-new black eye. I mean, I know Melbourne’s a bit rough, and I’m really sorry in your first weekend you’ve already had a punch on.”
Alex Cullen: “I’ve come in here about it and bruised. And it was funny, we bought some walnuts from South Melbourne market. We’re at the back of our house and we’re opening these walnuts.
The kids love walnuts, and so there’s the shells everywhere throughout the backyard and I’m picking them up. Anyway, my kids are a million miles an hour, like proper million miles an hour, and so I’m meaning now to pick them up. Evie runs over and she starts picking them up, and then as I stand up, she takes off, and in that exact millisecond she has taken me out, smashing into my eye, my eye is full of blood. The girls are screaming.”
She said to me last night, ‘Daddy, tomorrow on the show, you have to say that you were beaten up by a six-year-old.’”
The Christian O’Connell Show can be heard from 6-9am weekdays on GOLD104.3.