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Hackett: Dancing “wasn’t a show I wanted to do”

Surprise, surprise, Grant Hackett couldn't hack the idea of dancing for Seven and readies to take up his Nine sports role.

Here’s something we all knew, but at least it’s on record now.

Grant Hackett confirmed Seven’s demands he compete on Dancing with the Stars was the reason he walked to Nine.

“I wouldn’t say Seven was a bad place to be, but we just couldn’t agree on the direction that we both wanted to take . . . and neither of us were willing to compromise,” he told news.com.au

“It wasn’t a show I wanted to do . . . I’m the first person to take the mickey out of myself, I don’t mind doing that. I’m six foot six and white with two left feet, so I’m not a great dancer, but from my point starting a media career it’s not where I wanted to be.”

Hackett starts duties for GTV9 this weekend as he readies to replace weekend sports presenter Heath O’Loughlin, who is taking up media duties with North Melbourne Football Club.

He will also appear on Today, What’s Good for You and Wide World of Sports for the network in the new year. And of course, Nine has the 2012 Olympics yet to come.

Source: news.com.au

7 Responses

  1. Fair enough too. If he wants to begin a career in journalism, he shouldn’t have to parade around on DWTS. He’s trying to be serious. Good on you Grant 🙂

  2. “I’m six foot six and white with two left feet, so I’m not a great dancer.”

    this alone is not a very good reason not to go on dancing with the stars there is always one or two celebs that are put on the show for exactly this reason. eg. red symons, andrew gaze, david graham. Its what makes the show entertaining.

    the swimmers are usually one of the first off anyway: elka graham, shane gould, michael klim, brooke hanson all left within 3 weeks.

    does this mean that Stephanie rice will be on next season?

  3. Nine won’t ‘ask’ anymore than Seven ‘ask’… Come on people, this is business, and TV is the worst!

    Nine is worse than Seven, its ruled by the ‘old boys’ club.

    ANYWAY, point it, this guy is going to be crap on National Nine News, not his style at all.

  4. The key word is “ask” ,Nine will “ask” not demand he do something. Shows like WGFY and WWOS are perfect fits for Grant not to mention the Olympics!

  5. Oh dear.
    So Grant ,dancing not your style..

    Suppose you will be happy when Nineask you on 20-1, Celebrity Wipeout and Hole in the Wall.

    Fair dinkum, a overpaid sportsman gets BONUS money for doing stuff all on a TV network and then can’t read the contract.

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