Nat Barr's real opinion on Matt Shirvington
Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr has shared her real thoughts on her new co-host Matt Shirvington.
After almost a month since former co-host David Koch’s departure, all eyes have been on Barr and Shirvington, who have apparently known each other for years prior to hosting Sunrise together.
“We live in the same area, so we’d see each other in the street and say hi because we both vaguely knew who the other was,” Barr told The Sydney Morning Herald.
She revealed that years ago they would walk past each other on the street as they picked their children up from school, and had since been “in and out of each other’s lives and would see each other at events and always got along”.
“He’s the type of guy who just fits in – a really nice, normal guy with a daggy-dad sense of humour,” she told the publication.
Barr then went on to share how she deals with public scrutiny and revealed that she doesn’t feel any extra pressure from being the more experienced presenter.
“I don’t mind a bit of scrutiny. I mean, I’m on TV. Some people will like the way I do things, some won’t,” she said.
“If you can’t cope with that then I guess you shouldn’t be on TV.”
Barr revealed that ever since she took the hosting job she made a pact with herself to not get into the comments, and so she has turned off all notifications on Twitter.
“I turned the notifications off on Twitter years ago. People can DM me on Instagram but as soon as I get hate and abusive stuff, I block and delete,” she said.
“You can’t stop people being nasty, that’s just what society is like,” she added.
Barr said that she understands that as a public figure she can’t just take in the good comments about her.
“You get personal scrutiny, horrible messages and critical articles written about you,” she said.
“I think when you do a public job, it’s part and parcel. You can’t expect everyone to be writing glowing appraisals.”
Despite the challenges, Barr remains optimistic about her career and the future of Sunrise.
“I think we have developed a show with the same heart and soul that we started with 21 years ago and that can never change,” she said.
“There will be tweaks, people will come and go, but it’s bigger than any one of us. And that makes me happy.”
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