Em Rusciano quits News Corp column after ‘unkind clickbait’ left her ‘crying under desk’
Media personality Em Rusciano has resigned her weekly column for News Corp after a story about her participation in Seven’s The Big Music Quiz left her crying under her desk at her Hit Network radio job.
Rusciano told Facebook followers that she made the decision after lighthearted comments made by The Big Music Quiz host, Darren McMullen, became “an unkind clickbait headline” about her performance, triggering her meltdown.
Rusciano first came to public attention as a competitor on Australian Idol. Since then the writer, singer and comedian has developed a media career which has seen her as a regular on Ten’s The Project and, recently, become the host of a national Sunday night show on Southern Cross Austereo’s Hit Network.
This is why people in high profile media roles need a strong support network of professional people around them.
Here’s hoping Em can find the right help.
Oh, dear … it’s a big, bad social media jungle out there. Those who want to bask in its warm glow have to expect to get burned now and then. Anyway, tomorrow in this era of 10-second attention spans, it will be forgotten, maybe Ms Em as well, and the keyboard warriors will be kicking the crap out of some other wannabe … okay, so I’m a keyboard warrior, too.
Agree with zumabeach.
Really, a lot of people have to suffer a LOT worse in their everyday jobs and their life.
Rusciano cops a bad headline from a website known for being full of lazy clickbaiting articles churned out by Z-grade keyboard bashers, based on what appears to be an accurate if lighthearted comment by the host of her show, and she goes all woe-is-me melodrama, cries that it’s all too tough and people are so unkind (sorry, was I just channelling Kamahl for a moment?). You’re a stand-up comic, toughen up!
Even as little as a few months ago I’d read a story like this and think ‘toughen up’, ‘you’re in the media so you have to expect it’, ‘just ignore them’ but now there have been far too many missed opportunities for an ‘R U OK?’ moment.
Whilst this story does give the impression Em’s emotions come directly from the comment, I really hope someone close to her has taken the opportunity to ask her if she’s ok as it’s possible there’s something far deeper going on.
Yes there are people who may suffer a lot worse, everyday, and there are some people who are able to take it on the chin a lot better everyday, but a little empathy can go a long way these days.
Good God! She’s a ‘stand up Comedienne’ for crying out loud, doesn’t she slang etc for a living??? She never seems to be able to cop a bit of flack, always whining & woe is me. Bye bye, leave it to the adults.
The amount of insensitive people in the comments here is astounding. You don’t know what else was going on in her life at the time and she’s been quite open about suffering from anxiety etc. People with a mental illness can’t just “get over it” and “harden up”.
Goes around comes around.