Em Rusciano to take a break from radio to deal with miscarriage
Em Rusciano has announced she will take some time off from her Sydney breakfast show on Southern Cross Austereo’s 2Day FM to help her cope with the miscarriage she suffered earlier this year.
Rusciano said she simply can’t be funny this week
Comedian and regular guest of The Em Rusciano Radio Show with Harley Breen, Celeste Barber, will fill in for Rusciano.
Rusciano’s due date would have been Thursday this week and she told listeners this morning she couldn’t bring herself to be funny during this difficult time.
Guys you might want to rethink the photo on the homepage. The poor woman just had a miscarriage…
Hi Um,
I thought about this for quite a while before posting the story and I respectfully disagree at this stage.
I think having an image of Em crying when making the announcement would have been more crass and exploitative. I don’t pretend to speak for Em, but she has said herself many many times, including on The Project last week, that if you don’t laugh, you will cry, and she will deal with this through humour, honesty, laughing and talking about it – to the point where her stand-up tour next year, Evil Queen, is centred around this very tragedy.
As I said though, I don’t speak for Em, nor do I pretend to know what she is feeling – so I will get in touch with SCA and see if they would like to provide a more appropriate image.
Thanks for the note,
Vivienne
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The show rates 2.9 not 3.3
Hi Correction,
Thanks for this. My mistake. I was referencing the second-most-recent ratings survey, rather than the most recent. Have amended.
Vivienne
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