Grant Denyer has spoken out about his ‘eratic’ behaviour during his time as the weather presenter for Sunrise.
The 37-year-old TV host spoke to the Daily Mail in an exclusive about his time at Brekky Central amid claims he would send strange messages to his bosses in the middle of the night.
‘I was erratic – I was exhausted – I was clumsy, I dropped things, I fell over, I rang people and forgot what I was saying.’
‘When you do Sunrise at four in the morning and you’re travelling all the time, late at night is often the only chance you can actually do things – of course I called people at all hours of the night.’
The family feud host claims he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue following his time on Sunrise.
In February of this year Woman’s Day magazine published an article that claimed Denyer and his wife Chezzi shared an addiction to methamphetamines.
The magazine claimed that Grant and Chezzi, who have a two-year-old daughter named Sailor, were spending $200,000 a year on the addiction, and tried to fix it by going to a Thailand rehabilitation centre last year.
Denyer denied the allegations again when he spoke to the Daily Mail, and said he went to Thailand to recover from exhaustion.
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Firstly, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which he was diagnosed with, is a very serious condition that myself, and many others suffer from. Over 180,000 Australian's are affected by the disease. It is a complex, multi system, long term disease, that only a minute amount recover fully from, most not recovering at all, or only recovering by a small amount. So yes, people go to rehab for fatigue.
The proper name for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, as the name Chronic Fatigue is very misleading.
When I was at my worst with the disease, I forgot what I was saying mid-sentence, and the cognitive symptoms are what usually come first, along with immune symptoms. You are clumsy, exhausted, erratic amongst many other things.
If not taken seriously, and it isn't treated, people can, and have died from it.
I'm not saying that the rumours of Grant having an addiction are untrue or true, as that is something he probably wouldnt admit to, if he had. But many people, need to take the time, to fully understand what he was diagnosed, before making it even more trivialised than it is.
For a greater understanding of the illness, you can read the article of my journey with the illness attatched below, that was published in Girlfriend August last year.
You can simply google the acronyms ME/CFS to find even more information, and more stories.
Whatever it was that he was struggling with, we should have respected his and his family's privacy. The important thing is that he seems to be doing much better. I went to the filming of Family Feud and he was very friendly and cheerful with everyone. He seems like a great dude.