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Carrie Bickmore refused to deny rumours she’s set to replace Tracy Grimshaw as host of Nine’s A Current Affair after announcing her departure from The Project.
The Gold Logie winner, 41, tearfully confirmed her exit on Tuesday night, saying she wanted to spend more time with her family after 13 years at the helm of the Channel 10 program.
After admitting it was the ‘hardest decision of my professional life’, Bickmore’s co-host Kate Langbroek lightened the mood by asking her directly if she was jumping ship to host ACA.
Carrie Bickmore (pictured) refused to deny rumours she’s set to replace Tracy Grimshaw as host of Nine’s A Current Affair after announcing her departure from The Project
While said in jest, the question was no doubt at the front of many viewers’ minds, as Bickmore’s exit from The Project comes as Grimshaw prepares to sign off from ACA following a historic 17-year run.
Despite being given the opportunity to clear up the rumours, Bickmore tellingly chose not to deny them, and instead just laughed off Langbroek’s question.
The fact Langbroek was the one to raise the subject is interesting, too, because she recently signed with Nine to host the dating show My Mum, Your Dad.
After admitting it was the ‘hardest decision of my professional life’, Bickmore’s co-host Kate Langbroek (right) lightened the mood by asking her directly if she was jumping ship to host ACA. Despite being given the opportunity to clear up the rumours, Bickmore tellingly chose not to deny them, and instead just laughed off Langbroek’s question
‘You always make these unusual, bold choices,’ Langbroek said, to which Bickmore replied: ‘I know. I’ll be completely honest. I’m not 100 per sure of my decision…’
Langbroek then interrupted: ‘Hang on? Are you hosting A Current Affair?’
Bickmore rolled her head back with laughter, but didn’t deny she was jumping ship to Nine and swiftly changed the subject.
This moment didn’t go unnoticed on Twitter, with viewers remarking that her non-denial could be a sign she’ll soon show up on a rival network.
While said in jest, the question was no doubt at the front of many viewers’ minds, as Bickmore’s exit from The Project comes as Grimshaw (pictured) prepares to sign off from ACA following a historic 17-year run
‘Anyone notice Carrie didn’t deny the A Current Affair rumour?’ one tweeted.
‘Carrie Bickmore. ACA 2023? Who’s with me?’ another wrote, while a third added: ‘Has Nine poached Carrie Bickmore to replace Tracy Grimshaw on ACA next year?’
One fan tweeted: ‘Could Carrie Bickmore be leaving The Project to replace Tracy Grimshaw on ACA in 2023? Timing is everything.’
A Nine spokesperson declined to comment.
Bickmore announced on Tuesday she was leaving The Project to spend more time with her family.
The TV presenter fought back tears as she told viewers it was the hardest decision she had made in her professional life.
The mother of three has been on The Project desk since the show launched in 2009 and has since become a familiar face on Australian screens.
‘I have some news that I wanted to share… s*** I’m already crying,’ she began.
‘I have made the tough decision to finish up hosting the show at the end of the year.
‘It’s been the hardest decision of my professional life, to make this call, but it’s time for a new challenge and for my next chapter.’
Bickmore announced she was leaving The Project to spend more time with her family
Bickmore said she was going to miss her ‘mates on the desk’ and the ‘wonderful viewers’ who have supported the show for over a decade.
‘It’s no secret that this show has become a second home to me, and I couldn’t be more thankful to everyone that has been involved on and off screen,’ she said.
‘It has been a long journey. I started the show when Ollie, my son, was one, and he’s now 15, which is crazy. And I want to spend more time at home.
Bickmore has been on The Project desk since the program was first launched back in 2009
Bickmore (pictured at the Logies in 2019) said leaving The Project had been the hardest decision she had had to make in her professional career
‘I want to have more family dinners. I’ll watch the show at home with a glass of wine in hand. I just wanted to say an enormous thank you.
‘It has been an incredible privilege.’
Bickmore said that while she loved her ‘fulfilling’ job, she wanted to find out who she was without The Project.
‘This show is so much in my DNA, and I don’t know who I am without it,’ she said.
Bickmore’s co-host Lisa Wilkinson posted a tribute to Instagram in which she thanked her long-time friend for her friendship and generosity on the panel.
Bickmore’s co-host Lisa Wilkinson posted a tribute to Instagram in which she thanked her long-time friend for her friendship and generosity on the panel
‘We mere mortals will never know how you did it all with so much grace, good humour and all that glamour,’ she wrote.
‘I know what a huge decision this has been for you, and we are all going to miss you terribly come year’s end. Can’t wait to see what comes next in your extraordinary life, or to share that next glass of wine – or five – with you!’
The mother-of-three shares two children, Evie and Adelaide, with her partner Chris Walker, a former producer of The Project.
Her eldest son Ollie is from her marriage to her late husband Greg Lange, who sadly died of brain cancer in 2010, three years after their son was born.
The 41-year-old presenter has three children; Oliver, Evie and Adelaide
Bickmore told viewers hat while she loved her ‘fulfilling’ job, she wanted to find out who she was without The Project
Bickmore’s decision to pursue a journalism was inspired by her father, who worked in radio for 24 years, but she had previously dreamed of being a ballerina.
Brian Bickmore is one of the founders of the Austereo Network and worked in radio in Adelaide and Melbourne for 24 years before retiring in 2004.
Bickmore won the Gold Logie for the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television in 2015 and used her acceptance speech to honour her late husband.
She donned a bright blue beanie as she spoke about her desire to raise awareness about the disease, which she said killed eight out of ten people who are diagnosed.
Bickmore won the Gold Logie for the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television in 2015 and used her acceptance speech to honour her late husband Greg who died of brain cancer
In March, Bickmore announced she would be taking a few months off to travel through Europe (pictured with her partner Chris Walker)
‘In 2010 my husband Greg was one of the unlucky ones. And after a long, long, long battle he died from brain cancer,’ she told the audience.
‘Over ten years I watched him suffer multiple seizures a day, lose feeling down one side of his body. He was an incredibly brave man, he was a great dad.
‘He was a great husband and a great brother. And he was a great friend. But he shouldn’t have had to go through that. No one should have to go through that.
‘Throughout his cancer journey he used to wear a lot of hats — he used to wear a lot of beanies. And that was because he felt embarrassed about his scars and his head.
‘And I used to say to him: ‘Don’t be embarrassed, scars are really, really cool’. And beanies are also really cool.’
When Carrie was starting out in the media industry, Greg was by her side, supporting her every step of the way while coming to terms with his brain cancer diagnosis.
Bickmore was supported by her co-hosts after she announced she would be stepping down from her role at The Project at the end of 2022
Bickmore’s ambition and drive quickly set her apart from other students when she gained a 5am work experience job at Perth radio station 92.9FM a year before graduating
After attending Anglican girls school Perth College, where she ‘felt very shy’ and under pressure ‘to be a certain way’, Bickmore enrolled in a journalism degree at Curtin University of Technology.
Her ambition and drive quickly set her apart from other students when she gained a 5am work experience job at Perth radio station 92.9FM a year before graduating.
It was when she filled in as an emergency newsreader for a sick colleague that her voice was first broadcast.
‘I did it. It was so nerve-wracking and my throat was dry, it was horrible – but I survived,’ she said, while recalling the moment in her university’s alumni magazine.
A year later she was on her way to Melbourne to take up the afternoon newsreader role for radio station Nova 100.
Before taking up her high-profile role on The Project, alongside Waleed Aly and Peter Helliar, Bickmore gained the title of ‘the laughing person’s newsreader’ while working on comedy talk show Rove Live.
Bickmore has been with former producer of The Project Chris Walker for almost 10 years
The TV personality (pictured) gave birth to baby Evie with her partner of almost three years, former The Project producer Chris Walker, and son Ollie by her side
The TV personality gave birth to baby Evie with her partner of almost three years, former The Project producer Chris Walker, and son Ollie by her side.
Before Evie’s arrival she gave strength to other expectant mums by speaking candidly about her severe morning sickness and her nervousness after suffering complications during her son Ollie’s birth.
The presenter had a severe haemorrhage 10 days after welcoming her son Oliver and would have died without life-saving surgery and blood transfusions.
Bickmore suffered a miscarriage not long after Ollie’s birth and it was with huge bravery that she announced she was pregnant with Evie live on The Project in 2014.
She later welcomed her second daughter Adelaide, in 2018.
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