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Alex Cullen AXED from Today amid fallout from $50,000 Adrian Portelli gift: 'Alex and Nine agreed that he would finish with the network'
Alex Cullen has parted ways with the Nine network amid the ongoing fallout from his acceptance of $50,000 from The Block billionaire Adrian Portelli.
Portelli had grown tired of his long-used nickname 'Mr Lambo' and offered the cash reward to the first person to use his new moniker on air, with Cullen obliging on the Today Show on Friday. Portelli has grown tired of his long-used nickname 'Mr Lambo' and offered the cash reward to the first person to use his new moniker on air, with Cullen obliging on the Today Show on Friday Nine insiders also told Daily Mail Australia that the stunt could have been beneficial for the network and Portelli, if Cullen had advised the promoter that, as a journalist, he was unable to accept any payment for making the comment on-air.
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