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Enraged Channel Nine viewers vow to boycott the Today show as the network axe Alex Cullen after $50,000 Adrian Portelli gift scandal


Channel Nine viewers are threatening to boycott the Today show after Alex Cullen was axed from the network.

The scandal kicked off when 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 last 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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