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Kyle Sandilands' controversial take on Alex Cullen's standing down… as Nine star is a no-show on the Today Show after $50,000 gift from Adrian Portelli
TV presenter Cullen, 44, was gifted the sizeable sum from Portelli after he was the first media personality to use his new self-given nickname 'McLaren Man' live on air.
Portelli has grown tired of his long-used nickname 'Mr Lambo' and offered the cash reward to the first media personality to use his new moniker, with Cullen obliging on the Today Show on Friday. Portelli has since come under fire for urging his fans to bombard female journalist Fiona Byrne online after she revealed Nine was investigating Cullen over the cash for comment scandal. Thousands of cyberbullies flooded her social media with vile and misogynistic slurs after Portelli urged his 461,000 Instagram followers to 'bully' Byrne, even offering a cash prize for the best takedown.
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