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Merrick Watts reveals why a silly joke he made about McDonald's caused his employer to lose $1milion before his rift with longtime co-host Tim Ross


Merrick Watts has opened up about the moment he and his former co-host Tim Ross lost the Nova network $1million.

The 51-year-old revealed on the Friendlyjordies Podcas t, he and Rosso had been asked to promote McDonald's El Maco range live on air early in their career but things didn't go to plan. It's not really something I talk about a lot…but it was really devastating at the time,' he told SAS Australia host Ant Middleton on his podcast Head Game. The 51-year-old revealed on the Friendlyjordies Podcast, he and Rosso had been asked to promote McDonald's El Maco range live on air early in their career but things didn't go to plan

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