Carrie Bickmore's stunning salary leaked
Carrie Bickmore’s eye-watering salary for working just three days on The Project has been leaked.
The co-host shocked viewers when she announced that she will be leaving the show at the end of the year after 13 years of being the face of The Project.
Since her bombshell announcement, it has been revealed that Carrie was earning a hefty $1.1 million for three weekly episodes from 2021-2022.
Her salary is also reportedly more than big names at Sunrise such as David Koch who is reportedly paid about $800,000 a year to host Channel Seven’s breakfast program four days a week.
Further to that, Carrie was making more per year than her competition Tracy Grimshaw who hosted A Current Affair for 17 years.
A leaked internal memo that went to another Channel Ten department showed Carrie’s massive salary.
Now rumours are swirling that Carrie’s shock departure was because Ten no longer wanted to pay the large sum for just three days worth of work.
“But Ten is adamant that money wasn’t the issue, and it was simply down to Bickmore wanting to spend more time with her family, particularly after her much-publicised three-month sabbatical in the UK earlier this year,” Diary reported.
Carrie shared the news to viewers on October 11 saying that she wanted to have more family time and to know who she was outside of the program.
The Gold Logie winner has been on the show since the first episode aired in 2009, alongside Charlie Pickering.
Holding back tears, Carrie said it was the “hardest decision of my professional life but it’s time for a new challenge and my next chapter”.
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