Ita Buttrose gets defensive as the Today Extra panel discuss her sex life
She’s used to asking the tough questions, but the tables were turned on Ita Buttrose during a panel discussion on Friday's episode of Today Extra.
During a debate about a blogger's opinion that men prefer “debt-free virgins without tattoos”, the 76-year-old became defensive when asked about her own sex life
Prue MacSween pointed out that the former Cleo editor once committed herself to celibacy.
“Ita was known as the woman who had never had sex!” she said.
“Don't be ridiculous, I had two children,” Ita snapped back.
Ita explained that she had chosen to abstain from sex in the ‘80s as part of a health campaign amid the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
“You shouldn't sleep around and a lot of us had signed the celibacy pact,” she said. “I did not sign it for life.”
Ita is co-hosting Today Extra with David Campbell while Sonia Kruger is away on a “top secret” work assignment,
Less than three months ago, Ita shocked fans when she announced she was leaving rival morning show Studio 10 after five years.