New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Mark’s shock TV exit “I’LL COME BACK EVEN STRONGER”

‘It was a shock. I was just disappointed and sad’

It’s been just over a month since Mark Richardson learned he wouldn’t be returning to his role as a presenter on The AM Show – and he’s surprisingly philosophical.

“It wasn’t totally unexpected,” confides the world-class cricketer-turned-broadcaster as he sits down to chat to the Weekly. “We’ve been together for five years and we’ve had a damn good run. It’s disappointing because I love the job – it really is fun. But there’s another chapter yet. I don’t know how it’s going to go, but that’s exciting at the same time.”

As a self-confessed worrier, the former Black Cap admits that despite being well aware of the topsy-turvy nature of life in the media, the news has been unsettling.

“I don’t like uncertainty,” he

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