In a heartfelt new interview, Leigh Sales opens up about the “hard toll” that has weighed on her before leaving one of the most coveted jobs on television.
In a rare interview in which she answers questions, Leigh Sales sits down with Stellar to answer her critics, consider what comes next, and talk about the relentless trollings and social media that she admits she “did a lot. serious to people “. near me “.
It is the first interview of the respected station since it announced that it would resign as presenter of the ABC. 7.30. In it, he also opens up about his decision to leave Twitter in April.
“People have reported that I left because there was an interview with Scott Morrison and then I was mistreated,” he said on his way out of the social media platform.
“But I was abused all the time, so that really had nothing to do with it,” he said.
“I decided to leave before the election because I thought the level of trolling would increase.”
Sales said that while he had always tried to ignore online trolls, he was concerned that the piles of social media could “translate into real-life violence.”
“I have two orders of protectionist violence against me from random people who have threatened me. There have been others in which the police have looked at them and recommended certain lines of action,” he said.
“I’m not sure if this is related to this online mentality, but I think it certainly wouldn’t help, especially the level of misinformation out there; this constant narrative that I’m trying to support on one side or the other of politics. , which is completely false “.
Amid much speculation about his upcoming move, Sales revealed that, for the first time in his career, he had not hired any other jobs before leaving the current one, which he said was “scary, but also very exciting.” .
“I feel like I need to make a list of things I like about my job and my journalism, and things I don’t like. And once I have that list, what work can I do to satisfy the things I love? ”She said.
“I don’t like live TV without a script. Well, that means I will never present a TV show for breakfast, that rules me out forever for that. I’m six months out of long-term leave, so I’ll take it. I need a break to have time to find out, but I love working at ABC and I know that whatever I do next will be interesting and meaningful. “
For now, though, Sales says she’s really looking forward to spending the night with her two children, Daniel, 10, and James, 8.
“Kids love to sit on the couch, hug and watch TV and discuss what we’re going to see tonight and things like that. And that seems like heaven to do every night.”
Read the full interview with Leigh Sales in today’s Stellar magazine, free with Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun.