Sara even introduced Amber to a handsome male friend of hers — again, over email — who worked in radio in Canada. Sara visited SAFM and thanked the radio employees who had done so much for her friend — and then she flew back to Canada. She stayed in touch with Amber who by this stage was in an online flirtation of sorts with Corey. The money that had been donated by the listeners was gone. Yoga instructor Sarah never existed. She was made up by Sara, as was Corey, the man Amber was flirting with online.
The whole thing was fake. Sara had catfished not only the radio hosts but also an entire state and made off with the money donated by listeners — and there was nothing they could do about it. I was actually the producer of the breakfast show at the time, although my memories of the saga are somewhat limited.
I was more preoccupied with the day-to-day running of the show and making sure everything was organised for each morning, rather than dealing with the big picture stuff. Amber has recently spoken out about this bizarre story in a podcast called Snap Judgement and she is dedicating a large chunk of her upcoming book, This Is Not A Love Song , to the catfishing. From memory, when it dawned on SAFM management that we had been catfished, we aired a short message which we buried during an ad break that informed people they could ring up and get their money back if they wanted to.
The whole story is quite shocking, but there are some elements of the deception that stand out as more horrific. For me, it was when Sarah was on air talking about her dream wedding in Adelaide. She had grown quite close to Rabbit and the two would talk often on the phone. During the segment, Sarah asked Rabbit to walk her down the aisle, and the host burst into tears before saying yes. I mean, who does that? But for Amber, the most shocking part was the fact that Sara actually came to meet the people she had deceived.
Amber has since spoken to Sara on several occasions, including for the Snap Judgement podcast, and slowly the former radio host is getting answers to the questions that have dogged her for years. One of the biggest questions Amber wanted answered was whose ashes Sara spread in the water at Glenelg all those years ago.
Amber drove Sara to the beach, but Sara went into the water alone to empty the contents of the bag. She said it was in her 20s when she was very close to a work friend who died. But who would ever suspect that a simple gotcha call nomination would ever result in a months-long scam that would swindle listeners out of their money?
Hayley Pearson. After a challenging , the lines have been drawn and the troops are in position for the radio year. Colin Delaney looks across the country at the old and new faces and the biggest fights on the cards in the battle for the ratings win. Marred by several well-publicised incidents, the reputations and standing of talent, management and key brands in the space took a beating, as did the image of the medium as a whole.
But the stage is now set for the battle of after the ratings season begins on January 20 and those in the industry Encore spoke to are hopeful the coming 12 months will see a turnaround with a number of new additions to the talent lineup and the return of many industry veterans. The 4pm to 7pm timeslot saw Safm drop from a Mix The show dropped from Safm, part of the Today Network will air two breakfast shows.
The announcement: Adelaide is set for more breakfast radio than ever in an Australian first that sees iconic station Safm serve up two breakfast shows starting tomorrow. From news to social commentary. From celebrity to scandal.
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