Lyndsey Rodrigues Thanks MTV For Canning Her Show

For most happening young things on the up-and-up through the entertainment stratosphere, being shipped overseas only to find your golden televisual chariot canned after less than a year would be cause for an ice-cream and Lithium sundae shoveled into your mouth with your hands while you howl “REJECTION, I CAN’T STAND REJECTION!!” as your mascara streaks down your face. Not so Australian expat Lyndsey Rodrigues, who 10 months ago was snapped up (from MTV Australia) to go to NYC and present MTV’s TRL (too many acronyms? DWI), which has just been cancelled; the ex-Sydney VJ is sounding remarkably chipper.

“After 10 years of success, TRL has finally been laid to rest, which is actually a blessing in disguise for me,” Rodrigues confessed.

“I love NYC, but have been homesick for as long as I have been here. Then getting engaged to my amazing fiance just brought it all home to me – Oz is the place to be.”

In other words, she stopped just short of sending MTV execs a massive bunch of flowers with a “Since You Sacked Me, I’ve Never Been Happier!” Hallmark card tucked in the middle of it all. Rodrigues’ management are apparently looking into cross-media presenting opportunities on the home front. Give her everything you’ve got, I say, she’s great!