3:03PM Jess McGuire | Kellie Connolly, a fill in co-host on Channel 9’s Today show, made headlines this morning when she fainted during a cooking segment on the show. The Age
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The Nine Network’s Today show co-host Kellie Connolly has collapsed on air.
Connolly, a fill-in host on the show, collapsed about 8.10am during a cooking segment with Toby Puttock, of Jamie Oliver fame.
She appeared to faint and was helped up by co-host Richard Wilkins and Puttock.
Connolly appeared dazed and was assisted off the set as the program went to an ad break.
Connolly returned to the presenters desk about 15 minutes later, attributing the dizzy spell to her 3am wake-up.
“Anyway, I’m fine thank you, I’m not pregnant, I’m not diabetic, it was just one of those things,” she said.
Earlier, Wilkins returned from the ad break reassuring viewers his co-host was okay.
“She had a little moment, she had a dizzy spell, she’s fine, especially if you’re Kelly’s mum, she wants you to know she’s fine.”
Connolly was standing in the studio kitchen watching Puttock make an Italian panaforte dessert when she could be heard collapsing while momentarily off camera.
She returned to shot as Puttock and Wilkins were assisting her to her feet, saying: “Yeah, yeah, I’m fine, I’m fine. Sorry guys I might need some of your sugar fixes with the panaforte.
“Do you mind if I go for a walk?”
Connolly is filling in as co-host after Jessica Rowe was recently sacked from the position.
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