Kate Ritchie was left blushing after inviting Channel Seven’s Michael Usher on a live date.
During Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie on Monday morning, the former Home and Away star, 45, revealed her mother Heather is interested in putting her in touch with the 7News presenter.
Kate’s co-hosts Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli encouraged her to ask Michael as her date to Nova’s upcoming singles dance.
‘If Michael Usher is single and Kate Richie is single, it probably makes sense that they were both invited to our singles party!’ Wippa said.
It wasn’t long before Michael called into the show to reject Kate’s offer, awkwardly revealing that he is currently in a relationship.
Kate Ritchie (pictured) was left blushing after ruthlessly asking Channel Seven’s Michael Usher on a live date.
“The funny thing is, my girlfriend was listening and she called me and said, ‘Tell them you’re not single!'” he said.
“Look, I’d love to be a part of this, but like she said, ‘call that station right now and say you’re not single.’
All the radio hosts expressed their disappointment before Wippa attempted one last act of persuasion.
‘Michael, you missed the slow dance with Kate Richie!’ he said.
Kate’s co-hosts Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald and Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli encouraged her to invite Michael (pictured) as her date to Nova’s upcoming singles dance.
Fitzy, Wippa and Kate will be hosting the Singles Ball event taking place on the rooftop of The Gili at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo within the next few weeks.
“That would have made all my dreams of being home and away come true after many, many years,” Michael jokingly replied.
Michael shares sons Tom, 22, Max, 18, and daughter Alex, 16, with ex-wife Annalie Usher.
In 2020, he admitted to Stellar magazine that the breakup of his marriage, eleven years ago, was unbearable.
“For a while I was completely devastated. “When you go through a sad moment in your life, when everything is going at high speed and you hit a wall and stop dead, you slide down that wall and fall in a heap, and I did that,” he said.
Michael added that he would not have been able to cope without the support of his friends and colleagues.
Michel Usher admitted that he is not single and maintains a happy relationship with his girlfriend, whom he did not name, after the end of their marriage more than 10 years ago.
Meanwhile, Kate Ritchie recently split from her rumored boyfriend Chevy Black, four years after ending her marriage to husband of 10 years Stuart Webb.
While he has not commented publicly, it was previously reported that Michael split from his ex-wife due to his intense filming schedule for Nine’s 60 Minutes.
Meanwhile, Kate recently split from her rumored boyfriend Chevy Black.
The couple split in November 2023, nine months after they became Instagram official.
Before that, Kate split from her ex-boyfriend John Bell, who was just 25 years old at the time of their relationship.
They asked to end their relationship at the end of 2021 before his period of rehabilitation for alcohol dependence.
In October 2022, Kate announced that she would be stepping away from the Kate, Tim and Joel show before it was revealed that she was seeking treatment at an exclusive rehab clinic in Sydney.
In December of that year, she said in a statement that it had been challenging and stressful and had led to an “unhealthy dependence on alcohol.”
Kate separated from her husband Stuart Webb after 10 years of marriage.
While it’s unclear when exactly the couple ended their marriage, she was seen without her wedding ring for over a year and moved out of her marital home in Sydney’s Randwick in late 2019.
Kate moved out after police took a provisional AVO in her name against the former NRL star following an incident at the property.
In December 2019, Stuart’s five-time drunk driving record was revealed in a police fact sheet as he faced court for exceeding 0.083 when he was stopped by highway patrol officers on the city’s east side. in March of that year.
The former couple was last seen together in February 2020, when they celebrated their daughter Mae’s first day of school.
Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie can be heard from 6am to 9am on Nova 96.9 in Sydney and nationally on Nova Network from 5am