‘Going to need to stop’: Reason TV presenter needed to pause on-air

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‘Going to need to stop’: Reason TV presenter needed to pause on-air

An ABC reporter has had to pause in the middle of a broadcast after experiencing a panic ******* live on-air.

News Breakfast weather presenter Nate Byrne was in the middle of going over Queensland’s weather on Tuesday morning when he very calmly asked to hand back to ABC News Breakfast co-presenters Lisa Millar and Michael Rowland.

“I’m actually going to need to stop for a second,” he said.

“Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by some panic attacks, and actually that’s happening right now.

“Lisa, maybe I could hand back to you.”

Camera IconABC weather presenter Nate Byrne needed to pause on-air after experiencing a panic *******. ABC News Breakfast. Credit: ABC

Millar was more than happy to take over and highlighted a piece written by Byrne in 2022 about his experience of on-air panic attacks.

In the piece, Byrne described how his first panic ******* happened on live TV, a “terrifying experience” that changed his perspective on mental health.

“Nate wrote a great piece on the ABC online website about this and I reckon we might re-up it, put it on our socials, so you can have a bit of a read because it’s fantastic that he has been so open and transparent about it,” Millar said.

“The response when he first wrote about it and spoke about it was that everyone said, ‘Oh thank ****, Nate’s not perfect, we thought he was perfect, but actually he’s now sharing something’.”

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconABC News Breakfast co-presenter Lisa Millar took over smoothly, praising Byrne for his openness about his panic attacks. ABC News Breakfast Credit: ABCdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconByrne was later welcomed back by Millar and Michael Rowland and apologised for stepping out. ABC News Breakfast. Credit: ABC

Byrne was later welcomed back to the show and apologised for stepping out.

“Sorry if I gave anybody a bit of a scare,” he said.

“You’ve been very honest before about getting panic attacks on air and it’s great for people to know that it can happen to anyone,” Millar replied, before Rowland jumped in with a joke.

“Gave me a scare because I thought I’d have to finish doing the weather report,” he said.

Byrne then thanked his team for helping him out during the ******* before the broadcast resumed.

Rowland has since shared the moment on social media, emphasising Byrne is OK following the incident.

“Nate’s open about his panic attacks — he’s even written about them before — and he’s doing okay!” he wrote in a post to

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“Thank you for all the supportive messages.

“As a team, we’ll always have your back, Nate. Always. (Although I hope I didn’t make matters worse with me bear hug off-camera).”

People have flocked to the comments to offer their support, with many praising him for “normalising” the attacks.

“They are awful things. Love to him,” one person commented.

“So much love your way. Thank you for normalising panic attacks, this is what we need so badly, to know we are ok to be us,” another wrote.

“Thank you for your openness and honesty. Makes it easier for others to speak up,” another added.

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