The popular presenter has admitted he experienced ‘significant burnout’

Today presenter Clint Stanaway has opened up about his decision to leave Channel 9. Photos: TikTok/bigbrospodcast / Instagram/cstanaway

Today presenter Clint Stanaway has opened up about his shock decision to leave Channel 9 after nearly 25 years with the network. The 42-year-old sports and news journalist is best known for being the host of Weekend Today, the weekend sports presenter on 9News Melbourne, and the newreader for the Melbourne breakfast radio show Jase & Lauren.

He announced in September that he had resigned from his TV roles to focus on his full-time gig in radio and pursue “a better work-life balance”. As he prepares to finish his duties with Nine at the end of the year, Clint has opened up about the reality of working such extreme hours and how it impacted both his physical and mental health.

He told the Big Bros podcast that he experienced “significant burnout” working three jobs, and he had made the “really tough” decision to leave Nine because he “needed to get [his] life back”.

“Physically, first and foremost, I was just getting sick a lot, pushing the envelope,” he detailed.

“I had really bad gut issues, I was getting headaches, I wasn’t sleeping well, which is ironic, because I was so tired, but I just couldn’t sleep.

“It was scary. I was getting chest issues, like I had chest pain,” he continued. “And a bit of anxiety as well.”

Clint has been the newsreader for Jase & Lauren since 2021. Photo: Nova

‘That was all I was doing’: Today presenter’s ‘distress’

Clint went on to share that he also experienced “social burnout” and simply didn’t have any time to see his friends and loved ones, which he described as “pretty distressing”.

“When I finished work, I was going home because I was exhausted. I’d sit on the couch, go to bed,” he said.

“In fact, every day was set an alarm, go to bed, wake up, go to work, and sometimes go to work radio, go to work TV in the same day, come home at seven o’clock, make my dinner, sit on the couch, go to bed. That was all I was doing.”

Clint’s career history

Clint began his television career with WIN in Bendigo before joining 9News as a reporter in 2005. He later landed the role of weekend sports presenter on 9News and became the sports presenter on Weekend Today in 2019.

Four years later, Clint was announced as the new co-host of Weekend Today alongside Jayne Azzopardi, who has since been replaced by Alison Piotrowski.

He has also been the newsreader for the Melbourne breakfast radio show Jase & Lauren since 2021, when they were on KIIS, and stayed with the team when they moved to Nova in 2024.

Who will replace Clint Stanaway on Weekend Today?

Channel 9 has yet to reveal who will replace Clint Stanaway as host of Weekend Today when he wraps up at the end of the year; however, several names are expected to be in the mix.

Dan Anstey has been the weather presenter on Weekend Today since 2022 and will take over as temporary host over the summer break alongside Lara Vella, Michael Atkinson, and Lizzie Pearl.

Meanwhile, Tim Davies and Gavin Morris have also both filled in as co-hosts of Weekend Today in recent years.