A TV weatherman in Australia who had a panic attack while live on air for ABC News Breakfast has shared his thoughts about what happened
An Australian weather presenter had to quickly halt a broadcast after suffering a panic attack while live on air.
The ABC News Breakfast presenter, Nate Byrne, was in the middle of presenting his forecast to viewers when he suddenly explained he needed to “stop for a second”. The incident took place on Tuesday morning’s programme at around 6.30am.
In a candid reveal, Byrne asked his co-host Lisa Millar to step in for him. He told viewers: “I’m actually going to need to stop for a second,” he said. “Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by panic attacks and actually that is happening right now.”
Nate Byrne was presenting a weather forecast ( Image: ABC)
Panic attacks, according to Mind, are a type of fear response. The charity’s website states: “They’re an exaggeration of your body’s normal response to danger, stress or excitement.”
As the camera panned away from Byrne and onto Millar, the presenter took time to compose himself before continuing a short while later and apologising for stepping away. Millar praised her colleague for being so open about what was happening and explained how he had previously wrote a piece about his struggles.
Upon Byrne’s return to the show, his other co-host, Michael Rowland, jokingly said he became nervous that he would have to take over Byrne’s weather reporting role at the time. Byrne went on to thank everyone for helping out during his moment of need.
His co-presenters praised his openness ( Image: ABC)
Sharing a video to his Instagram page after the show, Rowland revealed Byrne was doing alright. He penned: “You might have seen Nate experience a panic attack earlier this morning while presenting the News Breakfast weather. Nate’s open about his panic attacks — he’s even written about them before — and he’s doing okay!
“Thank you for all the supportive messages. (There have been so many. What a wonderful audience we have!). As a team, we’ll always have your back, Nate. Always.”
Fans were quick to take to the comments section of the post to send further messages of support. One user gushed: “Thanks @mjrowland68 and to everyone else – I have the best (and biggest!) support team. Makes it all so much better.”
Another wrote: “This is awesome. Panic attacks are not. Well done Nate and the whole team,” while a third added: “Good on you mate, you’re a bloody legend for being so open at this stuff – if only the rest of us were as brave!”
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Source: New York Post
