Cassie McCullagh, the Australian radio presenter, reunited with her ex-partner Stephen Fitzpatrick, after eleven years of separation.
Cassie is best known for her serving at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Since joining the network in 2007, she has produced and presented a wide range of shows for Local Radio, Radio National, and Classic FM.
In television, McCullagh has been a regular commentator on ABC TV’s popular arts program The Mix. In 2015, she and Deborah Hutton hosted Foxtel’s arts and culture program “Event.” In 2016, she hosted Radio National’s Thursday and Friday editions of Life Matters.
In 2017 Cassie hosted Arts Weekly on Radio National and further filled in for Sarah McDonald and Philip Clark on the national ABC Local Radio show Nightlife. In 2018, she commenced hosting a new morning show named Focus between 10 am and 11 am each day on ABC Radio Sydney.
The same year, Cassie joined as a co-host for a weekly program “The Bookshelf” on Radio National. In 2022, ABC Radio Sydney has a line-up change and the presenter’s program was extended by an hour and was given an earlier start time of 9 am.
Cassie McCullagh Back With Ex Partner Stephen Fitzpatrick
Cassie McCullagh is happily married to her beloved husband, Stephen Fitzpatrick. Her loving husband is a former indigenous affairs editor at The Australian.
In 2019, the presenter appeared on an episode of Insight on SBS with Jenny Brockie and shared recommencing a relationship with her ex-partner, Stephen, after they had previously broken their eight-year relationship.
While discussing her love journey with Jenny, Cassie revealed that they had two kids by the time they were twenty-five. After that, the pair were acrimoniously separated for about eleven years before reuniting.
Cassie Discussed Her Relationship With Stephen On Insight’s Back With The Ex
Radio presenter Cassie told Jenny Brockie about the moment that brought her and her ex-partner back together after being eleven years apart. Before breaking up, the pair had two kids by the time they reached twenty-five.
She said, “I think it took the extremity of that moment for us both to be changed and also to say, this is it.” Both had a very profound experience, and she says, “It really changed Stephen.” After being apart for 11 years, Cassie met him at his Grandmother’s funeral.
Throughout the day, it was hot, and Cassie could see Stephen was not very well. Later that night, he called her, and she knew it was him. She immediately answered it and said, “What’s wrong?” He replied, “I’m frightened.”
She then raced to his address, called an ambulance, and took him to the hospital. His health was getting worse, and Cassie had started to realize this was not really going very well. She couldn’t stop herself from asking the head nurse about his state.
Soon, he was wheeled in for the surgery. Before operating the surgery, the surgeon said to Cassie, “You two need to say to each other what you have to say to each other.” Devastated Cassie couldn’t say anything. Stephen stepped into the breach and said, “I love you.”
It was the moment where both realized that “this might be it and that we’re at the edge of a cliff and the other side was nothing.” After an acrimonious 11 years apart, Stephen took the plunge and let Cassie know that he loves her. She replied, “I love you too.”
Thankfully, he survived the surgery. Months passed, and the pair felt like there was “an inevitability that maybe we were going to give it another go.” Cassie described the idea as terrifying as all their close ones had been “dragged through hell” for 11 years.
Nevertheless, the pair ended up together after separating for eleven years and are extremely happy. Jenny asked Cassie, “Are you happy together? The presented smiled back and replied, “yeah absolutely.”
Cassie McCullagh Is Stepping Down From ABC Radio
Cassie McCullagh recently revealed that she will finish hosting Mornings by the end of November.
She told to her listeners that after five years of being in the Morning on ABC Radio Sydney, she will be soon wrapping up and heading back to Radio National. She explained that it was an exciting journey to have been in the network.
The presenter said, “It has been an incredible privilege to have been with you all this time.” She was pleased to have had so many conversations over many subjects from the most serious and major matters of the time to the absolutely silly ones.
Steve Ahern, the acting station manager for ABC Radio Sydney described her as one of those special broadcasters who bring warmth, sincerity, and a great deal of joy to her programs, and “she he loved for it by her many fans.”
He continued to say that she is a part of the ABC family and that he’s pleased to say that the listeners will be able to reconnect with her from time to time on ABC Radio Sydney and will further hear her on Radio National. “Her talents are not lost to the ABC,” he added.
Back in 2021, Cassie received praise for her “talk radio craft skills” from the industry website radioinfo. She impressed them after she explored the legalities and environmental effects of idling vehicles which raised much discussion and debate about idle reduction.