Rove's Show On Hold After Emmett's Death

Rove McManus has cancelled this week's episode of Rove Live, after the TV host's wife Belinda Emmett passed on the weekend. Emmett was surrounded by family and friends on Saturday morning when she lost her eight-year battle with cancer at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital. A statement released by Network Ten said McManus' program, Rove Live, would not air on Tuesday night. It is not known when McManus or the program will return to air. "Ten will give Rove the time he needs away from the show and any support we can during this very sad time," the statement said.


Actor-turned-singer Toni Collette was to appear on this week's Rove Live, as was musician Pete Murray and Borat, the fictional journalist from Kazakhstan played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. "Network Ten notes with great sadness Belinda Emmett's passing this morning," the statement said. "Our heartfelt sympathies are with Rove McManus and the Emmett and McManus families."

The pair, who fell in love after meeting at the opening of Fox Studios in Sydney, had described their partnership as "true love". Emmett had earlier spoken out about her husband's staunch support during her long cancer fight: "Rove's fantastic. He doesn't flinch. He's incredible, absolutely incredible."

source: The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald