Mike Goldman reveals he was fired from The Voice after a tense encounter on set while filming with a live studio audience
Mike Goldman was fired from The Voice.
Big Brother’s original narrator claims he was employed as a crowd warmer for the series when it appeared on Nine.
‘Literally this guy goes “mate, don’t fu**ing tell me what to do. I’ve just spent $180,000 on this show,’ Mike said in a video chat for podcast Mike on The Mike.
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Mike Goldman has claimed he was fired from The Voice Australia after a tense encounter on set while filming with a live studio audience for Channel Nine
Mike said he was let go after only performing the role for a few episodes.
Explaining the scenario to his guest, Big Brother star Shane Vincent, Mike said: ‘What happened was, Channel Nine brought all the hoity-toity, carpet-strolling w**kers to sit in the front two rows and I’m trying to get the crowd pumped.’
He insinuated that while the rest of the live studio audience was participating in cheering, clapping and showing excitement, the front rows remained unmoved.
‘Nine brought all the hoity-toity, carpet-strolling w**kers to sit in the front rows’: Hired as the show’s crowd warmer, Mike said some people weren’t participating and made his job difficult to perform
‘Literally this guy goes “mate, don’t fu**ing tell me what to do. I’ve just spent $180,000 on this show’: Mike said of a tense encounter he had on set at the time
‘I’ve got the guy screaming “who the f**k’s this crowd warm up guy? Why the f**k aren’t these people standing up in the front row?”‘ Mike recalled.
‘They didn’t realise they had talk back on,’ he said, adding that he asked the front row to ‘actually stand up’, but was not met with a positive reaction to doing so.
‘Literally this guy goes “mate, don’t fu**ing tell me what to do. I’ve just spent $180,000 on this show,’ Mike said.
Daily Mail Australia had contacted Channel Nine for comment.
Mike on the mike: Mike once did the warm up for Big Brother crowds when it first started in 2001, before being given his own spin-off shows throughout the season
Mike once did the warm up for Big Brother crowds when it first started in 2001, before being given his own spin-off shows throughout the season.
He also assisted with the task at Seven’s rebooted season’s live finale in 2020.
Big Brother’s 2021 season has already commenced filming in Sydney.
Coming soon: Big Brother’s 2021 season has already commenced filming in Sydney. Pictured: Host Sonia Kruger