Marty Sheargold’s return to Triple M show following AFL Grand Final ‘incident’ panned by listeners with troubled radio star branded ‘unfunny’

Marty Sheargold returned to his Triple M show in January following a three month break.

The breakfast host, 52, took ‘personal leave’ after an alleged incident at the AFL Grand Final last year in September, which saw him depart at halftime.

And some listeners have branded his return to the airwaves as ‘unfunny’ and ‘nasty’. 

In a Reddit thread this week, several weighed in on Sheargold’s antics on air of late, offering their thoughts.  

‘He’s become a bigger w**ker since he came back to. Mean pr**k wouldn’t dare spout half the crap he says to the callers if they were in the studio’ one said.

‘I agree with you, he’s become worse since his meltdown and recovery’ another wrote. 

‘I feel like it’s gone up a notch lately, but based on the comments other people don’t seem to think it has’ someone else said. 

‘Every joke is a d**k joke. After a while of listening you get to be tired of them’ one more commented. 

‘I feel like he used to be funny but now he just seems to insult people without there being a noticeable joke involved’ yet another said. 

‘No clue how he got his own show, he’s colour at best, not a host, carried by the rest of his crew. The man reads the headlines of the paper ffs, blokes on a mint buck, could put some effort into his segments’ said someone else. 

Others disagreed however, with one chiming in: ‘It’s no different than normal. The “nastiness” is part of his schtick.’

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Triple M for comment. 

The troubled Melbourne radio host said he went on an ‘extended break’ because he had ‘burned himself out’. 

‘I realised I’d absolutely burned myself out over the last couple of years,’ he explained. 

He went on to say he was inspired by AFL coaches Alistair Clarkson and Damien Hardwick, who both stepped away from their respective footy teams last year. 

‘Two men last year who put their hands up and said, “I need a break.” And I thought, “You know, I need a break,”‘ Sheargold said.

‘Things are changing. I’m not doing routine this year,’ he added, to which his producer Loren Barry said: ‘You’re just doing you.’

Marty then made a bizarre quip, saying: ‘I’m going to do h****n as well. That’ll be fun, so stick around for that. Watch the wheels fall off.’ 

Late last year, Southern Cross Austereo confirmed Sheargold would return to radio in January after he took three months off the air for a ‘mental health break’. 

According to reports, he was ejected by security at the MCG due to offensive comments he made to other guests. 

When approached for comment, a Southern Cross Austereo spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: ‘Marty Sheargold left the AFL Grand Final at halftime of his own accord.’

Sheargold was on air the week after the Grand Final, but disappeared just days later, prompting Anthony ‘Lehmo’ Lehmann to fill in for him.