{"id":2988,"date":"2018-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/lisa-wilkinson-says-shes-had-year-hell-quitting-today-show\/"},"modified":"2018-07-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T00:00:00","slug":"lisa-wilkinson-says-shes-had-year-hell-quitting-today-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/lisa-wilkinson-says-shes-had-year-hell-quitting-today-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Wilkinson says she\u2019s had the \u2018year of hell\u2019 since quitting Today show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Wilkinson has opened up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowtolove.com.au\/tvweek\"><em>TV Week<\/em><\/a> about her <em>\u201cyear of hell\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;after leaving the <em>Today<\/em> show and then losing her mother Beryl in March.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe universe has thrown everything at me the past couple of years.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut I&#8217;m probably old enough and have faced enough challenges in my life, to take it in my stride as much as I can.\u201d\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>The Project<\/em> host added that it was difficult to lose her mother, but \u201cyou have to get on with it\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The presenter also suffered a serious fall in July 2017 while in Italy and had to get emergency surgery on her arm.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa left the Today show when Channel Nine wouldn\u2019t match her salary with Karl Stefanovic, who was rumoured to be earning $3 million. 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