JESS ROWE TELLS 'I WAS PICKED ON NON-STOP!'

BREKKIE TV LEFT BUBBLY JESS WITH EMOTIONAL SCARS

- Jenny Brown

Jessica Rowe loves a chat, but she won’t be inviting former boss, Eddie McGuire, around for a heart-to heart any time soon!

“Ugh, no,” she says decisively when asked about the man who infamously sacked her from Today.

It’s almost 15 years since Jess’ headline-grabbing exit from Nine, but scars remain.

“I could not comprehend the level of nastiness directed my way,” she recalls candidly. “All because I smiled, I had short hair, I was too thin, I didn’t have a child – people didn’t know I was going through IVF at the time – and I snort when I laugh.

“It was so public and cruel – definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever been through, careerwise,” the podcaster reveals. “I was picked on mercilessly and couldn’t understand what I had done wrong. Now I know I did nothing wrong, I was simply being myself.”