Ryan's dream role I AM SO READY!

TV’s newest star can’t wait for Kiwis to share their breakfast with him

- Fleur Guthrie

When broadcaster Duncan Garner surprised the country by announcing his resignation from The AM Show, many viewers took to social media to say fill-in host Ryan Bridge was the obvious “heir apparent”. It just wasn’t obvious to Ryan himself, who tells the Weekly that he didn’t expect it.

“Getting this job came out of the blue, honestly,” says the 33-year-old, the day after being named as the new anchor. “It’s a really unexpected thing to happen – and it’s certainly something I never brought up in conversation. But it is very welcome and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to keep moving in my career.

“I’m actually quite shocked that people even want to hire me,” he laughs. “I take nothing for granted, but I also don’t take too many things seriously, least of all myself.”

The move came after producers asked him to fill in for Duncan, 47, while Ryan was enjoying a ski holiday.

Quickfire

Viewers have commented online that you’re “afraid of nobody”. How true is that perception?