The boyfriend of Brittany Higgins, the former Liberal staffer who was allegedly raped by a colleague in Parliament House in March 2019, has joined the chorus of support for Lisa Wilkinson after several claims in her autobiography were challenged.
Former Today show host Wilkinson, 61, alleges in her book she was sacked by Channel Nine because she asked for pay parity with her male co-anchor Karl Stefanovic - a claim which has been disputed by TV industry insiders.
Journalist David Sharaz publicly sided with Wilkinson last week in a scathing tweet about his experience working with Stefanovic, 47, as an intern on the Today show.
Support: David Sharaz (right) - the boyfriend of Brittany Higgins (left), the former Liberal staffer who was allegedly raped by a colleague in Parliament House in 2019 - has joined the chorus of support for Lisa Wilkinson after multiple claims in her autobiography were disputed
Sharaz said he'd landed work experience at Nine's Sydney headquarters when he was a 19-year-old journalism student at the University of Canberra, but was disheartened when Stefanovic was 'rude' to him.
He tweeted: 'I remember as a teen at uni studying journalism I spend a s**tload on fuel to drive to the Today show set for work experience.
'Karl Stefanovic rudely ignored me. Lisa Wilkinson gave me nothing but time, and then her email address. That story is all you need to know about the pair.'
Channel Nine declined to comment.
Sharaz's support isn't surprising given that his partner Higgins went public about her alleged 2019 rape in an interview with Wilkinson on The Sunday Project in February.
The Channel 10 presenter has since become Higgins' most vocal supporter in the media, and her husband, journalist and author Peter FitzSimons, also reportedly helped Higgins broker a book deal worth $250,000 with Penguin Random House.
'Rude': Sharaz publicly sided with Wilkinson last week in a scathing tweet about his experience working with Stefanovic, 47, as an intern on the Today show
Sharaz's support isn't surprising given that Higgins (left) went public about her alleged 2019 rape in an interview with Wilkinson (right) on The Sunday Project in February. Wilkinson has since become Higgins' most vocal supporter in the media. Pictured together at the Canberra Women's March 4 Justice on March 15, 2021
Higgins herself has also publicly supported Wilkinson after her book's claims about the Today show's gender pay gap were challenged.
She posted a snarky tweet last week in response to an article by News.com.au journalist Samantha Maiden pointing out that Wilkinson had in fact earned double Stefanovic's salary for years when they first started working together.
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