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Departing Sunrise host David Koch has opened up about his time on the morning show ahead of his final episode.

Kochie, whose last day is on Friday, told TV Tonight that Channel Seven boss David Leckie once compared the Sunrise cast to the infamous Manson family because of how transgressive they were in the buttoned-up world of breakfast television. 

'He used to refer to us as "The Mansons," because we were our own cult within Seven and we didn’t give a f*** about anybody!' the 67-year-old explained. 

'Back in those days, when we changed the intro from "Melissa Doyle and David Koch" to "Mel & Kochie", the-then news director stormed out and told us to change it back because, we were demeaning the news brand of Seven.'

The financial journalist also said that one of the network executives wanted him fired in the early days because he was too opinionated.