Alex Cullen lost his job after accepting a $50,000 gift from Aussie billionaire Adrian Portelli. The ex-Today star just suffered a new blow.

TV star Alex Cullen has finally sorted out his short term future but it has been a costly exercise.

Melbourne radio sports jock Alex Cullen’s Summer Hill rental listing has finally come down from websites.

He and his Nine Entertainment reporter wife, Bonnie, had secured $1500-a- week tenants two weeks ago after “deposit taken” was posted, but the tenancy did not to proceed.

The asking rent had started the seven-week marketing campaign at $1800 before their move to Melbourne.

Former Channel 9 Today sports presenter Alex Cullen has finally seen his Summer Hill rental property secure a tenant following his relocation to Melbourne.
The four-bedroom, two bathroom home features original charm from its living and entertaining spaces to it’s a rear yard with lemon and avocado trees.

Cullen, and his Nine Entertainment journalist wife Bonnie, paid $1.9m in 2020 when the house on 556sq m was marketed as a ‘highly rewarding refurbishment project’.

Cullen was let go by Nine in January for briefly accepting a $50,000 gift from Block billionaire, and Melbourne raffle ticket seller, Adrian “Lambo Guy” Portelli.

The $50,000 was publicly offered by Portelli for the first television journalist to call him McLaren Guy not Lambo Guy.

Cullen paid $1.9m for the home in 2020.

The rental asking price for the home was dropped considerably.
Cullen has moved to Melbourne to work on The Christian O’Connell Show on GOLD104.3 as its sports expert.

O’Connell announced Cullen’s hiring on air joking that “Channel 9 might go ‘listen, we can’t have that’, but commercial breakfast radio, we are very much up for payola. Come on in. Don’t worry Alex, you’ve found a home here, my friend.”

“I called him out of the blue a few weeks ago and we hit it off like old mates,” O’Connell said.

Cullen has joined Christian O’Connell’s eponymous Melbourne radio show. Picture: GOLD104.3
“He came over for a rigorous interview with me, that to onlookers may have looked like a long lunch with flowing red wine, but we bonded over being dads and a shared love of storytelling and how sport could be delivered on my show.”

Cullen advised his recent appointment was “such an exciting next chapter for me,”.

‘I actually started my career in radio, so to be coming back to it and joining a show that’s so loved and so full of heart is a real thrill.

“I can’t wait to be on air with Christian, Pats and Rio, and to get to know Melbourne – my family and I are thrilled to be making it our new home.”

Alex Cullen in an Instagram post with his wife Bonnie. Pic Instagram
Cullen has also joined Channel 7 Melbourne as a sports reporter.

He will also work with Portelli on a new upcoming renovation show on Channel 7 My Reno Rules.