Grant Denyer with the team from Sunrise / Pic: Channel 7 Source: The Daily Telegraph
AFTER 10 years as Sunrise's resident rover, Grant Denyer will quit the show today, Confidential can reveal.
The Seven presenter is expected to announce his departure from the breakfast show during his live cross this morning, two years after returning to the role he had from 2004 to 2006.
The announcement comes following a spate of absences the 35-year-old has had from the show in recent months, which industry sources say is due to a chronic fatigue-type illness which has left him constantly exhausted and unable to cope with the early mornings and endless travel.
Last month the former V8 Supercar driver caused alarm after passing out on-air while crossing from a stunt plane.
It's expected Weekend Sunrise weatherman James Tobin, who has been filling in for Denyer on his days off, will take over the role until Seven announces a replacement.
Insiders say the news was a long-time coming, with Denyer expressing his desire to quit breakfast TV and spend more time with his wife Cheryl and daughter Sailor more than a year ago.
"You get to see some of the great places of the country, (but) it is at breakneck speed and it can't be sustained," he said in November 2011.
"There has to be some normality pretty soon. I am not going to sacrifice my lifestyle just for a breakfast television show; it's not worth it."
Seven refused to comment on Denyer's departure.
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