{"id":589625,"date":"2026-04-06T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589625\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:25:16","slug":"afl-greats-evacuate-commentary-box-after-disgraceful-act-on-triple-m-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/589625\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL greats evacuate commentary box after \u2018disgraceful\u2019 act on Triple M radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dale Thomas, Joe Montagna and Nathan Brown have evacuated a commentary box at the MCG after Geelong great Steve Johnson went rogue live on air. <\/p>\n<p>The star-studded commentary quartet were previewing Sunday\u2019s clash where the Demons caused an upset over the Suns. <\/p>\n<p>However, the popular Sunday Rub show went off the rails when Johnson appeared to drop his guts in two different segments. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/home\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In footage shared by Triple M Footy on social media, Thomas was seen in open disgust as Johnson let rip for a second time. <\/p>\n<p>Suns assistant coach Shaun Grigg was being interviewed when Thomas, Montagna and Brown appeared to be shocked by a smell inside their commentary box. <\/p>\n<p>You can watch the incident in the video player above<\/p>\n<p>When the trio turned to a cheekily grinning Johnson, the accusations started flying, despite Johnson denying he supplied it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cStevie, you know what you\u2019ve done. Sorry Grigga, Stevie\u2019s just dropped one in the box and it stinks,\u201d Montagna said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A horrified Thomas said: \u201cSomething\u2019s crawled up your arse for three days\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He went on to say: \u201cThat has gone so far up my nose it\u2019s starting to hurt. That was pungent\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>When Johnson accused Brown, the Footy Show host replied: \u201cI have never made a smell like that in my life\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>On a different segment later in the show, Johnson struck again. <\/p>\n<p>With Thomas, Montagna and Brown catching a whiff, Thomas grimaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a smirky look he gave me and I didn\u2019t know what it was for,\u201d he said live on air. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s because you dropped your guts again. It stinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trio then stormed off from their seats and headed to the back of the box.<\/p>\n<p>When the show returned from a break, Johnson was the only member of the crew still present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome over here boys. Let\u2019s have a good chat about the Adelaide and Fremantle game,\u201d Johnson said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll apologise once you get down here. I apologise. I\u2019ve cleared the room. Are you there Nath?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montagna said: \u201cWe were going to strike. That\u2019s workplace bullying. It\u2019s not safe in here at the moment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou better pull your head in. No more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas also quipped: \u201cMaybe take this segment off. Go to the rest room and sort yourself out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you were smiling about. He looked me dead in the eye and smiled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was all business once the teams ran onto the ground. <\/p>\n<p>In a tight contest, scores were locked up in the third quarter before the Demons raced away to lead by 27 points early in the final term. <\/p>\n<p>Despite a spirited late fight from the Suns, they weren\u2019t able to close the gap as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/afl\/melbourne-star-jake-melksham-stuns-with-mark-of-the-year-contender\/news-story\/227f1377ab69f6c36916e34d581e87c3\" title=\"www.news.com.au\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"227f1377ab69f6c36916e34d581e87c3\" data-tgev-label=\"sport\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne captured their third win of the season<\/a> to move to 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>The 16.13 (109) to 14.5 (89) victory launches the Demons into sixth spot on the ladder in a season where many predicted they would be in the lower trenches.<\/p>\n<p>After losing multiple stars and bringing in a new coach, the club have reinvented themselves and are proving are handful in the early stages of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The loss is the first of the year for the Suns who will look to bounce back next Saturday afternoon in a showdown against the Sydney Swans at Norwood Oval in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne will look to continue their winning ways when they tackle Essendon at Adelaide Oval.<\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/afl\/afl-greats-evacuate-commentary-box-after-disgraceful-act\/news-story\/68ae4d655f7b30fea8e1a4b2bfbdfb5b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL greats evacuate commentary box after \u2018disgraceful\u2019 act<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dale Thomas, Joe Montagna and Nathan Brown have evacuated a commentary box at the MCG after Geelong great&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-589625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}