{"id":598039,"date":"2026-08-19T11:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/598039\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:38:11","slug":"why-i-had-to-step-away-triple-ms-george-sargent-opens-up-about-mental-health-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/598039\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I had to step away: Triple M&#8217;s George Sargent opens up about mental health battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/radiotoday.com.au\/category\/whats-new\/\" class=\"tag color-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s New<\/a> August 19, 2026                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-6220.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTriple M&#8217;s George Sargent. Image: SCA \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After taking a few weeks away from radio, Triple M Mid North Coast Breakfast host George Sargent -affectionately known as \u2018Sarge\u2019 \u2013 officially returned to the airwaves this morning, opening up about the reason for his absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarge revealed that a few weeks ago, his mental health deteroriated to the point where he had to be hospitalised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said people had been asking if he\u2019d been on holidays, sick \u2026 or even sacked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing the \u2018elephant in the room,\u2019 Sarge said \u201cA few weeks ago, my mental health declined to the point where I ended up in hospital, getting the medical attention I clearly needed. I want to say a massive thank you to the doctors, my close friends, my family and my colleagues for supporting me through what has been a really difficult time. This extended time away from work has been exactly what I needed and I\u2019d encourage anyone who is feeling down and out to reach out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd if you need a break \u2026 take it. People will be more understanding than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarge underlined the importance of checking in, reaching out and continuing to ask people \u201cAre you OK?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you, or someone you know, is struggling, please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14. You can also text 0477 13 11 14 or use Lifeline\u2019s online crisis chat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New August 19, 2026 Triple M&#8217;s George Sargent. Image: SCA After taking a few weeks away from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[253473,103,61,60,410,411,65144,253474],"class_list":["post-598039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-george-sargent","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-sca","tag-triple-m-mid-north-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}