Duncan Garner and Heather du Plessis-Allan have addressed rumours that Paul Henry is taking over their show in the scariest possible way.
The pair opened last night's episode of Story by wearing masks of Henry, a reference to reports the morning host is set to move into their 7pm slot.
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— Heather dPA (@HDPA) August 22, 2016
The Weekend Herald reported Henry was set to move from his morning show to the 7pm slot, with Garner moving to mornings.
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The report came after TVNZ confirmed Hilary Barry and Jack Tame would replace Rawdon Christie and Nadine Chalmers-Ross next month in a bid to boost Breakfast's ratings battle against Paul Henry.
Henry addressed the report on Monday morning, denying any changes were taking place.
"It's not true at all. I have on many occasions been offered 7 o'clock, not just by this network but by the opposition network, TVNZ, who practically begged me to do it," he said. "On every occasion I said no, because I don't want to do it."
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Garner and du Plessis-Allan also addressed the rumours on Story from behind those masks.
"This is the new-look Story. Really hope you like it," said du Plessis-Allan.
"Facts used to kind of matter in reporting, didn't it?" continued Garner. "You're stuck with us for a little bit longer yet, well we think so anyway."
* Watch last night's episode of Story here.
