 TV personality Todd McKenney has
thanked fans for their "incredible support" following a drugs bust on
Friday.
The Dancing with the Stars judge was arrested for possession of GHB
when he collapsed after allegedly headbutting a fence early on Anzac Day.
However, McKenney, who claims his
drink was spiked at a party, was back behind the microphone co-hosting his
Sydney radio show this morning.
"I've finally made the front
page of the papers - unfortunately under these circumstances - but I've had
incredible support from the listeners and at this point I want to say thanks
for that," McKenney told Mix 106.5FM listeners.
Media colleagues have also rallied
behind the former Boy from Oz.
McKenney's radio boss, Anthony
Fitzgerald, said the entertainer was a "poor victim of
drink-spiking".
"Anyone who knows him knows
drugs are not nor have they ever been part of his lifestyle," Fitzgerald
told the Daily Telegraph.
"He's quite shaken by the
whole situation. It is very out of character for him."
Friend and Hollywood star Hugh
Jackman, who replaced McKenney in The Boy
from Oz, was shocked when told about the incident.
"Oh my God, I had no
idea," Jackman said.
"My heart goes out to him.
That is absolutely terrible, terrible news. I just hope that he is OK,'' he
said.
In an interview with Channel
Seven's Today Tonight, McKenney
described the sensations he felt at the party.
"After one drink I felt very
sick and then my face got hot and I had, like my ears got very, very hot and I
just knew instantly that something wasn't right," McKenney said.
"So as I kept walking I could
just feel myself just having the most insane kind of collapses of mind and then
I was panicking because it was a feeling I've just never felt before."
Though police allege McKenney
produced a small vial of clear liquid and told them it was GHB, McKenney told
Channel Seven he didn't know that it was in his pocket.
"I've never used it and I
don't use it. I'm completely against it."
Nonetheless, the caustic TV judge
said he was not naïve.
"I'm savvy, I know what goes
on in town, I'm not dumb and whoever, I can only assume whoever planted the G
in my pocket also spiked my drink.
"They obviously wanted to put
the boot into me."
McKenney, who was disqualified for driving under the
influence of alcohol earlier this month, is due to face court on May 16.
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