Sunrise co-host David Koch left his co-stars visibly stunned on-air this morning when he made a reference to slavery during a news item about Jamaican-born athlete Usain Bolt.
Koch was on a panel alongside co-host Sam Armytage, newsreader Natalie Barr and sports reporter Mark Beretta as Baretta read out astory about sporting great Bolt possibly being headhunted from his current position at the Central Coast Mariners Football Club.
"So the Mariners sell him for money, they make a lot of money out of it?" asked Koch.
"It's a win-win: You keep him, great. You sell him, so be it. That's the tough world of professional football," said Beretta.
"Who said slavery was over — anyway. No," said Koch, stumbling over his words before quickly changing topic.
News.com.au has contacted Sunrise for comment. Kochie's clanger comes a month after Sunrise was found to have breached the TV code of practice over a March 13 segment on Indigenous children that was deemed "highly offensive, racist and divisive".
