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Michael Usher has opened up about his awkward interactions with Sarah Ferguson.
The Channel Seven reporter joined Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie on Thursday to talk through the big news stories of 2024.
During the chat, Michael 'Wippa' Wipfli recalled Michael's interview with Sarah, 65, from a 2011 episode of 60 Minutes.
'Wasn't that a hot mess!' said Wippa, before co-host Kate Ritchie added: 'I've never seen it, I want to hear you guys chat about it.'
During the car crash interview, the Duchess walked off mid-interview, before returning to speak to Michael.
'I had to call her Duchess. She wouldn't let me call her Sarah, lots and lots of airs and graces,' said the veteran journalist.
Michael Usher (pictured) has opened up about his awkward interactions with Sarah Ferguson
During the car crash interview, the Duchess (pictured) walked off mid-interview, before returning to speak to Michael. 'I had to call her Duchess. She wouldn't let me call her Sarah, lots and lots of airs and graces,' said the veteran journalist.
'But she was fine, and she was relatively sweet. But then there was just this moment…she turned and getting her back into the chair, was crazy.
'She came back and she continued the interview, and then it was like a different personality again,' he added.
The reporter then said that after the awkward interview, him and his crew walked outside when the Duchess of York came running after them.
'We walked outside, and the Duchess came running up behind me. She chucked her heels off and she's in her stockings on the lawn. Going "Michael, how was that?"' he related.
'By that stage, I just said, "Sarah, if I were you, I'd be asking to go back into the room and do that interview all over again, because I don't know what happened."
'Then she goes, "Oh, well, anyway, who wants to sign some books? I'll sign your book for you. And now, what are your kids names?" And off she went from there.
It comes a few weeks after the Duchess opened up about the maternal nature of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Appearing on the Jess Rowe Big Talk Show podcast, Sarah revealed the Queen was 'more my mother than my own mother' as she paid tribute to the 'legendary' late monarch.
'We walked outside, and the Duchess came running up behind me. She chucked her heels off and she's in her stockings on the lawn. Going "Michael, how was that?"' he related
Speaking with host Jess Rowe, Sarah - whose own mother died in a car accident in Argentina in 1998 - explained how the royal was a maternal figure in her life.
She said: 'The thing about the Queen was that she was more my mother than my own mother.
'The Queen was an iconic, legendary, stalwart, steadfast, invisible hand of love behind your back.'
Although they had a loving relationship, Sarah did admit that she had to 'keep her wits about her' while around the Queen.
She continued: 'I mean, she was the grandmother of the nation. She was the steadfastness of an extraordinary pillar of strength for the Commonwealth, for the nation, for Australia, for the world.'
What's more, the Duchess also gave an update on the Queen's two beloved corgis Muick and Sandy, who now live with Sarah and Prince Andrew at Royal Lodge in Windsor.
'They are national treasures,' Sarah said. 'So they are very spoiled.'
Sarah also recently showed off her sense of humour in her latest TikTok video, joking she's 'every day a bride' as she filmed herself getting ready for a book signing in Perth.
'Every day a bride! Every day a bride,' she laughed in the light-hearted post, as her make-up was touched up before the event.
'Life's too short to be serious all of the time!' she added in the caption of the video, showing a medley of humorous moments.
Royal fans rushed to social media to praise the Duchess for 'her great sense of humour.'
They wrote: 'Love Sarah she’s so real';
'Love fergie she is so down to earth';
'I just adore your wittiness! You are so much fun. Thank you for joining TikTok! Such amazing posts. always down to earth & you sprinkle everything with sunshine!'
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