Australian actress, Melissa George, 38, has for the first time spoken publicly about the time she had a ‘meltdown’ on Channel Seven’s  Morning Show .

The infamous ‘meltdown’ interview took place in 2012, when George appeared on the Morning Show to discuss the role she was currently playing in US television show Hunted. However the hosts introduced George with extensive references and questions to her role on Australian favourite Home and Away, a show in which she hadn’t appeared in for over a decade.

George became so agitated with the line of questioning that she threatened to walk out of the interview, leading many public commentators to suggest that the now world-renowned actress is ashamed of her humble Aussie beginnings.

Fast forward to 2014 and George has now spoken with  Fairfax’s Sunday Life about the events which she claims happened prior to that interview. George is alleging that before she went on set to be interviewed, she had heard Morning Show staff calling her an ‘Aussie bitch’. She told Fairfax:

George says Channel 7 were deliberately refusing to engage with her about her current or more recent roles, instead choosing to only ask about a show that was owned by their network. However according to industry blog Mumbrella a spokesperson for the channel seven is denying that such events took place. “We’re a loss on the claim as it did not happen,” the network said.

Furthermore, Mumbrella has stated:

The 

Executive Producer at the time, Sarah Stinson

 told TV Tonight George was shown the script 15 minutes before the 2012 interview and told producers 

“I don’t care what you ask me.”

Following the interview in 2012, the mother-of-one told the  media:

George later apologised for her comments after they offended many in the Australian film and television industry.