Mel Greig Doesn't Want a Career in the UK

16 October 2014

Melanie Greig

Melanie Greig has slammed claims that she is in the UK to find a new job.

The Australian DJ made a prank call pretending to the Queen while the Duchess of Cambridge was in hospital with severe morning sickness during her first pregnancy in December 2013.

After Jacintha Saldanha - the nurse on duty who unknowingly revealed personal details about the Duchess' condition - committed suicide, many people blamed the DJ for starting the hoax.

Talking on Loose Women on Wednesday (15.10.14), Mel has now denied reports that she had arrived in the UK to start a new media career.

She said: "No not at all. Why would it be easier? This is where it all happened. No absolutely not.

"After arriving I saw how beautiful it is here and that's when someone asked me [if she would work in Britain] and I said, 'If the opportunity came up why wouldn't I consider it?'"

The DJ also admitted that she was nervous about travelling to England after internet trolls told her that she "deserved to die".

She said: "No offence to Londoners but I expected this to be a horrible place. People with pitch forks at the airports waiting for me.

"I had this vision that the UK hated me because for months all I would do is read online that: 'you deserve to die', 'we hate you', 'don't come here' and I believed it all."