Ben Fordham’s wife leaks texts from children’s entertainer who failed to show up to daughter’s party

By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia 20:56 09 Oct 2022, updated 02:55 10 Oct 2022

Channel Seven newsreader Jodie Speers has leaked text messages from a children’s entertainer who failed to show up to her daughter Pearl’s sixth birthday party.

The journalist, who is married to 2GB presenter Ben Fordham, hired the woman to host a Frozen-themed party for Pearl and her friends in character as Princess Anna.

But when the party started at 2:30pm and the entertainer was nowhere to be seen, Speers texted her asking where she was, only to receive an unsatisfactory response.

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Seven newsreader Jodie Speers (right, with husband Ben Fordham) has leaked text messages from a children’s entertainer who failed to show up to her daughter Pearl’s sixth birthday party

The woman explained her car had broken down that morning, but what Speers found most frustrating was that she didn’t even bother to send a text explaining she wouldn’t be coming. 

The mother of three, 39, texted the Frozen impersonator at 2:50pm asking for an update, and received a frantic but vague reply several minutes later.

‘Hi, just wondering where you are! Pearl’s party started at 2:30,’ Speers wrote.

Speaking on his 2GB breakfast show on Monday, Fordham (pictured with wife Jodie Speers and son Freddy) said he’d softened the blow by telling Pearl (left) the Frozen impersonator couldn’t attend because she had been in a car accident, when in reality her car had just broken down The saga went public on Sunday night when Speers leaked a series of texts from the ‘Anna’ performer after she bailed on Pearl’s party without so much as a phone call (pictured) The radio presenter and his wife Jodie Speers had arranged for a Princess Anna impersonator to host six-year-old Pearl’s party – but she never arrived and couldn’t even be bothered to tell them she wouldn’t be coming. (Pictured: Pearl with a Frozen cake her aunt baked for her)

The entertainer responded: ‘Hi I am super sorry. I’ve broken dows [sic] with my car this morning and had a really bad time.’

Speers texted back: ‘Why didn’t you message us to let us know you weren’t coming?’

‘I’m sorry I didn’t think about it even,’ the woman wrote.

Speers posted a screenshot of the texts on Instagram on Sunday night, and said she would never hire a children’s entertainer again.

The mother of three posted a screenshot of the texts on Instagram on Sunday night, and said she would never hire a children’s entertainer again. (Pictured: Speers and Fordham with their three children, Freddy, Pearl and Marigold)

‘Last time I rely on a party entertainer! This [happened] as 14 little girls waited excitedly for Anna from Frozen to turn up,’ she captioned it.

Speers and Fordham, who is also a presenter for Channel Nine, married in 2011 and are parents to three children, Freddy, Pearl and Marigold.

She has hosted the Early News bulletin for Channel Seven since January 2016.

Speers has hosted the Early News bulletin for Channel Seven since January 2016. Fordham presents the top-rating breakfast show on talkback station 2GB