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===Kerri-Anne Kennerley===
===Kerri-Anne Kennerley===
On 28 January 2019, while appearing as a guest panellist on ''[[Studio 10]]'', Stynes accused fellow panellist [[Kerri-Anne Kennerley]] of "sounding like a racist" regarding Kennerley's linking of [[Australia Day#Change the date movement|Australia Day]] protesters with failure to act on sexual abuse in rural indigenous communities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/yumi-stynes-cancel-studio-10-appearance-not-my-problem/news-story/630554e40289b4e0e82ced293361dbf7 |title=Yumi Stynes cancels Studio 10 appearance after racism row |first=Nick |last=Bond |access-date=29 January 2019 |date=29 January 2019 |newspaper=The Advertiser}}</ref> The following day Stynes cancelled an appearance on ''Studio 10'', saying "It's not for me to argue indigenous rights. It's really inappropriate. There are plenty of qualified and really brilliant indigenous people to make that argument." <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kiis1065.com.au/shows/kyle-jackie-o/kyle-and-jackie-o-yumi-stynes-kerri-anne-kennerley-face-off-again-australia-day-protests|title=Yumi Stynes And Kerri-Anne Kennerley Face Off AGAIN Live On Kyle And Jackie O|website=KIIS 1065 Sydney|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
On 28 January 2019, while appearing as a guest panellist on ''[[Studio 10]]'', Stynes accused fellow panellist [[Kerri-Anne Kennerley]] of "sounding like a racist" regarding Kennerley's linking of [[Australia Day#Change the date movement|Australia Day]] protesters with failure to act on sexual abuse in rural indigenous communities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/yumi-stynes-cancel-studio-10-appearance-not-my-problem/news-story/630554e40289b4e0e82ced293361dbf7 |title=Yumi Stynes cancels Studio 10 appearance after racism row |first=Nick |last=Bond |access-date=29 January 2019 |date=29 January 2019 |newspaper=The Advertiser}}</ref> The following day Stynes The following day, 29 January 2019, Stynes cancelled another appearance on Studio 10, stating on [[Instagram]] that it was not related to what had happened the day before<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tendaily.com.au/news/a190128mhx/kerri-anne-kennerley-calls-out-yumi-stynes-for-not-showing-up-to-studio-10-20190128 |title=Kerri-Anne Kennerley Calls Out Yumi Stynes For Not Showing Up To Studio 10 |first=Michaela |last=Morgan |date=29 January 2019 |access-date=29 January 2019 |work=10 daily}}</ref> although she later clarified that she "would have been walking into a trap"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/yumi-stynes-cancel-studio-10-appearance-not-my-problem/news-story/630554e40289b4e0e82ced293361dbf7 |title=Studio 10 racism row fires up between Yumi Stynes and Kerri-Anne Kennerley |first=Nick |last=Bond |date=30 January 2019 |accessdate=31 January 2019 |publisher=[[news.com.au]] |work=tv & radio}}</ref>. That day, despite calling in sick to Studio 10, she went on a radio interview on [[The Kyle and Jackie O Show]], and called Kennerley a "cockroach", saying: “She’s been around forever, right, she’s like a cockroach, she can’t be extinguished”<ref>https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/yumi-stynes-calls-kerri-anne-kennerley-a-cockroach-and-calls-in-sick-after-studio-10-debate-ng-b881087951z</ref>.

==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Stynes was the partner of musician [[Ben Ely]] in 2001 who is from the band [[Regurgitator]]; they separated after eight years, in 2008. They have two daughters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Megan|title=Yumi a wild child no longer|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/yumi-a-wild-child-no-longer/story-fn6bn9st-1225992579566|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=22 January 2011}}</ref> In October 2012, she married Martin Bendeler.<ref name="nine">{{cite news|last=Confidential|title=Yumi Stynes says sorry to war hero, then announces her engagement|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/yumi-stynes-says-sorry-to-war-hero-then-announces-her-engagement/story-e6frf96o-1226285528448|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=1 March 2012}}</ref>
Stynes was the partner of musician [[Ben Ely]] in 2001 who is from the band [[Regurgitator]]; they separated after eight years, in 2008. They have two daughters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Megan|title=Yumi a wild child no longer|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/yumi-a-wild-child-no-longer/story-fn6bn9st-1225992579566|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=22 January 2011}}</ref> In October 2012, she married Martin Bendeler.<ref name="nine">{{cite news|last=Confidential|title=Yumi Stynes says sorry to war hero, then announces her engagement|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/yumi-stynes-says-sorry-to-war-hero-then-announces-her-engagement/story-e6frf96o-1226285528448|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=1 March 2012}}</ref>

Revision as of 05:30, 1 February 2019

Yumi Stynes
Born
Yumi Tasma Stynes

(1975-06-02) 2 June 1975 (age 49)
Swan Hill, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Television and radio presenter
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Martin Bendeler
​
(m. 2012)​
PartnerBen Ely (2001–2008)
Children4

Yumi Tasma Stynes (born 2 June 1975) is an Australian television and radio presenter and author. She is the co-host of KIIS FM's 3PM Pick-Up radio show and presenter of ABC Radio podcast on female health and sexuality, "Ladies, We Need to Talk".[1] She presented the morning show The Circle, was a presenter for Channel V Australia and Max, and was a presenter on Sydney's Mix 106.5 FM breakfast program during 2013.[2]

Early life

Stynes was born in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia where she grew up with her parents, David and Yoshiko, two sisters and a brother. Her father was fifth generation Australian and her mother is Japanese.[3] She spent her teenage years in Melbourne attending Methodist Ladies College Kew before moving to Sydney to work for Channel V Australia.[4]

Career

Radio

In August 2011, Stynes was appointed co-host of 3PM Pick-Up with Chrissie Swan, broadcast nationally on Mix 101.1, Mix 106.5, Mix 102.3, Mix 106.3 & 97.3 FM. She remained co-host until August 2012 and was replaced by Jane Hall.

In January 2013, Stynes hosted Mix 106.5's breakfast program with Sami Lukis the first all-female team on FM commercial radio in Sydney.[2] The show ran until December 2013 when it was announced that Mix 106.5 would rebrand to KIIS 106.5 and the breakfast show would be replaced by Kyle and Jackie O.

In January 2017, Stynes joined the KIIS Network to host 3PM Pick-Up with Katie 'Monty' Dimond and Rebecca Judd.

Television

Stynes' television career began in 2000 as a presenter for Channel V Australia, originally winning her job as part of the Channel V Reporter Search, along with James Mathison (who went on to host Australian Idol). In 2007, she moved across to MAX where she presented "The Know" with Jimmy Barnes, Lisa Hensley and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab. From 2010 until 2012, Stynes hosted Network Ten's morning show, The Circle, alongside Denise Drysdale, Chrissie Swan and Gorgi Coghlan.[5]

Stynes has presented for several Australian channels, including Foxtel's Select, the ABC for Sleek Geeks, and SBS for the Inside Film Awards. She has appeared as a panelist on Spicks and Specks (TV series), Can of Worms (TV program) and The Project (Australian TV program) and been featured in The Agony of Life (TV series).

Stynes presented on Reel Spiel and 50 Minutes both on Channel V and has hosted the ASTRA Award-winning 'Max Sessions: Powderfinger'. Yumi has also appeared as a presenter at the ARIA Music Awards, APRA Awards, ASTRA Awards, Filmink Awards and Inside Film Awards.

In 2013, she co-hosted the presentation of the Tropfest short film festival on SBS.[6]

Writing

In March 2018, Hardie Grant published Stynes' "The Zero Fucks Cookbook- Best Food Least Effort" in Australia.[7] It was published in the UK in July 2018.[8] As a writer, Stynes has made regular contributions to The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, Filmink, Grazia, Marie Claire and was a regular blogger and film critic for Bigpond. Her contributions have been featured in the anthologies, Women of Letters [9] and She's Having a Laugh.[10]

Public speaking

In 2015, Stynes was a panelist at Vivid Sydney's Festival of Idea's discussion "I'm not Racist...but" [11] and also host of children's concert, Dress Up Attack.[12]

Podcast

In 2017, Stynes was a writer and host of ABC Radio podcast on female health and sexuality, "Ladies, We Need to Talk"[1], which continued for a second season in 2018. In 2018, the podcast was the winner of the Australian Podcast Awards for best Lifestyle and Heath podcast.[13]

Music

Stynes is also the bassist and vocalist for Sydney band The Punisherz. In her own words "To be in The Punisherz you have to be Asian and unable to play an instrument. I play bass. We're terrible."[14]

Controversies

Ben Roberts-Smith

In February 2012, Stynes was criticised after comments about Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith,[15] remarking that he was "going to dive down to the bottom of the pool to see if his brain is there", after a photograph of Roberts-Smith topless in a pool appeared on the cover of Men's Health magazine.[16][17][18] Many people thought that Stynes joke was attempting to derive humour from the sexist stereotype of muscular men being less intelligent.[19] Stynes responded to criticism saying she did not know who Roberts-Smith was and saw a "very handsome guy".[15] "What I didn't estimate was how much my joke was not appreciated. I sort of intimated that maybe he wasn't very smart, because how could you be that buff and spend that much time in a gym and be smart as well?"[20]

Stynes spoke personally with Roberts-Smith, who accepted her explanation and agreed there was no malicious intent.[21] Fairfax Media newspapers later issued an apology to Stynes and News Ltd newspapers retracted stories in which they incorrectly reported that Stynes had questioned Roberts-Smith's sexual ability because of his use of IVF to conceive his children.[22][23]

Kerri-Anne Kennerley

On 28 January 2019, while appearing as a guest panellist on Studio 10, Stynes accused fellow panellist Kerri-Anne Kennerley of "sounding like a racist" regarding Kennerley's linking of Australia Day protesters with failure to act on sexual abuse in rural indigenous communities.[24] The following day Stynes The following day, 29 January 2019, Stynes cancelled another appearance on Studio 10, stating on Instagram that it was not related to what had happened the day before[25] although she later clarified that she "would have been walking into a trap"[26]. That day, despite calling in sick to Studio 10, she went on a radio interview on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, and called Kennerley a "cockroach", saying: “She’s been around forever, right, she’s like a cockroach, she can’t be extinguished”[27].

Personal life

Stynes was the partner of musician Ben Ely in 2001 who is from the band Regurgitator; they separated after eight years, in 2008. They have two daughters.[28] In October 2012, she married Martin Bendeler.[29] In November 2013, Stynes announced that she was pregnant. In May 2014 she gave birth to her third child, a daughter.[30] She had a son the next year.[31]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ladies, We Need To Talk". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Sami and Yumi on radio – no digger jokes, please". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Kalina, Paul: Ten's turn to try a women's panel show, The Age, 4 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Personalities: Yumi Stynes". Network Ten. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  6. ^ David Knox, "Victorian wins 21st Tropfest", TV Tonight
  7. ^ "The Zero Fucks Cookbook". Hardie Grant.
  8. ^ "The Zero Fucks Cookbook". Hardie Grant UK.
  9. ^ Richardson, Reviewed by Owen (6 December 2013). "Women of Letters: Yours Truly". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ^ "She's Having a Laugh". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  11. ^ Anonymous (19 March 2015). "I'm Not Racist, But… 2015". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "2018 Winners Announced". Australian Podcast Awards. 6 May 2018.
  14. ^ Yumi Stynes: Top 5 Musical Moments Archived 2 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, MAX, 24 July 2008.
  15. ^ a b Levy, Megan (28 February 2012). "Circle slammed over hero soldier insults". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  16. ^ "An Australian hero". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  17. ^ "War hero sent on charm offensive". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DumbMuscle
  20. ^ Levy, Megan (29 February 2012). "'I feel sick': Circle host shocked at backlash over 'dud root' comment". Retrieved 24 June 2017 – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  21. ^ "Ben Roberts-Smith accepts apology from Stynes, Negus". 29 February 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  22. ^ "Fairfax apologises to Stynes and Negus over articles on 'dud root' soldier comments – Mumbrella". 17 September 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ^ Bond, Nick (29 January 2019). "Yumi Stynes cancels Studio 10 appearance after racism row". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  25. ^ Morgan, Michaela (29 January 2019). "Kerri-Anne Kennerley Calls Out Yumi Stynes For Not Showing Up To Studio 10". 10 daily. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  26. ^ Bond, Nick (30 January 2019). "Studio 10 racism row fires up between Yumi Stynes and Kerri-Anne Kennerley". tv & radio. news.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  27. ^ https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/yumi-stynes-calls-kerri-anne-kennerley-a-cockroach-and-calls-in-sick-after-studio-10-debate-ng-b881087951z
  28. ^ Miller, Megan (22 January 2011). "Yumi a wild child no longer". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  29. ^ Confidential (1 March 2012). "Yumi Stynes says sorry to war hero, then announces her engagement". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  30. ^ "Yumi Stynes has a baby! The radio host welcomes Mercy". 7 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  31. ^ O'Brien, Kerrie (23 March 2018). "'I hope our boys can be taught that they're allowed to cry': Yumi Stynes". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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