Brooke Boney, 34, admits she can’t swim as Today co-host Allison Langdon offers to teach her
Today show entertainment reporter Brooke Boney made a shock confession during Thursday’s broadcast.
While discussing the 2020 documentary ‘Girls Can’t Surf’ about renegade surfers who challenged the male-dominated sport, the 34-year-old revealed she can’t swim.
‘A bunch of legends. But I can’t swim, so I can’t surf,’ Brooke casually told Nine’s co- hosts Allison Langdon and Karl Stefanovic.
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‘I can’t swim, so I can’t surf’: Entertainment reporter Brooke Boney, 34, (pictured) admitted on Thursday’s show that she never learnt how to swim confidently
Allison, who was seemingly already aware of Brooke’s inability to swim, added: ‘But you are going to learn to swim this year, remember? You said.’
‘I don’t know if I said that,’ Brooke responded, before Ally sweetly offered: ‘I will teach you!’
‘I don’t know if you can. Firstly, I’m unteachable. Secondly, I don’t know if you can swim with that,’ Brooke said, pointing towards Ally’s large leg brace.
‘You can’t swim and you can’t swim. Perfect. What could go wrong?’ Karl joked.
‘I’m unteachable’: Today co-host Allison Langdon, who was seemingly already aware of Brooke’s inability to swim, suggested it was Brooke’s New Year’s resolution to learn, but Brooke said she couldn’t remember saying that
‘I don’t know if you can swim with that’: Brooke said while Ally’s (right) offer to teach her how to swim was nice, she was unsure how far she’d get with large leg brace in the water
Super trooper: Despite her return, Allison is still far from fully recovered, as she had a large brace over her knee and leg and required both a wheelchair and crutches on arrival. Pictured with co-host Karl Stefanovic
Allison only returned to Nine’s Today show this week after more than a month off following an injury sustained during a horrific hydrofoiling accident while filming the breakfast program on the Gold Coast.
She required knee surgery last month after she broke her leg and dislocated her knee during the incident.
Despite her return, Allison is still far from fully recovered, as she had a large brace over her knee and leg and requires both a wheelchair and crutches to get around.
Extreme sport: Allison underwent surgery days after seriously hurting her knee while filming a watersports segment for the Today show on the Gold Coast last month
‘Two of us know how to swim and the other one… is me’: Brooke previously spoke about her challenges with swimming in January
Meanwhile, Brooke previously spoke about her challenges with swimming in January.
Sharing a photo standing up in a public pool alongside a friend and her child, she wrote: ‘two of us know how to swim and the other one… is me.’
Fans were quick to encourage Brooke to learn the vital skill, saying it could ‘save her life’ one day.
A recent survey conducted by Royal Life Saving found that as many as 5 per cent of Australian adults are unable to swim.
Brooke joined Nine’s Today show in January 2019, and has since become a fan favourite on the program.
Not alone: A recent survey conducted by Royal Life Saving found that as many as 5% of adult Australians are unable to swim