Television, as Dr Mumbo is sure everyone knows, is a happy place full of people with a sunny disposition. 
 
 And they come no sunnier than Nine’s weather and news reader Amber Sherlock. 
 
 But live television stress can make people behave in different ways. 
 
 And imagine the stress that comes with the impending disaster of three women all about to go on air – and all wearing so much white they look like they came straight from the Pure Blonde Brewtopia commercial. 
 
 This was the emergency that anchor Sherlock found herself facing yesterday, along with guest pundits, fellow Nine hack Julie Snook and psychologist Sandy Rae. 
 
 Bad enough at a wedding. Imagine doing it on telly. 
 
 And Rae had disobeyed Sherlock’s orders to put on a jacket. Which made Sherlock VERY unhappy as the trio prepared for a discussion during Nine’s 178-hour long daily afternoon news coverage. 
 
 It would be fascinating to know how the off-air conversation at Nine News Now went, wouldn’t it? 
 
 Happily, Dr Mumbo has acquired the tape…. 
 
 Shortly before going on air, things got rather passive aggressive… 
 
 To begin, Sherlock was talking about Snook in the third person, which is never a good start… 
 
 “I need Julie to put a jacket on. I asked her before we came on… I told you two hours ago.” 
 
 “I’m sorry, I’ve been flat out,” apologised Snook, suggesting somebody might find her a spare jacket. 
 
 Meanwhile, the amount of notice Sherlock was claiming to have given to her colleague had increased by 30 minutes. “I made this clear two-and-a-half-hours ago…” 
 
 Which was enough for Snook to suggest she might walk. 
 
 “Amber, if it’s an issue, I can get on out of here…” 
 
 “It is an issue. Go and grab a jacket…. I wasn’t saying it for no reason. The wardrobe girls will be furious downstairs.” 
 
 Things then took on a shade of 2015’s viral blue and gold dress, with Snook declaring: “I’m wearing blue for one, Amber. I don’t…” 
 
 Sherlock interrupted: “It doesn’t look like it. Get a producer. There’s one hanging up. Just get it…” 
 
 Snook came back: “If there’s an issue I can just head on out and get back to work. I’m flat chat. I genuinely forgot.” 
 
 The chatter then continued without vision as Snook once again suggested she drop out of the segment. “I’ll just jump on out, honestly.” 
 
 “Fine, jump on out if that’s what you’d like to do,” snapped back Sherlock. “Come on, wearing a jacket. I asked you two-and-a-half hours ago. It’s not the hardest request.” 
 
 There was then yet another reminder on how long ago they’d talked about it. “I know it’s not your issue. But we did talk about it two-and-a-half hours ago.” 
 
 The audio then drops out for the next 20 seconds, before Snook reappears on screen, making herself comfortable in a, presumably borrowed, black jacket. 
 
 Ten seconds later, the trio were on air, with beaming (if slightly fixed) smiles. 
 
 Which set them up perfectly to talk about Donald Trump’s apparent predilection for golden showers. 
 
 It was that sort of day. 

 A presenter for Channel Nine News in Australia has been deemed a bully and a 'Regina George' by viewers after footage was leaked of her berating a colleague for wearing the same color as her on January 11. In the clip, which first appeared on website Mumbrella, Amber Sherlock can be seen giving a stern reprimand to colleague Julie Snook for wearing white, when she had specifically told her not to as she was wearing the color as well, as was guest psychologist Sandy Rea. Sherlock then commanded Snook and the wardrobe team to find a jacket that Snook could wear to cover up her white shirt. In the clip, the screen goes black for a couple of minutes but the women can be heard speaking to each other before they were officially on air. When they were on air, Snook was wearing a black jacket. Amber Sherlock had her Twitter and Instagram accounts set to private at time of writing. Reaction to the off-air spat is included below. Credit: Nine News 
 
 AMBER Sherlock has been summoned for a meeting with the big boss at the Nine Network to explain her on-camera outburst at colleague Julie Snook. 
 
 The presenter will today meet with Nine’s National Director of News and Current Affairs, Darren Wick, and HR representatives, according to Yahoo7 Be. 
 
 The meeting comes after the Nine Network has reportedly flushed out the mole who circulated the video internally, although it’s still not known who passed the explosive footage of Sherlock berating Julie Snook onto Mumbrella. 
 
 It’s understood Nine is deciding what action to take against the person, but earlier today a TV insider told news.com.au that leaking the video is a sackable offence. 
 
 “It was hugely embarrassing and Amber will be demanding answers,” the insider said to news.com.au about the clip from Wednesday. 
 
 “There’s no doubt that leaking such a video could be a sackable offence. It made one of their star presenters look nuts and petty”. 
 
 The insider said the network would have launched a “witch hunt” this morning to flush out the leaker. 
 
 “I suspect the IT department will be currently investigating who emailed Mumbrella [where the footage first appeared] yesterday afternoon,” the insider said earlier, adding that a lot of people would have had access to the footage. 
 
 “That was a studio output feed,” the insider explained. 
 
 “Cameras and microphones are often open during a commercial break so presenters can check their appearance and to ensure any guests outside of the main studio can be heard. 
 
 “It’s hard to know who would have leaked it because studio output feeds can often be accessed by affiliates around the country as well as an internal feed in Sydney.” 
 
 Whoever leaked the video either had a grudge against Sherlock or simply found the footage amusing and knew that such an exchange would go viral. 
 
 “People love watching what really happens behind the scenes as opposed to what happens once the commercial break ends,” the insider said. 
 
 “That was one of the reasons this clip worked so well — all of a sudden they’re all smiles and best buddies as if nothing had happened.” 
 
 And if you think this was an isolated incident, you’d be wrong. 
 
 “Amazingly, wardrobe is probably the most debated issue for presenters,” the insider said. 
 
 “I’ve seen some big tantrums about presenters being given similar outfits to colleagues. This is not a rarity. Some stars often claim the others are getting preferential treatment because they got to wear some brand or another. It’s all paranoid stuff but it sets them off. 
 
 “Producers often wish that some presenters cared as much about the content as they do about the colour of their top.” 
 
 Amber Sherlock addressed the incident to Nine Honey, admitting she “probably overreacted”. 
 
 “Live TV can be a pretty stressful beast, at times,” Sherlock said. 
 
 “It’s never much fun rocking up to work or to a party in the same outfit as one of your colleagues or friends. I probably overreacted with the pressure of presenting a live news bulletin.” 
 
 A spokesman for the Nine Network refused to comment this morning when contacted by news.com.au. 
 
 THE EXCHANGE 
 
 In the clip, which has made headlines around the world in the past 24 hours, Sherlock looked at the video feed in the studio monitor and realised just minutes before going to air that Julie Snook, herself and psychologist Sandy Rea were all wearing similar white outfits. 
 
 “I need Julie to put a jacket on because we’re all in white. I asked her before we came on — Julie, you need to put a jacket on,” a perturbed Sherlock demanded. 
 
 As Snook began to explain she just hadn’t had time to source a jacket before going into the studio, Sherlock cut her off: “Come on, I told you two hours ago.” 
 
 Sherlock then pulled her iPhone out and informed Snook she’d personally call the Nine wardrobe department to “get something”. 
 
 Fellow guest, Rea, could hear all this going down from her studio and looked appropriately uncomfortable with the exchange. 
 
 Rea tried to defuse the problem by suggesting she’d get a jacket herself. 
 
 “You’re fine Sandy but there can’t be three of us. And I made this clear two and a half hours ago,” Sherlock shot back while angrily thumbing at her iPhone. 
 
 Remaining calm, Snook tried to reason with her flustered colleague. 
 
 “Amber, if it’s an issue I can get on out of here (the studio),” she said. 
 
 “It is an issue. Go and grab a jacket,” Sherlock demanded. Snook pointed out she was actually wearing light blue and not white but this was all swings and roundabouts for Sherlock and the technicality annoyed her more. 
 
 She called out for a producer to find Snook a jacket and the passive aggressive back-and-forth continued. 
 
 Snook: “If there’s an issue I can just head on out and get back to work because I’m flat chat, I genuinely forgot.” 
 
 Sherlock: “Fine, jump on out, if that’s what you’d like to do.” 
 
 Snook: “Amber, please, this is not the only thing I’m doing today.” 
 
 Just before going live on air, Snook was given a black jacket and the three presenters donned their best fake smiles for the segment. 

 Julie Snook is now known around the nation thanks to the revelations on Friday of Channel Nine's great White Top Debacle. 
 
 Snook got her big break in Canberra where she worked across print, TV and radio. 
 
 A leaked video of Snook being berated by fellow Nine presenter Amber Sherlock for also wearing a white top on air - and being directed by Sherlock to put on a jacket - went viral on Friday. 
 
 While Sherlock was reportedly to be hauled before management, Snook's stocks rose as she handled the attack with aplomb, saying she was flat out, had simply forgot to put on a jacket and eventually did put on one. (Although the jacket did look like one retired sports presenter Ken Sutcliffe might have left hanging on the back of his chair.) 
 
 The hashtag #putyourblazersonforjulie also started doing the rounds. 
 
 Snook is remembered in the national capital as a hard-working country girl with a good sense of humour. 
 
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 Originally from Broken Hill (her Instagram account describes her as "a country girl living in the big smoke"), she did a newspaper cadetship in Forbes and moved to Canberra in 2009 as part of the original editorial team on The Canberra Weekly. 
 
 The Canberra Weekly editor Julie Samaras said Snook was "always well-presented". 
 
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 Link Julie Snook, pictured here safely in a black top, worked for The Canberra Weekly, Canberra FM and Southern Cross Ten in Canberra. 
 
 "She did have a good selection of white tops even then – it's a wardrobe basic, after all," Samaras said. 
 
 "Her best accessories were always her killer smile and her unflappability. Seems they still are." 
 
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 Snook then made the switch to television with Southern Cross Austereo in Canberra. (Coincidentally, Amber Sherlock also worked for Southern Cross, based in Canberra from 2004 to 2006 when she presented the edition of State Focus for northern NSW audiences.Sherlock was also a reporter at the skifields early in her career.) 
 
 Snook then joined the team at Mix 106.3 as news director and newsreader for the breakfast show. 
 
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 Link Julie Snook (second from right) out on the town with mates in Canberra in 2010. Photo: Lyn Mills 
 
 A statement from the station suggested on Friday it had no problem with what she wore then - probably not a surprise for radio. 
 
 Snook was poached by Channel Nine in 2013, working in the sports department. 
 
 She said at the the time she would miss Canberra. 
 
 "It's been a lot of fun, I've met some amazing people and had some really good experiences," she said. 
 
 As one ex-colleague in Canberra said: "We love Snookie!". 

 Two Nine TV reporters who engaged in a messy wardrobe argument are making light of an embarrassing video of the incident. 
 
 Presenter Amber Sherlock and sports reporter Julie Snook were recorded bickering over their choice of all-white outfits for a Nine News Now Chatroom segment. 
 
 The clip, which has gone viral, then shows the pair putting aside the argument and smiling once the cameras are live to air. 
 
 In a statement to 9Honey, both women made light of their scuffle with Amber admitting she "probably overreacted". 
 
 "Live TV can be a pretty stressful beast, at times," Amber said in a statement to 9Honey. "And as anyone knows, it’s never much fun rocking up to work or to a party in the same outfit as one of your colleagues or friends. I probably overreacted with the pressure of presenting a live news bulletin." 
 
 The experienced on-air newsreader then joked about the good fortune of having of a counsellor (who coincidently also wore white) on the panel: "Thank goodness we had psychologist Sandy Rea around afterwards!!” 
 
 Julie told 9Honey despite appearances she and Amber were actually good friends. 
 
 "What can I say? Amber and I just really love white!" said Julie. "Amber and I are good friends and I really enjoy working with her, News is a fast moving environment and sometimes these things happen." 
 
 In the leaked clip, Amber quickly becomes annoyed about Julie's lack of a dark jacket to go over her light-coloured dress. 
 
 
 
 (From left) Julie Snook, Amber Sherlock, and Sandy Rea realise they're all wearing white. 
 
 "I need Julie to put a jacket on," she says. "I asked her before we came on… I told you two hours ago." 
 
 "I'm sorry, I’ve been flat out," replied Julie, who then asked if anyone off-screen could grab her a spare jacket. 
 
 "I made this clear two-and-a-half-hours ago," continued Amber. 
 
 "Amber, if it’s an issue, I can get on out of here," said Julie. 
 
 "It is an issue," Amber fired back. "Go and grab a jacket…I wasn’t saying it for no reason. The wardrobe girls will be furious downstairs." 
 
 Julie then pointed out that she was actually wearing blue, but Amber snapped, "It doesn't look like it." 
 
 The video then drops out as the audio continues, and Julie insists she can just bow out of the segment to avoid the drama. 
 
 "Fine, jump on out if that's what you’d like to do," Amber can be heard saying. "Come on, wearing a jacket. I asked you two-and-a-half hours ago. It’s not the hardest request." 
 
 
 
 Julie managed to find a suitable cover-up. 
 
 When the visuals return, Julie is zipped up in a black jacket and the trio go to air like true pros, with no signs of the turmoil they've just endured. 
 
 
 
 All smiles as the live cameras roll! 
 

– Never wear white after Labor Day or, if you're an Australian newscaster, on the same day that your co-worker is. Nine Network's Julie Snook found this out the hard way when she was verbally attacked while the cameras were rolling (but before they went on the air) by colleague Amber Sherlock after both women showed up for their segment donning white outfits. A third white-wearer, psychologist Sandy Rea, also appears in the clip, which went viral after someone leaked it both internally and also to the Mumbrella website, which aired the footage this week. Sherlock was on Friday to be hauled before the network's national news director, as well as HR, and the network is also trying to figure out how to penalize the person who circulated the video internally (it still doesn't know who passed it to Mumbrella), News.com.au reports. In the clip, Sherlock berates Snook for her attire, demanding she put on a jacket and telling her she told her not to wear white "two hours ago." Snook remains calm, saying she'll put on a jacket (she did), but noting she "genuinely forgot" about Sherlock's request, that she's technically wearing blue, and that Sherlock should chill out. "Amber, please, this is not the only thing I'm doing today," she says in exasperation. After the video got around, the hashtag #putyourblazersonforjulie popped up on social media, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Meanwhile, both women have responded to the dust-up via statements to 9Honey, with Sherlock saying she probably "overreacted" and that "live TV can be a pretty stressful beast." Snook, for her part, joked, "Amber and I just really love white!" before adding they're actually "good friends." (That time a news anchor couldn't take the Kardashians anymore.)