Matthew Bruce McLean (born 29 September 1986) is a New Zealand journalist and television presenter. He previously presented ''

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'', and was a ''

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'' reporter. He has also worked on the television programmes ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Television

In 2007, McLean, aged 20, started working at ''

''. He has also worked on ''

'', ''

'' and ''

''. On 8 April 2016, he left

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to travel overseas. He returned to ''Breakfast'' in 2017. In an interview in 2018 McLean said that the he writes his weather scripts and broadcasts on ''Breakfast'' between 6am and 9am. In 2020, when presenting ''Breakfast'', McLean left mid-show after realising that he got the times wrong for a flight to

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. He thought that the flight time was 10:45am, but it was actually at 9:25am. In 2022 McLean, who is gay, started the podcast ''Out The Gayte'' with two other gay men who are members of the NZ Falcons Auckland rugby club. It discusses gay issues and is adults-only. In 2023, McLean accidentally dropped an "f-bomb" live while presenting ''Breakfast'', after thinking that the programme was on an advertisement break. He also let out a "c-bomb" on the same show in 2017 after attempting to say the word "country". In 2023, McLean was the winning contestant on the '' Fans vs Faves'' season of the reality television show, ''

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''. He won $60,000 from the series, and donated it to Zeal Education Trust. On 5 October 2023 on ''Breakfast'', he and Chris Chang wore the same outfit. The two also completed each other's sentences to act as twins. McLean announced on the ''Breakfast'' episode on 20 November 2023 that he would be leaving the show a month afterwards in the last episode of 2023. He will be a host of ''The Hits'' drive show.

Personal life

McLean was born on 29 September 1986, and was educated at

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. He also attended the New Zealand Broadcasting School at

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. As he approached high school age, McLean realised that he was attracted to men. It was "a long time after that" when he

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. A friend helped him come out to his mother. He was the first married gay man to appear on the cover of ''

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'' magazine. He got married on 31 December 2022 on

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, after being proposed to by his husband, Ryan Teece, in February of the same year. They met on Tinder in 2015, but it was only in 2017 when they met in person. In 2023 McLean said on his podcast ''Out the Gayte'' that the two were considering starting a family. In 2012, before same-sex marriage was legal, McLean made a personal plea to Parliament to legalise it. In 2023 Teece became an ambassador of

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and starred in a television show. McLean has a pet dog named Otis, and became a wedding celebrant in 2014.

References

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