![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/hayley-mcqueen-talks-on-air-tears-hard-sky-reshuffle-and-replacing-stelling/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_samsung-neo-qled_52458355996_o.jpg&description=Hayley McQueen has pretty much seen it all during a presenting career on Sky Sports that has spanned over a decade - but she admits she got more than she bargained for earlier this year. Viewers were left concerned after the 42-year-old became visibly upset while presenting live on Sky Sports News back in February amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Following a segment on the conflict, McQueen struggled to introduce a recorded interview with John Stones before an advert break. She took to Instagram to explain how the ongoing issues in Ukraine had affected her - and she admits that dealing with deeply sensitive issues like the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is something that she didn't necessarily expect. It's something you can't really prepare yourself for. "You have to be really strong. Imagine if I was presenting for Sky News; you couldn't have gotten away with that!" she tells Mirror Football . "They're probably made of stronger stuff, which is why most of us work in sport because we're there to entertain. Unfortunately, over the last few years we've dealt with doping, corruption; Pablo Mari was stabbed the other day. It's heavy, heavy stuff that I never thought I'd have to deal with when I first entered Sports Journalism." Recalling the incident in question, McQueen reveals that one of her senior directors, Katherine, and her family are Ukrainian. Ahead of going on set, McQueen herself had been keeping abreast of the latest developments by watching Sky News rather than Sky Sports News. "I just remember seeing all these little children whose fathers were waving them off to head into the unknown. I remember seeing these tiny little kids, and my little girl was two at the time, and there was this little girl with a little snowsuit on with a bunny rabbit under here arm, which is exactly the same as my little one. And I just thought, 'Can you even imagine having to pack up and not knowing whether you were going to see your home again?'. I just thought about it to){kind=link}
Lead anchor Hayley McQueen has been a mainstay at Sky Sports News and has opened up on the organisation’s big reshuffle, being tipped to replace Jeff Stelling and how she copes with the never-ending debate over VAR
Hayley McQueen has pretty much seen it all during a presenting career on Sky Sports that has spanned over a decade – but she admits she got more than she bargained for earlier this year.
Viewers were left concerned after the 42-year-old became visibly upset while presenting live on Sky Sports News back in February amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Following a segment on the conflict, McQueen struggled to introduce a recorded interview with John Stones before an advert break.
She took to Instagram to explain how the ongoing issues in Ukraine had affected her – and she admits that dealing with deeply sensitive issues like the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is something that she didn’t necessarily expect. It’s something you can’t really prepare yourself for.
“You have to be really strong. Imagine if I was presenting for Sky News; you couldn’t have gotten away with that!” she tells Mirror Football . “They’re probably made of stronger stuff, which is why most of us work in sport because we’re there to entertain. Unfortunately, over the last few years we’ve dealt with doping, corruption; Pablo Mari was stabbed the other day. It’s heavy, heavy stuff that I never thought I’d have to deal with when I first entered Sports Journalism.”