Troy Hayden thanked viewers Friday as he signed off from “Fox 10 AZAM” for the final time.
“You’re the folks I’ve to thank for this,” Hayden mentioned.
“You’ll be missed, my good friend,” co-host Syleste Rodriguez mentioned, holding Hayden’s hand.
“I walked by means of the doorways right here as a child (in my) mid-20s,” he mentioned. “I’ve been right here 30 years. I’ve grown up right here. I’ve been overwhelmed with the outpouring of positivity.”
Hayden mentioned he has gotten hundreds of social media messages wishing him properly.
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“It was like going to my very own funeral, which was bizarre,” he mentioned. “As a result of folks have been saying good issues to me.”
Troy Hayden leaves Fox 10:‘So many reminiscences’
Jerry O’Connell and Tim Hattrick ship off Troy Hayden
Hayden introduced on June 26 that he was leaving the station after 30 years. He mentioned then and once more on Friday’s present that he would go to work at one other station in metro Phoenix, however did not say which one. He’ll begin Aug. 1, he mentioned on Friday’s present.
Others dropped by to say goodbye to Hayden. Nicely, that wasn’t the true motive actor Jerry O’Connell was there. He was in Phoenix for his daughters’ volleyball match and took the time to pitch “Pictionary,” the sport present he hosts, and to play a spherical of the sport.
However he did congratulate Hayden. “I did not understand I used to be right here on such a historic day,” O’Connell mentioned, shaking Hayden’s hand. “Significantly, 30 years. That is unimaginable.”
Earlier within the present, Tim Hattrick of KNIX dropped in by video for his common go to and informed Hayden how sorry he was that he was leaving, and gave him a musical send-off. Sure.
“I do know you recognize this, however for everyone right here, and me particularly, within the phrases of Dolly Parton and Whitney Houson, ‘I Will All the time Love You.'” Then Hayden and Rodriguez talked him into singing it.
Fox 10 is looking for a substitute for Hayden
“Who on earth can fill your footwear?” Hattrick mentioned.
“They will discover any individual,” Hayden mentioned. “This can be a tremendous robust present. … The whole lot’s going to be advantageous.”
Certainly, a spokesperson for Fox 10 mentioned that an inner and exterior search is underway for Hayden’s substitute.
“I am not retiring,” Hayden mentioned. “I am not dying.”
“No,” Rodriguez mentioned. “Thank goodness. A minimum of not, like, in the course of the present.”
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