He’s known to Sunrise viewers as a money-saving expert.
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And David ‘Kochie’ Koch revealed on Monday he can be very tight-fisted, even with his own family.
The father of four, 66, shocked his co-hosts by admitting he made each of his children work at food-fast chain McDonald’s as soon as they were old enough
Koch said he would cut off his children’s allowance if they didn’t take on a part-time job at their local Macca’s.
Monique Wright, who is filling in for Natalie Barr while she has Covid, looked on disapprovingly as Koch explained why he was mean with his money.
He said the moment his children reached 14 years and nine months, the age they could legally start working, they applied for jobs at McDonald’s.
‘Whether you like the food or not, it is great training for young kids,’ he said.
The comments came after Sunrise aired a story about how a Sydney McDonald’s offered $1,000 to new employees as a sign-on bonus.
The management of the store in Chatswood resorted to the desperate measures after losing staff faster than they were being replaced.
Elsewhere on Monday’s show, Koch explained why his co-anchor Barr hadn’t shown up for work.
Barr, 54, had been scheduled to return to the news desk that morning after taking a week off to visit family in Perth.
Koch explained at about 8:40am that his colleague wasn’t in the studio because she had tested positive for Covid-19.
‘Well, everyone’s been asking, “Where’s Nat?” Well, you may have noticed she’s been missing over the past week or so,’ he said.
‘She’s at home in isolation after testing positive for Covid.’
Barr, who is fully vaccinated, has almost no symptoms except for a cough, which is nearly gone, and is feeling ‘pretty good’ overall.
