Lawrence Mooney slams 'wack job' Grant Denyer over UFO sighting claims

Radio host Lawrence Mooney has blasted Grant Denyer live on air over his bizarre admission that he once saw a UFO when he was aged 19.

On Tuesday’s Moonman in the Morning breakfast show, the 56-year-old sensationally branded Grant a ‘wack job’ over his surprise on-air revelation on Seven’s Spotlight on Sunday.

‘Grant said that maybe people might be thinking, “You’re a bit crazy,”‘ Lawrence said, after playing a clip of Grant’s interview. ‘Well – you’re a wack job!’

He doesn’t believe it! Radio host Lawrence Mooney (pictured) has blasted Grant Denyer live on-air over his bizarre admission that he once saw a UFO when he was just 19

He continued: ‘That is supersonic speed measured by a 19-year-old in a car in the suburbs.’

Lawrence added to his co-host Jess Eva: ‘UFOs often appear to people like you and Grant Denyer, who spend a bit of time outside with Vodka Cruisers by the fire.’ 

Confirming he meant no harm, Lawrence clarified: ‘Grant is a friend of the show. We do love Grant!’

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Grant Denyer for further comment.

The former Sunrise weatherman had made the bold claim about seeing a UFO on Seven’s Spotlight, telling investigative journalist Ross Coulthart he saw ‘a couple of very strange lights hovering in the sky’ that were ‘too bright to be stars or planets’.

‘What I saw was real’: Grant claimed to have seen a UFO while driving in South East Melbourne on Channel Seven’s Spotlight

Was it real? ‘I was driving along the road at night time at about nine o’clock at night. [I] noticed a couple of very strange lights hovering in the sky, and they were too bright to be stars or planets,’ Grant said

He went on to admit that he kept the sighting a secret for a while because people who claim to have seen UFOs are often ‘considered wack jobs’.

‘I was driving along the road at night time at about nine o’clock at night,’ Grant recalled of the incident when he was 19.

‘I noticed a couple of very strange lights hovering in the sky, and they were too bright to be stars or planets.’

The father of three described the five dots, making up two groups, as ‘bright as a plane but not moving at all’.

When asked by Coulthart whether they were satellites and not a UFO sighting, Grant stressed that it was definitely ‘not satellites’.

‘I believe what I saw was some form of UFO,’ he claimed.  

Standing his ground: When questioned by investigative journalist Ross Coulthart whether they were satellites and not a UFO sighting, Grant stressed that it was definitely ‘not satellites’. He said: ‘I believe what I saw was some form of UFO’ 

A hoax? Across the globe there have been numerous claims by people who have recalled seeing what they believe to be a UFO – Unidentified Flying Objects – or alien life. However these are often dismissed as just a hoax or the imagination running wild. Pictured: stock shot

Claim to fame: Grant became a household name when he joined Seven’s Sunrise in 2004 as weatherman. He went on to host Channel Ten’s Family Feud from 2014 to 2020, and earlier this year starred on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Pictured at the Logie Awards in 2018

Across the globe there have been numerous claims by people who have recalled seeing what they believe to be a UFO – Unidentified Flying Objects – or alien life. 

However, these are often dismissed as just a hoax or the imagination running wild.  

Grant became a household name when he joined Seven’s breakfast program Sunrise in 2004 as a weather presenter.

He left the show in 2006 to spend more time with his family, but returned in 2010 before quitting for good in 2013.

Grant went on to host Channel 10’s Family Feud from 2014 to 2020.   

He is married to former TV producer Chezzi Denyer, 41, and the couple share three daughters, Sailor, 10, and Scout, five, and Sunday, three months. 

Family: The presenter is married to Chezzi Denyer, 41, and the couple share three daughters, Sailor, 10, and Scout, five, and three-month-old Sunday (all pictured)