Lisa on life after TODAY

Lisa Wilkinson has spoken out after her shock departure from the TODAY show, writing about what’s really important to her.

The 57-year-old, who sat at the TODAY desk for ten years, spoke of the intrusion she’s experienced in the past week.

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Writing for the Huffington Post, she said:

“While I appreciate the news [of leaving the role] was all a little, shall we say, abrupt, viewers have been incredibly warm and generous in their messages of support, and I am humbled by the fact that it has generated an important national debate -- but the intense level of scrutiny has been utterly overwhelming.

“Paparazzi have been camped outside our house. The prying lenses of complete strangers have captured and published images taken through my kitchen window. They've followed my children. I have been chased down streets. Into cul-de-sacs.”

In her tribute to her, Lisa finished, “And even now, in your passing, your gift of warming the hearts of others and providing perspective on what truly matters, lives on.

“We can't thank you enough.”