Some people make you laugh a little louder, your smile a little brighter and your life a bit better.
It won’t be wrong to say that Todd McKenney falls under those people who have the talent to cheer up anyone with his humor and different ways of perceiving things.
Todd McKenney is a famous entertainer and also an actor who is known because of his ability to keep his fans entertained. He gained his popularity after he became the judge of a famous Australian dancing show Dancing With The Stars.
What is Todd’s Net Worth?
Todd McKenney summons his net worth by working as a comedian as well as an actor. His net value has not got disclosed yet, but the average salary of The Game Show Network is $76,000.
Apart from that Todd also worked as a judge of a famous Australian dance show named as Dancing With The Stars where it is estimated that a judge in the U.S. earns $329,532 in average. The salary he earns from his job tells us that he has accumulated handsome being easily able to fulfill all his basic requirements.
Todd had a rough childhood as his parents got separated when he was very young. Making his way through all those hard times, Todd began his career a television show as a Percy Penguin. His mother was a dance teacher, so he had that dance passion in his blood, and thus he also began dancing and got trained in tap, acrobatics, ballroom, and jazz dancing. Todd was also lucky enough that he got able to represent his nation in the ballroom and Latin American dancing.
Todd then performed many stage shows and made his way to acting by playing a famous role of Peter Allen in the Australian production of The Boy from Oz. His hard work and passion have also landed him many awards.
Openly Gay! Who Is Todd’s Partner?
Todd McKenney is very much open to the media that he is gay. He has also opened up about he was in a relationship with his gay partner Simon Gallaher, who is a singer and musical theatre producer.
Both of them were in a tie for five years until they got separated with unknown reasons. Todd later criticized his ex-boyfriend after Simon went to get married to his Lisa Gallaher.
Apart from that, Todd fathers a baby daughter named as Charlotte Wood with his close friend Anne Wood. He claims that Anne is his best friend and even though he hasn’t shared a husband-wife relationship, they cherish the birth of thier child through In vitro fertilization (IVF).
Despite being gay Todd dated Sonia Kruger in his early ages and also has said that she was his first female crush.
They met each other on the ballroom dancing circuit when they were very young. After Sonia’s divorce, Todd even offered to parent a child with Sonia Kruger who is his female crush when he was young. His action proved that he an excellent friend and he passed true test of a friendship.
Short Bio
Todd McKenney, age 53, was born on 31 May 1965 in Perth, Australia. He was born in a family where his father David McKenney was a jail warden, and his mother Peta Norton was a dance teacher.
Todd has lived a life where women have played a big part whether be it his mother, nanna Dorothy Dyson, his best friend Sonia Kruger, or his sister from another mister Georgie Parker.