Mag pays 55k for Chrissie Swan smoking photos

Management for Chrissie Swan have been in a battle to try and stop the paparazzi photo's of her smoking coming out.

'Watercooler', Chrissie's management company that is part owned by 2UE breakfast host Dicko, have been reported in Fairfax Media as putting in a final bid of $53,000 before Woman's Day bid $55,000 to secure the shots.

This morning Dicko said that "Chrissie and David (his Watercooler business partner) were prepared to spend $10,000 to keep these under wraps" and questioned the "morality" of Woman's Day paying that amount for the photos.

Hear the audio from 2UE this morning :-

https://radiotoday.com.au/music/DickoSarahChrissie.mp3
or hear it here

An insider has also told the Sydney Morning Herald the bidding process was "one of the most aggressive and emotional" they had experienced.

Read more here.