Matt Doran returns to Sunrise after taking a break from TV duties

Weekend Sunrise star Matt Doran has returned to the breakfast program for the first time since taking a break to focus on his mental health following his disastrous Adele interview last year.

The journalist resumed on-air duties at Channel Seven on Tuesday morning as part of the reporting team in Queensland for Sunrise's special coverage of the catastrophic floods crisis.

He spoke to Sunrise host Nat Barr in several live crosses from Auchenflower, an inner suburb of Brisbane badly impacted by the floodwater, and interviewed some residents affected.

Matt Doran had travelled to London late last year to film what was to be Adele’s only Australian TV interview, to promote her first album in six years, 30. While it was reported at the time that the singer 'stormed out' after the chat, Doran insists that was not the case.

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Matt reportedly didn't ask any questions about the new album during the lengthy chat with Adele asking him, "What do you think of my album?" to which he reportedly replied: "I haven’t listened to it."

At the time, he was suspended for two weeks after Sony refused to allow Seven to air the interview as part of its $1million package that also included broadcast rights to Adele's One Night Only concert and her sit-down with Oprah Winfrey.

The Sunday Telegraph then reported that the host had checked into a mental health rehabilitation facility and was expected to take a few weeks off work.

Family sources shared that the pressure of looking after his ill mother and the scandal surrounding the Adele interview left him at "breaking point".

The reporter had issued an apology on Weekend Sunrise over the interview, sharing a two-and-a-half-minute monologue to camera, apologising for the "terrible mistake".

"This is a story that has sparked a torrent of abuse and mockery from around the world," he began.

"And if I'm being honest with you, the bulk of this savaging I deserve and I totally own. I flew to London to interview Adele, an unspeakable privilege and what was to be one of the highlights of my career.

"I made the terrible mistake of assuming we weren't to be given a preview copy of this album because our interview was airing before it was released and Adele's album was the industry's most prized secret."

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