Chooka Parker denies dummy spit

RED LION piano prodigy Chooka Parker has denied throwing a tantrum backstage after he was voted off Australia’s Got Talent on Tuesday night, despite his red-hot anger towards the show’s producers.Host Grant Denyer yesterday claimed on Channel Seven breakfast program Sunrise that the 17-year-old had “scared” a lot of people when he resorted to violence after failing to make the grand final of the show.However, Chooka said the incident was blown way out of proportion and Denyer had only “got two per cent of the story right”.Although he admitted he did not see the incident, Denyer said Chooka reacted with fury once he was voted off and went on a backstage rampage.“When he was voted off, backstage in the hallway he wrapped a jumper around his hand and started punching into the walls and windows of the production offices which scared a lot of the staff around there and there were small children ...there at the time,” he said.“At the end of the day violence is never the answer to any solution or situation.”Chooka yesterday told The Courier the claims were completely false, although he did admit to knocking on the window of the producers to voice his concern over the airing of his performance.He said the producers edited his final performance by taking a chunk out of the middle of it.Click the video to view Chooka's grand final performance.“The producers took out a crucial part of my song. They pretty much destroyed my piece,” he said.“I went backstage to ask them why they did it but they wouldn’t listen to me. I just hit the window, I definitely didn’t wrap my hand in a jumper and smash it.”The self-taught musician said he was not angry or overly upset about not making it into the grand final, but the decision to edit his work made him see red.He said he had since apologised to the producers for banging on the window.“I’m not two-faced, what I said on stage I meant. All I want from my music is to make people happy,” Chooka said.“You’ve got to hear my music from start to end. By changing it they made it sound as if I had made a mistake.“Not winning the show wasn’t too disappointing, winning was never a dream. I just wish they hadn’t cut my song.”Chooka now plans to buy a houseboat and live on the Murray River.