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| Topic Started: Aug 2 2009, 07:58 PM (153 Views) | |
| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Aug 2 2009, 07:58 PM Post #1 |
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Kyle, Jackie O suspended indefinitely, Kyle 'unable to work' THE Kyle and Jackie O radio show has been suspended indefinitely after last week's lie detector stunt, with host Kyle Sandilands declaring he is unable to go on air. There have been calls for 2Day FM's Kyle and Jackie O breakfast show to be axed by the station's owners, Austereo, since Wednesday when a 14-year-old girl was strapped to a lie-detector and asked on air about her sexual history. When her mother asked if she was sexually active the girl replied: "I've already told you the story about this ... and don't look at me and smile because it's not funny." After the distressed teenagers revealed she has been raped as a 12-year-old, radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands responded by saying: "Right, is that the only experience you've had?" before the interview was brought to an end. In a statement this evening, Austereo publicity manager Kate Whitby said: "Kyle Sandilands' management has advised Austereo that he is unable to perform his duties on-air at this time. "Further, following a great deal of consideration and having consulted Jackie O and all stakeholders, Austereo has formed the view that it is in the interest of all parties, for the Kyle and Jackie O Show to go into recess until we have completed an across-the-networks review of the principals (sic) and protocols of our interaction with our audience. This review commenced last Wednesday, July 29." There would be no further comment from Austereo, Ms Whitby said. Sandilands and Jackie O apologised on air on Thursday about the stunt, claiming they had not been told the girl had been raped and denying suggestions the interview was a set-up. Police are investigating the rape claim and officers from the Department of Community Services (DoCS) have met with the family involved. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25871515-29277,00.html |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Aug 2 2009, 08:04 PM Post #2 |
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*Hopes they get canned* |
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| Belle | Aug 2 2009, 09:02 PM Post #3 |
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Me too. It's absolutely revolting, and the mother needs to be condemned just as much as Kyle. |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Aug 3 2009, 07:19 AM Post #4 |
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Kyle sacked as Idol judge The Ten Network is set to announce today that embattled host Kyle Sandilands has been stood down as a judge on Australian Idol. Senior executives from the Ten Network have spent the weekend deliberating whether they should act in response to mounting pressure from sponsors, viewers and listeners over the continuing fallout from last week's lie-detector debacle. According to sources that decision was made earlier today. An announcement will be made by Ten later today. Last Wednesday, on Sandilands' top rating 2DayFM breakfast show, a 14-year-old girl was strapped to a lie detector and asked on air about her sexual history. During the interview the girl confessed she had been raped and the stunt was stopped. The incident drew wide-ranging criticism from state and federal government and the Department of Community Services (DoCS). Sources say Ten felt the scandal threatened to tarnish the goodwill generated by the success of the top-rating cooking series Masterchef. Ten was also under pressure by the London office's of Nineteen, who own the Idol format. Sources there say Idol creator Simon Fuller, appalled at the headlines following the lie detector incident, felt it risked damaging Idol's family-friendly brand worldwide. Echoing that sentiment, a statement issued by Ten to the Herald last week confirmed Sandilands' position on Idol was under review. "Idol is a family program," the statement said. "We consider this a very serious incident and our executives will continue discussions over the weekend to come to a decision regarding his future on Idol." Perhaps ancipating the news, Sandilands' management advised Austereo last night he was "unable to perform his duties on-air at this time". As a result, the station said it had consulted "all stakeholders", including Sandilands' co-host Jackie O, and decided to put the show into "recess, until we have completed an across-the-networks review of the principles and protocols of our interaction with our audience". The move by Austereo will appease some critics who were staggered the station had failed to act in the aftermath of the scandal. http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/kyle-sacked-as-idol-judge/2009/08/03/1249152553458.html Yes! Yes! Keep sacking Kyle from stuff!! |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Aug 13 2009, 04:30 PM Post #5 |
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2Day FM's Kyle, Jackie O back on air Tuesday RADIO duo Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O will return to radio next week, their employer Austereo says. The 2Day FM shock jocks have been off air since August 3 following outrage over a live on air stunt a few days earlier in which a 14-year-old girl was strapped to a lie detector and quizzed about her sexual history. In a statement released this afternoon, Austereo chairman Peter Harvie and chief executive Michael Anderson said they were standing by the duo, who would be back on air on Tuesday. "Through an internal review, 2DAYFM has identified certain procedures that allowed this segment to go to air," the statement said. "Following this review, 2DAYFM stands behind Kyle and Jackie O." The statement said the station had implemented new procedures. "The station has implemented new structures and systems in relation to the use of time delay, pre-recording and procedures dealing with interviews, to avoid a repetition of the occurrence on 29 July 2009," it said. "2DAY FM and Kyle and Jackie O understand the gravity of this matter, sincerely regret the segment and apologise to the participants and audiences who were offended." http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25924036-29277,00.html *Head to brickwall* Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??? |
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| Freki | Sep 8 2009, 02:46 PM Post #6 |
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Kyle is keepin' it classy! http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,26044720-661,00.html Kyle Sandilands says 'put Magda in a concentration camp' KYLE Sandilands is embroiled in controversy again after suggesting Magda Szubanski would lose more weight in a concentration camp. The Sydney shock jock, who has only recently returned to the airwaves with Jackie O after an on-air rape revelation scandal, said Szubanksi would drop more weight in the horror setting. “You put her in a concentration camp and you watch the weight fall off … like she could be skinny,” he said on his 2DayFM show this morning. Sandilands and Jackie O were debating who should be the next face of weight-loss company Jenny Craig. Szubanski’s lost 25kg on the program during a well-documented public weight battle. But Sandilands suggested Jenny Craig didn’t need a new ambassador. “Let’s face it, Magda could have another run at it couldn’t she, she could get another season out of them,” Sandilands said. “She’s not skinny.” When Jackie O commented that Szubanksi had already said she may not be able to lose any more weight Sandilands responded: “That’s what all fat people say”. In a statement today, Szubanski, whose father was Polish, told ninemsn: “I couldn’t give two hoots about what Kyle says about me, but to trivialise what happened to people in concentration camps is abhorrent.” Sandilands and Jackie O recently sparked a furore over a segment in which a 14-year-old girl, who was hooked up to a lie detector, said she had been raped when she was 12. The pair were suspended from the airwaves by 2DayFM for two weeks. |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Sep 9 2009, 03:40 AM Post #7 |
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I thought about making a Kyle Sandilands watch topic when I first read that. Guh! |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Sep 9 2009, 03:53 AM Post #8 |
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Kyle Sandilands suspended for concentration camp jibe SHOCK jock Kyle Sandilands has been suspended again after insulting Holocaust survivors by saying comedian Magda Szubanski should be put into a concentration camp to lose weight. 2Day FM has issued a statement saying the comments Sandiland made during The Kyle and Jackie O Show yesterday were "unacceptable". "(We) sincerely apologise and regret any offence they caused," 2DayFM said. The suspension will be in effect until further discussions between Sandilands and station management, 2DayFM said. Backtrack Earlier today, Sandilands dismissed his concentration camp jibe as "just one of those things" amid renewed calls for him to be sacked. He went on air saying he did not mean "to offend her (Szubanski) or anyone else with those comments". He then said he was trying to contact the actress and it was "just one of those things" - an echo of comments last month from Jackie O, who dismissed the pair's earlier lie detector controversy as "just one one of those moments when live radio happens". Jewish leaders called last night for Sandilands' sacking. "Why would you want to have anything to do with somebody like this?" Australian/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council spokesman Jeremy Jones told the Herald Sun. "To joke about the experience of people who are being starved to death or murdered ... is quite horrendous. "There are people who confuse freedom of speech with gratuitous, insulting, offensive behaviour. They're two quite different things." Repeat offender Sandilands is facing the wrath of advertisers and listeners only weeks after he and co-host Jackie O sparked a furore over a segment in which a 14-year-old girl, who was hooked up to a lie detector, revealed she was raped when she was 12. Some major sponsors withdrew advertising from the Austereo group, the owner of 2DayFM, and Kyle and broadcaster Jackie O went off-air for two weeks. Szubanski, who is a spokeswoman for a weight loss company, has lost 25kg since she appeared on the comedy series Kath and Kim. Her family is of Polish origin, a country where many of the worst Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, were located. Sandilands joked yesterday morning that Szubanski's work with the weight loss campaign was not finished. "Magda could have another run out of it," he said on 2Day FM. "She could get another season out of them, easy ... she's not skinny." Jackie O suggested Szubanski might not be able to lose any more weight due to her build. "That's what all fat people say," Sandilands replied. "You put her in a concentration camp and you watch the weight fall, like she could be skinny." Szubanski brushed off Sandilands' on-air comments, but said they were offensive to those who had suffered in concentration camps. "I couldn't give two hoots about what Kyle says about me, but to trivialise what happened to people in concentration camps is abhorrent," she said. The head of Austereo Group Ltd Peter Harvie has previously admitted he does not "listen much" to Sandilands and Jackie O. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26048456-5013560,00.html So, like. I know this isn't the point, but who is Kyle Sandilands to make fun of someone else's weight? |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Sep 9 2009, 06:07 AM Post #9 |
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The harmful acts of ‘Kyle and Jackie O’ on 2DayFM this week have spurred me to write this open letter. The thoughts expressed herein come from me personally, I am not speaking on behalf of Naked (where I work). Further, I hope this doesn’t come across as holier than thou, after all we are all in advertising. None of us are saving lives, and in our industry many of us have had our own moral compass challenged from time to time. However, the acts of Kyle and Jackie O this week were blatantly deplorable and I feel must be strongly challenged. These people have taken a damaged 14 year old girl and her struggling mother, and professionally exploited them for commercial gain. They have played Russian roulette with these damaged people’s lives and lost. Forget how terribly the incident was handled, and Kyle’s subsequent inept comments – just the act of strapping a 14 year old girl to a polygraph and forcing her to reveal details of her nonconsensual sexual activities, and drug taking behaviour live on radio is sick. I’m guessing there would have been at least a dozen highly paid adults involved in making this happen. It would appear that our society is experiencing death (or moral decay) by 1000 cuts – and no one is putting a stop to it for fear, I assume, that the dollars will stop flowing. Now is the time to turn this thinking around. I would like to start with Kyle and Jackie O, and firmly ask them to leave the public arena and resign. By resigning they have the opportunity to acknowledge that their behaviour has been harmful, and their ‘stunts’ have for years denigrated specific individuals and our society. If they are not prepared to resign then perhaps 2DayFM should terminate their employment. This will only happen if advertising revenue dries up, and the dollars stop flowing to The Kyle and Jackie O Show. Those in the advertising industry, who buy media space, sponsor radio shows, or advertise on radio will in the future think twice about working with Kyle and Jackie O. They may achieve good ‘reach’, but at what cost. What brands want to: • support two nasty bogans? • be associated with the exploitation of damaged people? • be associated with the sexualisation of children? • be associated with rape, bigotry, and misogynistic behaviour? • contribute to a show that’s contributing to the demise of our culture? We acknowledge everyone has a right to freedom of speech, but we also acknowledge that we get the society we deserve. We can act collectively, with intelligence and compassion, and shape a nicer society to live in. http://mumbrella.com.au/an-open-letter-to-the-ad-industry-dont-sponsor-kyle-jackie-o-8183 |
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| Sayf Udeen Ismaeel | Sep 12 2009, 01:38 AM Post #10 |
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Kyle Sandilands' father Peter says his son needs to think before speaking
LIKE father, like son. Peter Sandilands was shopping at a Brisbane supermarket when he saw a mum of plus-size proportions put a packet of chocolate biscuits in her trolley. Without drawing breath, Sandilands turned to the woman's child and asked: "Are those biscuits for your mum, or you?" The woman shot him a dirty look. Sandilands' wife Di was embarrassed and escorted him into the next aisle. "No wonder your son is like you," she told him. "He's got his mouth from you." Peter's son is 2DayFM's controversial shock jock Kyle Sandilands. Now the family's hereditary disconnect between brain and mouth is threatening the career of its most famous member, The Daily Telegraph reports. In the process it has raised questions about one period when he was 15 and 16 years old, during which Sandilands has said he was homeless. There are several versions of events and Sandilands may have felt he was homeless because he could not return home. Sandilands, 38, has claimed he was homeless in the Brisbane suburb of Wynnum for almost a year after his divorced mother and father told him he was unwelcome. But in an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph, his father Peter - a 62-year old former salesman and part-time Brisbane bus driver - gives a different version, saying he was on the streets only for "a night or two". Kyle Sandilands was unavailable for comment this week. But appearing on Andrew Denton's Enough Rope on the ABC in 2007, he said he was kicked out after holding a huge party at his mother's house in the mid-1980s as a 15-year old. "I rode my bike off into the sunset and never went home," he said. Asked how long he lived on the streets, he said: "A bit under a year." However, Peter, while admitting Kyle was not living with him or his ex-wife during the period, claims he was always aware of where Kyle was. "We have always said it's about time something came out about this homeless business," he says. "He always did have a home but he couldn't get on with his stepfather and his behaviour at that time went from bad to worse." He recalls his son staying in "a horse float behind the shopping centre for a night or two" - then spending a year at friends' homes "until he wore out his welcome". One of Kyle's former classmates at Wynnum High also does not recall a sustained period of homelessness and says: "He might have spent one night as a street kid." But Peter's sister Jill Stevens - Kyle's aunt - insists her nephew did spend time on the streets: Six months. "I don't care what his father says, how he tries to play it down. He lived in a horse float for six months with runaway kids," she says. The 15-year-old Kyle triggered the showdown when he put on the party at his mother's house while she was away for a bowls weekend. Kyle has described the party as being wild with "sex and drinking". But the bowls event was rained out and his mother and stepfather returned early. Stevens recalls: "There were 150 kids. I fully understand why they (his mother and stepfather) were wild with him. They told him he wasn't welcome. Kyle rode his bike to his father's place, but he was told: 'Your mother's just rung me and you're not welcome here either.' So Kyle rode the streets." Stevens, a nurse, remembers Peter searching for Kyle at Brisbane discos: "He'd be in the DJ's booth, hiding." A change was needed fast. It was agreed to send him to Townsville to stay with his aunt. Stevens recalls the conversation with her brother: "We said: 'Somebody's got to look after him, or he'll end up in bloody jail'." He lived in Townsville between the age of 17 and 22 and Stevens now looks on Kyle "as my fourth son". His early work years were marked by a procession of jobs. There were stints at a Brisbane butchery, at Townsville's Dick Smith Electronics and at labouring jobs for friends' fathers. He worked for Red Tulip chocolates but was sacked. There was another Kyle, a "loving boy" and a vulnerable teenager: "The kid was still crying at 17 because he wanted his mother and father back together. I said: 'It's not going to happen. They've been divorced since you were eight or nine'." Stevens says he remains vulnerable: "Every now and then he'll say some things, and I'll know he hasn't forgotten." Sandilands has said of his parents: "I have a great relationship with them now, although this cloud still looms, so it's never been discussed." His aunt believes this affected his relationships with women. "He would get close to getting into a relationship, then he'd run. He was scared about his parents' divorce," she says. Running counter to Kyle's relationship vulnerability was his determination to get ahead. Peter remembers Kyle's ambitions to emulate the Rolls-Royce owning father of one of his Wynnum High friends, Jamie Howson, now an ABC radio personality. Peter recalls Kyle saying: "I want a Rolls-Royce like him." (Sandilands now owns a Rolls-Royce Phantom.) Stevens says he fell in love with radio when he was 21, just as she started to despair of his job record. He visited a friend of her son's, who had a Sunday night show at Townsville station 4TO, and was smitten. He bluffed his way into a job at 4TO. He eventually made it on air and became a radio journeyman through Cairns, Gladstone, Darwin, Perth and Brisbane. In 2000 he left Brisbane's MMM and moved to Sydney to replace Phil O'Neil as on-air partner of Jackie O on Austereo's national Hot 30 show. Six years later the pair made it to the big time of 2DayFM's breakfast show. Peter says his son's abrasive public presence is merely a character: "What you hear on radio is nothing like the man you see in private. It's an act." He describes his son - who he sees "four times a year" and rings regularly - as "kind hearted". Stevens points to acts of generosity: "There was a housekeeper who lost her husband in a car accident. Her little boy was nine and he was badly injured in the crash. Kyle personally bought the woman a car." Peter Sandilands is hurt by the hatred towards his son: "I get offended with all the nasty negative comments when they don't even know the boy." Peter mentions "tall poppy syndrome." He is sensitive about recent stories showing his son has $2.2million in debts - a $1.71 million mortgage on his St Ives home and a $530,000 mortgage on his Rolls-Royce. He says Kyle's estimated $4 million a year earnings make him more than able to pay them off. His earnings will fall now he has been axed as a judge on Australian Idol. Peter thinks the show has erred: "It has become boring." But Stevens offers some advice: "He needs to stop and think a little before he spits things out." Peter recalls how he was told of his son's latest controversy over his controversial remarks that Magda Szubanski should be put in a concentration camp. "A Jewish friend of mine texted me, saying: 'Your son's done it again.' I asked him: 'Did you take offence.' And the Jewish friend said: 'No, because I know there's no malice'." "It was probably like my chocolate biscuit remark." http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26062241-5013560,00.html Kyle's Dad is naive enough to think Kyle's not fully aware of what he's saying? 
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