Kyle Sandilands has laughed off claims he and co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson run a ‘bizarre cult’ on Sydney’s number one breakfast radio station, KIIS FM.
The radio host and Australian Idol, 53, poked fun at a recent news.com.au article about your office culture live.
‘Guys, do you know that a group of journalists have described you as a KJ cult?’ Kyle announced to his co-host Jackie and the staff on Thursday.
The article cited several anonymous celebrity publicists and claimed to have uncovered the “nightmare” behavior of the infamous Australian radio duo.
“It’s kind of a cult, don’t you think?” responded a KIIS FM producer.
The video edit of the on-air conversation, which was shared on social media, was reduced to a dramatic montage of behind-the-scenes footage.
Several clips showed an assistant wiping Kyle’s head with a napkin and the Australian Idol judge flying in a helicopter and mingling with fans.
‘No, I don’t know if it’s a cult. No, well… Does that make me the supreme (leader)?’ said.
Kyle Sandilands has laughed off claims he and co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson run a ‘bizarre cult’ on Sydney’s number one breakfast radio station, KIIS FM.
Kyle Sandilands, 53, addressed one of the claims made in a recent news article broadcast Thursday.
He then disparagingly referred to co-host Jackie O as “the girl” in their partnership.
Kyle’s longtime co-host and right-hand woman pretended to be offended by the demotion: ‘The girl!’ she exclaimed.
A video then showed a crowd of staff chanting and clapping ‘Jackie O!’ and rolling out a pink carpet for the presenter’s arrival at the station’s North Sydney office.
The publicist quoted in the story spoke of the breakfast show’s great team of producers and assistants.
“They have so many staff members… and they just stand there and clap and cheer, and it’s some kind of weird, weird cult,” the person said.
‘Yeah!’ Kyle applauded Thursday as he explained it to Jackie O.
“You’re like the number one girl and your job would be to recruit others to the cult.”
A video then showed a crowd of staff chanting and clapping ‘Jackie O!’ and rolling out a pink carpet for the presenter’s arrival at the station’s North Sydney office.
‘No, I don’t know if it’s a cult. No, well… Does that make me the supreme (leader)?’ Kyle said, before referring to Jackie O as ‘the society girl’.
‘King Kyle’ decided he liked the title and tagged his comments on Thursday with #KJCULT, as the video was shared on the show’s social media channels.
The group of publicists complained that they had to “feed the beast” on the Kyle and Jackie O show by offering A-list celebrities, who they are paid to promote, for unpredictable interviews.
‘King Kyle’ decided he liked the title and tagged his comments on Thursday with #KJCULT, as the video was shared on the show’s social media channels.
Additionally, she took a dig at re-sharing a photo of her manager and The Kyle and Jackie O Show director Bruno holding an umbrella over his head on Instagram Stories.
Kyle leaned a little more into the ‘cult leader’ after Thursday’s show, sharing this image of his manager tending to his needs on Instagram.
Kyle appeared to be smiling and laughing while his employee stood in the rain, while holding the umbrella over his client.
It comes after Kyle was forced to apologize to Abbie Chatfield earlier this week in a very awkward live interview.
Kyle and his co-host Jackie O Henderson were interviewing Abbie’s boyfriend Adam Hyde on his radio show on Wednesday and asked him about his relationship with the FBoy Island host.
‘I don’t think she (Abbie) is a fan of mine. “I think there’s been some kind of mistake,” Kyle admitted. Jackie then suggested that the radio duo call Abbie live to “clear things up.”
After answering the phone, Kyle explained: ‘Adam told me something that surprised me. I thought I was always positive… but I heard you didn’t like me.
“I didn’t like the way you talked about me… you said things that are careless and hurtful to me and to the women listening in the car who hear you imply that dating a lot of people is a bad thing,” Abbie responded.
“There was a big implication of slut-shaming and if you meant it any other way, that’s fine, but the whole conversation made me uncomfortable.”
“I never didn’t like you,” Kyle clarified.
Abbie then continued to insist that Kyle apologize for “his actions” before asking him to repeat what happened to her in a very awkward moment.
‘Say I’m sorry, my careless words implied shame. “It was never my intention, but I’m still sorry,” he said.
