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‘I quit’: Kyle Sandilands goes on unhinged on-air rant, threatens show’s director

Radio host Kyle Sandilands made a series of offensive remarks on-air after being told off by the show’s director for “breaking the law.”

Kyle Sandilands has been slammed by listeners after he stormed off his radio show during an unhinged and offensive rant.

Sandilands threw a fit when his show with Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, which broadcasts in Sydney and Melbourne, got heavily censored discussing a while horrific murder case on-air.

Sandilands was sharing his thoughts on former Beauty and the Geek star Tamika Chesser, who is alleged to have killed and decapitated her boyfriend.

Returning to the show the day after they had faced heavy on-air censoring, Sandilands lashed out claiming that rules for radio presenters reporting on crimes are too strict.

Kyle Sandilands went on an unhinged rant on Wednesday. Picture: Supplied.
Kyle Sandilands went on an unhinged rant on Wednesday. Picture: Supplied.

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“OK, so the show got dumped in the middle of a planned discussion that I had already discussed with the legal team about things that have been happening on the show,” he said.

“Why was that dumped, when I was using all the correct lingo?”

Sandilands was then told that it was The Kyle & Jackie O Show director Bruno Bouchet who had made the call to censor the show and momentarily take it off air.

“Some laws are just so dumb and stupid, and I’m not playing ball,” he said.

“Until this show runs the way I intend it to be run, I will not be back on the air at all, in any way, shape or form.

“I’m not going to waste my life here walking on eggshells around other people’s ideas of what I should be doing.

“I do what I want to do and if you don’t like it, tough s***. That’s the way it is with me.”

Sandilands then remarked that he planned to go on a hunt for the show’s director with “dogs and a baseball bat”.

Julian Story, 39, was found dead in his home last week. Picture: Supplied.
Julian Story, 39, was found dead in his home last week. Picture: Supplied.
Beauty and the Geek reality show runner-up Tamika Chesser. Picture: Instagram
Beauty and the Geek reality show runner-up Tamika Chesser. Picture: Instagram

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Sandiland’s manager then came on the mic and confessed to pulling the show off the air momentarily, saying: “Yeah for the contempt of court stuff. I just don’t want you guys going to jail”.

“I’d rather be r***d in jail than be puppeteered by losers,” he spat.” That’s the show ripped up. Judges can shove it in their a***, ACMA [Australian Communications and Media Authority] can shove it in their a***, and so can the management of the radio station.”

Sandilands then said he would be off air until at least Monday.

“Enjoy the rest of the week, guys. Arrivederci from me,” he added before walking out.

Despite that, Sandilands was back on-air Thursday morning.

Listeners rushed to ridicule Sandilands for his behaviour, with one commenting: “Ooop we’ve had a proper white entitled man public tantrum. Imagine being his wife!”

“Big man throwing a tantrum, how embarrassing!” remarked another, with a third replying: “Wow, men are so emotional.”

Former reality TV star and model Chesser has been charged with the murder of her former partner, Julian Story, with police further alleging she cut his head off.

Officers have so far been unable to recover all body parts, and a wide-scale, multi-agency search was called off on Tuesday afternoon.

Originally published as ‘I quit’: Kyle Sandilands goes on unhinged on-air rant, threatens show’s director

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