Wil Anderson slams SAFM radio host Ryan ‘Burgo’ Burgess, saying, ‘I hate him so much’

IN HIS most recent podcast, Wil Anderson let loose at an Aussie radio personality, saying, “I hate him so much”. What caused the outburst?

WIL Anderson has revealed how he “snapped” during a prerecorded interview with an Adelaide radio show earlier this year.

In the TOFOP podcast that he hosts with comedian Charlie Clausen, the Gruen Planet host detailed what happened when SAFM’s breakfast anchor Ryan ‘Burgo’ Burgess, criticised local South Australian comedians.

“It was a prerecord so I don’t think they ever played it but I snapped at the dude,” Anderson said.

“I really was like, ‘Nah, f*** you.’”

SAFM’s breakfast show: Michael Beveridge, Hayley Pearson and Ryan 'Burgo' Burgess.

“We’re doing a pretty standard plug for the Adelaide Fringe Festival and then this guy (Burgo) comes on and says he was down at the Rhino room, which is where they do independent comedy in Adelaide.

“And so this guy, he starts going on about going to the open mic night.

“’(Burgo said) You’d agree with me Wil that there’s some people who shouldn’t be doing comedy?,’ and I was like, ‘No, I don’t,’” Anderson said.

“And I think he said something a bit worse than that because I don’t think I would have reacted to just that, but it was something about how terrible they all were.

“I said to him, ‘Firstly, they’re trying new material. They’re either new people or trying new material. Without any trial and error you’re not going to get people being good.’

“’Secondly, it’s an open mic night. What did you think? Like yeah, some of it’s not going to work but don’t go on your highly paid radio show and complain about people who aren’t getting paid and are taking a risk not being very funny. I mean f*** you.’”

“This is when I snapped,” Anderson said on the TOFOP podcast.

SAFM's Burgo stars in a new ABC show called The Daters.

“I said, ‘Oh, so you’ve never had a bad day at work? Why don’t you get your listeners to call in now. Were you great from the start? Give us a call guys and just let us know if there was any time when he (Burgo) started this show that he was sh**.’”

“And then his co-host at the start thought it was funny … but the more I got into it the more I just realised, no, I hate this guy. I hate him so much. And I don’t want him to walk away from this interview and think, ‘Nah that was fine, we had a bit of banter.’ No.”

“Big shout out to Burgo if you’re listening,” Anderson said.

In response to Anderson’s comments, the SAFM radio host said, “It’s unfortunate Wil felt that way but let’s look at the positives, I got a shout-out on a Wil Anderson podcast”.

As well as his radio hosting duties, Ryan ‘Burgo’ Burgess also stars in the new ABC reality show, The Daters.

Here’s hoping his dates go better than his interview with Wil.

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