Advertise here. Call Alan: Jones apologises as The Chaser puts prank ad on Opera House

Alan Jones’ phone number was projected onto the Opera House in a video prank as backlash over The Everest continues.

The Chaser pranked Alan Jones with 'advertising space', that included his phone number.

Comedians have ridiculed the NSW government’s plan to promote a horse race on the sails of the Opera House by projecting the words “Advertise here. Call Alan” onto the famous building.

Satirical group The Chaser posted a video of the prank this morning where they can also be seen shining the message, which was accompanied by Alan Jones’ purported mobile number, onto NSW Parliament House and the NSW Art Gallery.

The top-rated broadcaster publicly berated and called for the sacking of Opera House chief executive Louise Herron on Friday after she ruled out allowing words or branding highlighting The Everest race to be projected onto the building. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian then intervened within hours of the interview to allow the horse race’s promotion but has denied she caved in to Jones. “If anyone wants to advertise on the biggest billboards in Sydney, this guy called Alan is apparently in charge. Call him,” The Chaser wrote on Facebook alongside the video.

In the video, Chaser comedian Charles Firth is shown unsuccessfully trying to talk his way past a security guard at the Opera House before they managed to project their message onto the famous landmark.

“Alan called your boss,” he tells the guard.

“Gave her a big talking to … you’re allowed to project on there, that’s the biggest billboard in Sydney, mate.”

Meanwhile, Mr Jones this morning apologised on air for his fierce attack on Opera House boss Louise Herron, in which he called for her to be sacked.

“I used some words in these programs about the Everest and the Opera House, and Louise (Herron), which in hindsight, I now most regret,” the 2GB radio broadcaster admitted on his show. “In relation to Louise. I was tough regarding an issue I and others felt very important.”

During their heated conversation on Friday, Jones demanded that Ms Herron “come to the party,” over the Everest promotion or lose her job.

“You don’t own the Opera House … and if you can’t come to the party you should lose your job,” he told her.

He repeatedly threatened her position, and warned he would call NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian.

The Australian this morning reported that Ms Herron was meeting with her lawyers over the interview.

Jones defended his stance that the Opera House should project the ad for the Everest horse race, comparing it to a Samsung partnership Ms Herron approved in 2013.

Nearly a quarter of a million people signed a petition to stop the Everest projection onto the Opera House sails.

Petition organiser, Mike Woodcock, said: “It would be great if (Gladys Berejiklian) also accepted the views of 232,200 other people that are on the other side of this.” At least 3000 people involved in the petition also plan to shine torches and mobile phone lights at the Opera House to distract from the main projection.

With AAP