Kyle Sandilands: Girl’s rape revelation stunned me

Not in the gutter says:

08:06pm | 29/07/09

This might be somewhat believable, if not for you long list of other contemptible things you’ve done. Shame on you.

Andrew says:

08:10pm | 29/07/09

Nice try, PR agency.

Maccym says:

08:11pm | 29/07/09

Why would you be interrogating a 14 year old girl live on air about her sex life in the first place? Not good enough.

cate says:

08:12pm | 29/07/09

give me a break kyle. there is no excuse for asking a 14-year-old girl about her sexual experiences live on air. do you really expect us to believe that it hadnt occurred to you that one day one of them might not have had a positive experience and tells you so on air. you’re a disgrace. time to go. and by the way, rape isn’t a ‘sexual experience’. it’s a brutal nightmare.

BD says:

08:13pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, do you think it is appropriate to ask a 14-year-old on air about her experience with drugs and sex - even with her mother’s consent and contrivance? The whole segment was ethically wrong, and as broadcasting professionals you and your team should have known this. When the mother and daughter volunteered to be on the segment and it was obvious what they wanted to discuss, your producers should have referred them to counsellors, not put them on air for others’ “entertainment”.

andyroosh says:

08:15pm | 29/07/09

tool.

you didnt sound horrified.

Alison says:

08:15pm | 29/07/09

That’s it???  After everything that has gone down today?

This is how the above piece can be summarised:

1. It’s not my fault

2.  I’ve been doing this for years, so there.

3.  I wasn’t there anyway.

4.  I’m not very good at my job either.

5. I’m really a top bloke - I got them counselling.

6.  Some of my best friends have been raped, so I know what I’m talking about.

7. I’m sorry we made your life worse.

8.  I don’t care about the rest of you.  And I’m not really apologising anyway.

stringer says:

08:15pm | 29/07/09

“I didn’t realise I had said “Have you had any other experiences?”” ... if that’s true, you’re a poor excuse for a professional broadcaster. get off the air. the only thing you’re good at is arrogance.

trent says:

08:19pm | 29/07/09

he should just keep his mouth shut, like he should have in the first place

Melanie says:

08:19pm | 29/07/09

Weak Kyle. Don’t blame the media for this one. You tried to use a young underage girl’s possible sexual life for entertainment purposes. She said she was scared, she said she didn’t want to do it, but she was forced to anyway. Vulnerable again. The mother, you, Jackie and anyone else involved should all hang your heads in shame. No excuses will cover this up Kyle, it was a weak act, even before the rape was revealed. It’s moronic stunts like this that keep me away from your station - the pathetic music doesn’t help either. You are a pig Kyle, always was, always will be.

Nic says:

08:19pm | 29/07/09

you have no idea do you

GV says:

08:19pm | 29/07/09

Who does PR for Kyle? Because putting out this load of crap was a big mistake.

Asking 14 year olds about their sex lives for entertainment value is where the line was crossed… the fact that they traumatised a victim of sexual assault is just a surprising twist down an already disgusting path.

Melissa says:

08:19pm | 29/07/09

I cannot believe that we are getting a piece here that implies that this has been HELPFUL to the family in the end. George Orwell would be proud.

Madeline says:

08:20pm | 29/07/09

Even if this young girl had not been raped, it is completely inappropriate to question a teenage girl about her sexual history on live radio. Puberty is an excrutiatingly difficult time for all young people, but my sympathies are particularly with young women. Today they are bombarded with sexualised images from an ever-decreasing young age. How are they to know how to develop their own individual sexuality? Why is a radio station interested in the sexual history of a 14 year old, regardless of what it includes?

Furthermore, it is widely accepted that rape victims are among the most deprived in the health care sector. It is common for women to pass many years, even a lifetime before they seek help. In the meantime, the event continues to affect them as individuals and their relationships with others.

I would like to see Kyle and Jackie-O use this experience to try to change the culture around teenage sexuality and rape. Not just for this week while it is in the headlines and they worry about their sponsorship, but for much longer.

Elle says:

08:21pm | 29/07/09

Comments here are ridiculous.

1. He was not the interrogator - the mother was, who actually kniew the girl’s story

2. He clearly sounded off guard and disracted after that comment

3. The questions are pre-cleared beforehand - he is the DJ - do you really think he gets the final say on what and what is not asked, and the station manager does not get a look at all?

4. People say the wrong thing when they are shocked. We have all done it.

Everyone stop being so stupid.

Wiz says:

08:22pm | 29/07/09

Oh fair go guys… The segment is high risk and just a bomb waiting to go off - it should never be aired and putting a 14 year old on it is absolutely crazy but ffs - it is the producers who give the green light to such a segment who should be given the boot.
Hells bells, I know that Kyle is the bloke everyone likes to hate but let’s not turn this into a witch hunt.

Kerri says:

08:22pm | 29/07/09

Yup yup yup. So it’s okay to interrogate a 14 year old girl about her sex life (when she says ‘I’m scared, it’s not fair’) as long as she doesn’t turn out to have been raped?
Just beyond belief.

Nich says:

08:23pm | 29/07/09

That is the worst attempt to smooth over a situation if I have ever read one. Have a lonnnnnnng hard look at yourself Kyle. Please. Go and sit in the bathroom, have a look into the mirror, and have a good think about what transpired this morning.

John says:

08:24pm | 29/07/09

Bovine faeces.  Why were adults asking a 14 year old girl about her sex life in a public forum?  It was a putrid grab for ratings and controversy, and you don’t even have the decency to admit it.

Pete says:

08:24pm | 29/07/09

“I didn’t realise I had said “Have you had any other experiences?”

Class matey, all class.

Sarah says:

08:26pm | 29/07/09

I feel bad for Kyle.  Im not a huge fan of his, but when this story first broke criticising him, i couldnt help but think how i would react when faced with someone revealing that in an environment such as a radio show.  You wouldnt know how to react, what to say or what to do.  Kyle simply said the first thing that came into his head.  Rather than make a bigger deal of what she had said live on air they had to try and get off air.  Sure Kyle has said and done some pretty shady things in the past, but in this situation, i think he reacted as most people would, with shock.
Rather than blame Kyle for this, think about the mother, who brought her child live on air to ask her those questions.  Bad enough without the rape, but when you take into consideration that this mother apparently knew her daughter had been raped and yet still put her into that situation and asked those questions…...well let just say its a good thing DOCS is involved.

Kai says:

08:28pm | 29/07/09

facepalm

Michaela Johnson says:

08:29pm | 29/07/09

Nice try 2DAYFM PR department. I’m sure they wrote this ‘apology’. Kyle and Jackie O would have just sasheyed out the door at 9.30 with their lattes not giving a shit. Management will do nothing and let him and Jackie get away with it.

Revol says:

08:30pm | 29/07/09

It’s amazing that so many people have made statements about this story, and about Kyle, when in actual fact, they have not even heard the segment and how the other media outlets have twisted the real story.

Perhaps to be credible, before you make a comment, listen and find out the truth, instead on relying on he-said-she-said…

RichieDT says:

08:31pm | 29/07/09

I think that #sandilandsisadouche is trending on twitter at no. 2 says it all really

Kevin R says:

08:31pm | 29/07/09

Really Kyle you are so insensitive that I cannot believe that you should ever be in the public eye.  Your talks and outbursts make me think you should be a wharf labourer not a television personallity, You don’t have one.

Dil Andau says:

08:32pm | 29/07/09

He didnt write this, PR agency.

James says:

08:33pm | 29/07/09

I’m so glad you’ve granted this joker a right of reply.
It’s incrimination twice in one day by his own words.
And amongst so many other sentences in your piece, Kyle, that demonstrated your mastery of the English language, especially granted you get paid so much to speak it, is this glib statement I couldn’t help but include once again here:

“Contrary to popular belief, Jackie and I care a lot about people.”

Ian says:

08:35pm | 29/07/09

Pathetic

Peter T. says:

08:36pm | 29/07/09

He still doesn’t get it! Why would he think it appropriate to question a 14yo girl about her alleged sexual activity? Sandilands has no moral compass! However, he cannot carry singular responsibility for this. It would have been his producer who initiated the segment as that person should carry equal responsibility!

jenva says:

08:36pm | 29/07/09

I must be a bit old and staid, but something triggers in me when I connect, child, lie detector and questions on sex. What kind of parent allows her child to be wired up to a lie detector as entertainment? What kind of radio station condones this in the chase for ratings? It’s all tacky, slimey, thoughtless, and stupid. It’s now come back to bite you on the arse, bigtime!
You reap what you sow!!

paulie says:

08:37pm | 29/07/09

I’m fairly sure that the problem lies with the parent and not with Kyle.  But if it will make you all feel better about yourself then feel free to take it out on him.  No one is forcing you to listern to him on the radio so its time to harden up Australia

be a man says:

08:39pm | 29/07/09

dude, be a man, swallow your pride and apologise now, this isn’t going to change anything. you feel sorry for them? how about saying you’re sorry and you made a mistake. Alison did summarise everything you said pretty well.

didi says:

08:39pm | 29/07/09

Floundering?  Your job involves research, creativity and being able to handle “sticky” situations as they arise.  You obviously did none of these, you are admitting to being crap at your job.

Bob says:

08:40pm | 29/07/09

Wow, ‘Kyle’, I always suspected you held your audience in contempt but you must think we are total idiots to buy this story.

So what you are saying is that this broadcast was live, with no 10 second delay, as is standard practice to avoid such a stuff up. Really?

In that case, I think you should keep your job. But your employer should have their licence to broadcast revoked.

ken says:

08:41pm | 29/07/09

Kyle who ever wrote this for you is as bad as you. To bring out the whole “I know a few people”  wtf

Madison says:

08:42pm | 29/07/09

The controversy surrounding you is what makes you so sought after and marketable. Your arrogance is a large part of your appeal. What does this say about the millions who tune in to you day in and day out? We’re truly a nation full of people who are willing to tolerate and even support arrogance when it is entertaining and suits our taste.

What you said today offended a lot of people and shed light on your attitude towards rape. An apology was in order and this unapologetic and excuse riddled piece has all but erased any initial sympathy I felt towards your plight.

Grant says:

08:43pm | 29/07/09

Personally, I don’t think Kyle has really done anything wrong. Sure, it wasn’t the best response, but put yourself in his shoes. It’s live radio, it’s not like he can just sit there in silence. What would you have said next? Nothing would have fixed the situation and it definitely wasn’t the best thing to ask if she had any other sexual experiences (perfect terminology by the way, “cate”), but it’s far from the worst thing he could have said or done.

And for the record, I think Kyle is an arrogant moron, but that has nothing to do with what happened in this instance.

Disgusted mother says:

08:44pm | 29/07/09

You have no evidence AT ALL that a lie detector even works! It is insane to promote a completely discredited item of chicanery that is not even in use in court-rooms! If ‘historical precedence’ is being used as an excuse to torment anyone, let alone a child who said ‘no’, then there must be something hideously wrong with your thinking and your ethics.

A child had their second case of abuse at the hands of entertainers who are sick enough to try to push the blame away. You all have your hands dirty and should pay the price of getting this foul excuse for entertainment off the air.

Peg says:

08:44pm | 29/07/09

I can not believe the bad press Kyle and Jackie O are getting over this interview. I read the article expecting that they had handled the situation really poorly; then I listened to the interview and was shocked at how well they handled it.

Sure, Kyle blurted something out quickly but who wouldn’t in that situation? I’m sure inbetween playing tunes from Pussycat Dolls and Lady Gaga he wasn’t expecting to act as a rape crisis counselor. Jackie O handled the situation very well. I think all in all for two radio DJs, they did a great job with the sticky situation they weren’t expecting to be in!

Why aren’t people asking “What sort of a Mother asks her 14 year old child about sexual experiences on a national radio station knowing she had been raped”. Terrible. Just terrible.

Mark Pesce says:

08:45pm | 29/07/09

Never ask a question you don’t already know the answer to.  That’s *basic* common sense.  Particularly in front of a live mic.

Clairzilla says:

08:47pm | 29/07/09

Alison said everything I came here to say

Brendan says:

08:47pm | 29/07/09

Only one word is needed for all businesses that advertise on the station, and all listeners of this pathetic segment… BOYCOTT!

Rodney West says:

08:47pm | 29/07/09

For gods sake leave him alone, I listened to the segment and it was nowhere near as bad as you are going on about.

DF says:

08:47pm | 29/07/09

Isn’t it the usual practice to have “talkback” calls on delay to avoid circumstances like this? The girl makes this shock confession, but allowing for the 7 second (?) delay, the call is cut and you go live. The confession should never made it on air. It’s your show. You’re responsible for the content. Wear the consequences.

RK says:

08:48pm | 29/07/09

Just goes to show he shouldn’t be on air in the first place
Fire him and black-list him.
No questions about it!

Patrick says:

08:49pm | 29/07/09

How about you take the lie-detector test on this topic Kyle?

Robert says:

08:50pm | 29/07/09

You know, I know a lot of shock jocks go to some pretty crazy lengths (and never heard of this guy) but I honestly think previous “risky” jocks would have shut this down.  If something like this happened on, say, Howard Stern I am not convinced the segment would have stopped, but it would have re-directed to “what the hell is wrong with you” to the mother.  His first response was pure callousness.

Sasha says:

08:54pm | 29/07/09

This guy is an absolute idiot. As is the case with most narcissistic morons, he doesnt know how to apologise properly - thereby making his position worse. As always, it’s the media against him, making him look bad. I’m pretty sure Kyle that each comment in this blog is by an actual non-media person who also think you’re a prat. It’s vile that he would get a 14 year old girl into this position, rape revelation or not. Austereo should know better - sack him.

hellonathan says:

08:54pm | 29/07/09

Is this the icing on the cake? What, no cherry? Oh that’s right…

Time to wrap it up mate and be very thankful you got this far.

Calvin Hobbes says:

08:54pm | 29/07/09

AHAHAHAHAH!  Alison’s summary should pretty much be the media release for this article.

“I know a few people that have been raped. My first experience of it was when I was a teenager – I knew a girl who had been raped by a family member.”

That’s like the ‘I’m not racist/homophobic cos I have a black/gay friend’ for rape victims.

Cure your tooliosis before going back on the air.

Michael says:

08:55pm | 29/07/09

C’mon. Give the guy a break. He’s known for his arrogance and stubborness and I interpret what he’s said above as a big step toward explaining his behaviour. I think placed in the same position, I would panic as well and if you listen to the recording carefully, you can hear it in his voice. What he said was wrong but he’s taken the time to apologise. We all have regrets in life, some worse than others. At least Kyle has attempted to explain this one.

Elysia says:

08:55pm | 29/07/09

I do feel for you Kyle, it’s clear that you totally weren’t aware of the incident and your actions, the question, was as you say an accident and that is understandable.  Not entirely forgivable, and you know that, it was insensitive and cruel but being live on air you weren’t given the chance to think and given the time again I’m sure you’d have never said it.

That being said, your producers or you/Jacqui should still be sacked.  There are no circumstances that you should ever feel justified in asking a 14 year old about her sexual experiences, if it wasn’t on radio it would be considered perverted/pedo and being under the guise of ‘entertainment’ doesn’t justify the segment. 

I understand that you have been singled out as you are the ‘shock jock’ but whoever came up with the segment, and then whoever approved of it (this includes you and Jacqui as you were both running the segment) are to blame.  It was inappropriate, ethically and morally wrong.  You should feel ashamed.

Mr Darcy says:

08:56pm | 29/07/09

Elle, Kyle sounded anything but off guard. Jackie O did, but definitely not Kyle, as he continued to ask if that was her only experience.

Point 3 - Yeah of course he knows.

Point - This isn’t the first time for him

Peter says:

09:00pm | 29/07/09

By definition, as a 14 year old, if the answer was anything other than “no” then that would be evidence of rape.  A 14 year old can not consent.  You have to be very sure the answer is no before you put such a show on the air, otherwise this exact situation would have happened eventually.

Louie says:

09:01pm | 29/07/09

I feel sorry for both Kyle and Jackie in this situation, If all you people writing ‘nice try PR’ have you even listened to the segment?
It is the mother that should be criticized for all of this. She knew about the rape and did nothing to help her daughter. She knew about the rape and subjected her daughter to an on air grilling about her sex life. The mother knew and didn’t care.

Question whether such a segment is necessary for sure. But if anyone needs to be blamed for what happened, I don’t think it should be Kyle.

Stranger things have happened, because I normally hate the guy.

mick says:

09:02pm | 29/07/09

you are a tasteless idiot at best

Penny says:

09:02pm | 29/07/09

Kyle is a douchebag! Even in the above interview he contradicts himself, saying the family have gotten help, then saying the family will get help! Floundering to save himself! It was jackie who cut the show short, not him, and any person on radio needs to be able to remain in control, which he clearly wasn’t by making a comment like that immedialty after this poor girls revelation. The radio station should cut him loose, no one likes or respects him, and he is just digging himself deeper, if it were anyone else, they would be fired on the spot!

Shane says:

09:02pm | 29/07/09

“I didn’t realise I had said “Have you had any other experiences?”

In other words .. I don’t think before I speak.

Ok then, all is forgiven

buckles says:

09:03pm | 29/07/09

a segment like this should not have been put live to air. they’ve risked it for the last few years, and today it blew up in their faces

concerned says:

09:05pm | 29/07/09

“Like a lot of mothers worried about their kid, she just wanted to find out what was going on”- and you guys thought that national radio and a lie detector test was the best way to do that for a 14 year old? Way to put the shock value first.

Brent says:

09:05pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, I feel for you mate. For one, I am not a regular listener of your show and two, I have not been a big fan of yours in the past (most probably from the past issues that the media have blown up).

The point I want to make is not for anyone on here hammering with criticism but for you. I tried to myself in that situation and I have no idea how I would handle it. I dont think anyone can handle it well, but you did your best. In that situation all that you could do was your best. I spoke to my partner about this before reading any of your above post and almost identically repeated what you have said. You sounded shocked, like you didnt know what to do.

Back to my point, After the reactions I have heard over this it makes me reconsider everything that has been thrown around the media regarding you or anyone else for that matter. It is blown out of proportion and completely one sided! People would rather hand s**t on you than take a real look at the issues which is this girl, and the obvious problems in her family. If this hadnt of happened, this girl would have not got the help she needed and this may have all ended a lot worse.

In my eyes, you might have just saved this girl

Andrew says:

09:08pm | 29/07/09

Lie detectors are not recognized in a court of law. They are basically just nervousness detectors.

Justin Hill says:

09:10pm | 29/07/09

The producers should never have allowed a 14 year old girl to be questioned on-air about sex and drugs.
I hope the tone of this show will change with less emphasis on sex and belittling other staff members

Jeremy says:

09:12pm | 29/07/09

Hey, hey, everybody. The real question here is why are Kyle’s ENEMIES IN THE MEDIA using this poor girl’s suffering simply to have a go at Kyle when all he was doing was using the poor girl’s suffering for ratings. How was he to know that he was going to be interrogating a 14 year old live on air about her sex life just because that was what the whole lead-in to the segment was all about? How can you blame him and Jackie for laughing at the girl’s saying she was scared?

I don’t know how anyone can listen to that interview and conclude anything other than that the real victim here is Kyle Sandilands.

The poor, poor man.

Tim says:

09:12pm | 29/07/09

Surely this is the nail in your coffin - that is the most pathetic excuse! Well done PR agency and associated lawyers!

Steven says:

09:12pm | 29/07/09

I’m on Kyle’s side with this one.

charade says:

09:17pm | 29/07/09

The Peter Principle is the principle that “In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.”
You are seriously digusting and I doubt you have a brain cell.

marly says:

09:18pm | 29/07/09

after every comments you’ve previously made, you expect sympathy??? if it was rove or hughesy in your shoes, yes - instant forgiveness. you??? you have no soul. you’re an embarrassment to the human race.

jim says:

09:18pm | 29/07/09

I don’t like Kyle, I don’t like his attitude in general but I must admit he did a good job handling a very tricky scenario. I listened to that clip and though, ouch!

In hind sight, I still think it was good for Kyle and Jackie to take appropriate action on this. For TOO LONG, rape has been given the blanket silence treatment.

Why is it that this poor girl, could not get a proper councilling, where is the police and the arrest of the rapist? Where is the Conviction?

I say, Kyle and Jackie O, you’ve opened a CAN OF WORMS, and it’s great that you’ve exposed the unspoken truth of our teens. Go further, challenge the law, challenge Justice…

I’d like to hear Kyle and Jackie O do something good for the community for once. Exposing a difficult situation, may just make you people the accidental HEROES.

Brian White says:

09:18pm | 29/07/09

That is your problem Kyle….....

You always say that you were stumped and did not know what to say, after you said it.

Now tell us this, what happened to the 10 second delay that stations can insert so you can remove stuff that can be deemed ‘offensive’.  Why people hire ‘Vile’ I do not know, but the Producer HAS GOT TO BE FIRED, for not preempting to use a 10 second delay, on a segment asking a 14 year old about sex and drugs.  WHY !

At least investigated by the Broadcast standards commission.

Ellis M says:

09:19pm | 29/07/09

The sooner you’re fired the better. A quick written apology doesn’t disguise the fact that this isn’t the first time you’ve rubbed thousands of people the wrong way. Putting a 14 year old up to this was irresponsible in the first place. Well done you prize tool, thousands more despise you.

mik says:

09:19pm | 29/07/09

try and save your career as much as you want Kyle, you are the worst kind of person, looking for a punchline on a young girls desperate call for help…PR department..is he really worth saving….

Gelsamel says:

09:20pm | 29/07/09

It’s true the media is using this to get at him, but that doesn’t make what he said any worse… So I’m happy that he apologised. That being said, he is entirely right…

If you make this into a big media scandal you will end up destroying this girl and their family.

NS says:

09:21pm | 29/07/09

What a pathetic response Kyle crying “poor me” in the last paragraph. He mentally abuses people everyday are we really so surprised he just carried on talking and couldn’t engage what little brain he has before putting his foot in it yet again?

Tristanium says:

09:28pm | 29/07/09

Big ego. Big mouth.
Bring on the apologists…
It’s a low act. Followed by a coward’s excuse. Get a life.

Pete says:

09:28pm | 29/07/09

“Kyle Sandilands says:”

“Get over it “

We’re just standing up for a 14 year old rape victim inadvertently turned into entertainment. Should she “get over it” too?.

Dani says:

09:29pm | 29/07/09

So when was somebody going to be asking the girl if she was okay with the line of questions? Because somebody didn’t, and 2day FM deliberately went down the pathway of underage sex. Plain disgusting

faroutfreddie says:

09:31pm | 29/07/09

Congrats to the punch for getting kyle’s side of the story. What is the correct answer when someone tells you something as shocking as they’ve been raped? Is there anything appropriate in that situation? My gut reactions would be either ‘Sorry to hear that’ or ‘Oh my god’, which don’t seem to really cut it either. Do talkback hosts get counselling training, because if not, surely they should?

pete says:

09:32pm | 29/07/09

Mate the station should have suspended you and Jackie O, what was done was terrible I wont listen to the show ever again.  However you both can redeem yourselves.  Community Service, working with people on Lifeline or equivalent for a month solid on your non work days.  Here you should listen, participate and support those.  This is leadership, its not tokenism and you are taking responsibility.  The question is, will you guys to it, I’m sure these agencies would let you.  Thats the real test in my books.

Col says:

09:32pm | 29/07/09

Its about time we stopped letting people with such low intelligence have so much influence on air. People like Sandilands are dangerous and need to be removed.

Rob says:

09:34pm | 29/07/09

Pathetic. Call yourself an entertainer?

DJ says:

09:34pm | 29/07/09

“...but I’m sad that they’re using the rape of a 12-year-old girl to have a go at me.”

You just don’t get it do you.

N Richards says:

09:35pm | 29/07/09

Kyle & Jackie-O are an absolute disgrace. I am so embarrassed for Australian radio.

Matt says:

09:36pm | 29/07/09

Unfortunately this is one of many cases like this where Kyle and Jackie O have got away with blue murder and they always will especially with their listeners.  Whether or not he knew of the rape, doesn’t excuse him from accepting the interview given the questions wanting to be asked.  Was this a cry for help from the Mother and Daughter? Maybe it was, but in the end it backfired massively in Kyle’s face. 
I’m sure Kyle was shocked at the blatancy of the comment, however from reading ‘his’ explaination of the events a couple of things don’t add up.  1. As someone earlier said there is usually a 7 second delay window for these types of segments to ensure nothing is aired that shouldn’t have, and yet this clearly got to air, which suggest either the producer wasn’t paying any attention (unlike with Kyle at the helm) or Kyle’s admission that he was frantically trying to get it off the air were in actual fact attempts to keep it on the air for shock value (make up your mind which on you want to believe). 2. Kyle has in the past admitted that most of these segments are usually pre-recorded well in advance of being aired.  Either way it begs the question of how did this get to air? 
The sorry thing is those people who are backing this guy up and say oh well it’s the mothers fault or the producers fault.  NO it isn’t, it’s Kyle’s fault for the question he asked and for being willing to do the interview in the first place.  But until the listeners start to tune out from K&J’s program (who BTW are 2 of the worst presenters in the world), and the ratings reflect this, the show will go on for both Kyle and Jackie O.  It’s just a shame that we live in a society where people like this are able to push their very ordinary views and morals on others when those who actually want to make the world better get sidelined for being boring or old fashioned.  Welcome to the world we have created.

Chris says:

09:37pm | 29/07/09

Crap Sandliands. You milked it.

quote: She put her on and at the second question the girl said she had been raped when she was 12.

We were stunned.

To tell you the truth I was floundering around, signalling to the producers and Jackie – down the camera – indicating that we had to get it off air.

I didn’t realise I had said “Have you had any other experiences?”

At the same time I was speaking I was signalling to Jackie that we had to terminate the segment. I went into a slight panic as how to get the thing off the air and I was more focused on making that happen than on what I said. ”

Matt says:

09:37pm | 29/07/09

I have genuinely been disgusted by your program on much more than 1 occasion in the past but this is the first time I’ve ever gotten off my ass to do something about it.

So lets look at today. We bring in a woman who is genuinely concerned for her child’s welfare and her 14 year old child, who has obviously fallen off the rails. So what is their purpose? You’re going to out her child as a promiscuous drug user. WHOM is this supposed to help? CERTAINLY not her.

As a kid who had a hard time in your younger years, you should know more than anyone that you dont need to be making this girls life harder. I was disgusted before she revealed she was raped, and i’m equally disgusted now.

I’ve officially removed 104.1 from its preset in the car. As much as i enjoy some of the other programs, there is only 1 way that station management will get the idea to get rid of you both and that is tuning out completely.

christy says:

09:38pm | 29/07/09

leav kyle alone. seriously you are all a bunch of nags. i cant understand how this is Kyles fault. if anything it is the mothers fauly for asking when she knew her daughter was raped. Kyle- continue what u do best and ingnore these nags and boof heads. Stop picking on KYle- you are all jealous.

Wayne of Perth says:

09:41pm | 29/07/09

Kyle you say “you react like anyone else. I was horrified” ... listening to the audio it didn’t sound like you were horrified, if you were you wouldn’t have asked her that question.

Jaime says:

09:42pm | 29/07/09

You’re an adult if you can’t control what comes out of your mouth ie “I didn’t realise I had said “Have you had any other experiences?” you have no business being on radio. You have no business being on radio anyway.

I’d love this to be the last chance for you. I’m not holding my breath though. You are a disgraceful excuse for a human being.

Fred says:

09:44pm | 29/07/09

If this is true why dont they put him on the lie detector tomorrow morning to find out if he is telling the truth??  Please people hold your guilty judgement untill we can work out if he is telling us the correct story.

Sharon says:

09:46pm | 29/07/09

Can admit that answer caught Kyle completely off guard, asking have you had any other sexual experiences other than that is a little off. Probably an instant reaction though, not entirely his fault. My fault lays with the mother who would even contemplate putting her daughter through this and asking a sexual question with the knowledge of what she’d been through. An often asked question in our house, you need a licence to drive a car but not to have children !!

The Chaser Team says:

09:46pm | 29/07/09

TiMe 2 ChAsE :-O

Adam Richards says:

09:47pm | 29/07/09

Brent, your wrong. Though you would be right in that there is no way Kyle or Jackie or the producers would have run the segment had had they known what had happened, they have still shown some pretty major lapses in judgement. Let’s start with what they would have known:-

1. They knew the questions the mother was going to ask the girl.

2. They knew a 14 year was going to be asked about her sexual experiences.  (material not appropriate for radio period)

3. They knew the girl was afraid concerning the segment and despite this coerced her into it anyway.

4. They knew they were exposing this girl to some form of public humiliation for the sake of entertainment. (though not expecting this type of revelation)

There is no doubt they would never have done this had they known what would happen. But they did knowingly expose a 14 year old girl with some type of sexual experience to the public record and public humiliation for the sake of so called ‘entertainment’.  It is not the revelation of this girls rape that condemns Kyle, Jackie and the producers, it is the total lack of judgement that placed the girl there in the first place.

That a mother could place her daughter in this position knowing full well the history and trauma this girl has been through beggars belief.

But the shame does not end there. In a society that continues to assert the freedom of the individual, people will always push boundaries because for individuals there are no boundaries but the ones felt imposed. This type of stunt is but a small symptom of a broader sickness that so pervades our culture. In our pursuit of individual freedom, with its destruction of boundaries, a 14 year old girl’s sexual experience is but another form of entertainment in pursuit of individual happiness. AND THE BOUNDARIES CONTINUE TO TUMBLE.  We all need to take a look at ourselves when this type of thing is considered entertainment by anyone.

KJ says:

09:48pm | 29/07/09

Seriously, how did this particular segment get past the show’s producer and 2day’s Program Director?  I wonder what legal advice the station manager was given to allow it, too. There are rules that commercial broadcasters must follow and I’m pretty darn sure there’d be something in there about harassing under-age girls about sex.
Sorry Kyle, your explanation that you were “floundering”, and trying to signal the others to terminate the segment, doesn’t cut it.
You said yourself that you (and Jackie), and the mother knew what the questions were going to be, the mother at least knew what had happened to her daughter, and the producer sure as hell knows where the Dump button is on the panel.
Live radio has a 7-second delay for good reason. Pity no one had the good sense to use it today at 2day.

Wil says:

09:49pm | 29/07/09

Good job Kyle, by putting that segment and afterthought of yours up, you’ve gained yourself more fame - I’m sure these comments have proved what you wanted to achieve at the first place.

Nick says:

09:53pm | 29/07/09

radionews.com.au calls you limbo radio - how low can you go! I think you have hit rock bottom today!

geet says:

09:53pm | 29/07/09

like the parramatta river,kyle? cos you need to be at the bottom of it handcuffed and tied to a besser block.

Nick says:

09:53pm | 29/07/09

*yawn*.... clicked on this link from news.com.au - if you’re dumb enough to listen to Kyle and Jackie then you deserve getting the dumb stuff they give you to numb your brains even more than they are!

Anthony says:

09:55pm | 29/07/09

Why the hell can I listen to it again on the internet.
The whole radio station and their owners are scum.
Have some decency and remove all trace of media to this vile incident.

John Fenech says:

09:55pm | 29/07/09

Just a thought Kyle.

If it had been your daughter would you have asked the question you did on air?

Mick says:

09:55pm | 29/07/09

You are a big liar Kyle. You said you were stunned when the girl said she had been raped. For somebody who stated that you once had a friend who had been raped, how did all this stun you all of a sudden.
I would sack you straight away.
Me like many people I know have stopped listening to your radio station because of you. I reckon the ratings would go through the roof if they sacked you. You are a big fool Kyle.

Jessica says:

09:56pm | 29/07/09

So its okay for Kyle and Jackie to question teenagers on the air about sex and drugs but its not okay for the media to point out the questionable ethics involved when it all goes wrong?

Nice reasoning jackass. It’s a legitimate news story. I have no doubt many journos think you are a douche but don’t be so arrogant ( or underestimate our intelligence) by claiming that’s the sole reason this made news.

Maybe you should take a leaf out of Hamish and Andy’s or Ryan, Monty and Wippa’s book. They manage to make entertaining radio which doesn’t exploit people.

ted says:

09:56pm | 29/07/09

just watched a vid on this on utube, had the audio n everything, search for it if ya missed it was sumfin like kyle sandilands isnt sensitive…but as if he didnt no what he was saying!! i cant believe he expects us to believe that garbage

Bella says:

09:58pm | 29/07/09

Yet another vile, irresponsible and abusive Sandilands segment reaching non-listeners ears through other channels. Fire Kyle. He is a cheap, crass bully. If you felt uncomfortable and sick at listening to or hearing about this incident , so did the poor girl reliving, not an ‘experience’, but a violent criminal attack on her freedom and innocence which needs its day in court. This is one time too many for the wider public - he wont last. And good riddence. All proceeds from this warped commercial attention of the segment to go immediately to NSW Rape Crisis Centre. Kyle - in future, use your social power to only discuss the things that really matter. Living on the streets for three weeks once is no excuse for your arrogance.

Brad says:

09:59pm | 29/07/09

There is comment that the interview was pre-recorded and not live as Kyle mentions. This would mean that producers made the decision to go ahead with the broadcast knowing the full outcome.
Can somebody in authority please confirm whether the interview was done live with no time delay?

Robyn says:

09:58pm | 29/07/09

We listen with the same morbid fascination that makes us look at the aftermath of a gruesome car accident.  They’re just giving us what we (apparently) want.  I predict sky rocketing ratings for the Australian “Jerry Springer of Radio”.

Kelly says:

09:59pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, I’ve not doubt that you were doing what you were doing, signalling to producers, panicked maybe and just said what immediately came to mind. I get that.

What I don’t get is why you allowed a 14 year old girl to be interrogated about sexual activity on live radio in the first place. As for journo’s “using the rape of a 14 year old to have a go at you” what a load of crap that is. When you interrogate children about sex, children who express that they are scared! -  expect a reaction and the only person to blame is you and your equally daft co-host.

Jillian says:

10:00pm | 29/07/09

I feel for you Kyle.  As the daughter of a politician, I know first hand the damage that the media cause when a situation is taken out of context.  Anything for a good story…

Michael says:

10:00pm | 29/07/09

Well done Kyle,

In the chase for ratings, you’ve skipped C-grade celebrity gossip, interviews that make Rove look like Michael Parkinson and so-called repartee, you’ve sunk to a new low. You may not have known that this was going to happen, but in the increasing use of these stunts should have indicated that something like this was bound to happen.

At least the Chaser boys didnt attack any real person.

scott says:

10:02pm | 29/07/09

sandilands your are a moron…. this is absolute spin doctoring.  you know the symbol for cut… and you can actually shut your mouth which you occassionally do but should do more often… this diatribe of crap you sprout here is a pathetic after event face saving X 1000’s of dollars per week saving spin doctoring crap.  Cop it sweet face up to the fact that you are intellectually deficient and hold your breath for at least 10 minutes and become a darwin awards hall of famer.

Eleni says:

10:09pm | 29/07/09

Matt and Adam Richards - you articulate brilliantly what I think.

The entire episode makes me feel ill. So thank you for saying what I would if I could.

gav says:

10:09pm | 29/07/09

the one positive thing in this is sandilands admits he has no clue what he is saying.  now i understand everything he says.

the sooner this intellectual giant is sacked the better.

iansand says:

10:10pm | 29/07/09

And I realise that this sort of segment is cruel, exploitative and not the sort of thing I will ever do again…

Funny.  I didn’t read those words.  Why not?

Julie says:

10:10pm | 29/07/09

Haha, there’s nothing like back peddling lol….....Hope you’ve learnt a lesson this time Kyle, but somehow I don’t think so.

macka says:

10:12pm | 29/07/09

It’s not OK for Kyle to talk about 14yo girl’s sexual life, BUT its OK for Oprah to do it…. hmmm The view must be good from up there people.

Very wrong that the segment was allowed to ahead IMO, though I don’t think Kyle is to blame here.

Paul says:

10:14pm | 29/07/09

You pander to the lowest common denominator…you know you’ve reached a new low when even the morons who listen to the crap you peddle are disgusted

Caroline says:

10:14pm | 29/07/09

All I can say is that Kyle is a pathetic person and has no idea about teenagers. I hope he never has kids.  As for the mother, how could she take her child onto radio.  They are both as bad as each other.

F says:

10:14pm | 29/07/09

What was a 14 year old doing on a “lie detector test” segment of a morning radio show? What happened with school today? Ahh, of that’s right, she took the day off (again).

Don’t start blaming Kyle before asking a few more questions about why, what & how? I suppose the mother had nothing to do with it? She knew about this, and never advised Kyle, Jackie or the Producers. I think the crew acted appropriately within live radio constraints.

She sounds like a well behaved 14yo. Being dragged home by plain clothed POLICE. Drug user. Failing the first question by the professional conducting the test.

14yo
8.30am
Live Radio
Lie Detector Test segment
Mother that didn’t advise accordingly
BINGO that answers your questions!

Come on people, what do you think it’s Playskool, or The Wiggles?
Was the 14yo dragged kicking and screaming to go live on air?
She wasn’t issued a subpoena to attend the “Kyle & Jackie O Show”.

Yes, it’s not good news for the 14yo to announce on live radio, but neither is the fact that the Mother wanted to ask all these questions and never advised anyone of the rape. She has a lot to answer to now doesn’t she.

filipe says:

10:15pm | 29/07/09

Sorry Kyle,we all have jobs where certain actions demand instant dismissal…. this is yours… being a “celebrity” does not exempt you from this rule.

Cameron Jones says:

10:16pm | 29/07/09

I’d just like to put it out there.. WHAT KIND OF MOTHER WOULD PUT HER DAUGHTER THROUGH A LIE DETECTOR ON NATIONAL RADIO AND ASK HER IF SHE HAS HAD SEX…. WHEN SHE KNOWS THAT HER DAUGHTER HAS BEEN RAPED? .. and to think the poor girl has had no counselling or ANYTHING… just screams bad parenting to me.

Emily says:

10:17pm | 29/07/09

None of you work in radio do you?

Having worked as a radio announcer for the past year there have been incidents when I have had to think of something to say on the spot and I almost never remember what it was i said. You don’t have the chance to think about the implications of the way something can be interpreted.
I have had people complain about me and I’ve had people call me in the studio disagree with something I said.

When working in a profession such as Radio it is hard to please everyone. New segments for radio shows are constantly needed to maintain listeners. Kyle and Jackie-O had not only maintain permission from the mother to ask these questions but were in fact asked by the mother to ask them. Really if anyone should be questioned about the ethics of the situation its the mother. Who asks invading questions to their teenage daughter on live radio? It was the mothers choice.

I find it interesting that comments on here are putting down Kyle and Jackie-O as radio personalities. Obviously something they are doing is correct for them to be one of the top radio annoncers within Australia. I strive to have the articulation, humour and quick thinking that they have. If you don’t like it, don’t listen.

Its a sad thing that happened to this young girl. Lets all hope that she recovers from the emotional strain of not only the listerners of Kyle and Jackie-O hear what happened to her but also news readers across Australia. Congradulations Australian media for once again causing more pain by advertising an unfortuate incident.

Bob says:

10:17pm | 29/07/09

I baffles my mind as to why everyone blames Kyle? Surely, Kyle, who was in NZ at the time isn’t the only person in the equation right? You have Jackie O, then you have the MOTHER (remember her?), then the lie detector guy (he shouldn’t have allowed it to happen, it wasn’t ethical without the childs permission), the producers of the show etc etc.

You people bagging Kyle need to take a step back into reality and stop hating. You hate is drying you up inside and making you bad people. Chill out and see the scenario for what it is.

rednax says:

10:17pm | 29/07/09

What the hell was 2dayFM thinking even going near this girl???

Interrogating an underage girl about illegal activities??! Sex and drugs at that age are illegal, and this interview probably would have made headlines even without the rape admission. Well I guess the radio station got what they wanted.

Bella says:

10:17pm | 29/07/09

Glad people across all media sites are starting to comment. The trend seems very much in favour of him being sacked. Its not just ‘one’ incident. Like the Matty Johns issue - its how they let their face and brand build up over time around values that border at the edge of public tolerance, and eventually we tire of our patience being tested. Kyle if you start getting upset about the straw, take responsiblity for the camels back you heap on us with your vile crude destructive unentertaining hype. Freedom of speech does not make you valid, tasteful, interesting or right.

Motherof1 says:

10:17pm | 29/07/09

The mother set the child up because there is a horrifying trend in our culture to not talk to your kids! Shame on the mother. I am a single mother of 1, who is nearly 2yrs old. I was raped while 4 months pregnant. I will talk to my child about sex. I will talk to my child about her life. I will be open and honest with my child. I will TAKE THE TIME TO TALK TO MY CHILD so I don’t have to ask a radio station to ask her questions I’m too afraid to ask.

Kylie says:

10:18pm | 29/07/09

I think the focus should be more on the mother. She put her daughter in this situation knowing before the interview her daughter had been raped.

Wozzie says:

10:18pm | 29/07/09

Hi Kyle,  we know the result of this is that your ratings will go up.

But you’ll need a new segment. Why not do some research on Jerry Springer and Nancy Campbell-Panitz, or Jenny Jones and Scott Amedure. Might give you some ideas.  In my eyes you’re not far off that level.

Do you actually have anything resembling a conscience?

Peter B says:

10:19pm | 29/07/09

What were you doing interviewing a 14 yo girl, on live radio, about her sex life in the first place? That’s child exploitation.

Sam says:

10:19pm | 29/07/09

A perfect example of why I dont listen or watch anything commercial. No heart for people. They just care about themselves. Anything for ratings, but much of the public listen, so its more a reflection on the society that will scold this now and orget about it next week.

funk says:

10:20pm | 29/07/09

Kelly,

I think the Mother has more to answer to than Kyle.
She is the parent of the 14yo, and if it was LIVE, then why wasn’t the 14yo at school? Didn’t she just have 2 weeks off?

Anyway, if you all listen, and listen again to the segment pay more attention to the Mother, and the questions she wants answered before you slag Kyle off.

They run a segment, he doesn’t take hostages to take part in it. You all go on like the 14yo was held to ransom to appear, answer questions and then lose it when asked the question relating to sex.

She knew what was being asked, it was clear prior to the questions that the Mother was going to ask that question.

Clare says:

10:20pm | 29/07/09

Just listened to the audio- absolutely disgraceful. The mother should be hung out to dry for putting her daughter though that- w- I applaud the daughter for even agreeing to turn up and be strong enough to go through such a shit experience with her poor excuse for a mother. What Kyle said was just as disgusting- it just reveals a total lack of empathy and why were they asking a child about sex anyway? Sack him (and the mother)

Willow says:

10:21pm | 29/07/09

I simply cannot believe all you people listen to him? At the end of the day you have a choice. Certainly if you believe he is guilty make the judgement and move on. I don’t listen to him because I don’t find him relevant and certainly not entertaining, I suggest you all do the same.

RR says:

10:24pm | 29/07/09

This is NOT the fault of Kyle or Jackie O. This is a very sad situation but it was her mother who behaved badly. Fair enough he said something silly following the girl’s comment but come on, it was a highly shocking situation. I’m sure we have all said something without thinking when stressed or surprised.

Everyone is on the hunt to give Kyle crap but it is not like he is solely responsible for creating the segment, speaking to the parent beforehand, arranging and approving questions and inviting her and the daughter to the station. He is there to DJ.

Wether you like it or not oh-so-moral Australians… There is a reason Kyle has been on the radio for so long. Because he is down to earth, honest and entertaining.

For the record, the MOTHER did the asking. Not Kyle.

Westerner says:

10:24pm | 29/07/09

Does anyone really expect any better from those two, that programme or that tv station?

Disgusted says:

10:25pm | 29/07/09

I’m the first person to agree that Kyle is a complete and utter gutter dwelling turd, but in this instance, I think the blame needs to be put squarely in front of the mother of this poor girl.  The mother new the whole time that her daughter was raped at the age of 12, she asked her the question about whether she has sex in the first place knowing this, she admitted that she knew, then when counselling was offered admitted that she hadnt taken her daughter for any previously.  Also listen to the poor girl say “don’t sit there and smile at me it’s not funny” inferring that her mother found the situation highly amusing.  What kind of sick creature puts her own daughter through that?  You should be ashamed woman.  Yes, Kyle was callous when he asked her if that was her only experience and yes Kyle has in the past done some other stupid things, but the mother of this child needs to have her parenting privileges revoked and DHS involved for the welfare of the child.

Rocky says:

10:28pm | 29/07/09

I have a feeling there will be another episode to this story.

David says:

10:28pm | 29/07/09

For those of you horrified as I was about this segment I would suggest making a complaint to the Australian Communications & Media Authority.

http://www.acma.gov.au/

mel says:

10:29pm | 29/07/09

gosh this is crazy. after working with kids who have been through this stuff i was really impressed with how well you both did to end the session, and kindly handle the girl. The only insensitive idiot in that piece was this poor girls mother, no wonder she is sneaking out at night.  People love you and what you do.

funk says:

10:29pm | 29/07/09

Kyle haters, why do you listen to the program if you can’t stand him?

Or are you just that interested you can’t help yourselves…

Razor says:

10:29pm | 29/07/09

Mr Sandilands,

The fact that you and your associates think that it is appropriate to facilitate a mother publicly questioning her own 14 year old daughter about her sex life and potential drug use demonstrates a complete lack of moral grounding.

I do hope this costs you, your associates and your employers a vast amount of financial and emotional pain.  You deserve every thing that gets thrown at you.

Laurie says:

10:30pm | 29/07/09

the idea of hooking up an underage girl to a lie detector is a cruel explotative thing to do no matter what comes out of it. asking her questions about her sex life is perverted. when do you think this would this be acceptable, would you let someone do that to your children?

congratulations, thanks to you this girl is a victim again.

YOU DISGUST ME.

Aussie in EU says:

10:31pm | 29/07/09

Age of Consent is 16yo in all Australian states. The fact they are even asking questions about the topic is immoral and irresponsible. Even if the segment had gone ‘as planned’, maybe another 14yo is listening, hears that this 14yo has had sex, and thinks that it is OK. I think they (Producers and writers) should be pursued legally in any way possible. As for the defence that he is “just the DJ”, he is not a robot - if they ask him to do something immoral, he still has the choice as a human being to object.

Brett says:

10:33pm | 29/07/09

Hi Peoples like the rest of you I am appalled by all of this - but there is a solution…

if you go here you can download a complaints form to get rid of this moron..

http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=CONTACT_COMPLAINTS_OVIEW

Radio complaints

If you have heard something on the radio that you think breaches a code, the first thing to do is to make a complaint in writing directly to the station you heard it on.

If you have already made a complaint to the station and have either not had a response within 60 days, or aren’t satisfied with their response, you can make a complaint to the ACMA.

The ACMA cannot accept complaints about the quality of programs or the accuracy of advertisements.

If you have heard something on radio that you think breaches a licence condition or standard you can make a complaint to the ACMA.

Not sure where to address your complaint? Find out more »

The ACMA broadcasting complaints form can be downloaded here in PDF (57 kb) or Word (344 kb) formats.

Also you can write to their sponsors like Optus, Foxtel and Comsec, Stayz and tell them that they should act to get rid of this trash.

So do what I have done - email them directly
http://www.2dayfm.com.au/contact

Tell them how upset you are - and they have to reply to your complaint… lets get rid of this crap!!!!

Flozza says:

10:34pm | 29/07/09

c’mmon people. Kyle is just doing what he does best ‘he’s being himself’! If you don’t like it, don’t listen to his show. He provides entertainmet to thousands of Australians by making comments no one else would. He should be cautioned for hi’s recent comments, but sacking?
“Kyle, what you did this time is wrong. we’re talking about a minor here not an adult. Bad, bad Kyle. Don’t do it again.”

Bella says:

10:35pm | 29/07/09

Emily: I just dont think its OK for someone which such significant public, cultural and commerical power, such as Kyle, to suddenly back away from the daily responsibilities and risks (which have also laden him with signficant rewards too) that come from going live to air with peoples lives.

He must take responsibility, and Jacki O too, for what they peddle and what they produce. Much of his product has always been quite indefensible, and this sentiment about him has been quietly building for some time. If you worry that live to air tests the presenters skill, morality and tenacity, ask yourself, in this situation - what would Andrew Denton have done? Kyle dropped a critical ball, one Im not sure why he was ever thrown, which many others could easily have juggled in the girls and society’s favour with a different tone, focus and wording.

I must agree with the others though, I think the girls humiliation is made much worst by the amount of audio playback the segment is getting over the internet right now. But the discussion is great.

Sean says:

10:36pm | 29/07/09

Sandilands just doesn’t get it. The girl should never have been in the positiont o begin with, regardless of whether she had been raped or not.

Who the hell do you think you are asking a 14 year old girl on live radio what her sexual experience is? Grubby, vile, stupid.

Tracker says:

10:36pm | 29/07/09

What i want to know is how come that idiot radio station that employs that idiot Kyle doesn’t have a 7 second lag to censor unwanted transmissions so their radio operators don’t make idiots out of themselves ? Most reputable radio stations have them so why not 2DAY FM ?

JP Ireland says:

10:37pm | 29/07/09

I dont know your show, and I dont know you Kyle.  Starters, you shouldnt have made a statement which you say you know someone that was raped.  Don’t get that one!  Its like safety by association!  I dont think anyone will ever know why you asked that girl that question after her admission!

Where are the government on this?  Where do they stand on protecting Radio stations and televisions shows from minors?  The radio station should have its license revoked on ground of bad practice.  Or at least cancel this horrible show.

AD says:

10:39pm | 29/07/09

According to wikipedia, Kyle your a Douche, ouch! take that from the interweb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Sandilands

“....Kyle is also a judge on Australian Idol. He is also a douche.”

Daz says:

10:39pm | 29/07/09

So the real Kyle comes out and people thank his PR company… I once participated in an Idol series, and I was taken back by how nice, considerate and professional Kyle was.

People need to learn that in the entertainment industry and showbiz, it’s all about the personalities. E.g. Pink isn’t a great musician, but a great performer, and it’s her bad ass songs and image that resonates with her fans. Similarly with Kyle, people want to see Bad Kyle (to have a reason to slander him it seems these days)... I find it hard to believe that people really don’t think he’s someone different away from the screens.
Get this into your heads… the entertainment industry THRIVES off personalities, whether its bad dicko, bad kyle, angelic jackie o, “messed up” mischa barton, “tough with a heart” pink… Watch the next series of Idol and you will see contestants being branded with an image. Who are we to know what people are really like unless we know them? NO ONE is who they seem on screen/on air.

I know Kyle did not say the right thing in this situation, but honestly, would you have handled it better? And even if you treated it with good intentions, how many times have you chosen the wrong words and give the wrong idea?
Think about it people, he’s only human… fair enough you have media training, but you really don’t know how to react in a situation until you do.

Kieron of Perth says:

10:40pm | 29/07/09

I think Rove summed it up beautifully when he described Kyle as a Massive Dickhead

Sean says:

10:42pm | 29/07/09

Everybody please direct your complaints to ACMA , I am sure they are waiting to hear from everybody, lets put our tax dollars to work and remove this turd.

broadcasting@acma.gov.au

ACMA needs to show some balls on this matter.

EM says:

10:43pm | 29/07/09

Just reading the news stories it’s easy to believe the worst of Kyle, especially as he’s easily the biggest tosser in Aus.  But I listened to the audio and I think I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one; especially as it was the mum asking the questions not Kyle.

If you haven’t listened to the audio people, do so before you make judgement.

Mike says:

10:45pm | 29/07/09

It’s time to go…..... Kyle

Jamie says:

10:46pm | 29/07/09

Why did the mother bring her daughter in and ask these questions? The mother is the one that has problems.

Aimee says:

10:47pm | 29/07/09

So Kyle you panicked and signalled to the producer and Jackie that you needed to get this off the air? This admits that you knew instinctively (if not intelligently) that this revelation was not good for you, or the girl. But now you say, “get over it”. I hope everyone forwards their comments to the radio station that put this horrific broadcast to air. Absolutely disgraceful.

Tommy Hammond says:

10:48pm | 29/07/09

Kyle,
You didn’t realise what you had said because you’re a jerk and hopefully now this will the last we see of you.  I don’t know how you think asking a minor about her sex and drug experiences is entertainment in your eyes, get off the air before you hurt someone else.

Maggie says:

10:49pm | 29/07/09

2DAY, management, production, the whole bit are culpable for allowing a segment where a 14yo girl is publicly interviewed about her sexual experiences by three adults to be even considered as appropriate for airing.

I was staggered by Kyle’s response, although I suspect he talked before his brain was engaged (not a first), and the producer was quicker to get into Jackie’s ear. By the end of the segment, Kyle was sounding like a puppet, as he was obviously spruiking stuff sent to him from panicky producers.

Which does not address the question of why this ever happened in the first place.

Chaser were off TV for a couple of weeks for an ill-advised satirical sketch about children and cancer. How is this any better? Have the team at 2DAY forgotten that they are dealing with actual, real, live PEOPLE?

Kelly says:

10:50pm | 29/07/09

Comments like “if you don’t like it don’t listen to the show” ignore the fact that a young girl has been exploited and traumatised on national radio - whether I listen to it or not! What this statement is essentially asking people to do, is to ignore it. Sorry, but we cannot ignore the baffling stupidity and exploitation involved here. We are all told that we have a “choice” to listen or not. Well Kyle and Jackie, the mother, the producers, all made a choice too, an amazingly stupid choice at the expense of a young girl, for which they should be held accountable, regardless of whether we listened to the show.

Mark says:

10:50pm | 29/07/09

It is not Kyle’s fault. It is the fault of anyone who continues to listen to his garbage.

Jayda says:

10:51pm | 29/07/09

for almost EVERYONE who has commented:
Who are you to judge?! Leave kyle and the girls family to sort out their own lives. It doesn’t affect you!

Caitlin says:

10:51pm | 29/07/09

Lets compare the crimes:

1) a twelve year old child was raped
2) a radio station feels its appropriate to question a 14 year old girl about her sex life
3) a mother, aware of the fact her daughter was raped at the age of 12, forces her now 14 year old daughter to reveal this on-air, apparently against her daughter’s will
4) a radio personality known as a ‘shock jock’ makes an insensitive comment when surprised by this revelation
5) the radio station chooses to broadcast said revelation rather than cutting it before it went to air.

Yes, Kyle made a truly insensitive remark. But far greater crimes were committed here. He won’t be the first and won’t be the last to say something inappropriate when live to air (anyone remember Richard Wilkins?), but in this case, it should never EVER have gotten that far. Blame Kyle for being an insensitive arse all you like, but thats all he’s guilty of here. The radio station that approved this stunt and the mother for forcing her daughter to go through this have far more to answer for than Kyle’s foot-in-mouth disease.

VW says:

10:51pm | 29/07/09

If we don’t want 14 year olds to talk about sex, why do we teach it in our schools?  I can’t see anything wrong with what Kyle did - I completely believe he was stunned.  Our culture pushes sex at kids - TV, Sex ed at school, songs on the radio - and is then offended when someone talks on air with a 14 year old about what they talk about all day - give the guy a break.

Chris says:

10:52pm | 29/07/09

What a great parent. The mother KNEW her daughter had been raped and did nothing about. She did not even notify police or arrange councelling. It took the daughter to call up a radio station and yell it out on air for anyone to pay attention.

SJwashere says:

10:52pm | 29/07/09

I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt until you said this:

“I’ve certainly pissed off a lot of journos over the years but I’m sad that they’re using the rape of a 12-year-old girl to have a go at me.”

..on the same note you could say a lot of us are disappointed that you are using your own mistake to take away the focus from the real issues here- media ethics and sexual abuse and onto your own personal media martyrdom.

It’s not good enough that you didn’t know about this girl’s background.

Number 1 she is a minor, what right does anyone have to interrogate her on radio like that?

Number 2, you and Jackie have both continued to create competitions and call in shows that put people in situations where their personal weaknesses are exposed and they are susceptible to humiliation and exposure, where did you think this would lead?

If the girl hadn’t been raped how would anything that you, Jackie or her mother did in any way still be a good thing to do? Exposing the fragility of a teenager over commercial radio only helps your ratings, it does nothing for the girl.

Ethics, does anyone remember what they are any more?

Ezzy says:

10:55pm | 29/07/09

I’ve never asked a 14 year old about their sex life, it should be non existent.  What a disgusting man and what a disgustingly stupid show.

Jimmy says:

10:55pm | 29/07/09

Sounds to me like you’re not to well beloved there, Kyle…  Me? Why bother, if your aim is true?

JP brisbane says:

10:57pm | 29/07/09

pathetic. how dare you turn your shameful, unprofessional, ignorant and arrogant conduct into ‘at least the family is getting help now’. you should be embarrassed as a person for what you’ve done, or rather what you haven’t done. your complete lack of couth speaks volumes as to the type of person you really are. Seriously, if you try and say that you were fumbling around, unsure what to do on air, it just reinforces the fact that you should not be on air, ever again. resign and gain some sense of self respect

Ken of London says:

10:57pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, I haven’t ever been that impressed with your on-air persona and would have little or no idea of your current style,  as much as you may have been caught off guard and have obviously put the effort in to help out after the show finished and have done important follow up.

That said it occurs to me a lot of the negative response to your article is most probably more of a reflection and response to anecdotal past sins and unforgiven comments.  Reaping what you sow comes to mind.

I guess none of us will ever believe anything of what you say happens off air because we can’t separate your on-air persona from the real KS, however I do hope that your efforts with the Mother and Daughter have been and are still sincere and I wish you well in your efforts in helping them to a brighter and more positive outcome.

Lastly, it doesn’t matter what we think about your OFF-air efforts, they are your business and we can sod off, as long as you know that you are doing the right thing.

Jemima says:

10:58pm | 29/07/09

Jillian, I’m quite bewildered as to how you can imply that Kyle and the rest of the 2Day FM breakfast show team have been ‘taken out of context’ by the media in this instance?? What is not crystal clear about this blatant exploitation of a child for ‘entertainment’ purposes? You’re either comparing apples with faeces or utterly deluded…

youhippie says:

11:01pm | 29/07/09

78% of people think he should sacked. The tribe has spoken. Get rid of the idiot.

Bad Boy Benny says:

11:01pm | 29/07/09

Given all the background of Kyle I have heard over the years and how he grew up in a dysfunctional family in Brisbane and how he had a tough time as a teenager I was particularly dissapointed in this episode. Right from the start of the interview he knew it was just a kid. Who hooks up a kid to a lie detector for entertainment?

Margeaux says:

11:02pm | 29/07/09

Oh dear. This is why I’ve stopped listening to 2DayFm in the morning, and then by default at all. I listen to Mix 106.5FM. It’s much easier, less grubbier and nastier than Kyle & Jackie who up until I stopped listening seemed to get more joy out of humiliation and degradation of guests and callers. The segments they run are vile and without humour anymore - counting on involvement or enjoyment by the lowest common denominator. Where they once were clever and funny now it’s just bland and embarrassing. This is yet another example of what these two presenters (and their producers) will stoop too for ratings. It’s time to go, Kyle & Jackie O.

Bluey says:

11:03pm | 29/07/09

Dave Hughes was right, this clown is a massive dickhead!

Nemesis12 says:

11:04pm | 29/07/09

Maybe the best thing for you to do was to either keep your yap shut, or just signal the segment to be terminated immediately.

What the HELL were you doing asking a 14 year old these questions anyway?

Oz in China says:

11:06pm | 29/07/09

Your comment:Kyle & Jackie-O are an absolute disgrace. I am so embarrassed for Australian radio… was even picked up here in China… I used to be a fan…

Nathanael says:

11:08pm | 29/07/09

The segment was sordid and wrong from the start. I mean what sort of mother puts her own child under a lie detector test? That level of lack of trust shows immediately that something was up. This isn’t entertaining, this shocking cutting edge deal. Just stop. You aren’t entertaining, I’d rather if I never had to hear your voice again. Just stop. Please?
You’ve just scarred a young girl for life. However bad it feels, is what you deserve (that’s assuming you still have some kind of conscience left).

Lee says:

11:09pm | 29/07/09

is rape a sensitive issue? OF COURSE it is. That isnt the issue here. They stopped the segment when this came up. Kyle was wrong to carry on with the next question, for which he has apologised for. They shouldnt have discussed sex with a 14yr old granted

Kyle and Jackie O were not trivialising rape OR underage sex. Is it brekkie radio Spin? Yes, everything they do is.. I hate the show but thats what they do take it or leave it. Oprah had 2 14year old on her show on Tuesday talking about their sexlife - did you hear about that??? Oh hang on, they had a sex psych on the show, so that’s “ok”!.

Amy says:

11:10pm | 29/07/09

I would personally be on kyles side in that it was the MOTHER who decided to make her child undertake a lie detector test on national radio, it was also the mother of the girl who asked her the questions and allowed her to be interrogated knowing that her daughter had been raped. Unfortunately other people have been caught up in this and as Kyle says during the test that the rape was something that they should have known about before the segment and I am sure if they had known that they would have not run the segment.

Exasperated says:

11:10pm | 29/07/09

OK not only would the mother would have had to give consent for this interview, she would have volunteered otherwise how did they find her? She asked the questions, she shouldn’t have asked it and if you listen to the segment Jackie and Kyle were so uncomfortable and they tried to pull the plug as soon as they could. Rather than victimising Kyle (who btw isn’t my favourite person in the world) let’s come down on the scum that raped that poor girl. Let’s come down on the scum that think it is ok to sexually assault ANYBODY! And rather than taking it out on a lowly radio personality, who like the idiot he is said something idiotic, let’s put pressure on the police and DOCS to make sure that the scum is caught. And let’s put pressure on the court systems to not accept easy plea bargains, community service and an $8000 fine but to make sure that scum are given an appropriate punishment and kept behind bars and out of our lives. And let the punishment be the same whether the scum take the form of habitual sex offenders, authority figures, or overly-idolised sport stars who excuse their own behaviour because they can’t hold their drink. At least then maybe their victims can reach some peace knowing that the scum cannot get them a second time.

Never a fan says:

11:11pm | 29/07/09

I had the misfortune of hearing the segment because I had tuned into Hamish and Andy the night before.  Everything about the segment was wrong even before the revelation of the rape.  But that is what gets ratings.  It was obvious the CHILD was forced into it against her will and from the out set I kept thinking they would pull the plug… but in true Kyle and Jackie O style they went too far.  I think the whole station and the childs mother should feel complete shame and remorse!!!

Sarah says:

11:11pm | 29/07/09

Has everyone forgotton the “mother”. Shame on Kyle yes - shame on that woman who calls herself a caring mother! My goodness. Take your child on National radio for interegation…. she’s the one at fault here!

Damien says:

11:12pm | 29/07/09

“I know a few people that have been raped. My first experience of it was when I was a teenager – I knew a girl who had been raped by a family member.”

and your point is…?

Andrea says:

11:13pm | 29/07/09

This is somethign absolutly horrible to go through, I am FAR from a fan of the show. It is obvious form the recording that she KNEW what her daughter had been through, yet she neglected to tell Kyle or Jackie, and still asked her duaghter the question.

If anything, this has nothign to do with Kyle, Jackie or 2 Day FM.

That girl should not be under the influence of her mother, and I hope that woman faces some harsh realities very soon.

Liz says:

11:14pm | 29/07/09

seriously, what sort of mother forces her daughter to take a lie detector test live on radio, asks her if she’s ever had sex and smiles about it, knowing she had been raped? why didn’t she seek counselling for her daughter when she found out a couple of months ago? the mother gives a crap only now since the entire nation knows she’d rather humiliate her daughter on national radio than try to get help through the correct channels.
She DISGUSTS me. How could she be so insensitive to her daughter’s feelings? What a bitch. I hope this young girl gets all the help she needs she save her from herself.

CraigJ says:

11:14pm | 29/07/09

You know what, I kind of understand that he was hit with something unexpected, listening to the audio shows he responded in a confused fashion. I cannot however reconcile his response with any normal persons response, as he did the glazed eyed thing of trying to continue, some would say milk, the situation and salvage his show. In doing so he illustrated his detachment and complete self absorbed dickheadedness. Just Kyle keeping it real I guess, only his own reality…Kyle Land.

Luke says:

11:19pm | 29/07/09

Kyle I don’t think too many people here, or too many other professional broadcasters would have done a better job in that situation.  You’re under pressure to keep things light and to keep talking, and when things take a wild turn for the worse, you won’t always say the right thing. Whether a 14 y/o girl is suitable fodder for a radio segment like this is answerable only by the person who made the decision to put her on. And I suspect that wasn’t you.

I can’t believe people aren’t having a go at the mother more. Why on earth would any mother let their daughter be on something like this, let alone choose and ask the questions when they already knew what the answer would be? Unbelievable.

billythekid says:

11:19pm | 29/07/09

Kyle lives in a democracy and stands for his and our freedom.

The mother was aware of the history and Kyle wasn’t. The mother is responsible.

http://dotsub.com/view/84f5c72d-b0ba-408c-ace3-8cc40995e011

Jaeger knows-it-all says:

11:20pm | 29/07/09

Nice one, Kyle. I’m not a fan, or even a listener, but I know the situation is this:

The girl and her mother agreed to be on your show, on the lie detector segment.

There were agreed on questions.

The questions asked were those the mother wanted asked.

The icing on the cake will be when the girl admits the sex was consensual. Everyone assumes she is telling the truth, but are you going to admit to your mother, on live radio, that you had sex? No, most girls are going to lie and say they were raped out of fear of disappointing their mother or the trouble they would be in.

Of course its still rape at 12, but that doesn’t mean it was forced.

Don’t let the the hypocrits (who think they have a right to tell you off and call you disgusting and derogatory terms - which in my book makes them even worse since they have even less standing to do so) get you down. At least on this one, you hold the high ground.

Karen says:

11:21pm | 29/07/09

Settle Down Everyone!
Kyle & Jackie were just doing their jobs. The blame should not be on Kyle & Jackie! What about the mother who knew and still continued to put her own daughter in that position. Now everyone especially the media have totally blown this way out of control.
If you guys dont like it go listen to one of those boring breakfast shows out there!

rebecca says:

11:23pm | 29/07/09

lets not single out kyle. just boycott the whole station. they should collectively be ashamed. I can’t believe such a poor-taste segment was allowed to run for so long.

and yes, jemima, spot on. she is a child, under the age of consent. she has def been exploited.

M says:

11:23pm | 29/07/09

Aimee: I doubt very much that was the real Kyle posting a comment saying ‘get over it’. hahaha

Bernard says:

11:24pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, your uneducated insult directed at Dubbo during Big Brother should have had you taken off the air. When are they going to wake up?

Nat says:

11:25pm | 29/07/09

You know I listened to your show a couple of times to see what the hype was all about. You come across as a yobbo and Jackie sounds like a bogan. You really are scraping the barrel on this one.  Time to go Kyle, and while they’re at it, time to go Jackie “O dear.

Deni says:

11:25pm | 29/07/09

Hang the producers and that pathetic mother who should not have had her daughter there in the first place, don’t blame Kyle for this one!

Helen says:

11:25pm | 29/07/09

Honestly, why can’t you or the station see Kyle that the basic premise here was bad. This girl is underage and shouldn’t be discussing sex she’s had of any kind on air. Not for fun, not for titillation, not for anything. She’s not of a legal age. That should have been the reason it didn’t go ahead. You’re all, including her mother, shameful.

Amanda says:

11:25pm | 29/07/09

These negative comments are somewhat unfair. Let’s not forget here that it was the MOTHER that requested her daughter be put on the lie detector, and live on a top rating radio program for everyone to hear. Let’s not forget that the Mother KNEW her daughter had been raped but CHOSE to expose what should have remained private information for the world to hear. It was the Mother and the Mother alone that chose to humiliate this poor girl.

Any long-time listeners of Kyle’s radio programs would know that his reaction to the news that the girl had been raped is typical of the kind of response he would provide to questions of a sexual nature. He always tries to dig further when presented with this topic, no matter who he may be speaking to. So to those skeptical of him not realising what he had said, you’re just displaying how unfamiliar you are with the man.

Rob says:

11:26pm | 29/07/09

Why would he think it sever ok to discuss a childs sex life on air.

john says:

11:26pm | 29/07/09

time to get this jerk off the radio
....shame on you any sponsors who stick with this show

billythekid says:

11:27pm | 29/07/09

Kyle sits at the end of a spectrum of democratic freedom that everyone on this blog takes for granted.
In some cultures the 12 year old is now ‘tainted’ and needs to be stoned to death.
Kyle stands for the democratic rights that prevent such actions occuring. A bigger issue is presenting itself but people refuse to realise.

Brian says:

11:28pm | 29/07/09

Mark Pesce nailed it- but someone DID know what was going to happen before this went to air. That would have been the producer who approved of the idea of pinning down a 14 y-o girl about her sex life on live radio and the two air staffers who ran the skit. The failsafe is dumping the delay line… and even THAT didn’t happen. Perfect storm- incredibly bad idea, thoughtlessly executed and not stopped from going to air by the last line of defence.

Nick says:

11:29pm | 29/07/09

All Kyle needed to say was sorry for his insensitive follow-up question. He said it, whether intentional or not, and he should apologise. Everything else about the segment is arguable in my view and blamed can be shared about, but he should apologise for not stopping the interview right away.

James says:

11:29pm | 29/07/09

From Canada - the trouble is, when you do stupid things, you get results, stupid.  Putting children on lie detectors, probing their lives, in public, for entertainment is exploitive and sick.  Anyone could have told you, Geraldo of the South, that something like this would have happened sooner or later.  It’s things like this that cause suicides in people who feel humiliated afterwards.  Shame.  Shame.  Shame.

Mel says:

11:30pm | 29/07/09

I’m the first to admit that I’m not a big fan of Kyle, but seriously, back off him a bit! First of all, you can hear the shock in his voice when he says “right”, and talks. He sounds to me like he’s trying to move the interview away from the rape but keep the segment going.
And everyone’s so quick to jump on Kyle about having the segment, but listen to the start of the interview - the girl’s mother brought her into the studio - she obviously didn’t want to be there - and asked the questions that she wanted to ask - and she knew about the rape previously! If she didn’t want this incident to be brought to light, she should have either not asked the question, or said consensual!
I feel for the girl. No one should have to go through rape or what she did so today.

billythekid says:

11:30pm | 29/07/09

in other words.. “oh geez,.. what do I say, I’m on air.. perhaps she has something good to tell us, there has to be something good she want’s to say to dull down that revelation.. I’ll ask her”..  And to our dismay the misconstrued phrase comes from Kyles mouth .. “Have you had any other experiences ...  ”

Joy says:

11:30pm | 29/07/09

I don’t think this is Kyles fault, he’s just an idiot who got caught off guard. The issue is with the show, allowing a 14 yo girl to be ask q’s like this and with the mother. Thankfully I think Kyle’s pretty used to the hate, hope you don’t get burned by this witch-hunt Kyle.

alice day says:

11:32pm | 29/07/09

I think it should be shouted from the roof top 12 year old raped, thats against the law, why keep it a secret??? Find the rapist and lock him up to stop him from raping children. Thank you Kyle for giving this poor girl a voice I hear you the man is WRONG for raping you and I hope his locked up or rots in hell.

N.Batchelor says:

11:33pm | 29/07/09

Everybody is quick to blame Kyle. Im disgraced at her mother! If her mother knew, then why ask the question…??!! Does she not believe her, was it her sick twisted way of finding out if it were true? Shame, Shame, Shame on you mum!

But hey, let’s blame Kyle…

billythekid says:

11:34pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, you have done nothing wrong. You typify the democratic rights we allt take for granted and so easily hand over to others. Hopefully my other posts are able to be seen by you, and I hope you can stand for our culture and way of life as strongly as Pat Condell.

Wendy says:

11:35pm | 29/07/09

I wonder how many of these commenters have actually heard the audio. I was listening this morning, as I do every morning, and I heard what happened. The mother asked for her daughter to go on the lie detector. She mentioned that she wanted to learn if her child was smoking pot, and talked about her sneaking out at night. The question had been asked of the mother beforehand, whether or not she knew her daughter had had sex, to which the mother replied “I dont know”.

I was very saddened to hear the girl say she had been raped at the age of 12, and I definitely DO NOT think Kyle and Jackie knew about this beforehand. I was simply appalled however, when Jackie asked the mother if she knew about that, and the mother said yes! The mother KNEW she’d been raped, and yet subjected her to that anyway, having previously given no indication of anything of the sort. Kyle and Jackie then went on to offer counseling, the mother then revealing that the daughter had never had counseling for the rape. What kind of mother is she, to have known and not gotten help for her child?

I am surprised that the whole thing came to this. I wasnt expecting national media coverage, because I think it was dealt with as well as could have been done on (and off) air. I certainly dont get the lynch mob who are going after K&J as if they’d committed some atrocious crime. If you dont like it, dont listen, but for me, I love Kyle and Jackie O, and cant imagine my mornings without them. To the child’s mother though, all shame on you.

Dave says:

11:35pm | 29/07/09

While I feel no sympathy for Kyle and the other 2day crew I have to admit that it was a difficult situation for a radio broadcaster much less however than for the poor girl. His off-the-cuff response seemed like an attempt to say something rather than nothing. It just happened to be the wrong thing. Isn’t there the old saying that it’s better to shut your mouth and have people assume your an idiot rather than to open it and remove all doubt?

The segment should never be on the air to begin with. Whether it’s a semi-regular segment or not. (Does this also mean it’s only semi-legimate?) It’s been said multiple times in above posts but to repeat, putting a young girl (or anyone for that matter) on the spot with questions about drug use and sexual activity is just plain deplorable.

JM says:

11:36pm | 29/07/09

Boycott 2 day fm force them to improve the quality of their producers and presenters - stop fueling the fire!

MT says:

11:36pm | 29/07/09

Hey! Leave Kyle alone!
I think the emother should take FULL-responsibility for this!
Kyle is doing his job! What kind of mother puts her daughter LIVE on friggin radio to untertake a lie detector test!
I think she should be 1) forrming a relationship with her daughter, hence there would be no reason to do this and 2) counselling her herself.
This is not Kyle’s job!
It’s all easy to sit here and criticise Kyle for what he has apparently done???
When he said have you had any other experiences, I’m sure he was just as shocked as I was when I heard it! You put yourself in your shoes EXPERTS! How would you have better handled the situation!!!!!

James says:

11:37pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, it sounds as though you are feeling sorry for yourself. You emotionally harmed tht child this morning. I cannot think of a worse thing to say to this girl who had just disclosed that she has been raped. The mother was also cruel to put her child in that situation. Hang your head in shame.

shane says:

11:36pm | 29/07/09

there should be an age limit to these radio stunts she was obviously not mature enough to deal with such serios issues at her age.

Not a 2DayFM Fan says:

11:37pm | 29/07/09

When are they going to get this guy out of the public eye, hes a creep.. and the fact that this radio station supports and condones a lie detector test on a 14 year old is just plain stupid. I haven’t listened to 2dayfm for some time and now I remember why.

Cin says:

11:38pm | 29/07/09

Shouldnt the mother also be accountable for this? I’m in no way implying Kyle and Jackie O are innocent bystanders in this. But dont you think the mother, of all people, should be the one to hang her head in shame. She subjected her traumatised child to the ugly hands of the media, she needs to also look at herself in the mirror. We all know Kyle is an insensitive BEEP,  and this just once again proved it!

Mike says:

11:37pm | 29/07/09

A child’s sex life or drug habits should not be used as a form of entertainment. They should be dealt with by the family, and not turned into a prime-time ratings grab.  The rape admission, as tragic as it is, is not the most shocking thing about this incident.  The problems is the shock-jock BS tactics from 2Day FM and the mother for allowing it to happen.

Shame on you all.

James says:

11:39pm | 29/07/09

In my country, the Mother and the radio station could be investigated for child abuse, not just because of the revealed rape, but for exploting a child and inflicting psychological abuse, the public and forced discussion of private matters.  Somebody forced her to have sex.  You forced her to talk about it.

Trish says:

11:39pm | 29/07/09

You are a complete disgrace - do us a favour and quit now,  using a child and a lie detector to get ratings is quite sad in itself, but trying to justify your disgusting methods with our ” We have done everything that we can possibly do to help them.“is even worse. You could literally have just pulled a plug out of the wall - you weren’t even listening to this kid when she answered - hence question 2, have you ever had any other experiences.

just sad all round

Carol says:

11:39pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, when you continue to peddle vile, exploitative and tacky segments like this on your show, is it any surprise that occasionally it will backfire spectacularly?

Sure, you can tell yourself it’s what the punters want, but surely somewhere in that body of yours is a moral compass.

kelly says:

11:39pm | 29/07/09

ok people… i’ve read all the comments disgracing kyle and the station’s behavior today and I agree with them all. But is commenting on this site enough? Not really… why not make a formal complaint to:

“...if you would like to make a formal complaint with the station please send a letter by fax or mail marked to the attention of the General Manager of 2DayFM.
This can then be sent to us either by;
Fax: 02 9367 5370
Or mail:
Level 15, 50 Goulburn St
Sydney NSW 2000

Or you could write to media watch, the ombudsman etc. Make your opinion really count

Terry says:

11:40pm | 29/07/09

complaint Form http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100048/acma_b80.pdf

is time to go !

Greg says:

11:40pm | 29/07/09

I dont particularly like Kyle, I think he is a tool. The whole concept of this segment is ridiculous and is something that should be stopped. HOWEVER, nobody seems to give any considertion to the Mother. She admits on air that she knew of the rape yet put her daughter on air and asked questions about sex….. how putrid a parent is that. How could any self respecting parent do such a despicable thing to their own child? That mother is a disgrace…..

Jim says:

11:40pm | 29/07/09

You can clearly see that 99% of people on here have NOT heard the broadcast other than what the media have presented - why the hell did the mother allow a 14 year old to be “interrogated” live on air in the first place when she was well aware of what happened in the past and what the segment was all about?

The mother is the guilty party and all of you idiots just see it as another excuse to bash somebody in the public eye. I think Kyle is a massive wanker but in this instance he is not the guilty the party, but, don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story you lot.

Ryan says:

11:41pm | 29/07/09

Kyle, Kyle, Kyle

Another of the many on-air disasters you can add to your list of accolades.

The said fact of the matter is, Kyle Sandilands is well, a moron. Personal attacks are not usually my style, but please here me out.

The term shock jock is a misnomer in my mind. It somehow indicates that the DJ is knowingly trampsing into social taboos and policitcal incorrectness, understanding the issue but “saying it like it is” or throwning the rule book away and hammering into often sensitive topics, cutting through the BS and getting down to the real problem.

The sad truth is Sandilands, much like all the other so called shock-jocks, don’t understand the first thing about the sensitive topics that often fall into their laps in a happen stance fashion. For a start, you get a 14 year old girl on air to talk about her sex life? If you had any sense of protecting a young teenage girl, why put her on a lie detector test and bandy about her personal sexual encounters? That’s between her and her mother, not most of Australia.

Then when the shit hits the fan, when the shock-jock is the one on the end of the stunt, suddenly you fumble and stumble, handle the situation poorly then apologies that the situation ever occurred.

You haven’t even looked at the fact the mother knew about her childs rape, but still had her on the show! The fact is Kylie Sandilands is a moron. To be a shock-jock you can be any bogan off the street with a loud mouth and very few functioning brain cells.

Kylie, no amount of apologiesing is going to change this fact. You need to be taken off the air, not because you are a so called shock-jock, but because you need protection from yourself.

It’s only a matter of time mate, and sadly you probably don’t even know it.

Jay says:

11:41pm | 29/07/09

you know what—sometimes pranks go to far and this is a clear example—but I think the real issue in this situation is the mother—yes Kyle and Jackie may have touched the line between entertainment and reality but what kind of mother would take their own daughter on the show—whom she knew had been raped and ask if she has had sex—I think Kyle is a good man and has very kind/generous heart—so give him a break. The real fault falls on the mother

blindfreddycansee says:

11:41pm | 29/07/09

Elle I couldn’t agree more with your comments. People get some perspective here and put the kyle hating and personal attacks aside.

I’m not defending the radio station, clearly its a tricky and contentious subject to be talking about sex with a girl who is under the legal age of consent in the first place, but I think people have forgotten who actually put her hand up to take her daughter on the show - The MUM. She knew the history and she put her daughter on there to go through it. Yes Kyle and JackieO aren’t expert counsellors and they aren’t neccessarily going to say the right thing in response to something like that, but the mother should have known better. Enough of this ‘sack the radio’ presenter who provided the mum with a medium to grill her child on live radio, there should be a bit of focus of this anger and disgust towards the mum who put her in the situation to begin with. Shame on the mum I say and fair call to kyle for putting his hand up and apologising. I think that is the most we can ask, I am in no ways a fan of his as such but cmon people, its not a black and white situation, surely more concern should be on the welfare of the girl being in the care of someone who would put her in that situation not on the radio station that allowed it.

Pablo says:

11:43pm | 29/07/09

What went on in that public interrogation was sexual harrassment which at most workplaces is cause for dismissal. All those involved should be sacked. There can be no apologies for abusing the rights of a scared vulnerable child.
The mother who said she knew about the rape should be prosecuted and the perpetrator hung from the highest tree.

RichardH says:

11:43pm | 29/07/09

I’ve just heard the audio segment.
Kyle… have you heard the saying ‘Fools rush in where angels fear to tread’?
Anyone with half a brain shouldn’t have even allowed this to go on air.
Well Kyle, you’re a fool. If you are going to ask ANYONE about their sexual ‘encounters’, you better be prepared with more than ‘is that your first sexual experience?’ Are you a professional counsellor? Is Jackie O? I jest!
<To the producers> Why did you let this cr@p to go on air in the first place?
<To the mother> Are YOU THAT mentally bankrupt to allow your daughter to through a questionable ‘scientific’ process, ON AIR?
In summary… I hope ACMA does job <fingers crossed>

Scoogsy says:

11:46pm | 29/07/09

Emily - We all know this is an unfortunate set of circumstances this poor young girl has been submitted to, primarily by her mother.

Fact is though, this is the millionth time Kyle and Jackie O have had completely innappropriate radio material.

One of case, maybe we can forgive. Millionth time, I don’t think so

amy mey, sydney says:

11:50pm | 29/07/09

I think this is absolutely crap considering the fact that this breakfast show is only suited to adults with the kind of adult talks being carried out most of the time, how could you have accepted the mother and daughter to come on the show knowing the type of questions that the mother was going to ask? and Jackie O actually agreed that it was not fair to the child.  There are many creative ways to make your show popular and entertaining but please be sensible and sensitive, not this kind of confirntation with an underaged.

Michelle says:

11:50pm | 29/07/09

Kyle you have done nothing wrong -contrary you are trying to help this poor girl who has a pathetic excuse for a mother that would allow her to be placed in this situation (fully aware that the rape had occurred). Thank God for your program or goodness knows where this child may have ended up without your assistance.Keep up the good work

Heather says:

11:51pm | 29/07/09

Why is a radio station and its staff allowed to ask personal questions of a sexual nature to a 14yr old girl?  Isn’t there some legal requirement for someone to be over the age of 16 or 18 before such things are suggested? This sort of segment on a radio show just shows how low the station will go so that they can go up in the ratings! What kind of twits listen to this crud? Sandilands is a complete moron and a bar steward anyway, and anyone associated him, isn’t any better in my books. So there you go, Jacki O!!

Raza says:

11:52pm | 29/07/09

“Rape is always terrible, but it’s more unpleasant to not deal with it.”  That justifies the whole farce, does it? It’s okay to get a 12 year old CHILD to admit to a rape while attached to a polygraph machine and live on air because, hey, that’s better than her dealing with it privately. Then again, who’s splitting hairs when the ratings are on the up, hey?

I always suspected you were an idiot, Kyle.

Sharon says:

11:52pm | 29/07/09

all I can see are comments about Kyle - what about the mother - and she knew - and she hadn’t got the girl help - there’s more wrong in that family than wagging and dope !!!

Brock says:

11:52pm | 29/07/09

You idiot. You voluntarily cut capers with the situations of real people for nothing more than the entertainment value. It sounded like business as usual - frivolously shaming a clearly distressed teenager. What a hero. Then the segment backfired and you choked.

Julie Coker-Godson says:

11:53pm | 29/07/09

A number of posters have put the argument that we should have listened to the whole video segment before commenting on the incident.  To this I would say: we should NEVER have to listen to that kind of live programme in the first place.  It should NEVER have been allowed to go to air.  Sex with a young person under the age of 16 is statutory rape i.e. a criminal offence and the mother should have known it and reported it to police when she found out. This grubby episode is so full of potentially legal potholes that the producers should have knocked it on the head.  All parties involved have to share the blame for the episode going live, every single one of them, bar the young girl.  This makes me feel quite queasy.

Nico says:

11:54pm | 29/07/09

It’s unfortunate that many of the articles covering this incident include a link to the audio - like at the end of Kyle’s gormless response above. They should be removed. Sandilands clearly misses the point; I don’t know why anyone would ever listen to his program with Jackie O.

Barney says:

11:55pm | 29/07/09

Just another cheap stunt by 2Day FM if you ask me. It looks like it will work unless people vote with their ears.

Loved the PR release - reminds me of The Hollowmen .... great comedy!

jayne kelly says:

11:57pm | 29/07/09

I feel that kyle and Jackie did what was human… Got the poor girl off air.  I would have been shocked and lost for words too.  Her mother should have known better than to ask, especially knowing she had been raped.  shame on the mother.  If the mother needed to know anything about her daughter she should have changed her ways at home and found an approach, so she could speak to her daughter with trust,  without having to take her on live radio for answers.  I have daughters infact a 12 year old I would never do that to my child, never.  Trust, morals and values always work.  Well done jackie and kyle thankyou for finishing it when you did, THE POOR CHILD.

Patrick says:

11:57pm | 29/07/09

Kyle has always been an oxygen thief anyway.

Nelson says:

12:02am | 30/07/09

Kyle Sandilands is an absolute disgrace. If 2Day FM have any ounce of moral fibre left they must have him taken off air for good. What kind of new low is entertainment in this country sinking to when we allow a 14 year old girl to answer questions about sex on air from, of all people, her own mother. This disgusting gutter ‘shock jock’ has warn out his entertainment value and now we see just what kind of low-life scum-sucking slim-merchant this man really is.

Barney says:

12:03am | 30/07/09

..... why don’t Kyle and JO take a lie detector test on whether this was a setup???

tim tim says:

12:03am | 30/07/09

the whole world hates you Kyle… don’t you get it? Retire and move very very far away from Australia, you and Jackie O dont belong here

ella says:

12:06am | 30/07/09

what’s wrong with you?

Dale says:

12:06am | 30/07/09

Your comment:He missed the point, it was a 14 year old.  The segment should not have gone to air even if the girl wasn’t raped or wether you have the mothers concent or not. It was obvious the girl was being pressured to be there and 3 adults pressuring a under age girl into doing this is just crap.
Kyle if you have to resort to bullying a 14 year old girl to get ratings I think you have hit a new low and beleive me you where not stitting that high on the tree of life before this. The comment just slipped out while I was signalling for the terminate button, yeah right. I lost a bit of respect for Jackie O on this one as well. The mother was either desperate or stupid , but either way the show producers and hosts should have known better.

Adam says:

12:06am | 30/07/09

The age of consent is 16 you moron.  I dont think your bright enough to make the connection but your bosses and law people should have.  You were asking her to make admissions about something which is illegal.  Did you think anything good was going to come from this?
Spare me the ‘Im a good bloke and offered anything they need.’  If I was the mother I would ask you to un-broadcast the whole thing.  Too late for your PR people to help you.  Shameful, and its clear you have none.  This is no apology.

Sarah says:

12:07am | 30/07/09

Have some integrity and respect for others Kyle.

More than that, who in their right mind would attach a CHILD to a lie detector test and make jokes and entertainment about drugs and sex .This is a societal issue and should not be mocked.

“Is that you’re only experience” trivializes rape and implies choice in the matter.

You’re a disgrace to society and if you think you are a noted community member, just read some of your transcripts, we can do without the trash that you put out day to day.  I’m beyond repulsed.

Evie says:

12:08am | 30/07/09

The real person to blame here is, sorry, the mother. She showed a gobsmacking lack of respect for her child.

Fingerpointing at Kyle is neither here nor there - how was he supposed to plan to react to something like that?

Do your research. says:

12:08am | 30/07/09

Kyle, as posted previously, when a 14 year old engages in sex it is Rape. Unless you 100% knew she was going to answer no to the question, you are a complete ignorant fool. Put it together mate, girl is 14, you knew the questions that were going to be asked and you knew it was going to be around sex, is if she said yes, it is legally rape, and what were you going to keep asking her questions after she said yes? There is noway that a 14 year old girl should be put in that situation. Professionally you failed big time. This stunt was immoral and wrong even before it went on Air. Get off the Air you twit.

Janice says:

12:08am | 30/07/09

Jayda, rape does affect the community, it affects me because my daughter is 12 years old. Grow up.

trev says:

12:09am | 30/07/09

I thought there was a 7 sec delay for this very reason so no why why should of heard the girls response

Sceptic says:

12:10am | 30/07/09

Show real contrition.

Resign.

Effective immediately.

Ibrahim says:

12:10am | 30/07/09

Kyle might not be in Saint but he clearly didnt intend for his comments to be as they are being portrayed. The obviously shouldn’t have asked those questions to such a young girl. are being portrayed. Too be honest i couldnt say that i wouldn’t have said the same thing given those circumstances.

Rachel says:

12:11am | 30/07/09

Oh come on! who is really to blame here…the girls MOTHER! she has lured her child into the situation! regardless of that fact that what Kyle said was wrong, her mother was ultimately the one who put her in that situation!
her mother is meant to be her protector…and yet she has put her child in the spotlight, put her on the spot, and most likely caused a lot of damage to this poor child…and she is just that…a child! this is just a pathetic excuse to have another dig at Kyle…when you all seem to forget that it was the MOTHER who put the child on the show!

harold says:

12:13am | 30/07/09

To all the pretentious sydney prudes complaining about kyles so called misconduct - get a life, it wasn’t that bad.

Jamie says:

12:15am | 30/07/09

Wow guys, settle!
I will admit, i am not a fan of Kyle at all, think he is a down right idiot.. But seriously he is not the only one to blame today at all.

The person who deserves a downright smack over the head is the mother of that poor girl! She knew about it, didn’t think it would matter (aka tell anyone from 2Day FM), but yet proceeded to ask the question? The two of them sounded like they were not exactly ‘perfect interview candidates’ either.
Kyle did put his foot in his mouth today, by not thinking and getting surprised/flabbergasted by what that poor girl said she had gone through, he said the wrong thing and was not thinking, EVERYONE DOES THIS AT TIMES! Once he came around though and realised what had really happened he was supportive etc.

The mother and daughter obviously have major problems, that need to be sorted out, Kyle for once was not being a dick on purpose (as he usually is) he was caught by surprised and did not think through at all what he was saying.. This call to get him sacked is a load of bull, he doesn’t deserve to be sacked for this ridiculous incident, that should have never happened, those 2 should have never have been put on that segment.

Tim Roberts says:

12:15am | 30/07/09

Ya’ll never seen American Television… This kind of stuff would stun an Australian Audience - But the American Audience hear of this stuff more often than Entertainment Tonight reports on Michael Jackson developments. It’s not just there to get the entertainment value, things like this come out on public media to show that there are people out there who need help. This little girl, 14 years old, was brave enough to say on radio that she was raped… that tells you all she wanted help and she wanted to speak out. Kyle, for the first time, I’m actually applauding your responsive action in this event. I pray it doesn’t happen to you again, but it should give Australia something to actually remember as a memorable radio moment, and also help others out in the community make the decision to speak out about rape and get help.

Lea says:

12:17am | 30/07/09

I have some questions for everyone to consider:
Are we happy for a commercial radio station to provide a forum for a careless, ignorant, egotistical parent to either coerce or simply enable her underage daughter to be questioned on air about her sexual history?
Are we content that the underage child was able to fully understand what she was getting herself into?
Are we quite comfortable that not one adult (either her parent or the radio crew) stood up for her and questioned whether this was the right thing for her to do?
When we as a society struggle with the relentless early sexualisation of children, it is beyond comprehension that a commercial radio station contributes to the issue.  It is sad beyond belief that not one adult considered the segment (because of the girl’s age and the line of questioning)  to be exploitative, damaging and negligent.
When adults absolve themselves of responsibility for children, when commercial enterprises throw out social mores in the pursuit of ratings and revenue, and when ignorant egotists rule the airwaves, the victims are the kids.
Oh, and Kyle, IF there is a next time, the words you were looking for (you might like to practice them) would be ‘we’ll need to take a break right there, back after this commercial’.

Alex says:

12:18am | 30/07/09

I don’t think Kyle should be sacked for what he said but the entire team should for allowing a clearly uncomfortable 14 year old (minor) to be asked about her sexual and drug experiences on a live radio and call it entertainment. And for the mother…..I’m speechless!

Richard says:

12:19am | 30/07/09

It doesn’t take muc grey matter to be an idiot on air and talk crap.  Sad thing is, that while you are not capable of any other real job or real business affair - you can’t even do one of the most brain dead jobs that there are out there correctly.  I live in China and even I heard about this and despise your antics.  You are not like Howard Stern or some of the cooler podcasters out there - you are a mzit on the side of humanity and you need to be squeezed.  One day as globalisation further erodes the jobs of weak useless westerners like yourself - so will podcasters and new media drive in your nail from the other end. 

Also when you get someone to wrtie for you - get them to dumb down their writing a bit so we can believe that a dunce like you actually wrote it in the first place.

Please tell me you haven’t engaged in breeding yet either…..for the love of humanity.

Heidi says:

12:21am | 30/07/09

I personally have never been a Kyle fan, but I am totally astounded at some of these reactions. Kyle and Jackie-O are just mindless employees doing their jobs. It is up to the station managers to decide what does and doesn’t go on the air. All in all I thought that the way that Jackie-O handled the situation was very good. She made sure to stress the point that anyone going through a similar situation should seek counselling etc. Also while Kyle’s comment may not have been the most constructive thing to say I don’t think its grounds for the huge public outcry that has occured. It is obvious in the audio feed that Kyle was taken aback and flustered by what that poor girl said. And i’m sure that if all of you people out there screaming for Kyle’s blood look at yourselves you will remember one time or another where you have said the wrong thing in the heat of the moment.

My absolute disgust lies with the mother of that girl. What kind of person would, first of all, make a public spectacle of her daughter like that?! Why would she put her 14 year old daughter on air like that and ask her those kinds of personal questions that should be dealt with privately at home. Especially considering the fact that the mother knew about what her daughter had gone through only two short years earlier.

I just wish some people would lower their pitchforks long enough to take a good hard look at who their aiming at and make sure it’s the right person before they let fly!

A says:

12:22am | 30/07/09

Please listen to the interview before commenting.  The parent wanted the interview/lie detector.  The parent asked the question.  The parent then said she previously knew about the rape, ie knew the answer to the question.  The exploitation here is by the parent, not the radio crew.  Hopefully DoCS will focus on this parent, as well as consoling the poor girl.

Alli says:

12:24am | 30/07/09

U People It was the Mother who asked the question live on air in the first place and the girl answered. It was not Kyle or Jacqui they were both stunned. You should be questioning the mothers motives as to why she would put her 14yo daughter live on air in the first place. Im glad they are getting help but leave Kyle alone he didnt plan what happened.

Rusty says:

12:25am | 30/07/09

If you want to know why Kyal is still on the radio, there’s 150 reasons above.

todd says:

12:28am | 30/07/09

Sounding off here makes no scrap of difference. If you want to do something about it complain in writing to the station.  Complaints have to be first made directly in writing to 2Day FM,  then if you are not happy with the response you can direct it to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Here is the form to download,  fill out and send to 2Day FM

http://www.auspipe.com/complaintforms/2dayfm-complaintform.pdf

The ACMA can do something about this irresponsible station and its irresponsible employees.

IF you really are disgusted by this, which most of you (including me ) are, then spend 10 minutes doing this, DONT THINK SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO IT, you do it ...

make a difference

tell these idiots you wont put up with this type of behaviour in our society

stand up and be counted ...

-todd-
sydney

tim says:

12:32am | 30/07/09

Kyle, I can forgive you. You made a silly mistake, you were caught by suprise - and you acted poorly, but I think you can appologise, make it right and that should be it. I don’t feel so forgiving towards 2dayFM or the mother of this young girl. Totally irresponsible from a radio station - what did they expect? The sad thing is, it’s what the public wants. It brings in the ratings and this latest publicity will only make it worse

Dan says:

12:33am | 30/07/09

Can’t stand Kyle…. However, I believe him this time, was very left field that rape confession, Kyle attempted to reach for some words and nervously the wrong ones came out…. end of story.

Brad says:

12:33am | 30/07/09

Kyle is only partly to blame here. Why the hell are 2day FM program directors approving scripts that require the hosts to ask 14 year old girls questions about there sexual experiences on national radio? That is SO not on. How would the Today FM program directors feel about getting there own kids on the program so we can ask them about there sexual experiences? I didn’t think so, it is just not acceptable and someone needs to be reprimanded / sacked over it - probably not Kyle!

Grow up Kyle says:

12:34am | 30/07/09

So defensive.

How about just ‘own up’, be an honest, down to Earth Aussie bloke and admit you screwed up and take responsibility for it. Be a man.

Judging by the comments, I think soon you’ll be finding another job.

Angela S says:

12:36am | 30/07/09

Kyle - despite the kind of person you come across as in public, I’ve never had a problem with you, in part because I sense you’ve got a big heart.

Problem is, whatever the producers decided, both you and Jackie are ultimately responsible for your actions, and you both should have refused to interview a 14 year old girl about sex, regardless of the cirucmstances. Yes, it’s happening. But no - sex and drug use should not be glorified, especially when so many young people look up to you both. It is really not OK within our society, much like the Chasers’ recent errors in judgement.

In terms of what you did or didn’t say, I haven’t heard it, but that’s not the most disappointing part of the whole story, in my opinion.

It is a shame the mother chose to ask her daughter such questions on live radio; what type of mother considers that the best way to communicate with her child?

Sad all round. I hope that poor girl is OK.

D says:

12:36am | 30/07/09

This instance of asking a child if she has ever had a sexual encounter should be looked down by everyone!!! How dare these adults exploit a young child in such a way that it’s now ruined her life more so… that, and it was made public in the most crudest of fashions!!!  Kyle, if you have any morals at all you’d back your self away from the spot light and hide far far away! because one day you’ll offend the wrong person, and you’ll get more than your own back mate!!!

Pi says:

12:38am | 30/07/09

I reserve as much sympathy for you, as you have reserved for many of your less fortunate guests in the past.

Mike says:

12:40am | 30/07/09

Yes, and I’m *sure* Kyle actually wrote this piece… Get this POS off air stat!

Lie Detector says:

12:40am | 30/07/09

there’s nothing “LIVE” about these segments. They’re all pre-recorded over 1 day because it’s too expensive to have a lie detector come in daily to do a 5 minute segment. This is the best exposure any radio station could have asked for. Kyle will never get sacked! He’s a top jock and this is just another great bit of publicity for the Kyle & Jacki O show. The longer the media keep up the witch hunt, the more listeners tune in, the better value advertisers get out of their commercials. Can you imagine how many people will be tuned in tomorrow to hear whether Kyles on air and they’ll listen longer to hear his apology. The spike in listeners tomorrow will be SUPER INTENSE. Well done guys, brilliant radio!

Dean says:

12:42am | 30/07/09

He should never have allowed a 14 year old to be questioned about sex on air in the first place.  Where is the duty of care?  I am unsure when the need to shock people just to sell lousy nasal delivery ads which run every five minutes on 2DayFM suddenly became the norm.  Makes you almost long for the days of innocent (and somewhat witty) jokes from Wendy Harmer, Peter Moon and Judith Lucy.  Seriously… a 14 year old on a lie detector test to discuss her sexual habits?  Get real 2DayFM and sack the clown.  His sidekick is no better and her pitiful attempts at horror have worn thin over 8 years.  Is she not used to it by now?

Ironhalo says:

12:43am | 30/07/09

‘Contrary to popular belief, Jackie and I care a lot about people.’

Things don’t become simply popular belief without an element of truth, nor actions conducted by the both of you. Sorry Kyle/PR stooge who wrote your ‘apology’, your stint as a shock jock must come to an end.

Australia has voted.

Alex says:

12:43am | 30/07/09

So many people are blaming Kyle and the network for this, yet only a handful blamed the mother. I suspect the mother only wanted media attention at the expense of her daughter and blatantly lied at the start by saying “i think she might have had sex before but she didn’t say anything” when asked “if she thinks her daughter was still a virgin” (0:53). Come on dumb woman, how can your daughter be a virgin when you knew she was raped before?

Even if the poor child was indeed involved in drugs, I can see why with a mother like that.

Danny says:

12:44am | 30/07/09

8AM public radio? Where’s the 10-second delay button, you pair of idiots?

Krystallika says:

12:48am | 30/07/09

I’m not a fan of Kyle’s but I can believe that he was genuinely shocked by this live on air revelation and has put his foot in his mouth.

I think the real lowlife in the story is that girl’s mum. She was aware that her daughter has been through this traumatic experience and yet forced her to go on a live radio show to do a lie detector test AND asked the question about her sex life.

It’s revolting.

Kelly. says:

12:48am | 30/07/09

Much like any story, there is always 2 sides! Get off Kyles back, and let the family deal with this in peace. Call it a publicity stunt, but lets face it thats their job!!! Believe me when I say, that perhaps people really just have no insight into this situation. Im not saying that the mum chose the best option, taking her daughter on radio, but from where i was standing, I see a mother in need of answers. I see a mother who needed answers for an out of control child. Yes, she should have mentioned the rape, yes she should have worded the question better, but No one, but the family know the real truth. And as for the rape, it was unfortunate, but maybe there is more to this situation also.
People need to be open minded, and leave the family alone. Personally, I would have liked to hear the end of the interview! There is always 2 sides to a story. I love Kyle and Jackie O and will not stop listening, however i am a little dissapointed that it all went pear shaped and everyone was “poor child”
Please… give me a break!!!

Chris B says:

12:49am | 30/07/09

Ummm. OK.

So you didn’t realise what you said. Maybe that’s the problem?

Was it some sort of attempt at a segue?

I think you don’t understand why we take issue with you - that this is the first thing that pops out of your mouth in this type of situation is exactly why we take issue with you.

That you can’t account for it only buttresses the issue.

Let us help you re-adjust your brain, Kyle. Suggestion: can the segment.

Joe says:

12:50am | 30/07/09

What a disgrace you are Kyle. You should consider a new career as soon as possible.

Marty says:

12:50am | 30/07/09

Jackie O and the rest of the show’s producing team should also be held to account for this. The idea that you can use the conflict between a mother, who was clearly struggling with her daughter’s behaviour or there would be no premise for the segment, and a 14-year-old girl over sensitive issues such as sex is tasteless and appalling. And apart from these two descriptors, which the producers may think make good radio, it also lacks foresight. If the girl said “Yes, I’ve had sex”, without mentioning rape, it would still be appalling and tasteless - and given the mother’s concerns, they must have known this was the likely answer. The vicarious pleasure a radio announcer gets from the conflict between a mother and daughter struggling with their own relationship is not fit for live radio. Jackie O and the producers should know this. I am sure Kyle does, too, but simply doesn’t care.

Tess Sweeney says:

12:53am | 30/07/09

Kyle,

I understand the panic factor however it is a reason and not an acceptable excuse for what you did.

jed says:

12:54am | 30/07/09

can’t say it’s the most tasteful thing ever done, but let the market -sponsors and listeners- decide his fate, not the overarching tentacles of government. i can already see rudd hoping he’s asked about this one at his next door stop.

Vanessa from Brisvegas. says:

12:54am | 30/07/09

Seriously - the mother should be the one under the lime light here!!

Why on earth would a mother forget such an ordeal that her daughter endured then word the question in such a way the girl was put on the spot?

Why would she make her daughter go on a lie detecter test on radio? - There are private businesses that offer this as a service and she could have gone about it that way.

What was in it for the mother and daughter by doing that on air anyway?

I don’t blame Kyle or Jackie, it’s her mother that’s the issue here.

Lets look at the bigger picture says:

12:55am | 30/07/09

I must honestly say that I didn’t think that was too bad. I do believe Kyle is a bit of an idiot at times but knowing that about him i wasnt surprised he made a very casual comment that any one i know with him similar personality traits would have said in a freak out kinda situation. It was very unexpected and wrong to be aired. they fluffed about too much and made everyone uncomfrtable.
Kyle and Jackie do what producers tell them to do. The segment in itself is violating, but any mother and daughte that sign up for it are just as bad. So im really not gonna attack kyle. ive been in many out of the blue situations where my mouth has gotten the better of me. and it hasnt been my true heart, its just been a mixed emotion blurt. its unfortunate that it was live. to me its hte kind of segment you would pre-record.

craig from raby says:

12:59am | 30/07/09

jackie is getting off lightly for her actions even before the admission by forcing the girl into the experience clearly against her wishes. Jackie in response to the girl saying it isn’t fair says “it wouldn’t be fair on any girl” but continues to force the process to continue. I agree Kyle’s response after the admissiion was probably an unfortunate reflex but all their actions show just how far their heads are from having a semblance of what is decent and compassionate.

Adam Richards your comment was brilliant. Made me think.

Anne says:

12:59am | 30/07/09

Kyle is not the problem.
The mother asked the questions not Kyle. She and the daughter went ahead with this after the mother knowing what happpened to her daughter. She asked the question NOT KYLE. GIVE HIM A BREAK. I am not a fan of his, but this is NOT HIS FAULT it is the mother trying to make money out of this. If the daughter was raped at 12years old i do feel for her but they did not know that. It was the mother trying to prove a point to her daughter, It seems to me that they have not had a truthful relationship and the mother was trying to get the truth from her daughter.

Brendan Smith says:

12:59am | 30/07/09

Kyle, you know it’s time to move on. Grow a pair and p!ss off. Are my remarks a revelation? No. Use your ‘celebrity’ status for all it’s worth and find a new career - while it has some value.

ace says:

01:01am | 30/07/09

It’s fair enough that they didn’t realise, prior to the interview, that she’d been raped. However, even without the rape part, the practice of forcing a 14 year old girl to answer questions about her sexual experiences on the radio, when she does not want to do so, is ethically questionable to say the least. That poor, poor girl.

Joseph says:

01:02am | 30/07/09

To those of you who wish to defend Kyle and say this is not his fault and want to push the blame onto the Producers, Jackie O and the mother just remember 2 things. 1. Kyle is the main person behind Kyle & Jackie O (she’s just a bit of a ditz on there to get a laugh from her blondeness). 2. Kyle was the one doing the interview, and as such had the last say as to what the questions were and if the interview was to go ahead. He had the right and should have excersied it to not put the girl in a situation she wasn’t comfortable with no matter what the mother wanted (who was obviously take in by Kyle’s & 2DAYFM’s offer to assist and was running out of ideas of how to get her daughter to talk).  Kyle took advantage of the situation for ratings and shock value.
As for who should be punished, the producers and Kyle and Jackie O should at least be suspended from air for a good couple of months. But for this to happen people would have to complain to the ACMA.
As for the comment about it’s ok for Ophra but not for Kyle and Jackie O, well Ophra generally has it on there for education’s purposes and the people are consenting and willing/wanting to tell their story to help others.  K&J just wanted it for ratings and entertainment and not to help anyone but their own show.

Bill says:

01:07am | 30/07/09

My first instinct on hearing this story was that you were a tool.  Now upon reading your “apology” I think you’re a narcissistic self-serving tool.  Any latitude I might have considered giving you has totally evaporated by this sickening tripe.

I’m willing to accept that you were stunned by the revelations and said the wrong thing.  The segment didn’t go as you anticipated, and whilst “floundering around” you said something monumentally inept.  Fair go.  I don’t hold that against you.  But you say that this is a regular segment on your show and that you had gone through the questions beforehand.

Could you therefore explain how a segment that involves asking a 14 year old girl about her sexual background on live radio could POSSIBLY have gone right?

You say you know a few people who have been raped, and still you consented to the lurid exploitation of a 14 year old girl, before swanning in with your “look-what-a-top-bloke-I-am-making-sure-this-family-finally-gets-counselling” act.  Reprehensible.

Oh yes, and all this goes equally for Jackie O too, along with everyone having anything to do with this segment going to air.  Didn’t any of you have the slightest hesitation about engaging in this kind of sensationalism?

EJ says:

01:09am | 30/07/09

Can someone take these dimwits off the air already? Kyles a smug and Jackie is a dumb bimbo, both completely incompetent in broadcasting and are downright disgusting for playing down the rape of a 12 year old girl. This isn’t the first time Kyles offended with his stupidity, nor is it the first time Jackie has been by his side, condoning his stupidity. They should both go.

John says:

01:11am | 30/07/09

FIRE HIM!!!!

He isn’t a man of character.

Kim says:

01:11am | 30/07/09

This is the pits - the man is an egomaniac. He starts from the premise that it is OK to submit a 14 year old to a lie detector test to assertain her sexual history on live radio. It would be an assault to force this child to undergo a medical procedure without her consent. Why would the same not apply to the child being hooked up to a lie detector machine?

your dad says:

01:11am | 30/07/09

why people are angry at the radio host? without them raising the question, would the parent of other kids knows the current society situation and help them to deal with their kids? face it people, you are living in a real world and sometimes these show like this one can give you a kick start of how to prepare for things to come

Wayne says:

01:13am | 30/07/09

What on earth was 2Day FM producers, Kyle, and Jackie thinking when they decided that questioning a child about their sexual experience was entertaining? It is quite clear that the girl did not consent to the ‘test’ and was uncomfortable answering these types of questions. No doubt the show’s hosts were shocked and upset when it became apparent what they had uncovered, but, Jackie can be heared trying hard to contain her giggles as this 14yo girl protested just prior to undergoing a line of questions that centered on very personal and delicate issues such as drug use and sexual behaviour. To gleefully subject an unconsenting child to this in public is disgraceful. I hope the girl takes up 2Day FM’s offer to fund her counselling and I hope she gets some closure on the initial incident and the following public humiliation that she was subjected to in the name of entertainment.

zilla says:

01:16am | 30/07/09

Kyle says: “We check with the mother before hand, and go through the questions they want asked.”

Let me get this straight: you were given a LIST OF QUESTIONS asking a 14 YEAR OLD GIRL live on air about her sex life, and you, your producers or jackie, didn’t instantly pull the plug on this as horrifically inappropriate??

If you are asking a minor whether they have had sex you are DEFINITIONALLY highly likely to be talking about statutory rape. Moron. You, Jackie, AND your producers should be sacked.

Kevena Keuw says:

01:18am | 30/07/09

I’ve been an avid listener to your show for a while!  It has it’s ups and downs but in general it was entertaining. 

Unfortunatley I think what you did today was unforgivable.  I’m not going to be tuning in anymore to 2day FM.

I’ve already deleted you from my car radio!

Tell them how you feel…

http://www.2dayfm.com.au/contact

broadcasting@acma.gov.au

Spacemonkey says:

01:22am | 30/07/09

This is hilarious! So I wonder how much the mother and daughter will be getting paid for this crap?
Does everyone believe everything that gets aired on radio?
Kyle’s a shock jock - he gets paid to air stories that will shock listeners. Even the dumbest person on the planet has to realise that 99% of the stories you hear on radio aren’t true.
Give it a week and you’ll all get over it

ontdcitizen says:

01:25am | 30/07/09

quit already

Dude says:

01:25am | 30/07/09

Well, there goes Australian Idol’s ratings.

Fred says:

01:27am | 30/07/09

I’m disgusted that Kyle has been made the single point of criticism for this.
He certainly played a part in what extends to poor judgement and the crassness of society and corporate business entertainment in general.

I dare say Kyle is merely the anchorman / puppet / personality that is able to eventuate the type of dynamic / comedy 2day FM uses to brand itself. This lie detector segment would have to be the brainchild of one of the program writers not Kyle. Our beef should be with him/her.  Secondly the mother is acting way out of her league to treat this matter. Bringing her onto a live program to address an immensely personal matter is sheer lunacy and stupidity.

THIRDLY everybody needs to have a good hard look at THEMSELVES. These types of segments would not exist if there was not a MARKET for them. That’s right the gossip loving, envious, scandal loving element of society has created this beast.

And for that everybody should get off their high horses and take this as the kick up the ass society needs. Not just Kyle.

Theo says:

01:29am | 30/07/09

Not asking 14 year old girls about their sex life? Apparently most people here haven’t ever watched Dr Phil or Oprah…

Bad taste and inappropriate - sure. Should have known better - of course. However, it’s worth noting that most of us would have never heard about it if the media circus that has now ensued left the story alone.

Taking Kyle et al. at their word - and I see no reason not too besides that generally I think they are tools, but that’s just my own bias and not a good reason - they didn’t know what was going to happen (even if they ought to have known better). They did react relatively well once it did happen. Cutting the segment and apologising immediately - trying to minimise the harm.

However, the rest of the media know exactly what happens when they pick up a story like this. They know it will cause the girl and her mother further harm but they couldn’t care less. Shows like ACA and TT (and no doubt the equivalent morons tomorrow morning) to are in fact far more to blame for the continued distress this girl will now go through. What’s the bet Kochie et al. talk about it tomorrow morning but make some disingenuous statement about “not wanting to give it anymore publicity”?

The real exploitation of this situation began after the segment had finished…

Edgarr says:

01:29am | 30/07/09

Do the only mature thing you’ve ever done and quit Kyle…oh and don’t rush back from New Zealand either

nat wollenberg says:

01:36am | 30/07/09

i think the only person that should have the finger pointed at them is the mother.  She’s obviously got some great parenting skills on board when she questions her daughter on live radio about her private life, especially only two months after she found out her daughter was raped. What a friggin loser. She got her two minutes of fame on the radio and a lifetime branding of being known as the horrible mother who facilitated the humiliation of her own daughter.

Barbara says:

01:42am | 30/07/09

Why is it always Kyle that gets the comments?  Do people really think it is just Kyle that decides what happens on this show.  It is called the Kyle and Jackie O show plus the have producers and a whole team of people who put the show together.  It certainly wouldn’t be Kyle or Jackie who researches or fact chase on the various segments that go on air.

Aaron says:

01:44am | 30/07/09

Kyle, if you were in the dictionary, your definition would be “FAIL”

All you people saying that it was a difficult situation, and that we should be more understanding because of it, grow up…..He is supposed to be a pro, any other pro in any other field who said something like… ” To tell you the truth I was floundering around” and “I didn’t realise I had said “Have you had any other experiences?” would be sacked.
Surely it is in situations like this when someones professionalism is supposed to come out. Well Kyle you have none…..

I says:

01:46am | 30/07/09

If she wants anything else to contact you….I think you’ve helped more than enough, but don’t worry, if ever I want you to put my children into therapy and break my family apart, I’ll give you a call.

What that family wants, is for you to probably do the honourable thing and hand in your notice, then take a long walk off a short pier.

Al says:

01:46am | 30/07/09

Kyle.. do you not have the balls and the guts to say to station management “There is something wrong in questioning an underage child about her sexual activities, and I will not take part in it.” ?

That’s why you are to blame. Because you didn’t use your position and your influence to prevent this from going to air in the first place

Phil Kusiak says:

01:48am | 30/07/09

Kyle,
This article shows how uneducated and tasteless you are. You’re handling of the situation was appalling and I hope you are sacked for your poor effort to negate the situation. I hope you’re career ends and the 2Day FM station is shutdown.

Still confused says:

01:51am | 30/07/09

Could someone please explain what it is about Australia that continually results in characters like this being thrust on us as celebrities? Normal countries typically elevate people who are appealing to society i.e people of character, intelligence and personality who the average folk admire and ENJOY. They do not try to fill their media with people who so many folk find insufferable. We either don’t have many of this type stepping forward, or they remain unfashionable and hidden from view. Are we really so weighed down with an overwhelmingly low class majority that the media needs people like this to entice a following??? I thought we aimed to be class-free, not classless. It seems that some way back the two became confused - to our ongoing shame.

gbh says:

01:53am | 30/07/09

Not sure who is the biggest twat - the mother or kyle.

I think i’ll go with both!

Lauren says:

01:56am | 30/07/09

As much as I think Kyle is a wanker, in general.. Keep in mind it was the girls own MOTHER who set up the questions.
Yes, a 14 year old should not be asked such a thing on air, whether or not she was previously raped. BUT why is it that Kyle seems to be copping most the crap when the mother was just as much to blame for the thing. She knew her daughters past and she still went ahead and asked. Pretty stupid thing to do. I dare say most people would have been shocked and especially males talking to the girl when they heard her story, so can we really 100 % blame Kyle for this? I think not.

Jason says:

01:56am | 30/07/09

Its time for KS to say goodbyes to the media industry ... he has been nothing but a total pain in the bottom. We are tired of hearing about his sex life, via is celebrity status hungry wife, in the media. As a matter of fact, we are tired of him PERIOD. Jason

Jillian the second says:

01:58am | 30/07/09

clearly this is a case of irresponsible parenting, the girls mother had known about the rape for several months yet still organised to be on the show, and asking ‘have you had sex?’

The girl responds ” “I’ve already told you the story about this ... and don’t look at me and smile because it’s not funny”, after which it the mother who quickly back peddles, stating that she meant apart from that time.

I mean seriously… do your parenting in your own home, and dont be too suprised if your kid is a bit messed up after being raped at 12 and never having organised proffesional help for them.

anyone interested in actually hearing the full segment before further comment follow this link
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv-radio/articles/2009/07/29/1248546762863.html

Adam says:

01:59am | 30/07/09

I cannot stand that guy, i think he’s a total loser who would do pretty much anything for some ratings; but to be fair, if you listen to it, there is dead air for about 5 seconds after that girl says it and he is clearly just talking, very absent mindedly, in what seems to be an effort to have something going out over the air. I honestly believe him when he says he didnt realise what he was saying, loathed as I am to come to his defence, I dont think he should lose his job over this particular incident. You cant judge someone for the way they react in an instant to an incredibly unexpected and intense situation. Im sure everyone can think of an instance where they have perhaps not reacted or responded to a situation with the sensitivity the circumstance called for, not because theyre a bad person, but because theyre blindsided.

Nick says:

02:26am | 30/07/09

What is it to complain about?? As we all have heard and have been listening to, the show was on air for quite some time with the different people & stories. If there were any regulations about it, Kyle and Jackie would consider the nature of mum’s questions to be inappropriate for the show. As any live media, they bring our issues up to the front. I can’t see anything wrong with it. This poor child has finally spoken out and shame on her mum as she failed to find any counceling prior to today’s show for her own daughter. Ashaming fact that she knew about rape but considered question about sex appropriate for the live show hiding the fact she knew. HOW COULD YOU QUESTION YOUR DAUGHTER ON AIR ABOUT HAVING SEX AS YOU KNOW SHE WAS RAPED?????????????

And people right - it wasn’t THE EXPERIENCE and MUM KNEW IT!!! .. couldn’t even call her mum really…

Another thing, people comment on Kyle’s voice on the live show.. for God sake - I would also be completely stunned and wouldn’t know how to react and I’ve noticed it in Kyles’ voice. I wouldn’t expect anything more. It is more for Jackie to be open emotionally..  This is the way it is. .

Another point is that I believe that live on air shouldn’t be live - it must be censored before coming on air as so many rudeness we get from these shows. Like, for example, gotcha call…. I don’t want to hear f*** all the time???

shell says:

02:30am | 30/07/09

This is so wrong. How can they be allowed to question an unwilling 14 year old on public radio who says she is scared about her sexual history?

And when she said she was raped at 12 years of age both Badlands and her mum still kept hassling her to answer whether she had any other sexual experiences.

Paying for counselling is not going to heal the scars 2DAYFM caused this girl today. I hope it will for her sake - but if I had been forced to admit being raped on public radio by my mother I don’t think I would ever forget that - EVER.

2DAYFM is responsible for this by creating a forum for it to happen under a lie detector test -  judgement of the innocent.

Maybe, just maybe this radio station who was so quick to judge can use this event to make a difference for others who are victims of rape.

Michael says:

02:31am | 30/07/09

Give Kyle a break we all sometimes say things we should not. The real person to attack is the rapist FIRST and secondly the mother for placing her daughter in such a position. Stop making an issue about 2DAY FM and focus on the real issues.

Jess says:

02:31am | 30/07/09

I don’t doubt that you were unaware that the girl had been raped, and I’m sure you wouldn’t have allowed the question to go to air if you’d known.  While it’s awful that things did unfold the way they did and that this poor girl had to be confronted with those traumas on radio, I don’t think it’s fair to blame either you or Jackie O for that event in itself.

But how do you get to a place where it’s considered okay to ask a fourteen-year-old about her sex life on live radio? My issue with your show isn’t that you were caught off guard when a young guest’s traumatic experience was brought to the surface.  It’s that you’re exploiting people like her by subjecting them to inappropriate and embarrassing interrogation, ostensibly in the name of entertainment.

Not being a listener of the show I’m not particularly familiar with your career, but a quick web search reveals similarly exploitative stunts.  Outing a young closeted homosexual on air.  Putting a young man on air with the father he’s just discovered has been having an extramarital affair.  How do you justify that?  What, just because it rates, just because the lowest common denominator will flock with gleeful schadenfreude to listen to somebody getting humiliated, that makes it okay to publicly embarrass these people?  Are ethics outweighed by ratings?

I don’t find anything entertaining in the blatant exploitation of ordinary people.  I don’t think it’s funny to embarrass somebody by hooking them up to a lie detector and asking them intentionally uncomfortable questions.  It’s not clever, it’s not edgy and it’s not funny; what it is is idiotic and mean-spirited.

I realise that humour is subjective, and, yeah, at the end of the day it’s hardly like my opinion’s going to tip the scales either way.  I realise that once this media circus has dissipated you’ll probably go back to doing exactly what you’ve been doing, and probably successfully - because, hey, there’s big money to be made from appealing to the lowest common denominator.  But if this controversy has demonstrated one thing, it should not be that a young girl’s situation should be more throughly investigated so as not to unintentionally hit on a traumatic experience - but that the ethics of involving a young girl (or indeed anyone) in such a crass, exploitative segment should be more fully discussed before going to air.

Vaughan says:

02:36am | 30/07/09

You (you all know who you are) created this beast, you have the power to destroy it.  Goddddddddddspeed!

ash says:

02:43am | 30/07/09

Have any of you abusing Kiel even heard the entire interview??????!!!!!
Did you not hear the mother ASK HER daughter the question???
Did you not hear the MOTHER asked the question
“Have u had sex?”
and the daughter reply
.... “I’ve already told you the story of this and dont look at me
and smile because it’s not funny”
Does that not make you sick????
A mother knowing the answer to this, still brings her daughter on radio
and SPECIFICALLY asks that question?!?!?!
I cant believe who your pointing the finger at!!!
Honestly what mother, MOTHER for crying out loud, would do such a thing???
AND SMILE ABOUT IT?!?!?!?!
Yeh maybe you can sit there and say its a stupid segment, but its like
alot of things, its all fun and games until someone gets hurt. They are radio entertainers, they have regular segments that THEY are told to do!!!!!!! ITS THEY"RE JOB!!!!!!!! This segment has never gotton out of hand because no one in their right mind would have thought a mother would have been capable to bring her daughter on a show like this with such bad intentions.
Did you not hear the long pause, after this girl cried out she
was raped on radio, by Kiel and Jacki O who where stunned by this
revelation.
Did you hear Kiel stutter, after a long pause, as he was trying to find words to stop the deafening silence ????
I would be so interested to see what all you narrow minded people would have said….. we’ve all been in a situation where we’ve thought “why the hell did i say that” or “why didn’t i say this…”
What mother would do this to her child???? I am disgusted that a mother
not only put her child on quiz show like this but deliberately asked
her a question that she knew was tormenting to her daughter, THEN
SMIRK at her daughter as she answered the question.!!!!!!
i am mortified. And all you people out there pointing the finger, step
back and have a look at the bigger picture.
Personally im not a big Kiel fan at all, but this situation is no ones
fault but the 2day show and by far, mostly the mother.

Take ACTION says:

02:56am | 30/07/09

Official complaints can be lodged with Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/consumer_info/publications/brochures/broadcasting_complaints.pdf

Massive fines for a “Massive .......”

Ryanthusar says:

03:08am | 30/07/09

If some of you listened to the interview, and have read what was said, it wasnt THEM that put the question forward but the mother. Now as was said the mother did know about this, but why did she ask the question when she knew it would dredge up this incident. As to people going at Kyle, bag it, dont get me wrong here, I dont like the guy that much either, but unless you were in the studio and saw the tv screen, or with him in NZ, then you dont know the truth. This sort of rubbishy talk going at Kyle like you are is what brought this to the media and makes it worse for that girl and her mother. You arent thinking about them because if you were you wouldnt be posting like this at Kyle and keeping it in the media.

Daniel says:

03:21am | 30/07/09

I reckon it was the girls mums fault…  she knew her daughter had been raped, so why bring up sexual experiences on a public radio station?  Get your daughter some real councelling, not a public humiliation on radio

Daniel says:

03:30am | 30/07/09

I like how people find thw worst in everything from MasterChef(not enough scandles like BB, lets make some!!!!) to an innocent mistake by a radio host to trying to shut down the one bit of happiness at a sick kids hospital.

You all make me sick. Grow up!

LISTEN TO THE RECORDING. It’s not the horrible thing people are masking it out to me. Blame the mother if anyone seeing as she was too dumb to remember she daughter was raped.

The people of Australia love throwing the hate around.

Carl says:

03:31am | 30/07/09

So many do-gooders in this politically correct world, whether its about blacks, muslims, religion, arabs etc etc

People need to loosen up a bit. The mother is at fault for letting her 14yr old daughter go on air to discuss her sex-life when she knew what had happened. Kyle and Jackie had no idea about what had happened and they both seemed shocked when they heard and tried to get off air ASAP and offered counselling. The mum ambushed them and is a total idiot. A 14 yr old should not be on the radio discussing topics like that anyway.

KT says:

03:43am | 30/07/09

Come now, don’t be so hard on yourself.

All you did was authorize the staggeringly cruel and inhumane fettering of an unhappy teenager to a polygraph machine, against her will, so that her mother could interrogate her about her sexual history while hundreds of thousands of listeners heard you and your pathetic co-host cheer the ghoulish act on.  I"m sure anyone else in your shoes would have said “what could possibly go wrong?” before it aired. 

So are you going to resign now or wait to get fired when the ad revenue drops? 

Jemima W says:

03:45am | 30/07/09

Did no one listen to the clip???
Mother: “I only found out about that a couple of months ago, yes i knew about that…. the question was have you had sex other than that.” That mother has got some serious problems and that’s not all after she asks the question the daughter says “I’ve already told you the story of this - and don’t look at me and smile because it’s not funny” The mother was amused! Obviously doesn’t believe that her daughter was raped, almost daring her to say it i guess, hence the smile/smirk - terrible.

Kyle i think just asked the first thing that popped into his head, it was obvious he was lost.

Agreed having a 14 year old on the radio discussing sex and drugs - not the smartest idea in the world, and certainly not fair on the child. I reckon child services are going to have somethings to say about that.

Fedup says:

03:55am | 30/07/09

Oh, fancy that, the shock jock doesn’t like being put on the spot/shocked on live radio. 
His words…“but I would ask people to put themselves into the situation where someone says to you during a live radio show that they have been raped.” 
Poor baby… wants us to be in his shoes, he didn’t know how to handle the shock of it. How many people do you think he has shocked, humiliated, or attacked on live radio? Bet you he’s never given an ounce of sympathy to all those individuals. What a peanut.
Kyle, don’t try and play on peoples sympathies when you’re a tasteless, consciencless scum.  That whole article wreaks of one thing and one thing only…covering his own ass.
I don’t listen to FM and barely watch commercial tv anymore because of crap like this.

Robert says:

04:51am | 30/07/09

You have breached your duty of care to a minor. Your disregard for the sensitivities of others is breathtakingly arrogant. This is facile nonsense.

fehowath says:

06:10am | 30/07/09

Docs should also investigate the show as well as the mother.  This is child abuse, putting a child in a position that exposes her to ridicule and shame.

JJ says:

06:39am | 30/07/09

Everyone keeps defending him saying the producers put the girl on in the first place. Well, as the “talent” (I use that word loosely), Kyle and Jackie O are perfectly capable of nixing a segment. They should have just apologized and helped raise awareness about rape counseling instead of using excuse after excuse. Nice try Kyle.

Sal says:

07:20am | 30/07/09

I hadn’t heard this live and to have viewed it on the news and listen to the full version shocked me, but the shock factor was that the mother knew about the young girls terrifying experience and proceeded to put her through what any young teenager would consider to be extremely embarasing and humiliating experience to be on live air discussing personnal matters / issues, in all seriousness a mothers roll is to protect, nurture and support their off spring not put them under a spot light infront of thousands and ask personal questions, she is a teenager a young lady, very vulnerable and sensitive, this is damage at its worst and from a parent. 

2day FM may be one of the top radio stations or the top radio station however the only down fall is the humiliating segments that are undertaken on live air, yes it may be entertaining and it may pull in the numbers of listeners, however has anyone stopped and thought about what happens to those people who either participate willingly or not willingly after the segment goes to air, what damage this is doing to their lives, every person deals with matters differently we react to matters differently what one person can laugh off and move forward with another may sit and think about for days, weeks, months and years and become fairly depressed over the episode whether insignificant through ones eyes or not. 

It appears that 2day FM has been running these soughts of segments for years (people personal humiliations) I still recall wendy harmer and co having people ring up and blurting out their and others dirty laundry on air, this can and will turn viewers off, the music is great the live cross to Oseas are great, O news is great even the money pit and some comps are great but the booty call, yep it is funny but does anyone stop and think how the person receiving the news would feel?  The person ringing and entering the comp yes they give full permission however the person receiving has no idea.  Their work mates, family, friends are listening to their every word and response it is instant judgement of someone you may or may not know, where was their consent did they know the full extent of what was happening prior to taking THAT CALL?

I will continue to listen I enjoy the tunes and majority of the segments, you can’t please all however it would be great if the producers and their support people really considered how these competitions and segments can and will effect people.

Lie detector can still be entertaining without asking about sex and drugs it could be funny to hear about other silly little things that CANT ruin a relationship, a persons life that isn’t incriminating, people feed off the happiness in the presenters voice the way they react, talking about someone who keeps stealing a cookie from a cookie jar could be funny if it was presented the right way!

At the end of it all I believe that Jacki and Kyle should have questioned if they should have continued especially at the point where the young lady indicated that she was really scared, at that point you could hear in her voice that she was traumatised by the whole event, just because the segment started didn’t mean it needed to continue.

I wish the young lady all the best and hope that she receives the right support to move forward.

Melita says:

07:20am | 30/07/09

Kyle it’s very understandable that you would not know what to say when it happened and then just splurted out the next question in line or the automatic response of asking another one, but I think as you’d have lots of experience in broadcasting people expect you to be better than that…My impression is that actually the mother is kinda at fault too… I mean, she knows the daughter had been raped 2 months before, and then she just decided to go on air..that is just stupid…and to be worried abt whether she had had sex before instead, that is just so insensitive…but then again I didnt know what life was like for both of them…and esp. for the mother…I just thought she should be more sensitive then sending her up on radio for live interviews…Sheeeshh

SEF says:

07:21am | 30/07/09

To me it is simple mate: Don’t interview under-age listeners on sexual topics. Although I wonder what kind of mother can subject her own child to this ridicule in such a sensitive matter, I also wonder what kind of person are you to even raise the topic on air. Adolescents are an “at risk” sector of the population as it is, you don’t need to make it worst for them.
May you find your way again Kyle..
Cheers

dirk says:

08:19am | 30/07/09

These are people that we have chosen (in one way or another – via radio popularity / media feedback / votes etc) to entertain us. These are the people that represent our self indulgent personalities to be constantly gratified with sick humour.

YOU got what you wanted – now what? WE are the ones who endorse a gradual degradation of sensitivities. Surprised? Outraged? This is what we asked for a constant erosion of moral behaviour by clowns that push the boundaries of ethics. Everyday. This time Kyle stepped over the line. But this is merely a experience – an actualisation, of the real Kyle. The Kyle who’s heart is wicked, and his mind perverted. As i said – we elected a pig like him to represent our need for entertainment.

dirk says:

08:25am | 30/07/09

count the time this pervert has mentioned himself. The VICTIM, is the poor girl not KYLE the insensitive moron. There is more to the world than you Kyle. sicko whacko. It amazes me how selfish you are - and to what extent you will stoop down to make this entire thing about you. “You were stunned”? Why were you stunned? You were interviewing a minor about sex?

Kitty says:

08:29am | 30/07/09

I know my first first reaction would not of been to ask if there were anymore experiences, it would have been to start tearing into the insensitive disgusting thing of the mother. Why didn’t you bring her to task Kyle, there and then. Apologised to the girl for allowing her foul mother to put her in that situation. YES it is appalling and morally putrid that the segment with a 14 year old girl went ahead in the first place, but I just don’t understand how you could let the mole get away with it. FFS the girl said to her mother after admitting it to ‘stop smiling’.

David Jackmanson says:

08:31am | 30/07/09

This article is an entire red herring. The only thing I want to know from Sandilands is why he thinks it’s OK to allow fourteen year olds to be interrogated live on air about their sex lives.

Even if *nothing* untoward had been revealed by the girl, the entire segment was disgusting. This show deserves to be taken off air.

Paul Dalby says:

08:35am | 30/07/09

Kyle, you are an embarrassment to your country, your radio station and the human race in general. To his employer, please quietly terminate his contract. We’ve all had enough of feeling ashamed.

Paul Davies says:

08:39am | 30/07/09

First - inappropriate material for live radio - period.
Second - most of the responders seem to be amazingly naive at the extent of public knowledge of sexual activity in certain schools and areas. I am appalled at the details of things being publicly confessed to in the classroom, in front of peers, by Yr 8 and 9 students.
The real question is: Why are so many of our YOUNG children now sexually active, compared to 20 years ago? Could it be 30 years of teaching them HOW before they’re ready?

Tony says:

08:49am | 30/07/09

Anyone who can’t see that Kyle was scrummaging for what to say next and had to say it quickly isn’t treating the situation fairly.

You can say the whole segment shouldn’t have been done, but that’s a whole different issue.

YT says:

09:12am | 30/07/09

Regardless of whether you knew what the content was going to be, you still exploited a 14 year old girl, against her wishes, for profit.

She made it clear she didn’t want to take part - from what I’ve read.  I wouldn’t listen because I think the premise of the show is amoral.

“interventions” “lie-detector tests” etc etc. When either Kyle or Jackie are qualified, practising psychologists or psychiatrists then these thing may start approaching “ok”.  Until then, get over yourselves, you grubs.

Sarah says:

09:13am | 30/07/09

It’s time to go Kyle.

FINALLY. You’ve hung yourself by your own filthy shoelaces.

And 2DayFM it’s time to think about some quality programming - you have teenagers everywhere listening to your station. Think about it.

me says:

09:19am | 30/07/09

It’s time to go Kyle & JackieO.  You might think it’s okay to exploit children by forcing them to answer questions about sex for the entertainment of adults….even without the rape statement, this still would have been the most concerning and disgusting radio segment I have ever heard of.  Children are to be protected, not exploited, by adults.  Shame on you 2dayfm and all those involved.

TK says:

09:23am | 30/07/09

Sandilands you idiot…I am hearing you on the TV now and even now you are saying “the kid”...even now you address her simply as “the kid”!? Seriously a little decorum.

Joel B1 says:

09:25am | 30/07/09

“She was concerned that her daughter was on drugs or was sexually active. Like a lot of mothers worried about their kid, she just wanted to find out what was going on. “

Yes, sure, like any mother would be, but not on a live radio show, for the entertainment of your listeners…

Stupid, stupid idea.

Mary says:

09:25am | 30/07/09

You are both the lowest of low.  A minor should never have been placed on radio and questioned about sex.  How dare you assume that the public is so stupid.  You dont care about lives, all you care about is your pathetic ratings.  I bet you hope and wish that this all rides over and i bet you think your very insincere apologies does the trick.  I hold the people that keep you two clowns in a job equally as responsible for your abhorent actions and dont even start me on the ABA who should by now have taken some sort of disciplinary action.  I dont care wether you keep your job or not, it matters not to me, i never have and i never will listen to the trash duo that you two are.  I only feel sorry for the innocents that are caught up in your fight for controversy.

Cheryl says:

09:30am | 30/07/09

Kyle and Jackie, just another example of your crass and skanky attempts to grab publicity for yourselves.  Kyle, I bet you think this adds to your “fame”, you feel important because people are talking about you.  I stopped listening to your show when I became tired of hearing you abuse people and put them down.  I can’t turn on your station in the mornings because I won’t have my children hear your disgusting language and gutter talk.  You should find a more honourable way to gratify your need for celebrity and self-promotion.  2Day FM management - you have shown no judgement and you should be ashamed of this incident.

Miranda says:

09:31am | 30/07/09

Absolute load of crap Kyle!

Tu Tran says:

09:33am | 30/07/09

Mate, I can’t even be bothered to read what you wrote, I just want to write this: The idea of the segment was to help a concerned mother find out if her 14 year old daughter was currently sexually active. Well, if you and your radio station were sincerely concerned about the mother’s concern to find out, you could have referred (and paid) them to a child psychologist who would be better trained and equipped to mediate such a conversation between the mother and daughter. But no, you and your radio station decided that you and your lie detector could do this better and just as responsibly. Your concern for the daughter was only to last literally as long as your segment.  And when the lie detector would have revealed that the daughter was currently having sex, what further and on-going assistance post the segment would you and your radio station have afforded the mother and daughter? Probably little or none. But as already mentioned (aside from the unforseen rape revelation) what made you and your radio station believe that you could solve a mother & daughter’s issues including that of the 14 year old’s sex life on air better than in the private rooms of a child psychologist? Answer: You obviously didn’t given your panicked response to the daughter’s revelation - you and your radio station didn’t care what was the best solution for the mother & daughter, you and your radio station only cared for creating an entertaining, provocative segment which was, of course, all about ratings, not the welfare of the mother & daughter’s relationship. But don’t worry, Kyle, just ride this through (and the added publicity) and it will blow over in a month or so, and things for you and your radio station will be back to normal. Such is the bulls**t in our society today. Oh, well.

Anthony says:

09:35am | 30/07/09

Sandilands is derelict in his duty of care - if, as reported, the child admitted to him that she “was scared” prior to going on air. Sandilands should not have proceded further with the segment. Furthermore, 2DayFM is remiss in not reporting the revelation to police, in the first instance. As for the mother, if, as reported she has been aware of the alleged rape for some time, then she too risks indictment for not responding in a responsible manner in regards to the child.
From all accounts, the child is deeply scarred - psychologically, and emotionally, and is in real need of urgent medical intervention.

Gibbot says:

09:36am | 30/07/09

Why the hell you’re still on the air beggars belief. Regardless of the revelation, you put a minor on a polygraph to discuss her sex life. The fact that you don’t see what is fundamentally wrong with that highlights your abysmal failings as a human being.

You should be charged, publicly disgraced and removed permanently from broadcasting. I’m ashamed to be a member of the same species as you.

Concerned says:

09:40am | 30/07/09

Even taking a view that your response was an automatic response you weren’t aware of, it’s even more concerning that the automatic reaction to a revelation of rape (when floundering, and just blurting out the first thing that comes to your mind)is “have you had any other experiences?”  Surely that says something about the deeper, underlying presumptions and assumptions about sexual assault you hold, and that disturbs me greatly.

barbra says:

09:40am | 30/07/09

I’m with Kyle!!! This was NOT an issue until it was blown into mass-hysteria by a desperate media with a sensationalising agenda. Go Kyle & Jackie - You’re the best and good to hear you on air today being open & frank about it and your usual self!

Doug says:

09:41am | 30/07/09

Just when you think Kyle has managed to bottom out during his AMAZING {:)] carnival of a career.  [.and I use the term “career” loosely]..He [Kyle] manages to stoop even lower than a snakes belly button wart. Well done Kyle you’re a shining example of how not to manage an On Air Career.

Paul says:

09:46am | 30/07/09

When are the so-called “respectable” Radio Stations like this one going to wake up and see this Idiot Kyle Sandilands as what he really is… A bigoted big-mouthed loser who can only survive in media by uttering the complete attention seeking gutter trash he always does. Australia really needs to wake up and rid the media of idiots like this. Every time I ever hear about him it is just another appalling saga of a guy with no tact and no brains.
Aaaargh people like him are so irritating!!

Quentin says:

09:46am | 30/07/09

Piss off the whole lot of you that are having a go at Kyle…
Hes done nothing wrong and you all fail to see things from his perspective.

You have no idea what his job entails, merely what is exposed by the media and what he allows you to see and hear via his daily shows with Jackie O.

Kyle, good on ya for having your say, its hard to be correct all the time when youre live on the air - spur of the moment situations like this are hard to deal with.

I’d like to see anyone else try and host the show half as well as Kyle has done so for the past few yrs and deal with such a shocking revelation on the spot!

Andrew H. says:

09:50am | 30/07/09

Your radio show exibits a lack of material. Is this why you have things like lie detectors? As for you Kyle I hope with all my being that you get what you so richly deserve. UNEMPLOYMENT! you fool!

Rodney says:

09:54am | 30/07/09

Did you have the lie detector hooked up to yourself when you wrote this?

Rogerio says:

10:02am | 30/07/09

You are a disgrace and I feel sorry for you because you don’t even seem to know it. I can understand why though with so many celebrity suck up idiots around you all the time telling you how wonderful you are. Take note of the comments here my dear Kyle, this is the real mirror of your personality not the one you seem to have at home.

H Vu says:

10:03am | 30/07/09

Kyle
This time 14 yrs old girl, next time you may choose to ask a 12 yrs old.
You have been set the moral standard so low and this time you are falling on your own sword. Over the years, we have seen all aspect of yours.

Kate says:

10:03am | 30/07/09

The lie detector segment should never have allowed a 14 girl to be questioned about being sexually active, however I believe Kyle was shocked and just blurted out something without thinking.  It’s not Kyle who should be fired, but the mother of the child from parenting duties for allowing this to occur.

Fiona of Toorak says:

10:04am | 30/07/09

LOL.  I wonder what lesser suburb this family are from?

Doug says:

10:07am | 30/07/09

you know what, ...after listening to the Audio of the interview a few times, I feel we’ve all jumped the gun, or all jumped on the proverbial BandWagon… I’d like to retract my earlier comments and instead say..They honestly do sound as if they were caught out by this situation.. Don’t get me wrong folks,..Kyle is STILL an idiot and always WILL be, but I don’t feel now that it was some kind of planned PR stunt. I could hear the honest embarrassment in their voices. ....Punishment enough for any reason.

Marin H says:

10:10am | 30/07/09

Its not Kyle’s fault.  I’m certainly not a fan and I don’t listen to the show but do you think Kyle & Jackie produce the show by themselves?  There’s a whole team behind them so whoever thought was a good idea to cross examine a 14yo for the entertainment of the masses probably needs their head read.

You can’t change what transpired but if you can take anything positive out of it, get the poor girl some good professional counselling and maybe the mother a few parenting classes, while you’re at it.

Duncs of Mendooran NSW says:

10:12am | 30/07/09

“Right ... is that the only experience you’ve had?” - That kind of says it all really. Sack your PR Kyle - there are some things you can’t spin your way out of. You’re mother would be so proud…

Andrea E says:

10:13am | 30/07/09

Why would we believe you Kyle when this isn’t the first time you’ve done something so sub-human?

Kay says:

10:14am | 30/07/09

What sort of mother puts her child on air, knowing they had been raped, knowing what questions she was going to ask her daughter, the poor girl said she was scared, the mother continued asking questions.  “The mother is fraught about the whole siutation- CRAP”  The mother was the one who put her in this situation. Appauling parenting. If it wasn’t for the mother, the daughter would never have been in the situation, for the whole Nation to hear.  Sound’s like the mother is aiming for a story with a payment attached.   
As for the radio station - there is no excuse for asking a 14-year-old girl about her sexual experiences live on air. You idiots!

Neil Castles says:

10:14am | 30/07/09

Moronic Listeners
made this possible. Try radio national and maybe become informed while blocking your head chatter
The young lady if you listened to the audio on this page was doing this against her will,  First in was John Laws then came….

Adam says:

10:14am | 30/07/09

The amount of comments calling for your job is a true indicator of what most people think of you: K*&b Jockey.

You’ve confirmed the impressions of the majority by writing that pile of tosh, so well done to you.

Larry O'Dea says:

10:23am | 30/07/09

Whatever happened to the five second delay in radio, Kyle? You know, where the one where the interviewee says “Kyle you’re a dirty (bleeeeeeeeep)”, and you come on in a heroic voice after a pause, saying, “Well we’ve had quite enough of that! And now a word from our sponsor, ACME Pest Control…”

David says:

10:29am | 30/07/09

Tracker RE: 7 second delay…

Firstly, I am not sure if it is 7 seconds but every station by law is required to have a delay to broadcast function - I am VERY surprised the Producer didn’t shut down this segment earlier…..

Secondly, each station is also required to record everything that goes to air for situations exactly like this - where an investigation might be required…

As I and others have already said pleeeeease everyone make a complaint to the radio station and then follow up by contacting the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
http://www.acma.gov.au

Nick says:

10:30am | 30/07/09

Where are your morals…hope you are proud of the work you do.

Mathew Bock says:

10:31am | 30/07/09

Unbelievable. Stomach churning stuff.

He seems to suggest in this article that he is clear of conscious about this whole incident.

The Chaser got two weeks suspension for making fun of sick kids. Kylie oversaw the torture of a poor kid on his live show and yet there’s no consequence?

Anton says:

10:37am | 30/07/09

It’s so easy for people who have never been in the shoes of a broadcaster to make these uninformed comments.

If you have ever actually been behind the microphone, broadcasting a live radio show, you would know the pressure that comes with it.

You would also understand how extremely difficult it can be when you are not even in the same studio as your co-host and production team.

Should that last seven seconds of radio have been dumped? Possibly. But again, you have half a second to make that decision before it’s too late.

Drew says:

10:40am | 30/07/09

Does anyone else find it suprising that this occurred right at the end of the ratings period. I doubt it was the accident they are saying it was. The girl was physically raped before, but now she has been emotionally raped and exploited by these depraved people. Not even Jerry Springer would stoop this low.

john mc kay says:

10:46am | 30/07/09

a real shock jock very short on talent.lacks any sense of morals.
has absolutely no backbone.
thats right just blame eveyone else.
i worked in radio for many years overseas,as a music director i would have sacked him.
austereo it is now up to you rid us of this talentless narcisisst

John says:

10:47am | 30/07/09

I’m thinking that Jackie O is being very smart and keeping her head down. Stupidity on all counts ...

Deepak says:

10:48am | 30/07/09

A 14 year girl was definately there forcefully, as she said- it is not fair. So is this not harressment from parent and the show in first place itself?? Isnt the Lie detector test meant for people who first give there concent to it?

Gerald K says:

10:50am | 30/07/09

As many people have pointed out, Kyles reaction – distasteful and perhaps incompetent as it was – is not the main issue here.  We should be focussing on why a 14 year girl was subject to questioning on air about her sexual and pharmacological history live on air despite her obvious discomfort.  This shows astoundingly poor judgement by the presenters, procedures and station management.  ALL should stand condemned and face censure over this incident.

stu says:

10:53am | 30/07/09

Wht has radio become when counsellors are on standby in the studio during a segment that involves strapping a child to a lie detector machine?

Jannette says:

10:53am | 30/07/09

Absolutely disgraceful - you put this child through an inquisition for the sake of your ratings. What are your ethics? Where is your duty of care to this child? Where are professional standards. You should both be sacked. I thought the Chasers had sunk pretty low with their rotten abuse but this is a new low point for media. Get off the air and stay off.

Rukas says:

10:54am | 30/07/09

This whole thing is totally pathetic, and not what happened, but the way the media and the people commenting have handled it.

Did Kyle ask the question? No, the girls mother did.

Is Kyle responsible for what people say? No, if he was every DJ in the world would get fired when their guest said something “off,” and it happens every day.

Did Kyle and Jackie know what was going on? No, if you listen to the audio you can clearly see they were as shocked as everyone else.

Did Kyle and Jackie do the right thing? Yes, they killed the show and offered the family counseling which they paid for.

Which brings me to my next point, why is Kyle the only one being targetted. It is the Kyle & Jackie O show, so why is Kyle the only one mentioned? Jackie O was just as involved. Im not saying either of them should be held accountable for what the MOTHER and daughter said, it wasn’t their fault, but why is Kyle the only one getting the negative attention?

This stinks of sexism and bias. It’s alright to publicly target and abuse a man, but not a women. It is acceptable, by the media, and the public. You know what that is? Sexism.

Kyle & Jackie killed the segmant straight away, they didnt use it for listeners. Yet the media is now targetting Kyle simply for listeners, tuners in and web hits.

The whole thing has been handled unfairly and is totally pathetic.

You know who is responsible for all of this and should be held accountable? THE MOTHER! Even the daughter said something along the lines of “you know the answer to this mom why are you asking the question, I WAS RAPED WHEN I WAS 12.” The mother ADMITTED she knew.

This is totally the fault of the mother and BAD PARENTING. The rest of you and the media are just using it as an example to attack Kyle, who is only one half of the DJ team that does the show. If that doesnt show obvious bias then I dont know what does.

RobertL says:

10:55am | 30/07/09

A few people have mentioned above that if you have any complaints, contact the ACMA.  Others have said to contact the radio station directly.

My suggestion is that if you really want to complain, then you should also contact those business that advertise on the radio station.  The way to make the radio station listen is to threaten their advertising revenue.

Michelle says:

10:55am | 30/07/09

I would like to know why everyone isn’t talking about the girls mother. Child protection should be paying her a visit as if you listen carefully the mother knew the answer and was smiling at her daughter. Her mother is to blame here. I am not a fan of the show but put blame where it is deserved.

Chris O'Mara says:

10:57am | 30/07/09

Kyle’s comments about this terrible incident only confirms a deeper problem at 2Day FM. It seems no one at 2Day FM actually thinks there is anything wrong with subjecting a 14 year old child to a lie detector inquisition about her sexual activity. Of course this all went horribly wrong, it was always going to. Here is a case where management, for fear of upsetting the talent, let K & JO do what they want on air. While Kyle’s actions on the show are contemptible, it is the lack of due care and commonsense by management that is of great concern here and should be to focus of ACMA attention.

Andy says:

11:01am | 30/07/09

Can we please extinguish the public existence of this moron once and for all.

He gets paid to broadcast words.. therefore he should be accountable for the words he broadcasts. Surely he cannot use anymore lame excuses… e.g. I was in shock. Most people when in shock.. DON’T SAY ANYTHING!!!!

Sticka says:

11:09am | 30/07/09

Regardless of who was asking the questions, it was always fraught with danger in that even if the girl had confessed to only having consensual sex, she has still been a party to a criminal offence and the chances of it having to be investigated further (due to the high profile) were always going to be significant.

John Fenn says:

11:10am | 30/07/09

How fake are You Kyle?

Yesterday wasn’t the first time you destoyed a mother/daughter relationship?

In 2001 Sandilands had arranged an on-air confrontation between a schoolgirl, Natasha, and her mother, Angela, who said she had sex with her daughter’s boyfriend.

On that occasion co-host Jackie O expressed concerns about the segment, labelling it “tacky”, but Sandilands dismissed her concerns and the segment was broadcast.

During the exchange, Sandilands asked the mother: “Have you slept with your daughter’s boyfriend?”

She replied: “Yes, but there was alc ... we were drunk, it was, you know, it was ...”

While crying, her daughter Natasha said: “Yeah, that makes it all okay, doesn’t it?”.

Later in the segment, after Natasha said she did not wish to speak with her mother again, Jackie O said: “I think we should leave them and not broadcast this ...”

Sandilands replied: “You’ve got to be kidding me.”

I guess another broken family, maybe it’s time for the Vile & Tacky Ho show to go.

Joe Gantic says:

11:11am | 30/07/09

Some of you people are ridiculous.  I hate the fat idiot as much anyone, but for crying out loud, how is he to blame? All he’s guilty of is asking a super dumb follow up question.  Nobody had a gun to the mother or the daughter’s head to be a part of the show.  Kyle & Jackie couldn’t have known about the rape.  The fault lies with whoever gave the green light to go to air without a delay and to the mother for exposing herself and more importantly her daughter to a lot of embarrassment.  To all those on their high horse…STFU!  The content of the segment is relevant to the show’s target audience.  Believe it or not, some teens are having sex and taking drugs.  Closing our eyes and ignoring it, won’t change this fact.

jo says:

11:23am | 30/07/09

what kind of a mother, knowing her child has a history of sexual assault, allows that child to go on a radio show and then ASKS THAT CHILD questions about her sexual history? That mother should be ashamed of herself, she is the one that has the duty of care.

Zeta says:

11:23am | 30/07/09

I like Kyle and Jackie O, I don’t listen to their show, but I’m just glad they exist to outrage the 395 people who’ve commented on this story so far.

Yeah, the mother was a grinning idiot for bringing her daughter on the show to begin with, and which ever producer didn’t do the prerequisite checks on the pair should probably also be boned and made to write ad copy or something for a few months as punishment. But I sympathise with Kyle more than anyone.

There you are, sitting on your morning radio show, when a 14 year old girl drops the rape bomb; you’d have to be Hetty Johnsyon to know how to react to that one (strangely, Hetty the Yeti has been mysteriously absent from this debate, leaving it to the Bundle of Outrage himself Michael Carr-Greg). After Kyle’s blunder, Jackie O responded as compasionately as she could under the circumstances.

I happen to think, that inspite of its tabloid tendancies, the Australian media is home to some of the best journalists, talkings heads, and radio personalities in the world. If they have one fault, it’s their complete inability to report on their own industry with any kind of objectivity. This is a classic example. The News Ltd press in particular risk becoming the kind of shrill popularists their American colleagues like Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity are unless they start responding these ‘moral crisis’ with a little more tact.

Kevin says:

11:26am | 30/07/09

No matter what the outcome, questioning a 14yo about their sex life for entertainment should be a criminal offence. Kyle, Jacki and the producers of the show should be charged. Apologising for the outcome is completly missing the point and to me is not apologising at all.

MB says:

11:28am | 30/07/09

Kyle and Jackie would have been prepared for thesegment before it went to air. What they werent prepared for was the backlash from the public in having a mother come on air to quiz her 14year old daughter about sex and drugs. How inappropriate. The show must be really struggling to stoop to such a low. They both need to go, but the question is will the management want to see the advertising dollars go as well????

David says:

11:28am | 30/07/09

For Sandilands to continue the questioning after a revelation like that just confirms that does not possess the moral fibre to be in a responsible and influential position like a DJ.  H To even consider that a major media organisation like 2Day would interview a 14 year girl on public radio about her sex experiences is totally abhorrent and the authorities should seriously question whether they are fit to hold a license.

Kath says:

11:43am | 30/07/09

Right, so you’ve been doing this segment for years. Has it never in all this time occurred to you that it is not even remotely appropriate to allow parents to force their children into this situation to find out highly personal information? If a parent is concerned that their child is having sex or taking drugs, and they think a public forum like a radio station with a lie detector is the way to find out, then surely that speaks volumes about the dysfunctional nature of their relationship. You should suggest counselling instead of allowing the child to be publicly humiliated, and I suspect bullied into going along with it. This then, was a disaster waiting to happen, and yesterday it did. Yet somehow no one involved in the segment at the station ever had the maturity, responsibility or foresight to see how hopelessly inappropriate it has always been to put minors in this situation?? Frankly you should all be sacked. This segment should never have happened.

Stan Wills Bundaberg Qld 0741960508 says:

11:44am | 30/07/09

I DON"T BELIEVE YOU kyle .............great publicity   ....gutter radio for ratings

nikki says:

11:47am | 30/07/09

no one forced her to go on the radio. Kyle never told her what to say.
she made the choice to say it on radio, with a lie decector.
how is it his fault?
its a terrible thing to have happened to this young girl.
leave it at that. And let this girl have some privacy.

Svasti says:

11:52am | 30/07/09

Chasers do a poor taste skit and get their show suspended.

Kyle asks one of THE most off-taste stone cold heartless and obnoxious questions you could possible ask after someone’s just admitted they’ve been raped… and he claims he didn’t realise what he said?

For a man who makes his living based on what he says, that’s just a pathetic excuse.

Without a doubt, the mother is an idiot. I hope her daughter gets the support and love she needs from elsewhere. Being traumatised in your teen years as a child is bad enough. Then, to be embarrassed on a live radio show is something else all together.

For which, yes, the producers should be sacked. I mean, when is it ever okay to hook a vulnerable teenage girl up to a lie detector and allow her own stupid mother to ask her questions about her sex life on live radio.

Let’s just add to her trauma for breakfast time amusement. If people listening to the show weren’t awake before this segment, they sure as hell were afterwards.

And I loved this bit - the segment was a gimmick for the chance to win CONCERT TICKETS! Wow. That’s astoundingly stupid.

Kyle, you should have just shut the hell up as soon as the girl revealed her rape. That is what you should have done. And you should be appologising for not shutting the hell up.

And not just for the sake of the traumatised teenager, but for EVERY person out there listening who’s been raped or in some way abused. Because the thing about trauma is that it doesn’t go away, sometimes not for years or even a whole lifetime.

The whole thing was in poor taste but Kyle, you’re making matters worse by saying you only feel sorry for the girl and it wasn’t your fault… blah blah blah.

Please do us all a favour and get the hell off the air!

Bruno says:

11:59am | 30/07/09

whats the difference between what 2day fm did and what ACA sometimes do

Richard says:

12:00pm | 30/07/09

Kyle, you willingly participated in a segment involving a 14 year old girl, attached to a lie detector, being questioned about her sex life.  You are a man who makes his living by exploiting the lowest common denominator in our society.  Your attempts to play the victim are contemptible.

Reb says:

12:03pm | 30/07/09

Kyle and jackie should be sacked and kyle should stay in New Zealand .

Julie says:

12:08pm | 30/07/09

Kyle, your past actions have made this worse for you.  The segment itself is not one that should have been aired and maybe things like this should be pre-tapped prior to going live, giving both the station and participates a chance to pull out.

Jackie, is just as culpable, as is the Program manager and sponsors of this show.  They allow to much freedom to the hosts knowing that the more people tuning in the more the money they can make.

The mother is insane.  What type of mother, PUBICALLY quizzes her child about sex, drugs and issues that all teenagers are facing.  As the mother claimed to know about this months ago, she should have sourced some form of help for herself and her daughter.  there are plenty of community based programs that offer counseling for free.

The daughter obviously has big issues, with wagging school, taking of drugs and disappearing into the night.  This girl needs help and despite the way this has blown up, this segment may allow for this help to finally happen. (although I do not condone the asking of these questions)

Jackie and Kyle shame on you.  you should do a thorough investigation prior to going to air.  To the mother of this girl.. you have probably lost all trust from your daughter and deservedly so.  How is your relationship ever going to come back from this?  You should have been there for her…instead you put her on public display. 

After listening to the segment I do believe there to be a touch of sincerity in both Jackie and Kyles voices.  I am sure they both were thrown for sixes when this statement came out.  If the mother was smiling as the daughter claims then there is another issue in itself. 

Kyle and Jackie, maybe you can learn from this and give a public guarantee that you will do what ever it takes to ensure that you will not humiliate another person who is in desperate need of help.  That you will be more accountable from what occurs on your show or as a result to your show. 

I am not a listener of this program due to the insensitive comments that have come out of Kyles mouth in the past and i totally disrespect Jackie who sits by time after time quietly.  (as she is doing now) allowing this behavior to continue.

Contact Lifeline fi you need someone to talk to:
http://www.lifeline.org.au/  or call 131114

B says:

12:09pm | 30/07/09

Kyle must be thankful this isn’t the US. Any “contract” he may have signed with the participants before the show wouldn’t be worth the paper it was written on in court. Lawyers would rip him a new one and there would be millions in damages.

It beggars belief how grossly insensitive Kyle must be, not to mention how ruthlessly ambitious to step all over a 14-year old girl and her traumas to gain ratings. There is no excuse. No precautions taken, no forgiveness given.

A prison cell with “Bubba” would be the right treatment to set Kyle right. Maybe he would gain a better appreciation of rape victims.

Amanda says:

12:10pm | 30/07/09

Just remember, the mother rang in to win Pink concert tickets.

Can you imagine what Pink would say if she found out? I’m sure she’d like to rip everyone involved a new butthole.

EVERYONE who was involved in this appalling little episode should accept responsibility. Just because the mother is an idiot, doesn’t mean any of the rest of it was okay.

The set up involved would be substantial. They had to get a lie detector sent to wherever the mother and daughter were.

Why didn’t ANYONE at any stage suggest this was a bad idea?

Kyle, as the front man you do have a responsibility to your audience and the people you interview.

Your post above sickens me almost as much as the question you asked that poor girl.

I’m still fuming about this! I won’t ever again be able to look at you and not think of this incident. You’re an arrogant jerk!

Robyn says:

12:23pm | 30/07/09

No one forced her?  She’s a child!  Where are the police and DOCS? Yes, the mother is obviously dumb as ten boxes of hammers, and lacks all moral fiber, and is depleted of all maternal instincts.  But does that mean Kyle should jump on board with her?  No!  Any normal adult would redouble their efforts to protect this girl from harm and exploitation, not use the radio to make a quick buck off her.  Just because the mother is behaving like a freak, doesn’t give Kyle the green light to behave the same way.

Marc says:

12:28pm | 30/07/09

I can’t believe that the media focus is on Kyle Sandilands. The true issue here is the mum bringing her daughter to the show with the prior knowledge of her rape. Yes it’s wrong to interview a 14 year old girl about her sexual experiences, but Kyle and Jackie O were approached by the mother and not the other way around. The mother asked the question, and had prior knowledge. Kyle and Jacki O handled the situation well and have done the right thing by getting young girl councelling. They have nothing to apologise for.

Angela says:

12:44pm | 30/07/09

Honestly, I can understand the pressure he must have been under to be live on air and hear that, one has to say something, and the pause after she said she was raped showed that no one else was going to. I think he just freaked out, and while trying to figure out what to do decided to try maintain why they were there, to find out whether this girl was having consensual sexual intercourse, but a straight away abortion of the interview should have been done. I don’t think it’s his fault for making the mistake of asking that final question. It’s easy for us to criticize as we weren’t in that situation and have the time to reflect, but if I was in that situation I’m sure I would have had a freak out like Kyle. Thank you Jackie O though for not letting the monstrosity to continue, maybe as a female you understood the seriousness of such claims more than a male can, or maybe u just had that extra second to think things through, regardless, thanks.

That being said, why this mother was even questioning her daughter about these issues on live radio is an outrage, and why the station is even allowing this segment to even exists just disgusts me. I also herd another “intervention” where a woman’s sister and daughter confronted her on live radio about her drinking problems just to win a prize that is not worth the emotional damage that can be inflicted on all parties. Of course the woman who drank vowed never to have anything to do with her sister again and called her daughter many words that should never, ever, be told to a daughter by her mother. Interventions are private issues being openly addressed, getting a third person in the situation to reach the best possible outcome is common, but not when it is live to the nation, not when the private issues is being that openly addressed. Interventions are embarrassing enough for the person being confronted and can leave deep scars, imagine the scars this will leave on the mother and daughters relationship. I doubt they’ll ever recover. This segment should be demolished, with an apology by the station of why it even exists in the first place, but no, I don’t think Kyle Sandilands should be fired.

S says:

12:51pm | 30/07/09

(“As far an apology goes, the only person I feel sorry for is the girl. That what should have been dealt with as her private situation ended up being one of the biggest news stories of the day.”) –
What about all the other young women out there who have had to deal with rape? They don’t need to be apologised to for your equation of rape to a sexual experience!? Women who have been through such a situation don’t need anybody else out there putting the blame on them; they can receive enough blame from themselves and others in society in general without high profile people giving credence to this view! And yes while I understand you didn’t ‘mean’ to say it. The comment still got out there and made the public domain and has the chance to affect anyone receiving the comment in the public domain, so to me the most important thing you could have possibly done would to have been to have come out with comments strongly pointing out that rape victim, are VICTIMS!! They have no say in rape, they have no choice, and it is never a sexual experience for them! But oh no nothing positive like that comes out of this incident, instead its all about you how you have so much experience with rape, how you are being attacked because all the journalist hate you! (What about me it isn’t fair, I am only a radio producer paid well, to talk rubbish on air). And after all it’s all right because:

“As for what I said, it wasn’t intended to hurt. If people have found it appalling or offensive I’m sorry for them that feel that way, but I would ask people to put themselves into the situation where someone says to you during a live radio show that they have been raped.”

Why don’t you put your self in the situation of someone who has been raped!!??

Tas says:

12:53pm | 30/07/09

All radio station have a delay dumb button…. before the live feed it is sent 2 the listeners radio it is sent to a transmitter…..  there’s always a good 10 seconds that can be erased for incidences like this….
Regardless of what could have been saved it’s pointless now!  the damage is done & If I was the girl Rachel…..  I would be suing 2dayFM for MILLIONS!!!!!!
At the very least 1 decent thing could come out from this traumatic experience these 2 dimwits using shock value for entertainment are doing!!!!  Helloooo the Jerry Springer skit is getting alittle old you savages!!!!!!

Zedimus says:

12:54pm | 30/07/09

So… If you ask a 14 year old about their sexual experience on the net you can be charged with grooming and go to jail, but if you broadcast the conversation it is okay?

The producers should be given the sack.  The presenters should be “Chaserised” and taken off the air for two weeks and the victims, both mother and daughter should go directly to counselling (something the producers should have suggested from the work go).

Michael says:

12:56pm | 30/07/09

This should never have gone to air in the first place. Who thinks asking teenage girls or boys for that matter about their sex lives is appropriate on air regardless of the outcome. The Chasers got taken off air for their stunt gone too far lets hope them same happens to the witless bimbo and the vile grub

Andrew says:

12:58pm | 30/07/09

Kyle has never come across as a guy with a great deal of intellect, but what an abhorrent thing to say immediately after a confession like that. Every day you come across more and more like a twat… Keep up the good work.

Kelly says:

01:02pm | 30/07/09

Agree strongly with Robyn! Why are people saying “the mother is the one who is at fault, not Kyle.”
Well obviously the mother is at fault, but Kyle and Jackie O and the rest of the bogans at 2day offered the opportunity, therefore, they are also at fault. This is a classic example of adults pooling their stupidity at the expense of a young girl. Sack them all! And let the appropriate authorities investigate why a mother finds the rape of her daughter so amusing.

DF says:

01:02pm | 30/07/09

Zeta: I’ll type slowly so you can understand. Let let me ask you something. Why was the conversation not on delay? Vyle, Skanky & the station let this go to air. As soon as the revelation was made, the show should have gone back to live, just as it would if someone had dropped the F-Bomb.

News Ltd is gutter scum as well, but had you seen the traffic on Twitter last night slamming the incident, you’d realise in this case News Ltd is reporting on the feeling of the public. And comparing them to Hannity and O’Reilly - wow are we meant to be impressed with your worldliness? Big deal.

Don’t sympathise with Vyle. He’s raking it in, sitting in his tacky mansion, loving the publicity. He’s the figurehead of the show. He’s the one who thought it appropriate to question a 14yr old about her sex life. Forget Cash for Comment, this was Trash for Tickets. The call should have been on delay, and now Vyle, his airhead sidekick, and employer can wear the consequences. And as their apologist you’re just as biased as you claim everyone else to be.

Tamir says:

01:04pm | 30/07/09

The fact that the mother is a moron doesn’t mean they needed to approve and support this poor excuse for entertainment. The fact that both of them are not saying: “we were wrong” is legitimatising bullying, bad taste and stupidity.

Leah says:

01:10pm | 30/07/09

Rukas - oh, get off your sexism high horse. I don’t think Kyle should be blamed either, but the point was
a) he was THERE and Jackie wasn’t
b) he asked the inappropriate follow-up question, not Jackie
Now let me point out I do NOT think Kyle should be criticised. I can’t stand him but this is not his fault. The mother asked the question, the mother knew the girl had been raped. Kyle did NOT. Yes interviewing a 14yo girl about her sex life on radio is unwise but Kyle had the mother’s permission - indeed, she appears to have instigated it. Generally ‘underage’ issues are subject to parental consent… there was definitely parental consent here and Kyle had no reason to think it would end like this. Can’t stand him but let’s put the blame where it belongs: the mother.

Willow says:

01:11pm | 30/07/09

They have to go, this was prearranged. The girl said that she was scared and obviously did not want to go through with it, that was the signal and it should have stopped then. They call themselves proffessional? Child abuse is abhorrent. Kyle and Jackie O you don’t make mistakes like that and you certainly should not be making a buck out of a child’s misfortune.

Luke says:

01:14pm | 30/07/09

Wow. Well put Alison. I couldn’t believe what I was reading in that post blog. I thought maybe I was distracted or something. But he truly is arrogant and full of himself isn’t he!? How black hearted that something like this doesn’t even affect him.

Teo Treloar says:

01:18pm | 30/07/09

Marc, check yourself…That’s the same as tabacco companies saying it’s not our fault people die from our products..The mum was at fault…no doubt! but what were those two inept personalities doing by allowing personal family issues be broadcast to Australia… Kyle has a track record doing this, he is to quote, a “massive dickhead”  Marc, get your most deeply personal and hurtful issue, go on there show and get them without the slightest sensitivity and lack of foresight broadcast it to the entire country….. ... To Kyle and Jackie O….you should stick your heads in the sand for about 70 years…

mark says:

01:18pm | 30/07/09

She was concerned that her daughter was on drugs or was sexually active..

—-

Well Kyle, I am a doctor so I deal with such things and I know how to. For you (or rather your PR agency) to claim you have some sort of mandate to deal with this - publically - is idiotic.

RobJ says:

01:29pm | 30/07/09

I never even knew who Kyle Sandilands was before last weekend, I was reading something about Dave Hughes and read that Dave Hughes had called him a dick head, so I looked him up. Hughes was right.

Anyway, I never listen to him or Jackie O ( I actually knew who she was), and nobody else has to.  The choice is ours, if we don’t tune in nobody will employ them. and radio stations might refrain from these ridiculous, poorly thought out stunts. I guess it shows that commercial radio cares more about it’s ratings than they do the well being of young girls, though that doesn’t come as a surprise.

RobJ says:

01:35pm | 30/07/09

“I’m sorry for her that it turned out like that. I’ve certainly pissed off a lot of journos over the years but I’m sad that they’re using the rape of a 12-year-old girl to have a go at me.”

Yep, Dave Hughes is right. Can’t you take responsibility for your own actions, it’s not the journo’s fault that you behave like a selfish, thoughtless dick head…

“As far an apology goes, the only person I feel sorry for is the girl.”

And yourself!

“but I would ask people to put themselves into the situation where someone says to you during a live radio show that they have been raped. “

Yeah, she said she was scared and it wasn’t fair, any decent human being would have terminated it regardless of what the producers or station owners may want. I wouldn’t exploit a 14 year old girl for money and those that do are reprehensible IMNSHO!

Chris says:

01:40pm | 30/07/09

You Schmuck.

Ratings and popularity.  Disgraceful and outrageous that the network even allowed this “Segment” to continue. All I will say is dont let the door hit your arse on the way out..

Bev says:

01:50pm | 30/07/09

Im not a fan of the guy at all but i think people need to realise a few things.
1. The Mum knew ALL the questions she would be asked and knew about the rape.
2. In knowing what her Mum knew she still went ahead with it just to win tickets.
3. There is a button that the producers can press to stop things going to air. Its a 30 sec delay so how came they didnt do anything…they seem to pick up when someone swears on air and edits it out but missed this???
And finally what was the guy meant to say…yes it was wrong and he knows it but what could have he said that would have been right and how is Jackio not at fault for this?????

People you can’t make such a strong opinion without it being informed..at least read the facts!!!!

Alice says:

01:50pm | 30/07/09

Has anyone else posted a critical comment up on the 2Day FM website that they haven’t published?

Try it and let’s see: http://www.2dayfm.com.au/shows/kyleandjackieo/blog/kyle-and-jackie-o-speak-out/20090730-50py.html

Or go to the 2Day FM website and find their Speak Out page.

Peter Thornton says:

01:54pm | 30/07/09

All about being a being a “Shock-Jock innit, Kyle? Honestly, the only tired old cliche you didn’t roll out in your own defence is that trite and self-serving rags to riches story your PR idiots normally bore us with.

I don’t like you. I’ll admit it. You remind me of an Aussie version of Robbie Williams. However the thing about mentioning this similarity is that you’re likely to take is a compliment; one that validates your behaviour.

Pathetic!

Linda says:

02:00pm | 30/07/09

Kyle, you’re a total disgrace. There is no part of asking a 14 year old child about their sex life on radio that is okay. The fact that you put this poor kid on the air is appaling- let alone the fact that she ended up being pressured in to revealing that she had been raped. Since when is the sexual activity of minors enterainment? You & Jackie O should be deeply ashamed.

Nathan says:

02:08pm | 30/07/09

You still don’t get it do you. In all you have had to say since it happened not once have you accepted responsibility for what happened. Instead you are looking to smear and blame as many other people as possible. Stop acting like a 2 y/o child and accept you screwed up. You did, not others through their interpretations, but you.

Christine says:

02:09pm | 30/07/09

This is disgraceful that the Kyle and Jackie - O show did not cut this segiment as soon as the girl made the revelation, but, I find it more disgusting that the mother asked the question to begin with, knowing that the rape had taken place, being the one who had agreed to strap her daughter to a lie detector, and then on national radio asks if she has had sex??? I’m sorry but my question is not to Kyle and Jackie-O my question is to the mother - and to put it as simply as I can - WHAT KIND OF A MOTHER DOES THAT, ESPECIALLY KNOWING WHAT TOOK PLACE??? Shame on the mother just as much as shame on the show for continuing to run with the segiment. I just hope finally the young girl gets the support and help from people who really do have her best interests at heart.

Bulldust says:

02:10pm | 30/07/09

Want to drive the message home? Write to every company that sponsors the show. That will get the message home quickly. Refuse to buy the product unless they drop him and/or the station. Words do very little in a blog like this, but money talks.

Peter @ Drummoyne says:

02:13pm | 30/07/09

Kyle (aka “David Brent”) this is just another dispicable act in a long line of worthless attempts at entertainment used to try and grab ratings. How would you like your daughters/sisters/nieices sex lives being dragged through the public gutter for a few laughs.

The girls was only 14, you looser!

JH says:

02:16pm | 30/07/09

“I’m scared ... it’s not fair.”
“I’m scared ... it’s not fair.”
“I’m scared ... it’s not fair.”
“I’m scared ... it’s not fair.”
“I’m scared ... it’s not fair.”

Take the personal responsibility, you utter utter douche.  Don’t go blaming ‘the media” for “making a big deal” about this.  IT IS A BIG DEAL.  Making a child talk about her sexual activities is incredibly vile and your reaction to her relevation was stupendously cruel and ignorant.

From the moment she said “I’m scared ... it’s not fair.” you should have stopped.  You shouldn’t have done this ‘experiment’ at all.

Phillip Malone says:

02:39pm | 30/07/09

You idiot. The issue isn’t that she said that she was raped, it was that you, jackieO (who shouldn’t get a free ride on this) and the rest of the radio station employees who allegedly are grown adults (I think that is being generous to you) choose to put a troubled, and she was obviously trouble before the rape charge came out, on the radio and ask her questions about it. Not just that, you put her on a lie detector!!!!!

How the hell did you think it was going to turn out other then how it did? Did you expect her to go, “Oh I have been so bad, I am going to join a convent?” Give me a friggen break! You knew she was a train wreck and you probably knew that the mother was a train wreck as well. I am sure in yours and your produces minds the rating lights were going off at an alarming rate!

So, personally I don’t really care about the stupid comment you made after she mentioned the rape, you don’t have the intelligence to a) say something more appropriate or B) SHUT THE HELL UP and let the segment die right there!

You, you have said one thing right. The rest of the media needs to look at themselves as well. They have been so disgusted that they just had to put the interview up on there sites as well! If you ask me, every site that has put the audio on there sites is just as bad as you and your employer!

Grow up and have a think about your actions!

Mr Sarcastic says:

03:00pm | 30/07/09

Hey guys Kyle did this segment because he cares about children and rape, didn’t you know?

Yo says:

03:13pm | 30/07/09

Lol, I agree - Nice try PR agency!

Please keep doing what you’re doing I can’t wait for the day when you are not on TV or radio that way i could listen to fox fm again. did you get concent from the child? It doesn’t sound like it from when she said she was scared! and AS IFFFFFFFFF you didn’t intentionally say is that the only time - that’s your sadistic sense of humour.

Who cares who bought the question up with a comment like was that the only time pffft you are a douchbag.

SS says:

03:23pm | 30/07/09

Fox FM is OFF my pre set stations list and will NEVER be listened to by me again until Kyle AND JackieO are taken off air for good

Adrian says:

03:27pm | 30/07/09

I’m just adding a comment to bring the total up to 445.

Joanne says:

03:30pm | 30/07/09

Reality KIDS do have sex. ....As a mother I would be seriously worried if I suspected my child was doing drugs or having sex at 14…..what planet are people living on .....oh shock asking a kid about sexual activity…at least this mother cares… No one wants to think their children are taking drugs OR sexually active but it is a reality and it can be a long HARD road if we do ignore it….

tim ryan says:

03:37pm | 30/07/09

Anyone who tries to defend Kyle is as bad as he is!

paulm says:

03:38pm | 30/07/09

What on earth are you doing conducting a lie detector test on a 14 year old on radio for in the first place??  Even if her mother gave permision, I can’t beleive that you and the producers of this show would consider doing this!

mario r says:

03:40pm | 30/07/09

i have been in a situation were a girl walked in were i was working and told me she had just got away from someone who raped her i did not make comment or asked any questions i just called the police the offender in time was arrested pleaded guilty in court and was jailed. that kyle is how you deal with it.

Cath says:

03:42pm | 30/07/09

Kyle,
a 14 yr old girl says “I am scared” - you press on.
a 14 yr old girl says “I don’t want to do this” - you “strap her in” and press on.
a 14 yr old girl is clearly distressed, raising her voice and begging her mother not to laugh at her - you keep rolling.
a 14 yr old girl yells she was raped - you ask her if it was her only “sexual experience”.

Clearly you have problems with the word no too, Kyle. Clearly you think it is more than ok, as someone not qualified to do so, to discuss a child’s sexual experiences.
Firstly Kyle, no human being would subject a child to such torment and trauma unless they were cruel at heart. As a community we expect to share the responsibility of protecting children from abuse. This was a form of abuse. Did it not raise some kind of red flag that a mother would choose to confront her child on those topics, in public, with an unqualified person?

Secondly Kyle, your “response” to her statement, if your story is to be believed, was about the airspace and not her welfare. You say you “feel sorry for her” but are not sorry -to her- for you inappropriate reaction. Interesting. Most human beings would respond a lot differently to such a statement… And that is brings me to my third and final point:

RAPE IS NOT A SEXUAL EXPERIENCE.

Put aside the issue of the rape for a moment; asking children about their sexual “experiences”, even at the request of a parent, should be as alarmingly inappropriate to you as it has been to the general public. You have re-traumatized this child, now you must make a proper apology and take responsibility for your actions.

Creeped out by Kyle says:

03:53pm | 30/07/09

Note to Kyle and the general public…

“The mum hadn’t said anything about the rape. She was concerned that her daughter was on drugs or was sexually active. Like a lot of mothers worried about their kid, she just wanted to find out what was going on.”

Children (an adults) who turn to drugs and become promiscuous are more often than not suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and chronic depression- often as a result of a sexual trauma.

And Kyle- pathetic response. A mother who wants answers to the questions you mention, via a radio show host and a lie detector and not through family therapy channels, my be the reason for such behaviour and hardly displaying genuine concern for her child’s welfare.

Matt says:

04:04pm | 30/07/09

  Why are you asking a 14 year old about her sexual experiences?  So many levels of wrong Kyle.  If you can’t see that is wrong I don’t think your employer should be allowing you on air.  Parent’s consent or not it is not appropriate to be doing so, particularly on-air.

Just imagine yourself at 14 with a group of people discussing your own sex-life.  You would be devastated, even if your parents patted you on the shoulder and said “Chin up little Kyle, its ok I gave them my permission to discuss your sex-life!”

Fresh listener says:

04:22pm | 30/07/09

This is why I don’t listen to this station. What kind of stunt was this, are you trying to appeal and encourage pedophiles by asking a 14 yr old about her sexual experiences??

Just stop trying to get listeners in using pathetic stunts such as this.
Why don’t you actually play some good music, rather than playing the same stuff till its dead?

Horrible cast and station all round, get some morals, personality and above all responsibility. You are a radio station not a reality tv show, not a late night talk show, play music, tell the news and stop FORCING people to do things.

Steve of Cornubia says:

04:31pm | 30/07/09

Irrespective of the shocking turn this segment took, how the hell can you think that strapping a 14yo girl to a lie-detector, while surrounded and controlled by a room full of adults, then asking her extremely personal questions live on air, was acceptable on ANY level?

Daniel says:

04:35pm | 30/07/09

I belive if the mother had informed the 2dayfm show that there was issues in the past, the segment would not have gone ahead.

The girl is in good hands with police and docs, and hopefully the person who raped this girl is in jail
rather sooner than later.

This girl can start getting her life back, who knows how long this girl would’ve been battling this all by herself.

Its unfortunate the way things turned out on live air, you cant prepare yourself that.

I think 2dayfm have learned a good leason, but its over the top to sack someone. keep up the good work but choose your segments a bit better or get rid of the lie dectector.

Kate says:

04:38pm | 30/07/09

I don’t know what is worse; Kyle Sandilands and 2Day FM’s poor taste in what they call entertainment, the Mother of the girl for exploiting her Daughter on air or people making parody youtube videos like the Say No To Rape one?

Steve says:

04:43pm | 30/07/09

Not sure who is worse… this so called radio talent, that “Mother Of The Year”, or the people who regularly listen to this garbage. Lie detector, 14 year girl, sex. Wrong on every level. I’m sure the Champagne corks will be popping at the radio station for all this publicity.

ess says:

04:49pm | 30/07/09

yeah, yeah, all great, I’m sure but how about having some moralistic fortitude and saying NO when the discussion material was put forth?  Call me old fashioned, but anyone, and I mean anyone, willing to engage in this kind of stunt with a minor, deserves everything they get!

Don says:

04:49pm | 30/07/09

It is understandable that a concerned mother would want to know what her daughter was up to if she thought that behaviour was harmful. It just completely escapes me what on earth did you think was good about putting an obviously distressed 14 year old on the air, on a lie detector asking her about her sexual experiences? Explain to me how you could possibly think that there would be a good outcome to this?

You thought that this was “entertainment” and would get some ratings. You judgement stinks mate - when you have a kid and they get to 14, how about you strap the lie detector on them and shove a microphone in their face - feel good about that?

Jason says:

05:02pm | 30/07/09

Somehow Kyle thinks it fine to be questioning a 14 year old girl about her sexual activity. You have sunk even lower, in my opinion Kyle, which i did not think possible. Your radio station really should be reconsidering your employment.

Supportive Citizen says:

05:03pm | 30/07/09

Kyle and Jackie O are not the ones to be targeted here. The mother is the one who instigated and consented the LIVE on are lie detector test. She knew about the rape months prior and still continued to question and force her daughter to confess to promiscuous behaviour. As any mother should/would do at first knowledge of this incident would be to deal with it then and there not to continue allegations that remained answered and unknown. Rape victims suffer tremendous traumor and act out in two ways, one being overlley promiscuous and the other being totaly withdrawn. Therefore the mother should bare the brunt of the situation in which she created and not Kyle and Jackie O who did the right thing by automatically offering counselling and support in which the was neglegent in not providing that same support at the time of her discovery.

Antonia says:

05:04pm | 30/07/09

You and the station are a national disgrace. The fact that you provided a space for this to occur is CHILD ABUSE mate.

You knew the questions and you knew she was 14 years old. The fact that she was raped was just unlucky for you.

Step down from your role and get out of the public eye - you’re a national disgrace to not only Australians, but all human beings.

Mike says:

05:12pm | 30/07/09

Never mind the rape confession, Kyle, how about the fact you set up a 14 year old girl to face a lie detector test on questions which can result in a criminal charge being laid against her? It’s still illegal to have sex if you’re under the age of 16—consent doesn’t play any part in it.  You had advance notice that the girl’s mother was going to ask if she was sexually active.  Did it not occur to you that there was a chance she might say things on tape which police could use against her later? The police *can* raid your offices for the tapes, you know.  As for the “I had no idea”, well, you decided to play catch with the Idiot Ball, now you see what the results are.  Enjoy, sunshine.  P.S.  Boycott Austereo, folks.  ACMA won’t do anything over this.  Advertisers’ funds are the only language radio stations understand.

Bryce says:

05:13pm | 30/07/09

words fail me

kris says:

05:33pm | 30/07/09

Im loving all the reverse psychology type comments from the PR dudes. They all start with or include “Look, I’m not a usually a fan of Kyles, but…he’s not at fault here”, “yeah kyle is a douche, BUT….” etc. Its an obvious technique and you’re fooling no one. Dickheads.

A Teen Girl's View says:

05:34pm | 30/07/09

I love 2day FM
But- As a 13 year old I have more sense than Kyle Sandliers. The 1st time I ever heard the lie detector about (6 months ago) I felt awful just listening to it. The way 2day Fm was just setting out to ruin relationships like that was really horrible. What was worse was me knowing that there were idiots out there who even after cheating on their wife still went under the lie detector! But yesterday while going to school I heard the opening of the lie detector segment. I was disgusted at the mother of the 14 year old and how she was openly telling Australia how awful her daughter was. She told the country that her daughter was doing drugs + was going out late at night. So as a school girl I can only imagine how awful it’s going to be for that girl when she goes back to school. Teachers are not going to trust her or they will take serious pity on her for something she is ashamed of. Now her entire school and the entire blooming country is aware that she got raped- taken drugs- that she sneaks out and now that is seeing help. All her family friends and school mates may never treat her the same way again.If my mother did this to me - I would refuse to ever ever talk to her again. Screw counseling! I’d run away. My worst fear is that not only has Kyle robbed this girl from her privacy that from a large portion of her childhood. When she looks back on her life I hope she is able to forget this. Kyle I want to hear you cut the lie detector completely because it was stupid Idea from the start

mira says:

05:36pm | 30/07/09

kyle sandiland should not be forgiven ever. he has done so many inexcusable things in the years and he should be fired immediately. it shouldn’t matter if he and jackie share the highest rating show on breakfast radio the fact that they have to strap an unconsenting child up to a lie detector test because their mum cant be bothered to ask her daughter if she has experimented yet is just ridiculous if that is how low they have to stoop to get ratings just because it will end up on the news and in the papers giving them a bad name. I imagine what overseas people would think if they knew that our breakfast radio consists of segments in which we strap children up to lie detectors to ask them if they’ve had sex or had drugs yet and then still push the matter even further after it has been told that she has been raped.  Kyle sandilands is an absolute disgrace to Australia and we are ashamed that we have to call him an Australian. what an absolute shocker. I am near that girl’s age group and i feel so sorry for her i will forever have the deepest and greatest of sympathies for her. I have friends around 14 that have been raped a few months ago and they need so much support to get through it. I hope this girl receives the support she needs.

mira says:

05:41pm | 30/07/09

what an absolute un australian bastard he should be in jail i could write a 8 inch thick novel describibg how bad he is but this site wont let me go die kyle

Herman says:

05:44pm | 30/07/09

The zealots here attacking Kyle don’t really care about the truth of the matter or the so called “morality” of the issue, let alone the benefit to the girl of having this issue now investigated.

You just hate kyle because he managed to acquire some degree of “success”, married some dumb hot broad, and you’re just jealous.

The fact is Kyle wouldnt be popular if you idiot sheeple didn’t listen to his crappy radio show or watch those mindless dancing shows.

The girl is BETTER OFF as a result of this CIRCUS ACT.

The so called “critics” are really just a bunch of jealous losers looking to vent and kyle’s getting it good now.

In a way he deserves it for promoting stupidity on the people whilst neglecting to address real issues like why Banks create money out of nothing and lend it at interest? Why is the Reserve Bank a privately-run bank who answers not to our government but the Rothschild owned and run Bank of England?

Baa Baa sheeple baa baa (at least sheep need a sheep dog to keep them in check).

Coco says:

05:49pm | 30/07/09

Kyle is a bit one dimensional and this is part of being successful in shock jockland. I believe he was surprised at the revelation by the poor girl and that his following comments were a result of being taken by surprise and seeking to end the interview. This doesn’t change the nature of the exchange that Kyle and Jackie O set up on their show. I knew they were in trouble when I heard a similar segment about an allegedly alcoholic mother confronted by her sister in law and the woman’s 19 year old daughter recently. It got ugly and I remember thinking K and JO have no idea what that woman might do when she gets home etc etc So I am not at all surprised that they got this so wrong.

i doubt its malicious on their part, just thoughtless and shallow and of course unethical and exploitative. But the MOTHER! who knew and who took her child to that situation….. Ironically K and JO are on one level performing a public service. They are providing a platform for dysfunctional people to get help ( assuming they do in fact get help) From the girls perspective I think its a big break for her with assistance from outside her family she may survive them and go on to build a different life. I really hope this for her.

rick says:

05:53pm | 30/07/09

gutter journalism to even ask the question on air. That it backfired only exacerbates the problem

JS says:

05:58pm | 30/07/09

Kyle, she is an underage child.  Do you realise that you made this poor child re live the rape again? 

Get off the air Kyle, take Jackie with you. I stopped listening to the morning show when Wendy got off the air. It used to be a fun thing to do in the morning. You killed it with innuendo and smut.

Jess says:

06:10pm | 30/07/09

WTF - dealing with the sexual history of a 14 year old should never make it to air, shame on Kyle, Jackie-O and the entire Radio Station. Using underage teenagers is not entertainment, its just sick

Julie Coker-Godson says:

06:21pm | 30/07/09

I have just downloaded the .pdf complaints form from the 2DayFM website. It will not allow me to print information into the fields.  I checked the security settings and filling in the fields is shown as “allowed”.  It still does not work. So how are we to put in a complaint to the radio station first before going to the Federal Authority?  .....and whose stupid idea is that anyway?  With something this serious the complaint should go straight to the Federal Authority.

Lisa says:

06:36pm | 30/07/09

Look, Kyle is certainly NOT   my fav person in this world. He has done a lot of crap that gets attention and he does it for that reason. In this situation I genuinely feel sorry for him. He and Jackie O were in an impossible situation. I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone. I feel they handled the situation the best they could, proving to me that they are both honourable people with some integrity. Rape is not something to be trivialized. It is WRONG and maybe the anger should be directed to the person who violated this girl, her trust, sense of security and childhood, and not the forum in which it came out.

Jason says:

06:39pm | 30/07/09

Good on you Kyle, lets make this all about you, I mean how dare everyone have a go at you for having such a stupid idiotic segment on your show, how mean of them!!  Who in their right mind would put a segment like this live to air?  It should have been pre-recorded and if as you claim you had no prior knowledge of the rape, then it never sees the light of day. 

As much as I find you to be a waste of space, you are not the only one that should be taking the blame for this.  Yes I believe that both you and Jackie should either resign or be sacked, but so should the shows producers and 2Day FM management should also either resign or be sacked by Austereo for allowing that segment to not only go live to air, but for allowing it to happen.  A 14 year old should not be paraded on radio to discuss their sexual history in any circumstances.

With a bit of luck we will never have to see or hear you again!

2.

Miriam says:

07:05pm | 30/07/09

I am absolutely horrified by this. Not only did the producers and Kyle and Jackie O knowingly, and utterly inappropriately, allow a segment to go to air in which a fourteen year-old was questioned about her sexual history as a sick form of entertainment, but they pushed ahead when she repeatedly expressed her distress and failed to prevent its transmission when she revealed her rape. I won’t even get started on her mother ...

In addition, their response to the situation is completely inadequate. Where is the public apology? There is absolutely no justification for their actions—“She was concerned that her daughter was on drugs or was sexually active” ... right. To me, that just sounds a lot like someone trying to make excuses to wriggle their way out of a very large mess that they created, and thus avoid any responsibility for their actions. At the very least, you owe a traumatised girl an unreserved apology. Ideally, you should be sacked.

The poor girl. I hope the station, the producers and the hosts are hung out to dry.

peter says:

07:11pm | 30/07/09

Disgraceful. FFS thes are Kids u r dealing with.
I will be sure to let all stations and affiliates advertisers know why I wont buy their products.

Tony R says:

07:26pm | 30/07/09

Disgusting behaviour ... followed by ‘It wasn’t my fault’.

Keep digging Kyle.

Miriam says:

07:37pm | 30/07/09

Edit to my above post—Kyle and Jackie did, in fact, apologise repeatedly on air the next day. Not without excuses made, though. And there is still the matter of the appropriateness of the segment and their reaction.

Michelle says:

07:39pm | 30/07/09

Come on Kyle.  Don’t treat us like the idiots you think we are.  You have a lie detector and a 14 year old girl who you know is going to be asked about her sex life.  You were fishing for something scandalous and sensational and you got it.  I can’t stomach all this ‘we would never have wished for that situation’ garbage.  Oh course you do.  You are loving this publicity and I think the whole thing stinks.

I really hate all the lie detector stunts pulled by media - why would you have it if you weren’t fishing for something explosive.

Well Kyle and Jackie O it blew up in your face.

Lucy Baker says:

07:40pm | 30/07/09

Where’s the minister for communications, Senator Conroy?

Lyndon says:

07:46pm | 30/07/09

Personally I think Sandilands is a talentless peace of s**t. It is obvious that he and the bimbo he shares the air with do what they do because they are clearly incapable of holding down real jobs. What they present on radio has nothing to do with what any self respecting listener would consider entertainment. However, having listened to the segment I find myself unable to castigate them for something they could not possibly have seen coming . Sandilands response was hesitant and knee jerk, imagine being in that situation as I have been during years of counselling. It always comes as shock and someone who has not been trained appropriately cannot know how to respond in the most effective manner. Yes, saying nothing would have been better but then, because of who he is, he has to say something. The ‘O’ woman, what is her name anyway ? Did the best she could to get them both out of the disgusting hole they’d dug for themselves. Clearly the PR spin doctors have been working overtime to assist with the meaningless apologies but I ask, what kind of apology should the girl expect from her mother, the mother who already knew what had happened and still, unbelievably put her daughter through it. Yes it was a reliving of the assault all over again for the poor girl but what can we expect when this is the kind of drivel we are being forced to listen to. Now for those who will no doubt say I dont have to listen it, you are right and I don’t but as ever the media beat up has made it impossible to avoid and I just wanted to have my say.

Rocky says:

07:49pm | 30/07/09

Internet benefit #478

Mindless lynch mobs now remain safely in their houses and are not out actually stringing up anyone who looks like Kyle Sandilands

neil says:

07:52pm | 30/07/09

Sack the producers. Sack the managers. It’s called checks and balances you clowns!
Wouldn’t they be the ones running the show?
K and J don’t run the station. They just work there.

Idiots, dangerous idiots.

alfons renoir says:

08:04pm | 30/07/09

Instead of all the splenetic fury why not hit K&J where it hurts, by contacting ANY business that advertises during their show and telling them you will boycott their products while they advertise on that show.

Booyahhh!

Pete says:

08:18pm | 30/07/09

Sandilands, I hereby join the line of people who hope that your sad, tawdry career; which has largely been based on exploiting the misfortune of others; will soon be over for good.  You weren’t shocked when the young girl in question revealed that she had been raped, you asked he if that was her only experience!  You’re a vile, disgusting bottom-feeder, and you deserve all that’s flung at you and the cheap, over-made-up bottle-blonde who shares your disgrace.

Rhada says:

08:27pm | 30/07/09

You know what Kyle? There are certain times when we all screw up badly. This is one of those times in your life.

In such times, there’s NOTHING you can do or say to defend your actions. Except to appologise from the heart and MEAN IT.

Any attempt by you to deflect blame or responsibility just makes you look weak.

Austereo, you make me sick with your statement that you won’t be reprimanding Vile and Tacky in any way. At the very least, if they are going to tackle such topics as underage sex, then they should have some idea of what they’re walking into.

I wonder how many weeks or months it will be before I stop feeling so incredibly pissed off and disgusted at Austereo, 2Day FM, Vile and Tacky and their producers.

Grinch of Murray Bridge says:

08:52pm | 30/07/09

Yes we all feel very sorry for both you and Jackie O, Kyle. Perhaps you’ll both be never placed in such an uncomfortable position again after ACMA comes down on 2-Day FM like a ton of bricks - maybe you’ll both never disgrace the airwaves again. That would be a real tragedy, wouldn’t it. Witless whingers both of you.

Rocket says:

09:02pm | 30/07/09

Your a drivelling immature little boy who’s conveniently buggered off to NZ in the hope this will die down.  Remember this and I forget who the famous person was I actually think it came from Richard Nixon,  who said its not the vocal minority you have to worry about its the silent majority.  To your sponsors Jackie O and Kyle be careful we the public vote with our wallets and purses and with our deafening ears to Austereo radio stations.  We know who you are. Something to be said for internet radio from all over the world.  To Austereo management grow up perhaps you all need to get out of the business your in if your ratings have fallen that much and you need to act in this manner.  Your spin doctors will be having sleepless nights for a while.

Laura says:

09:07pm | 30/07/09

Blame the media? You ARE the media. You put this child (yes child) in the spotlight first. This was wrong, and also quite sick. Regardless of whether or not you knew she was a rape victim.

You did at least know she was a victim of an irresponsible mother.

I’m curious though - if you or Jackie O had a 14-year-old daughter, would you subject her to this? Or is this privilege only reserved for others outside your glamarous niche?

Sick of seeing ‘talent’ like you, who has to resort to reality TV-style trash tactics - and bulling a child rape victim - because you lack natural humour and wit.

Jerry Springer radio style, but worse.

Adrian says:

09:46pm | 30/07/09

regardless of the onair admission of rape by a minor, you and your producers put a MINOR on air and proceeded to allow questions of a sexual nature be directed at A MINOR. This should never have happened in the first place and for this you, your on air partner, and your producer should be sacked. It was sensasionalist gutter material that should never have happened.

Jim says:

10:09pm | 30/07/09

CHASER x 1000.

Andi says:

10:26pm | 30/07/09

The poor fella still don’t get it. This is not a consequence of this one incident, this has been an a result his irresponsible comments over the years.

Teddy says:

10:29pm | 30/07/09

Time to pack your bags…

Duane says:

10:31pm | 30/07/09

The only real concern that those two have now is that by this time next week they will be unemployed.

Half arsed apologies are a knee jerk reaction to this realisation.

Having a mother question her 14 year old daughter on air about her sexual activity? Anyone with half a brain knows that this is going into a legal minefield.. statutory rape is a crime regardless, let alone forced rape.

Gibbot says:

10:34pm | 30/07/09

Here’s a start:

Dear Optus,

I am not an Optus cutsomer. I planned to be, as I am about to update my phone and I liked your plans.

You have lost my business solely because of your commitment to Austereo. You are putting money in the hands of grubs that have no place in public life, let alone endorsing your product.

I’ll stay with Vodafone. They don’t represent the best value, but they don’t pay people to force children to take polygraphs.

I have advised everybody I know of my decision and why I’ve made it. Others are making the same choice.

I will put it plainly. Insist on the sacking of Kyle and Jackie O and I will become a customer tomorrow out of nothing more than support for your ethics. Fail to do so and I will do everything in my power to ensure nobody I know uses your service.

Your silence is tantamount to complicity. Please make a stand on this issue.

Regards,

Gibbot - (I used my real name here).

I’m sure others can do better, but isn’t it up to us to define the quality of media we are willing to accept? The sponsors are the key. Hit them up.

Kristy says:

10:42pm | 30/07/09

Alice: Just posted this on the 2Day FM Speak Out article - “This was quite clearly blatant exploitation of a child. Regardless of her tragic situation, the mother’s abhorrent parenting skills (or lack thereof) or the way in which Kyle and Jackie O handle the unexpected revelations that were to follow, how is it ok to question a child about their sex life? 2FM Breakfast Team, you’d think you would want to have made 100% certain that the answer to that question was no. That is unless of course you are entirely unaware of what statutory rape is? Think not. Sick.

AND SURPRISE, SUPRISE NOT PUBLISHED
http://www.2dayfm.com.au/shows/kyleandjackieo/blog/kyle-and-jackie-o-speak-out/20090730-50py.html

And they accuse other media outlets of bias…...

Wozzie says:

10:53pm | 30/07/09

“If you don’t like it don’t listen”.

Really????  How about…

“If you don’t like snuff movies don’t watch them…..”

As for blaming the mother, Kyle and Jackie loaded the gun, pulled the trigger then acted surprised when it went off.

Gibbot says:

10:59pm | 30/07/09

“You did at least know she was a victim of an irresponsible mother.”

That is the most concise and accurate statement I’ve read on the subject.

Theo says:

11:26pm | 30/07/09

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading the comments here - people don’t know about possessive apostrophes. It’s “the girl’s mother”, not “the girls mother”. That is, the apostrophe is between the girl and s.

Bron says:

11:59pm | 30/07/09

Since when does a group of ADULTS hooking a CHILD up to a lie detector constitute entertainment? What the hell is wrong with us as a society that a GROUP of ADULTS could all come to a consensus that this is acceptable behaviour?

Tasha Edwards says:

12:00am | 31/07/09

If it horrifies you don’t tune in. This is probably the best protest you can make if you are so vehemently against it.

dean says:

12:04am | 31/07/09

well said Kyle. I’m on your side>

Farong says:

12:12am | 31/07/09

Sorry, is this story from Australia or America….......Shame Shame Shame…
Andrew W Aussie working in Phatthalung Southern Thailand.

Susan says:

12:13am | 31/07/09

As everyone is well aware, radio is transmitted on a delay - any responsible person working at that studio console could have cut the transmission immediately the girl said she had been raped, and prevented it going to air.  The fact that that didn’t happen speaks volumes about the standard of broadcasting coming out of that studio.
Another issue is that by airing a session where they planned to ask a 14 year old about sexual experiences - the station was producing kiddie porn.  They were hoping to titillate listeners with tales of underage sex.  Why is that any less reprehensible than someone who makes a living out of producing porn?  Why aren’t the police investigating the conduct of the station?  The interview was going to be about sex - and they knew the age of the girl.  The radio station makes money out of selling airtime - do the math.
The final and most important thing, is that Kyle Sandilands has exposed his attitudes towards rape.  Rape is a crime of violence, it is not about sex.  Since the next ‘automatic’ question out of his mouth was to ask if she had had more sexual experiences, he was letting everyone who heard the segment know that he doesn’t understand what rape is all about.  It’s not a sexual experience, it is an assault.  The rape of the girl was not a sexual experience, she was assaulted by a criminal.  Clearly Kyle does not know the difference between the two, so no apology he makes can make much a difference, because obviously he is not capable of understanding exactly what he has done.
And don’t even get me started on what sort of low life mother would drag her child onto a radio station and hook her up to a lie detector to publicly humiliate her.  That explains why the girl has not had any counselling - that would have been too much trouble for mummy to organise.

Alannah says:

12:17am | 31/07/09

I would have to agree with Kyle that he was shocked, But the mother new what her daughter had been through. I can’t help but wonder if they used this show to get help, I’m glad that the police and docs have been informed

as for Wozzie comment The mother did it for attention as if Kyle would ever let that go to air wake up to yourself. Kyle does have a human heart you know and he is doing all he can in getting this child the support she needs; something the mother hasn’t done. As Kyle has stated the mother didn’t tell him about the rape so how was he to know. The question should be why hasn’t the mother gone to the police before now?

THIS IS NOT KYLE FAULT SO STOP BLAMING HIM!!!

Jackie O, O, O please don't go says:

12:29am | 31/07/09

Think of the democracy much better life would be if people who voted for Kyle and Jackie O could not vote

sevnik says:

12:42am | 31/07/09

I don’t listen to their program but this is really simple and Its really straight forward.

You DON’T talk about a fourteen year olds sex life on public radio. They are under the age of consent ffs! It’s not news, its not current affairs. You’re not exposing some sordid hushed up crime, you’re doing it for entertainment.

As soon as the mum said anything about it Kyle or Jackie both had a chance to shutdown the conversation or changed the topic. They both did nothing about it and went along for the ride.

That’s pretty questional judgement from both of them.

But if you read the 2DayFM article on it there’s nothing but glowing support for the both of ‘em.  Go figure! I thought radio had a code of practice. I guess it must be optional.

Sam says:

12:51am | 31/07/09

Not on anyone’s side, but

1) Kyle and Jackie O don’t choose the material, the producers do, so don’t blame them for letting a girl being interrogated on air
2) The mother asked the questions, NOT Kyle NOR Jackie O

Marz says:

01:07am | 31/07/09

To Gibbot,

So your not going to switch over to optus because they sponsour the show?
Then you try use some scare tactics stating that you make sure your friends dont join optus… Well Mr Gibbot iam sure optus couldent give a rats ass about you and you friends joining the company because your money would be only good for the office supplys mate.

Get a grip well ya and go gert some Air for christ sake..

People this is old news now, get over it whats done is done.

tom says:

01:08am | 31/07/09

Mothers fault. the stations fault the morons that call this entertainments fault .

AFAIRGO says:

01:11am | 31/07/09

The mother is the one solely to blame for this. Firstly, she approached the breakfast team to do a lie detector test on her daughter. What was she hoping for? A few prizes? Secondly, she omitted to tell the team about the rape incident. I truly believe that if the team had known about it, it wouldn’t have aired. Thirdly, how could a mother know about the rape of her daughter for a month and not do anything about it other than publicly exploit and humiliate her own daughter? Is that how a mother should protect her child against a rapist? By allowing the rapist to walk free and not do everything in her power to have this monster put behind bars? What if this rapist now believes they are “famous” and tries to commit more rapes?At least Kyle and Jackie O had the decency to get the ball rolling for the daughter to get help. People are forgetting about the good that Kyle and Jackie O have done for the public. And as for Kyle’s remarks regarding “knowing people who have been raped” that’s how one shows sympathy and an attempt at empathy. How many of you who have made comments actually been through a traumatic experience of that magnitude in your life? I can say that I have been through that myself but instead of my family protecting me, they are protecting my abuser and are in denial about what has happened to me! Shame on you readers for turning a blind eye on what this is actually about and beli the bias opinion of sensationalised journalism

Dave says:

01:16am | 31/07/09

You’re stunned huh? I’m stunned at this statement full of half-assed excuses. I’m stunned that you still seem to think that strapping a 14 yr old girl to a lie detector and asking her questions about her sexual experiences isn’t a completely unacceptable thing to do. Pathetic.

Christian says:

01:46am | 31/07/09

Seems like I’m one of the only positive one on here…

Think about the good that has come out of this:

A young 14 year old girl who was raped will now get counselling at a young age and will most likely not go into bad habits as an adult thanks to this.

And as for Kyle, I think he dealt with it as best as he could

idiot mother to blame as well says:

01:51am | 31/07/09

“What sort of a Mother asks her 14 year old child about sexual experiences on a national radio station knowing she had been raped”.

Julia says:

02:53am | 31/07/09

The reason this went to air in the first place is obviously people find it entertaining - hence “i’ve been doing this for years”. What kind of sick world do we live in?
put myself in your shoes? i would never dream of interrogating a 14 yr old girl in public about her drug use/truency/sexual experiences as if it is humorous!
i am not impressed, but sickened that you “have been doing this for years”

The worst thing is that Kyle’s ‘apology’ is heavily laced with defending himself by saying he didn’t know the girl had been raped! Does that mean he believes that he would have had no reason to apologise for his actions if she hadn’t made the confession? That’s like saying “When I tried to electrocute you, I didn’t know you had a heart condition. Sorry.”

PART OF THE PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE THAT THEY AND THE PRODUCERS SHOULD READ EACH AND EVERY COMMENT MADE HERE “vote now”

k says:

02:53am | 31/07/09

has anyone stopped to think about what the mother was thinking when she decided to take her daughter on a radio show with a lie detector test and ask her about her sex life, when she know full well that her daughter had been raped. i have no idea what she was thinking, maybe she should have taken her daughter to councelling instead. it doesnt take a psychologist to work out that she probably started to go off the rails because she was raped and never recieved any help for it. what a retarded mother she’s the one you should be pointing your fingers at. she smiled when she was asking her daughter the question yet you are all worried about what kyle said, her own mother was smiling.
yes, i believe that the radio show should be held somewhat accountable. they should have done a more thorough background check. the girl was also terrified from the start of the interview they should have seen that and made sure she consented to the test. after the news was delivered the director should have pulled the plug there and then.
i feel most sorry for the young girl that has been involved. someone should have stuck up for her before she went on the air, her own mother didnt.
when he made that comment i believe i could hear the shock in his voice, i think it was also misinterpreted by many viewers. people are quick to blame, sometimes before we take the full details into account. 
if you dont like Kyle and Jackie O dont listen to them. if you want to blame someone you should blame the mother for putting her daughter into that situation. and the directors for not picking up early warning signs.

Charles says:

03:36am | 31/07/09

I so wish that you weren’t Australian - its embarassing that you are even a public figure. I hope you can make up for it.

Chris says:

09:04am | 31/07/09

I am absolutely appalled and disgusted at the further abuse visited upon the young victim by your station and the segment compares Kylie Sandilands and Jackie O

Any segment that forces anyone, let alone a minor, to be strapped to a lie detector test and then grilled about their sex life is disgraceful

The fact that your compares and the producers of the show did not comprehend of the possible downside to such a puerile grab for ratings just demonstrates their lack of professionalism and the stations lack of care

Even if the so called professional staff and compares did not envision such an obvious result why was the 7 second delay not used to ensure the victim was not further abused?

Even if the onair “talent” were not bright enough or professional enough to immediately cut the segment the producers should have

I am sure that the stations only driving force is not about professionalism but only about the almighty dollar and ethics and decency are just acceptable casualties to the greed of the station

I shall be contacting all of the sponsors of the show to express my feelings and I will be asking them explain how they can continue to support such outrageous disgusting actions

Horus says:

10:33am | 31/07/09

The biggest lesson for Kyle & Jackie O is to stick to faking their segiments…because obviously they just dont get what the fuss is about

Smiley says:

11:04am | 31/07/09

I’m saddened for Rachel, the 14 year old girl, who’s had to be put through all this on public radio and for the situation that’s she’s been placed in.

The fact that she told her mother and her mother did nothing about is disappointing and worrying.

How can you not do anything about the news that your daughter had been raped when such an event is sure to impact your little girl for the rest of her life.

Also, how could the mother ask her such a question (“have you had sex?”) when she knew the answer that she has had sex in the form of a rape. She later corrected her question to be “have you had sex other than that (meaning the rape)?” which again, is inappropriate.

Further on, she makes mention that she “only found out about that a couple of months ago” and “yes, I knew about that”.

After this shocking revelation and then Kyle’s fumble with “right, and is that the only experience that you had?”, it is quite saddening.

I realise that both Kyle and Jackie O were placed in a situation where both were stunned and shocked by the revelation, but how is it that Jackie O somehow manages to compose herself and verbalise appropriately and Kyle doesn’t? Yes, Jackie O did have a few more minutes but it is well known that Kyle does put his “foot in his mouth” a bit.

Nonetheless, there has been alot of media hype about this but at the end of the day the result is:
1) a girl has had to announce on public radio that she had been raped
2) a girl has been publicly humiliated
3) a mother’s inaction about the news of her daughter’s rape
4) the inappropriate response from Kyle to the revelations

From my standpoint, the mother has alot “blame” to carry for putting her daughter into this position for not providing the full picture prior to the segment and for not listening and taking the necessary steps to determine whether the facts of the rape were true.

Kyle also has a little bit of “blame” for not thinking before speaking and therefore causing this furore to take place after.

What I can say is that it is good to hear that Rachel is getting the support and help that she needs and that hopefully this will assist in changing Rachel’s attitude and manner that concerned her mother in the first place of bringing her to the lie detector.

I am a semi-regular listener of 2day FM and I think that Kyle & Jackie-O has a great working relationship. However, I think we need to go back to the basics of “think before we speak”.

Good luck to all parties involved in resolving this situation out.

Stevo says:

11:07am | 31/07/09

I don’t really like Kyle’s brand of entertainment but after listening to the bit in question it’s obvious he was shocked and just panicked, blurting out the first thing that came to mind. We all tend to put our foot in it when suddently confronted with something shocking.

It was a poor decision to put the girl in the spotlight, but the mother consented and participated so a lot of the responsibility falls on her as she is the child’s legal guardian and always had the power to stop this travesty from happening.

Hopefully the media leaves the girl alone and she gets the help she needs.

Andrew says:

11:57am | 31/07/09

Did it never occur to the producers that asking a 14yo about her sex life, when the age of consent is 16 might be wildly inappropriate? Asking any minor to disclose this sort of information on-air is reprehensible, but someone below the age of consent? That’s not only stupid, it’s morally wrong.

Grow a brain, and stop being such a putrid example of humanity.

Dan Jah says:

12:45pm | 31/07/09

Kyle, I have avoided your ‘outputs’ as much as possible, now I will be avoiding your sponsor’s products and advising anyone who’ll listen to do the same.
IMHO You should never be allowed to work in media again.

Jordan says:

03:13pm | 31/07/09

Here’s to you loosing your job and fading into the obscurity you so richly deserve. It had to take something really awful to bring it about, though and it shouldn’t have. You’ve had it coming for a long, long time, pal.