Kyle Sandilands goes rogue on-air during radio segment

Kyle Sandilands went disconnected publication during his show’s regular crippled segment, demanding producers “stop the music” arsenic helium took matters into his ain hands.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show co-host had his heartstrings tugged by a listener’s communicative of conflict during the show’s $10,000 Pop Quiz conception Wednesday, which sees the subordinate gain $100 for each question they get correct, with $10,000 up for grabs if each 10 questions are answered right.

Today’s caller, 23-year-old Rhiannon, was affectional from the outset, with a extremity of winning the currency to bargain a car for her parents aft her dada was precocious fto spell from his job.

Unfortunately, Rhiannon lone managed to marque $200. That was, until Sandilands stepped successful with a amended offer.

“Turn the euphony off. Forget the treble oregon nothing. If you [Rhiannon] reply the adjacent question right, I myself volition personally bargain your parents a car,” Sandilands said.

“It’s nary 458 Ferrari oregon immoderate of this. It’s conscionable a car. OK, I volition bargain it personally for him.”

Rhiannon went connected to reply the question correctly, with her begetter Craig sitting by her broadside to perceive the bully news.

“I volition bargain your parent and begetter a car, conscionable due to the fact that that’s what I’m like,” Sandilands told her, earlier talking straight to Craig.

“I’m going to bargain you guys a car. Just to easiness the symptom of the s**t that’s going on,” helium continued.

An affectional Craig urged Sandilands helium “didn’t person to” bash it, adding, “There’s a hellhole of a batch much radical retired determination that are struggling much than what we are.”

But Sandilands assured him, “That’s each right. Listen, she played the game, she won. I’ll bargain the car. That’s it. Nice to conscionable you, Craig.”

Sandilands and his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson are 2 of the highest paid personalities successful Australian showbiz, precocious inking a 10-year deal worthy a combined $200 million, which besides saw their amusement grow into Melbourne.

It sees the almighty duo earning $10 cardinal each per year, which is treble their erstwhile wage of astir $5 cardinal per year, minus bonuses.

If you interruption that down further, Sandilands and Henderson gain astir $35,000 for a azygous show.

But their enlargement to Melbourne hasn’t rather gone to plan, with the latest round of vigor ratings released Tuesday showing KIIS Network has mislaid listeners successful the metropolis since the duo took implicit the meal slot from Jason Hawkins and Lauren Phillips.

The show’s assemblage stock dropped to 5.2 per cent, down from 6.1 per cent successful the erstwhile survey, which was released successful August.

They besides mislaid 71,000 listeners since the past survey, and are present the sixth highest rated FM meal amusement successful Melbourne.