Kyle and Jackie O suspended

Aug 02

Sky News is reporting that radio duo Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have been suspended ‘until further notice’.  Austereo management have reportedly said that Sandilands is unable to perform his on-air duties at present.

The statement follows a controversial segment on the pair’s radio show on Sydney’s 2Day FM, where a fourteen-year-old girl being subjected to a lie detector test said she had been raped as a 12-year-old.

Network Ten is expected to make a statement about Sandilands’ future as a judge on Australian Idol this Tuesday.

Update: Austereo statement:

“Kyle Sandilands’ management has advised Austereo that he is unable to perform his duties on-air at this time. Further, following a great deal of consideration and having consulted Jackie O and all stakeholders, Austereo has formed the view that it is in the interest of all parties, for the Kyle & Jackie O Show to go into recess until we have completed an across-the-networks review of the principals and protocols of our interaction with our audience. This review commenced last Wednesday 29 July 2009.”

TGIF August 2nd 2009

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