Kyle Sandilands did not mince words on Friday when he revealed what he thought about critics of his show's controversial Melbourne 'ball drop' contest. The radio king, 53, and co-star Jackie O, 49, hosted a promotion for their show dubbed the $100k Ball Drop, which saw 200 balls dropped from a helicopter over Elsternwick Park Tennis Centre in Melbourne on Friday morning.
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Kyle said a number of people had complained about apparent safety concerts hosting the segment - and he had some stern words for them. 'People were trying to close it down, rallying the government, contacting the air marshals - real little whinging b***hes,' Kyle told listeners.
'They just did not want us doing it, thought it was too dangerous, people could get killed and all this, just a lot of drama.'. He added the segment had received approval from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority - and so dismissed complaints against the segment as 'fake'.
Kyle Sandilands (pictured) did not mince words on Friday when he revealed what he thought about critics of his show's controversial Melbourne 'ball drop' contest. 'Now who would benefit from trying to ruin one of our contests? Maybe another radio station, maybe some old mole who just does not know what fun is, maybe some bloke Jackie ghosted, who knows?'.
Kyle then said there was no truth to the claim the station had originally planned on using tennis balls and switched to foam ones at the last minute. 'We're throwing foam balls out of a helicopter, not grenades.'. KIIS FM management had previously revealed extensive safety tests had been conducted to ensure the contest ran smoothly.
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