Kyle Sandilands' controversial take on Alex Cullen's standing down… as Nine star is a no-show on the Today Show after $50,000 gift from Adrian Portelli
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Kyle Sandilands has shared his controversial opinion on Alex Cullen being stood down after accepting a $50,000 gift from The Block billionaire Adrian Portelli. TV presenter Cullen, 44, was gifted the sizeable sum from Portelli after he was the first media personality to use his new self-given nickname 'McLaren Man' live on air.
![[TV presenter Cullen, 44, was gifted the sizeable sum from Portelli after he was the first media personality to use his new self-given nickname 'McLaren Man' live on air]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/23/94253519-14302983-TV_presenter_Cullen_44_was_gifted_the_sizeable_sum_from_Portelli-m-40_1737329577198.jpg)
Portelli has grown tired of his long-used nickname 'Mr Lambo' and offered the cash reward to the first media personality to use his new moniker, with Cullen obliging on the Today Show on Friday. It then emerged that Channel Nine was looking into the payment and Cullen agreed to step down after the ill-advised on-air stunt.
![[Portelli had grown tired of his long-used nickname 'Mr Lambo' and offered a reward to the first media personality to use his new moniker, with Cullen obliging on the Today Show (pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/23/94237617-14302983-Alex_Cullen_has_been_stood_down_after_he_and_his_Today_show_co_s-a-38_1737329410921.jpg)
Radio shock jock Kyle, 53, has weighed into the controversy and gave his surprising opinion on the matter on Monday morning's KIIS FM radio show. Returning for his first program back after his summer break, Kyle controversially insisted he didn't understand why anyone 'cared' about the payment.
![[It then emerged that Channel Nine was looking into the payment and Cullen agreed to step down after the ill-advised on-air stunt (pictured: Adrian Portelli)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/23/94253305-14302983-Billionaire_promoter_Adrian_Portelli_explains_why_he_encouraged_-a-39_1737329421883.jpg)
Kyle Sandilands has shared his controversial opinion on Alex Cullen being stood down after accepting a $50,000 gift from The Block billionaire Adrian Portelli. He said: 'He's a very good presenter this Alex guy. He makes a quick $50,000 on that, does anyone care about that?'.
'I don't like the whole vibe of it,' Kyle added of the backlash to Cullen's stunt. Accepting cash, gifts or benefits to undermine journalistic independence, and improperly using a journalistic position for personal gain, are both breaches of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance Journalist Code of Ethics.
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