'That's screwed up… false advertising': 60 Minutes is blasted after its promos suggested Kyle Sandilands was set to reveal his 'secret health battle' - but the truth has left viewers FUMING
- Segment had promoted Sandilands' tearfully revealing serious health condition
- The KIIS FM host, 48, revealed on Sunday night though revelation was all a joke
- 'That was really cruel - a**hole,' his co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson responded
- Viewers angrily responded stunt was insensitive to those with serious diseases
Channel Nine's 60 Minutes has been slammed for suggesting in promotional videos Kyle Sandilands would reveal he has been secretly battling a serious health condition - only for the radio king to say he was joking when the segment went to air.
In a preview for the show, Jackie 'O' Henderson had tears in her eyes as her KIIS FM colleague told her he had been keeping secret a 'diagnosis' for some time.
But Sandilands confirmed his big reveal was a wind-up on Sunday night - prompting a furious response from viewers who accused Channel Nine of 'false advertising'.
'I love you and it's been wonderful,' the 48-year-old said to Henderson in promotions aired all week.
Sydney radio king Kyle Sandilands' 60 Minutes interview had been promoted as an emotionally-charged revelation of a serious health condition - but he revealed on Sunday night it was all a joke
'[But] there's a condition I've been diagnosed with I haven't spoken to anyone about.'
In the full version of the segment aired on Sunday night, Sandilands answered wryly 'yeah' when Henderson asked him if he was joking.
'You had me - you so had me,' Henderson responded. 'That was really cruel - a**hole.'
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The stunt drew the ire of former Senator and outspoken commentator Derryn Hinch, who said joking about serious illnesses was no laughing matter.
'Anybody who has ever been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and had to tell loved ones, would not appreciate Kyle Sandilands' "joke" tonight,' he wrote on Twitter.
Entertainment reporter Peter Ford meanwhile said 60 Minutes had gone 'off brand' by promoting Sanidlands' prank as an emotionally charged tell-all interview with the radio shock jock.
'One thing for to pull a prank about a life threatening illness. That’s on brand. Different thing for to use it in a promo knowing they wouldn’t be delivering. That’s off brand,' he wrote.
Viewers weren't impressed by Sandilands' revelation - with one claiming the promotions all week of the interview was 'false advertising'
Sandilands was in tears (left) in a 60 Minutes preview as he prepared to reveal the health condition - but the revelation it was a wind-up left Henderson and host Karl Stefanovic stunned
'She's divine': Jackie 'O' Henderson breaks down in tears as she hopes daughter Kitty is 'proud' of her... and reveals how she doesn't allow the nine-year-old to listen to her radio show
She is very much an open book when hosting alongside Kyle Sandilands on KIIS FM's The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
And appearing on Sunday's segment dedicated to the radio duo, Jackie 'O' Henderson told reporter Karl Stefanovic how she hopes daughter Kitty - real name Catalina - is 'proud' of her.
The 45-year-old also revealed how she doesn't allow the nine-year-old to listen to her radio show, where she often talks about her personal life.
When asked by Karl what Kitty thinks of her mother's profession, Jackie said: 'She came and said [to me] the other day, "Mummy, I overheard you say this. Is it true?"
Family: Jackie shares Kitty - real name Catalina - with ex-husband Lee Henderson
'I don't let her listen to the show, so she never hears any of this stuff. So I know I'm only two years away before I've got some explaining to do.'
Jackie went on to speak about her 'beautiful relationship' with Kitty, who she shares with ex-husband Lee Henderson.
Jackie and photographer Lee announced their split back in 2018, with Jackie speaking about the breakup on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
'It's not a decision we took lightly at all,' she said at the time. 'Lee and I have been so lucky that our separation has been extremely amicable.
'It's not something that happened overnight for us... We wanted to keep that private for as long as we possibly could.
'You advertise all week about a poignant moment and a deadly diagnosis all week only for it to be a joke. False advertising Channel Nine,' another viewer said.
A similar tweet read: 'That pathetic, insensitive piece Karl did for 60 Minutes on Kyle Sandilands stunk of a desperate bid to regain relevance.
'It failed miserably and will only serve to see Today fall even further behind Sunrise. It's time for Stefanovic to ride off into the sunset.'
But Sandilands did reveal elsewhere in the program his blood pressure is so high his death could come 'at any moment'.
'I could die - that means at any stage at any time day or night,' he told host Karl Stefanovic.
The radio host showed the presenter how his home blood pressure machine could not even give a reading because his pressure was so high.
He said though there was a sign of improvement - with one recent promising reading almost reducing him to tears.
'Two weeks ago I had the machine on and the blood pressure was good for the first time in 15 years,' he said.
'That's when I got all emotional I started to well up, and nearly cried because I thought "Oh, maybe my pressure is under control. Maybe I won't just die one day."'
In a demonstration of his blood pressure device, Sandilands showed how his blood pressure was 292 over 94 - when a healthy reading should be 120 over 80.
Sandilands also told Karl Stefanovic his dire physical health could mean he dies at 'any time day or night'. The radio heavyweight, 48, showed Stefanovic his home blood pressure machine could not even give a reading because his pressure was so high
Sandilands and Henderson also addressed the more hair-raising moments of their KIIS FM partnership.
The radio duo discussed a 2009 lie detector controversy when they were pulled from the airwaves after a 14-year-old girl revealed on-air she had been raped at the age of 12.
'There’s no way I would do that now. If someone suggested that as a segment, I would know, no, we’re not putting a young girl on a lie-detector test,' Henderson said.
Other parts of Sunday night's interview reflected on the time they've spent getting to the top - and just how hard it is to maintain their status
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson arrive for the debut single launch by pop group Scandal'Us at Sydney's Planet Hollywood in 2001. The pair are ratings winners on KIIS FM
'I’m always worried you’re going to say something that will one day just ruin you,' she told her long-term co-host.
'I feel like I always have to talk over him to try and stop him from going a place where sometimes he doesn’t get that if you go there, this is going to become a thing.'
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Nine for comment.
Over: Kyle split from long-term girlfriend Imogen Anthony, 29, in mid-2019 after eight years of dating
'I've got a lot to give': Kyle Sandilands speaks candidly about his relationship with girlfriend Tegan Kynaston and reveals his plans to have children
During Sunday night's episode of 60 minutes, the radio star, 48, revealed his plans to 'settle down and have children' one day.
'Of course I want to [settle down and have kids], I'm the kid that was thrown into the gutter at 15. I'm always looking for someone to love me back,' he said.
'I've got a lot to give but, I want it back. Probably even more than I want to give,' he added.
Kyle began dating personal assistant, Tegan, following his split from his long-term girlfriend Imogen Anthony.
The radio titan announced his shock split from his girlfriend-of-eight-years on The Kyle and Jackie O Show in early November.
'I'm always looking for love ': During Sunday night's episode, Kyle (pictured with girlfriend Tegan) revealed his plans to 'settle down and have children
He told listeners the couple 'haven't been living with each other' for months and their relationship had simply 'run its course'.
'We haven't been with each other for quite a few months now. Unfortunately it's run its course,' he said.
Tegan is director of communications for Sandilands' company, King Kyle Pty Ltd, and was previously the radio star's personal assistant.
The duo have been working together for almost 20 years, and dominate the airways as Australia's number one breakfast show.
Other parts of the interview reflected on the time they've spent getting to the top - and just how hard it is to maintain their status.
'I'm always worried you're going to say something and it'll just ruin you,' Henderson told Sandilands. 'Staying at number one is harder than getting to number one.'
In response, Sandilands said he 'doesn't give a f**k' - an ethos his management and network bosses have capitalised on throughout his career.
'Millions of dollars of marketing has been spent on me being a bastard,' he laughed, while describing Henderson as the 'yin to my yang'.
Other parts of the interview reflected on the time they've spent getting to the top - and just how hard it is to maintain their status. Sandilands and Henderson are pictured with Cody Simpson
After living rough on the streets as a child and decades of mistreating his body, Sandilands revealed last year he had started taking better care of himself on doctors' orders.
Other parts of the interview reflected on the time they've spent getting to the top - and just how hard it is to maintain their status.
'I'm always worried you're going to say something and it'll just ruin you,' Henderson told Sandilands. 'Staying at number one is harder than getting to number one.'
In response, Sandilands said he 'doesn't give a f**k' - an ethos his management and network bosses have capitalised on throughout his career.
'Millions of dollars of marketing has been spent on me being a bastard,' he laughed, while describing Henderson as the 'yin to my yang'.
Sandilands' girlfriend Tegan Kynaston had shared a photo to Instagram Stories on Sunday morning of the radio shock-jock, 48, cuddling up on the couch with his dog
After living rough on the streets as a child and decades of mistreating his body, Sandilands revealed last year he had started taking better care of himself on doctors' orders.
In October 2019, he told The Daily Telegraph he was eating healthier, and had stopped drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and taking drugs.
'Now, if I did one line, I'd be dead in five seconds,' he said at the time.
Known as the 'king and queen of Sydney radio', Kyle and co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson are believed to be getting paid $8million each per year
He added: 'I was like a teenage boy my entire life, and that caught up with me... so that had to get sorted out.'
He had taken cocaine and marijuana 'on and off' over the years, before deciding to completely cut them out of his life - as well as alcohol and sugary junk food.
'I've still got high blood pressure and I'm still on medication like a mess,' he added.
On May 1, Sandilands weighed himself on air and revealed he tipped the scales at 146kg - sixteen kilograms heavier than the last time he'd weighed himself.
'Yep, I've gone up a bit!' he said. 'I've gone from 130kg to 146kg... I haven't done a s**t yet, mind you.'
He had taken cocaine and marijuana 'on and off' over the years, before deciding to completely cut them out of his life - as well as alcohol and sugary junk food
He went on to say that he couldn't 'care less' about the massive weight gain.
It comes after the 48-year-old was forced to deny reports in August 2018 he had 'gone missing' after failing to show up for work for several days in a row.
'Stop looking, I'm not missing,' Kyle said on air. 'Apparently I was missing for days. We all know I was just sick.'
On May 1, Sandilands weighed himself on air and revealed he tipped the scales at 146kg - sixteen kilograms heavier than the last time he'd weighed himself. Pictured in 2015
He did not specify what his health problem was.
His regular fill-in host, Beau Ryan, had said earlier that week he didn't know anything about Kyle's illness.
Back in 2017 meanwhile, Sandilands was warned by a psychic he was 'going to die of a heart attack' the following year.
Before his recent weight gain, yo-yo dieter Sandilands had been trying to shed the kilos
While the psychic didn't specify his death would be weight related, she did warn him to get a calcium score test done on his heart.
A calcium score test measures the calcium in your arteries to determine the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
In 2014, obesity specialist Dr Edward Jackowski warned that Sandilands would die young because of his weight and lifestyle.
Before his recent weight gain, Sandilands had been trying to shed the kilos.
Last June, he told Daily Mail Australia that he had dropped 'three belt sizes' in the span of 12 months.
'I'm eating healthy and dropping off weight, but it's a slow process,' he said.
In 2014, obesity specialist Dr Edward Jackowski warned Sandilands would die young because of his weight and lifestyle
'I've lost three belt sizes and people I haven't seen for ages are surprised when they see me, they all tell me I've lost weight.'
Sandilands said he had started exercising and was enjoying the benefits of a healthy meal delivery plan.
He also stopped some of his worst habits, such as drinking 'two litres of Coca-Cola and two litres of milk every day'.
'I was eating s**t before and I'm so stubborn that I never wanted to listen when people told me to get in shape,' he explained.
'I was grossly overweight and it was making me sick. My health is so much better now.'
