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ICAC's website crashed as Gladys Berejiklian gave bombshell evidence about her relationship with Daryl Maguire to the anti-corruption inquiry.

Those trying to access a livestream of the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing were met with a '500 - server error' message on Friday morning.

'An error has occurred on the site, we apologise for the inconvenience,' the message said. 

The technical issues forced the hearing to be briefly adjourned while officials tried to get the stream back up and running, with proceedings resuming about 10.40am.

Viewers unable to watch the live feed vented their frustration on Twitter, with some speculating ICAC's website may have been unable to cope with the level of traffic. 

ICAC's website crashed on Friday morning as Premier Gladys Berejiklian gave evidence about her secret relationship with Daryl Maguire

NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian (right) appeared before the state's anti-corruption inquiry for the first time on Friday. She was giving bombshell evidence about her relationship with Daryl Maguire (left) to the anti-corruption inquiry

'Hey ICAC - your livestream has overloaded,' one person wrote. 'Totally stalled, no login - too much interest! Surely you could have anticipated that.'

ABC journalist Casey Briggs predicted the stream may crash again when the issue is fixed and demand returns. 

'The hearing adjourned to fix the livestream, then people will stop watching, then it will stop crashing, so the hearing will resume, so everyone will watch again, so the live stream will crash,' he wrote. 

The interruption came as the former NSW premier told the state corruption watchdog she would not have revealed her secret relationship with Mr Maguire to her colleagues even now.

Opening evidence on Friday, ICAC counsel assisting Scott Robertson began with a killer question.

'If you were able to have your time again would you disclose your close personal relationship with Mr Maguire?' Mr Robertson asked.

Ms Berejiklian responded she didn't feel it was a commitment she could share with her parents, Arsha and Krikor, or her sisters.

Viewers unable to watch the live feed vented their frustration on Twitter, with some speculating ICAC's website may have been unable to cope with the level of traffic

Mr Maguire appears via videolink during a Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing on Thursday

'I didn't feel there was a sufficient significance to be able to do that in terms of significance.'

Outside the hearing, Ms Berejiklian said she will tell the Independent Commission Against Corruption she will 'strenuously stress' that she has always put the interests and her 'love and support' for the people of NSW first.  

Her day at ICAC has finally come - after six months of private hearings, two weeks of public hearings and 500 pieces of evidence.

Speaking to the media, she thanked the public 'for the amazing support' 

'It's been very very deeply appreciated at a very difficult month. I'm looking forward to fulfilling my obligations and appearing before this inquiry. 

'I will strenuously stress again - as I have every day of my life in public office - my love and support for the people of this great state has always been the forefront of any decisions I've made in public life.' 

Ms Berejiklian said she had not been listening to proceedings at ICAC over the past two weeks. 

'All I will say is my love and passion for everything that is great about New South Wales remains the case. I've been buoyed by the public support I've seen. Every decision I've taken in public life has always been in the public's best interests, and the interests of the people of this state.' 

She openly about her 'close personal relationship' with Mr Maguire a year ago, while admitted the disgraced MP was her secret boyfriend at a previous Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry. 

Shortly after shocking the state with her revelation, the then-NSW Premier seemingly spoke candidly about her doomed love affair with Mr Maguire with 2GB's Ben Fordham, radio presenters Kyle and Jackie O and Sunday Telegraph gossip columnist Annette Sharp. 

Gladys Berejiklian gave selected media interviews after admitting her secret relationship with Daryl Maguire at a previous ICAC hearing

The interviews appeared to engender public sympathy for Ms Berejiklian - but they came back to bite her on Thursday when the counsel assisting the ICAC, Scott Robertson, threw them back in her face with devastating results.   

On Thursday morning, Ms Berejiklian's legal team launched a last ditch application to have evidence from Mr Maguire kept private at the corruption inquiry into the former premier. 

Sophie Callan, a barrister acting for Ms Berejiklian, told Ms McColl that 'hallmarks or indications at the level of commitment' in the relationship with Mr Maguire should not be aired publicly. 

ICAC counsel Scott Robertson said the application should be refused. 'A public inquiry is to be held in public,' he said. 

He added that having a private session would risk it 'becoming a public inquiry in name only'.

Mr Robertson argued that the hearing should be able to publicly delve into the nature of the relationship between Ms Berejiklian and Mr Maguire because the former premier openly gave interviews to the press after a previous ICAC hearing a year ago about how she planned to marry him.  

Gladys Berejiklian (centre) with Kyle (right) and Jackie O (left) of KISS FM

Ms Berejiklian told the Kyle and Jackie O radio show that while revealing details about her personal relationship had been 'humiliating and embarrassing', it had made her feel 'more human'.

'I'm actually starting to feel even stronger after it all... It's made me feel more human and vulnerable than I've ever felt before,' she told the breakfast show hosts.

Responding to Sandilands' question about whether she had ever 'dabbled' in a same sex relationship, Ms Berejiklian said: 'I haven't and I didn't. Not that there is anything wrong with that.'

Sandilands said he understood why she'd want to keep the relationship private, given 'secret sex is the best sex', but the premier was hesitant to comment on the intimate details of her former relationship.

Ms Berejiklian told 2GB's Ben Fordham she lacked experience in intimate relationships after dedicating so much of her life to politics.

'It's fair to say that on average I would probably have less experience than the average person, but that's an excruciating thing to talk about,' she said.

'I've always been focused on my job and my work and my family and I haven't really had time for a lot else to be honest...

'It wasn't a normal relationship, he wasn't my boyfriend. I certainly hoped he would be, but it wasn't sufficiently substantial. I didn't want to introduce anyone to my close network unless I knew,' she said.

'I was certainly in love with him… but no, he wasn't my boyfriend.'