"He is underneath us": Kyle Sandilands' savage swipe at Ben Fordham
Kyle Sandilands took a savage swipe at 2GB radio host Ben Fordham on Thursday morning, after his KIIS FM show with Jackie O won this year's radio ratings.
The Kyle and Jackie O show was ranked the number one breakfast show over Fordham's show five out of seven times in this year's surveys, with Fordham coming in close second with a 16.2 per cent share compared to the duo's 16.3 per cent share.
"If you want to know what happened to Ben Fordham, he is underneath us," Sandilands said during his show on Thursday.
"It's like having sex with someone and they die. That's Ben. Ben is the dead person."
After the savage swipe, Sandilands gave a shout out to all of the employees working with him.
"Once again, to our own staff, I've got to thank you all. We retain the number one overall position as the largest greatest most listened to radio show in the history of Australian radio," he added.
As his colleagues cheered and applauded in the studio, Sandilands added: "Calm down now. So the biggest most listened to show ever in the entire history of radio, we are that.
"Also the biggest radio station in the country well done for the whole team."
The Kyle and Jackie O show have 797,000 people tuning in each week, with KIIS 1065 ranked as the number one radio station in Sydney.
"It's another fantastic day for us at ARN," their Chief Content Officer Duncan Campbell said in a statement.
"The positive momentum from the last survey has continued and it's great to see Kyle and Jackie O maintain their lead over Ben Fordham on 2GB."
"The pair have had a phenomenal year – they not only remain unbeaten as the #1FM Breakfast show but have now held the #1 overall spot in Sydney for five out of seven surveys this year, meaning they've officially won 2023!" he added.
The last time 2GB's Ben Fordham Live beat K the duo in radio ratings was in July, after months of coming in close.
Fordham and Sandilands are actually good friends behind the scenes despite roasting and playing pranks on each other.
Images: Instagram/ KIIS FM/ 2GB