Radio stars reveal their worst on-air moments
In celebration of 100 years of Australian radio, the who's-who of the Aussie airwaves have shared their most awkward interview moments.
Ben Fordham, Amanda Keller and Fifi Box were among the radio presenters who recalled their worst on-air moments to news.com.au, with the memorable moments ranging from mispronouncing a guest's name, to announcing the death of a celebrity who was very much still alive.
2GB's Ben Fordham revealed one of the more outrageous moments from his radio show, recalling when a caller asked him about classic Aussie TV show Simon Townsend's Wonder World.
"I said, 'yeah, that was a great show. Sadly we lost Simon Townsend recently,' and then people started calling in saying, 'are you sure Simon Townsend is dead?'" he said.
It turned out that Fordham had made an error, as it was actually Townsend's dog Woodrow who had died.
He said, "When I came out of the ad-break I had to do a mop up job. It was pretty ugly."
Amanda Keller from WSFM's Jonesy and Amanda shared a story about accidentally mispronouncing Weird Al Yankovic's name, despite her co-host trying to help her.
"Jonesy (my co-host) kept telling me to pronounce his surname 'Yankovick', and I said, 'no, excuse me, it's pronounced 'Yankovich'."
During the entire interview with the musician, Keller introduced the singer with her mispronunciation, and was eventually corrected by the singer when the time came for him to record a promo for the radio network.
"It was humiliating," she said.
Fifi Box recalled an experience back in 2013 when her then co-host Jules Lund blindfolded her and took her to a secret location for their show's 'Blackout Challenge.'
"I was pregnant at the time, and basically found myself lying on a bed in a dark room being serenaded by the one and only David Hasselhoff!" she said.
"The Hoff then decided it was funnier to take his pants off for an added extra surprise. Also, being heavily pregnant made the whole scenario a lot more awkward."
Rounding out the awkwardness was KIIS FM's Will and Woody who had an uncomfortable interview with pop star Jennifer Lopez.
"We overheard Jennifer Lopez screaming at her publicist about needing to do an interview with us. We were both dressed as Santa and had to go through the whole interview knowing that she really didn't want to be there," Will said.
"Suffice to say that the interview wasn't one of our best."
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