Kyle Sandilands' wild Logies conspiracy theory
Kyle Sandilands has share his wild Logies conspiracy theory, after he was forced to pull out from presenting an award, before being replaced by a famous rival.
The radio shock jock was asked to present the award for Most Outstanding Children's Program while holding his 11-month-old son Otto, but decided against it at the last minute.
On Friday, Kyle told listeners of The Kyle and Jackie O Show he had pulled the pin on the presenting duties after he learned how late the ceremony would go.
"I've had to pull the pin. I've told them to shove it in their a**e, my exact words yesterday," he said.
"My thing was, I had to bring my child out, he's not even one, and it was supposed to be at ten past eight. But they can't guarantee it won't be before 9PM."
"I've got a baby, I can't be waiting around with a baby," he added.
Kyle then said his wife Tegan was not thrilled about him presenting either.
"My wife said, 'What does Otto get out of it? He's just a bit of arm candy for you to get on TV.' And I couldn't agree against it so I told them I'm not going."
After pulling out of the ceremony at the last minute, the Logies gave Kyle's presenting role to his rival Dave Hughes.
On Monday morning, Kyle shared that he thought the Logies were conspiring against him by giving the hosting gig to Hughesy, given their years of rivalry.
"It was a big FU to me from producers to bring Hughesy on," Sandilands said.
"I don't think there was an FU from producers," argued his co-host Jackie O. " I think they were just trying to replace you in time [for the show]."
Hughesy later explained he thought Kyle would take his joke in good humour and that he even considered telling him about his material beforehand.
He said, "I saw him before the show and I was almost going to tell him what I was going to say but I didn't. I should have because he wasn't happy."
Although even Sandilands had some kind words for his radio rival on Monday morning, conceding Hughes "was quite funny" during his presenting stint at Sunday night's award show.
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