Comedian Andy Lee leaves Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O shocked after revealing his first job in radio was working for the clueless hosts… before getting FIRED for pulling them off air
Andy Lee dropped a bombshell during an appearance on KIIS FM’s Kyle & Jackie O Show on Tuesday.
During an interview with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, the 38-year-old comedian revealed he actually used to work for the veteran radio hosts.
Andy said he worked as a panel operator for them back when they hosted The Hot30 Countdown in the early noughties.
Surprise revelation: Andy Lee (centre) dropped a bombshell during an appearance on KIIS FM’s Kyle & Jackie O Show on Tuesday, revealing he used to work for hosts Kyle Sandilands (left) and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (right)
His stunning revelation left the incredulous hosts shocked, who had been seemingly unaware of the connection.
‘Yes, my first job in radio was panelling for you guys in 2003,’ Andy told them.
He then admitted that he was eventually fired from the job after making a costly mistake, which resulted in dead air.
Little known fact: Andy said he worked as a panel operator for them back when they hosted The Hot30 Countdown in the early noughties
‘I got moved on after I thought I’d put you guys to air for one entire break and I’d gone to the toilet and hadn’t, so Melbourne just had nothing for a fair bit,’ he recounted.
‘I felt really bad and I was like, “I need to talk to Kyle and Jackie O and apologise,” and he [Andy’s boss] said, “No. If they don’t find out, let’s just leave it.”‘
After getting to know Kyle, 48, Andy joked that he’s ‘glad I never mentioned it’, with Jackie agreeing it was a good thing.
Oops: Andy admitted he was eventually fired from the job after making a costly mistake. ‘I felt really bad and I was like, “I need to talk to Kyle and Jackie O and apologise,”‘ he confessed
‘Kyle would have cracked it back in those days! That’s not a little thing, but even the little things used to rile him up,’ a laughing Jackie, 45, told Andy.
The intimidating radio host was apparently notorious for calling up his show’s panel operators and blasting them if they ever made a mistake.
Jackie admitted she had no idea how Andy managed to get away with what he did without a scolding from Kyle.
Landing on his feet: Andy said it all worked out in the end, because shortly afterwards, he landed his own radio show, The Almost Tuesday Show, with longtime collaborator and best friend, Hamish Blake (right)
‘What a true a**ehole,’ Kyle said of himself, before confessing he started his own career as a panel operator for talkback radio host John Laws.
But Andy said it all worked out in the end, because shortly afterwards, he landed his own radio show, The Almost Tuesday Show, with longtime collaborator and best friend, Hamish Blake.
‘I was not allowed to press the buttons,’ he added.
‘I was not allowed to press the buttons,’ he added of his own show. Pictured, (L-R) Kyle, Hamish, Jackie and Andy