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Hughes strikes back with abusive 'apology' to Sandilands
Thursday August 23, 2007
By ninemsn staff
Dave Hughes has hit back at Kyle Sandilands over the shock jock's recent threats of violence — offering to allow himself to be hit so Sandilands could go to jail.
The Melbourne funnyman today issued a 'public apology' after Sandilands threatened to punch Hughes in the throat the next time they met.
"What I want to say to Kyle is don't shoot the messenger mate," Hughes said today in his podcast on Nova FM.
"I am sorry. I'm sorry that you're a massive dickhead. It's not my fault though."
Hughes also poked fun at Sandilands for saying he would be prepared to serve hard time for the assault.
"If I let him punch me in the throat, he can be out and off for three months," he said.
"That could be a sacrifice worth making... I've got a fairly thick neck."
Hughes called Sandilands "a massive dickhead" at the 2007 Logie Awards, a clip of which was played during an interview Andrew Denton conducted with the Australian Idol judge that prompted the initial throat-punching threat.
The controversial footage is just one aspect of what promises to be a highly dramatic Enough Rope interview, where the host also probed Sandilands on some of his more outrageous on-air stunts.
Denton — who is renowned for his focused interrogations — referred to an incident several weeks ago where the radio host took a call from a young listener who said he had caught his father in a sexual act with another man.
Sandilands then rang the boy's father and confronted him about the incident live on air.
The shock jock claimed the defence that his program was "an outlet" for his listeners but Denton countered that he was "playing with people's lives" by broadcasting sensitive personal matters.
The interview goes to air on September 3.
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I laughed for hours after that part at the Logies....the look on Sandilands' face was PRICELESS!!! 
