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Kyle Sandilands has defended his Monkeypox comments

While Sandilands is no stranger to controversy his comments when he described Monkeypox on the Kyle and Jackie O Show as the 鈥渂ig gay disease floating around鈥�, has invited censure even from Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.

“Please remind me – what鈥檚 the point of Kyle Sandilands? If you can鈥檛 say something constructive, maybe keep quiet?,” posted Sutton.

Please remind me – what鈥檚 the point of Kyle Sandilands? If you can鈥檛 say something constructive, maybe keep quiet?

— Chief Health Officer, Victoria (@VictorianCHO)

‘Putting My Life In The Gays’ Hands’

The controversy erupted after Sandilands requested fellow host Jackie O to be vaccinated against whooping cough prior to meeting his newborn son Otto. The topic of Monkeypox then came about after Newsreader Brooklyn Ross asked Sandilands if he needed to have the Monkeypox vaccine.

鈥淲hat about me, do I need the Monkeypox vaccine?鈥� Ross asked. Sandilands had told the producer that the couple were not 鈥渓etting any gays near him.鈥�

Sandilands had also criticised the producer for not planning on getting the vaccine due to being in a committed relationship. It became an issue when the radio host called Ross鈥檚 partner and questioned him on opinion on the disease.

鈥淭he Monkeypox. The big gay disease floating around, it鈥檚 only the gays getting it. Are you worried about getting it?鈥� Sandilands had asked. He went on further to make other comments such as he was 鈥減utting my life in the gays鈥� hands as well.鈥�

The radio hosts comments were citied as hurtful and 鈥渄eeply unhelpful鈥� by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisation and also caught the attention of Sydney Morning Herald columnist Andrew Hornery.

The columnist who had come under fire , criticised Sandilands鈥檚 comments that had 鈥渄eeply offended the marginalised groups.鈥�

The Gays Are Getting The Monkeypox

Sandilands hit back at Hornery鈥檚 comments, saying that the newspaper 鈥渢ried to rubbish me and edited what I said to make out that I was a gay-hater.鈥�

鈥淎ndrew Hornery trying to pass the hot tomato… because all the gays hate him, remember because of the Rebel Wilson outing and he鈥檚 trying to throw the blame on to me because I dared let all the gays know 鈥榳atch out for the monkeypox鈥�,鈥� Sandilands said to his co-host on Monday.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even say anything bad about the gays. The gays are getting the monkeypox. It was a warning. No one else is giving the gays the warning.鈥�

Ross chimed in that the health community had said “recently that not enough media was reporting on monkeypox being the gay virus.”

“They鈥檙e all so woke they didn鈥檛 want to offend anyone but hey heads up gays, watch out for this huge disease,” Sandilands added.

Sandilands later called Hornery a 鈥渉ater鈥� and a 鈥渏oke鈥�.