{"id":246145,"date":"2025-10-28T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246145\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:44:09","slug":"arn-axes-hayley-max-in-the-morning-after-controversial-keith-urban-comment-in-second-show-cut-by-network-in-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/246145\/","title":{"rendered":"ARN axes Hayley &#038; Max in the Morning after controversial Keith Urban comment in second show cut by network in days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Radio Network (ARN) has axed its second breakfast radio show in a week &#8211; following a Keith Urban controversy that went global.<\/p>\n<p>ARN confirmed Hayley &amp; Max in the Morning with Max Burford and Hayley Pearson will finish airing on Mix 102.3 in Adelaide on December 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2026, the station will launch a new live and local breakfast show as part of a refreshed whole station strategy focused on bolder content and bigger moments that really set the station apart,\u201d a spokesperson for the network told Mediaweek on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hayley and Max propelled the programme to the third-highest-rated FM breakfast show in Adelaide since taking over in January.<\/p>\n<p>Their axing comes after the pair raised eyebrows for <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/shock-moment-keith-urban-hung-up-on-radio-hosts-after-nicole-kidman-sex-scene-question-resurfaces-following-couples-split\/news-story\/8108686afa814df2de8dedde0d50504f\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"8108686afa814df2de8dedde0d50504f\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quizzing Urban about Nicole\u2019s sex scenes with Zac Efron, 37, in the 2024 romantic comedy A Family Affair<\/a> in July, just weeks before the couple announced their split.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does Keith Urban think when he sees his beautiful wife with beautiful younger men like Zac Efron having these beautiful love scenes on TV and radio?\u201d\u00a0Max asked the country singer.<\/p>\n<p>The interview then became awkward, as Keith\u2019s line went dead.<\/p>\n<p>The duo realised they had offended him, with a producer claiming Keith\u2019s \u201cteam hung up because they didn\u2019t want us to ask that question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pearson chimed the star\u00a0\u201chates us &#8211; I knew that was going to happen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had this feeling&#8230;that they don\u2019t like these personal questions at all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t like the personal stuff&#8230;he doesn\u2019t like talking about his wife&#8230; It\u2019s private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a couple of months later, in September, Nicole filed for divorce from her husband of 19 years, citing \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The development about Hayley and Max comes merely days after ARN announced KIIS 97.3 breakfast shows in Brisbane,\u00a0Robin, Kip, and Corey Oates\u00a0will wrap up on the airwaves at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201clive and local\u201d show is also set to replace the trio.<\/p>\n<p>The reference implies ARN heavyweights Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson will not be networked on Adelaide radio in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Robin, Kip, and Corey said they don\u2019t know who will take over the show as they addressed their farewell on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably it for me,\u201d Robin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ll get another radio contract, and that\u2019s heartbreaking because I love this business and I really love you guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing is, that having done this for so long, this show had a bloody good chance, and I know that for all the shows that I worked on which didn\u2019t, this one did, and it\u2019s a shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plans for a new breakfast show are slated to be announced at an ARN upfronts event in Sydney this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian Radio Network (ARN) has axed its second breakfast radio show in a week &#8211; 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