{"id":592823,"date":"2026-04-08T06:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/592823\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:03:10","slug":"marty-sheargold-compares-himself-to-kyle-sandilands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/592823\/","title":{"rendered":"Marty Sheargold compares himself to Kyle Sandilands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Triple M broadcaster Marty Sheargold<\/a> says he and Kyle Sandilands became victims of the on-air personas they spent decades building, as he reflected on his exit from Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) and the pressures of commercial radio.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Game Changers<\/a> podcast with Craig Bruce, Sheargold said that much of what high-profile radio hosts present on air is performance, not a direct reflection of who they are off-mic.<\/p>\n

Sheargold suggested audiences often misunderstand the nature of commercial radio, particularly when personalities push boundaries in pursuit of cut-through.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what gets forgotten in this is that, and I think Kyle [Sandilands] is going through this a bit at the moment as well with the drama that he\u2019s living through. A lot of what we do is an act, and people find that really hard to believe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey go, oh, well, it\u2019s a heightened version of you. And you start shaping it, and two decades later, it ends up here. And for many, many years, you\u2019re patted on the back and thanked [for] raising revenue and [you do] all your client lunches and tick all those foul, c***-sucking boxes that we all tick\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments position Sheargold\u2019s experience alongside Sandilands, who is currently embroiled in a legal battle with his former employer ARN, after they terminated his $200m contract for failing to remedy \u201can act of serious misconduct\u201d in breach of his terms of employment.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s fighting the claims.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Kyle Sandilands<\/p>\n

Exit from SCA<\/p>\n

Sheargold and SCA mutually agreed to part ways<\/a> in February 2025 following a backlash over controversial on-air remarks about the Matildas and women\u2019s sport.<\/p>\n

The fallout escalated beyond audience reaction, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority<\/a> later finding the comments breached the Commercial Radio Code of Practice.<\/p>\n

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