Kyle Sandilands finally reveals new eye-watering salary
Kyle Sandilands has stunned listeners after candidly revealing his eye-watering salary live on air.
Much speculation has swirled about the KIIS FM radio hosts' salaries after Kyle and Jackie O signed a new 10-year contract with the network, which was rumoured to cost $100 million.
This figure would mean that Kyle and Jackie O would see an annual salary of $10 million, but Kyle revealed they are actually getting paid more than that.
“I can’t live with the lie, it’s underreported," Kyle admitted on Friday morning.
"It’s actually about another $50 million each,” he said, which means the pair will take home $15 million a year each.
As Jackie protested at Kyle revealing their personal negotiations, Kyle continued, “I’m just saying, let’s cut through the bulls**t. And we get that because we’re good [at radio].”
The new contract, which is said to be the biggest deal in Australian media history, will take The Kyle and Jackie O Show hosts to December 2034.
The duo also have a clause in their contract that allows them to broadcast the show “anywhere on earth” at the drop of a hat.
After revealing his astonishing salary on air, Kyle and his team began discussing the salaries of other popular radio stars in Australia.
The show’s reporter Cooper Johns claimed that Hamish Blake and Andy Lee both make $4 million a year, while Brendan 'Fev' Fevola makes $1.2 million a year for his show on Fox FM in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, 2GB’s Sydney breakfast host Ray Hadley is believed to be on a $3.5 million salary, WSFM’s Amanda Keller is reportedly on $2.5 million, and Carrie Bickmore is said to be making $1.5 million a year.
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