Life Uncut and KIIS 1065 radio host Brittany Hockley has addressed comments made by Abbie Chatfield about Hockley and Kyle Sandilands’ breakfast radio segment with Yung Gravy.
Speaking with Yung Gravy live on-air, Sandilands and Hockley asked the rapper about his dating life, to which he told the pair he had asked Chatfield on a date after appearing on her podcast.
In response to this, Sandilands said, “You and everyone else. Line up, my friend. Line up.”
“We have a date planned,” Gravy added, to which Hockley said, “I have no doubt,” followed by back-and-forth commentary that has been labelled as slut-shaming.
Chatfield spoke out about the “slut-shaming” on her It’s A Lot podcast, “The issue that people like Kyle and Brittany have with me is that I’m able to speak about sexuality in a way that isn’t shameful, and they think that that must equate to f**king around every single day and having sex every single day when actually it’s just that.
“I don’t have the shame that they have, and therefore they’re projecting it on to me,” she said.
She also addressed the situation in a series of Instagram stories.
In a written Instagram post, Hockley responded to the backlash by writing, “Firstly, I want to apologise for the undercurrent misogynistic tones that the interview had.
“The nature of live radio is unpredictable and often unplanned, which was the case with the direction that this conversation took.”
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She continued, “It was not and never has been my intention to make anyone feel shameful for their dating or sex life.
“As a woman who has championed female empowerment, relationship equality and sexual freedom over the past four years, I am deeply apologetic that this happened.
“Secondly, much has been said that Abbie reached out to me nine days ago to discuss this via message,” the post continued.
“I was never notified that Abbie had reached out to me as I had muted notifications, given the overwhelming volume of messages I receive each day. I have since reached out.
“I acknowledge that the standard you walk by is the standard you accept. I will learn from this and do better in the future. I am sorry.”
Chatfield has since responded to the apology in a series of Instagram stories, writing: “Sorry, but your internalised misogyny and insecurities (which resulted in your misogynistic comments) are the reason you feel “pitted” against me,”
“Live radio is hard, but if I say something on air, I message the person immediately. But you didn’t, showing you didn’t feel shameful after doing this, you only realised the VERY CLEAR ISSUE after I called you out on it,” the story continued.
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Abbie Chatfield ended her statement writing, “Hopefully this will make people realise that slut shaming isn’t funny or a cute personality trait, it’s damaging, to individuals and to femmes as a whole.
“P.S don’t tell me to accept an apology that I don’t think fixes anything or educates her audience at the very least,” she concluded