Australian actor Michael Caton has no time for radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s radio show, it seems, after he dramatically hung up on a producer calling on behalf of the show.
‘Intern Pete’ Deppeler called the star of The Castle directly on Thursday, after failing to reach him through a representative, to offer a right of reply to Henderson’s claim on-air that he had been rude to her ex-husband at a party two decades ago.
Deppeler told the hosts on Friday that Caton blew up at him as soon as he introduced himself.
He recalled saying, “Hi, Michael. It’s Intern Pete from the Kyle and Jackie O show…” before he was interrupted by Caton.
The Packed to the Rafters actor reportedly became angry, yelling, “No! Not you lot!” before hanging up.
The unsuccessful call came after Henderson claimed Caton was rude to her ex, ‘Ugly Phil’ O’Neil, at the Australian People’s Choice Awards after-party during the 90s, when the couple were still married.
“We loved The Castle. At the after-party, Phil goes and buys a bottle of red wine and takes it over to Michael Canton,” Henderson recounted on Thursday’s show.
“He says, ‘Mate, I just love you and what you do, and I wanted to give you this bottle of wine’. [Caton] said, ‘No thanks’. So Phil just walked back with the bottle of wine.
“I think he actually said worse than that, if I’m honest. A polite way of saying, ‘Go away’.”
Henderson said O’Neil returned looking dejected, telling her, “Oh wow… that was embarrassing.”
She then warned listeners that it’s “really hard” to approach celebrities you like with the hope they’ll be nice.
“You hear horror stories… they’re not all lovely,” she said.
Though it is unknown why Caton hung up on the producer, The Daily Mail speculated that Caton’s response may be due to Henderson’s claims, or that the star may still be annoyed with Deppeler for confusing him with American actor Michael Keaton during a red carpet interview in 2018.
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