Radio personality Kyle Sandilands has sensationally claimed Erin Molan can be ‘difficult to work with’, citing several industry insiders.
The Channel Nine sports reporter, 37, is reportedly feuding behind the scenes with NRL legend and fellow commentator Andrew Johns, who apparently refuses to appear on television with her.
Speaking on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, Sandilands revealed: ‘I’ve met her, she’s lovely, but I have heard from multiple sources that she is sometimes difficult to work with.’
Claims: Radio personality Kyle Sandilands (pictured) has sensationally claimed Erin Molan can be ‘difficult to work with’, citing several industry insiders
‘Not as in [she’s an] imbecile but as in she [says], “You can’t say that, you can’t do this”. Maybe some people don’t like having to tiptoe around people?’ Sandilands added.
But he clarified that ‘every time [Molan] has ever been on with us, it’s been fine.’
Molan previously worked for The Kyle and Jackie O Show, but quit the program in August 2014 after being asked ‘inappropriate’ and ‘sexist’ questions.
Sandilands made the comments during a segment with Beau Ryan (pictured), who is one of Erin’s most vocal supporters in the media and her former colleague from The NRL Footy Show
At the time, she said on The NRL Footy Show that she resigned because the hosts had asked her about cosmetic surgery and how many sportsmen she’d slept with.
‘To every young woman out there and every person out there, you determine your worth,’ Molan said, addressing her departure on the Footy Show.
‘And if you feel you’re ever in a situation where you are not being treated with respect or the way you are being treated is not acceptable to you then you have every right to walk away and every right to stand up for yourself,’ she added.
Sandilands made the comments about Molan being ‘difficult to work with’ during a segment with Beau Ryan, who is one of Molan’s most vocal supporters in the media.
‘I had a rough night’: It comes after Molan broke down during a radio appearance on Thursday. Pictured on WSFM’s Jonesy & Amanda
Ryan, 34, described Molan as a total professional who does not deserve the vicious trolling she has been subjected over the past week.
‘She’s done her apprenticeship in TV, it took her a while to break in, especially as a woman in NRL, as a presenter,’ Ryan said.
‘It was tough. I’ve got nothing but respect and love for her. She is super professional.’
Ryan also confirmed that Molan will be broadcasting alongside Johns, 45, during Channel Nine’s coverage of the NRL Grand Final on Sunday.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Nine’s publicity department for comment.
It comes after Molan broke down during a live radio appearance on Thursday.
The sportscaster, who has been subjected to awful online trolling over her ‘rivalry’ with Johns, told WSFM’s Jonesy and Amanda she was having a ‘rough’ time.
‘I am so sorry, I haven’t put my contacts in this morning. I had a rough night. I didn’t sleep very well and these are prescriptions,’ Molan said, explaining why she was wearing dark sunglasses in the studio.
Bad times: ‘I am so sorry, I haven’t put my contacts in this morning. I had a rough night. I didn’t sleep very well,’ Molan said, explaining why she was wearing dark sunglasses in the studio
WSFM hosts Amanda Keller and Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones rallied behind Molan, who has a regular segment on their program.
The pair defended their guest host, who has been inundated with abuse on social media after her ‘awkward’ falling out with Johns was made public.
‘I don’t understand why people give you a hard time, it p***es me off,’ Keller said as she choked back tears.
‘I think it’s because you are so professional, you are so good at your job and I think men don’t like you being good in what they still see as their world,’ she added.
‘I admire the pants off you… I just think you are the most professional female and it’s threatened everybody.’
Keller then praised her friend for her strength and took aim at her cowardly trolls.
Tension: Rugby league legend Andrew Johns reportedly doesn’t get along with Molan (pictured) after she replaced Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin on The Footy Show last year
‘I just think in a few years’ time people will look back – same as the Adam Goodes [booing] thing – and think, “What did we do to her? Why did we do that?”‘ she said.
Jones also showed his support for Molan, complimenting her on her achievements.
‘I admire the pants off you as well and I’m a man and I know a lot of men and they all rate you so don’t fill your head with these d**kheads that say these horrible things,’ he said.
‘You’re such a nice person and I know you very well and I’ve known you before you reached the pinnacle of fame you have now.
‘You’re well qualified to do this and [the online abuse] will go away. But don’t read the trolls, don’t follow them [or] that junk.’
Support: Meanwhile, radio hosts Amanda Keller (pictured) and Brendan ‘Jonesy’ Jones rallied behind Molan, who has a regular segment on their program
Taking on the trolls: Jones (pictured) told Molan, ‘Don’t fill your head with these d**kheads that say these horrible things’
It comes amid reports Andrew Johns doesn’t get along with Molan, who replaced Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin on The Footy Show last year.
‘Joey [Johns] has never been a fan of Erin, which isn’t fair because she works her a**e off… The whole Footy Show thing, with Fatty being booted, that is where it started to go sour,’ an insider previously told The Daily Telegraph.
Johns also removed himself from The Footy Show panel around the same time Vautin was replaced by Molan.
Personality clash? Andrew Johns (far right) removed himself from The Footy Show panel around the same time Paul ‘Fatty’ Vautin (not pictured) was replaced by Molan (left). Pictured during a Channel Nine broadcast with fellow commentator Ryan Girdler (centre)
Feud: On Wednesday, a source told Daily Mail Australia that Johns cannot stand the fact that Molan repeatedly interrupts her fellow Channel Nine commentators and giggles while on air
Meanwhile, Johns also cannot stand the fact that Molan repeatedly interrupts her fellow Channel Nine commentators and giggles while on air.
‘He just doesn’t like working with her,’ a source told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday.
‘Joey is a stubborn bastard,’ they added. ‘If somewhere along the line she’s p***ed him off he’ll probably carry it around for the rest of his life.’
No comment: Johns (pictured), Molan and Channel Nine have denied the existence of any feud
Johns, Molan and Channel Nine have denied the existence of any feud.
Following reports of a feud, Molan has been widely criticised online by NRL fans, who have made it clear they would rather see Johns in the commentary box.
‘I don’t mind Erin, however, if I was the producer I would much prefer an immortal who can read and dissect the game and call things most others can’t see than someone who has never played the game and reads the autocue,’ one fan wrote on Facebook.
Criticised: Following reports of a feud, Molan has been widely criticised online by NRL fans, who have made it clear they would rather see Johns in the commentary box