Married At First Sight’s Nasser Sultan went into a meltdown on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday after being confronted about his sexuality, staging paparazzi photos and his bitter feud with Ryan Gallagher.
During a phone interview, Nasser dodged questions about his sexual orientation but nonetheless insisted that Ryan had made ‘homophobic’ remarks about him during a recent stand-up comedy performance.
When hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson tried to get Nasser and Ryan to settle their differences on-air, the 51-year-old personal trainer abruptly hung up, prompting Ryan, 30, to call him a ‘little, angry dwarf’.
He’s not talking! Married At First Sight’s Nasser Sultan (right) went into a meltdown on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday after being confronted about his sexuality, staging paparazzi photos and his bitter feud with Ryan Gallagher. Pictured left: Kyle Sandilands
Earlier in the segment, Kyle and Jackie O played a recording of a red carpet interview ‘Intern’ Pete Deppeler had done with Nasser the previous night at the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert premiere in Sydney.
During the chat, Intern Pete directly confronted Nasser about rumours he is gay.
However, the former MAFS star replied ambiguously, saying: ‘Nasser is Nasser. You’ve got to figure it out.’
Pete then asked him if he’d ever ‘sucked a penis’. Nasser hesitated for a moment before replying: ‘No, but you don’t have to suck a penis to be gay’.
Rivalry: During a phone interview, Nasser dodged questions about his sexual orientation but nonetheless insisted Ryan had made ‘homophobic’ remarks about him during a stand-up show
Back in the KIIS 106.5 studios, Kyle, Jackie and newsreader Brooklyn Ross were less than impressed.
‘Sorry, but I think you do. Don’t you?’ said Kyle.
Brooklyn, who is openly gay, sounded upset that Nasser would refuse to clarify his sexuality and accused him of ‘playing gay’ for notoriety.
‘He insists that he’s not gay but he sells paparazzi photos. To me, he’s making a joke out of being gay to get publicity or money or whatever,’ Brooklyn said.
‘If anyone’s homophobic here, it’s him. That’s how I feel as a gay man. It’s insulting.’
‘Have you ever sucked a penis?’ Earlier in the segment, Kyle and Jackie O played a recording of an interview Intern Pete (right) had done with Nasser the previous night about his sexuality
After this brief discussion, Kyle and Jackie called up Nasser to explain himself.
Nasser immediately launched into a tirade against Ryan, doubling down on his claims that the Maroubra tradesman was ‘homophobic’.
But Brooklyn wasn’t buying it, and accused Nasser of selling photos of himself canoodling with 20-year-old male fashion student Eyob Geist to NW magazine.
‘You’re happy to throw around the “homophobic” tag and yet we’re all here seeing your photos that you’re selling holding hands with guys,’ he said.
Nasser did not deny Brooklyn’s accusation, instead replying: ‘Listen, it’s a free world. It’s a free market and you can do whatever you want.
‘But I don’t go on stage in front of people, call people names and put them down.’
‘Go away!’ After being asked about Ryan, the gay rumours and staging paparazzi photos, Nasser became agitated and accused Kyle and Jackie O (pictured) of ‘supporting’ Ryan
Becoming increasingly agitated, he then made the first of several threats to hang up and accused Kyle and Jackie of ‘supporting’ Ryan.
When the radio presenters claimed that Ryan was on the line and invited the two men to ‘sort it out’, Nasser had finally had enough.
‘Go away, see you later! I don’t want to talk to you!’ he said before hanging up.
Ryan dismissed Nasser as a ‘little, angry dwarf’, before strenuously denying making homophobic comments in his stand-up routine.
‘See you later! I don’t want to talk to you!’ When the radio presenters claimed that Ryan (right) was on the line and invited the two men to ‘sort it out’, Nasser had finally had enough
He insisted: ‘I never said anything about him being gay or straight. All I said was that setting up those photos made it look like he was gay for money. And I didn’t like it.’
Nasser has previously been accused of staging paparazzi photos with Sydney-based celebrity snapper Jayden Seyfarth after text messages between them were leaked.
He has denied setting up photo opportunities, however, telling both Daily Mail Australia and ABC’s Media Watch that his phone had been hacked.
Awks! Nasser has previously been accused of staging paparazzi photos suggesting he could be gay after text messages between himself and photographer Jayden Seyfarth were leaked