It’s safe to say that there’s never a dull moment on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, and Thursday morning’s episode was no different, with the topic of pay agreements for working mothers being discussed.
Joining hosts Sandilands and O in the studio on Thursday was Bruno Bouchet, the show’s creative content manager, who also happens to hold highly sexist, outdated and disproven beliefs.
Mostly, that working mothers should be paid less than working fathers and those without children.
Bruno Bouchet. Source: KIIS FM.
(News flash, Bouchet, many of them already are.)
Taking offence at Bouchet's opinion, Jackie O said, "Your views are quite sexist and you only ever notice when it’s the woman that needs to take the time off. Men need to take time off too," she said angrily.
"And it’s very outdated, your views, because these days we are sharing responsibilities... it’s the men and the women that are sharing - whether we have to pick up the kid from daycare or if they’re sick," mum-of-one O continued.
Jackie's like, "nah, mate." Source: KIIS FM.
But pointing out the bleeding obvious didn't seem to sit well with Bouchet, who began yelling, "That’s absolute crap," to the radio host, adding, "do you want to hear about sharing responsibility?
"Responsibility is everyone doing the same amount of work. I’ve got to pick up the slack for you, I've got to pick up the slack for Krystal [another producer for the successful show]. Why? Because you guys are putting your kids first and I'm sick of it."
Calling the wambulance for you now, Bruno.
It's just not fair, is it, Bruno? Source: KIIS FM.
"You guys shouldn’t get the same amount of money because you are not putting in the same amount of effort,"Bouchet continued angrily. "Effort should be based on how much you do for the company."
Understandably, O was pretty irate by this point, not least because Bouchet kept declaring that he was a feminist and cutting O off every time she tried to speak.
Someone should probably let him know that silencing and supporting the economic reduction of women is kind of the opposite of being a feminist, but, semantics.
Source: KIIS FM.
For once, co-host Kyle Sandilands stayed silent and wisely kept out of the discussion.
Unsurprisingly, this is not the first time Bouchet and his views have landed him in hot water. Following the 2012 Colorado theatre massacre in the US, Bouchet took to social media and tweeted jokes about the deaths.
Top Comments
Haha, who cares what this moron thinks. My husband and I were listening to this show and laughing -it's so obviously done just to generate controversy, and they get this guy in so that Kyle doesn't have to play the "bad guy". My husband said he was having a go at dairy farmers the week before, for signing a bad deal (like one individual farmer is able to negotiate with Cokes or Woolies).
I guess these are the sorts of things people have to resort to for employment...so stay in school kids! Haha!
The people caring for the elderly and children in our society need to be given allowances for that. Their productivity MAY be less, their hours of paid work MAY be less, their ability to be flexible at work MAY be less. This is because they are busy performing ANOTHER SERVICE to society.
Those who believe that people choosing to have children shouldn't lean on others should put their names on a list, of people who forego the right to be cared for by anyone when they become elderly or infirm, because they didn't support the people who provide those carers. Children are future taxpayers people! Future carers. And continuers of the human species. Parenting is friggin' hard work. You should be grateful we're doing it so you don't have to. We're all in this together. Unless you think your income alone will comfort you when you're old and sick...
There's more than 7 billion people on a world that can sustainably support about 2 billion (according to World Population Balance, no idea how accurate their claims are), I think we'll be fine on the whole continuation of species thing.