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Chris Fade

Dubai-based Australian-Lebanese radio presenter and host of The Kris Fade Show on Virgin Radio Dubai

Aug 24, 2026

5:30
I mean, as you know, what worries you the most here? Is it the fact that your identity was stolen or, you know, is it that maybe somebody might lose money if they actually click on it because they trust you? You know, you are a trusted figure in this country.
5:43
Yeah, I mean the main part is like it would hurt to know that someone that trusts me as a person goes and clicks those links and then loses money.
5:53
Even though I'm not doing it, I'm not part of it, I would feel just sad really.
5:59
So that's where the main part is.
6:01
And also obviously I do make money from doing commercial deals with companies not only here in the UAE but across the world.
6:10
And, you know, seeing something out there which is not being monetized by me or my team and exploiting my brand or my image is wrong.
6:20
I mean, apart from me being quote-unquote famous or whatever it is, it's for any individual.
11:00
I mean, that's less likely to happen with me.
12:12
Did you have a strong sense of self at that age? Or were you still finding, because school wasn't your thing, that you didn't feel good about yourself?
12:21
100%.
12:22
I, I think, I had zero self-esteem, I remember.
12:26
At the age of 15 and 16, I looked like a, I looked like a girl.
12:29
Like, I really did.
12:30
Like, as in I looked very...
12:31
I had long hair.

12 MINS LATER

24:17
It looks like sacrifice, like courage, like love passed down."
KyleHOST
2:07
Goodness.
2:07
Uh, I probably heard, I'd say, close to 10 to 15 explosions yesterday.
2:12
However, what we've quickly learnt is that the UAE and their defense has been remarkable.
2:19
Um, I don't know the exact numbers, but I think it's over about 250 call 'em missiles, whatever, have come towards, uh, the country but, you know, I think 99% of them have been stopped, thankfully.
2:29
So what you were seeing on-

6 MINS LATER

KyleHOST
8:39
Yeah
8:39
...
8:39
I was there many years ago and took a punt to go try this thing in Dubai, and I fell in love with the city, man.

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