
Pete Ford
Australian showbiz and entertainment reporter, heard daily on radio (3AW, 6PR, FIVEaa) and seen on Channel 7's The Morning Show and Sunrise.
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Sep 13, 2026
DAILY - Sexy British Accents
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0:40KristenHOST
We know of Lady Gaga, but we're just learning about Baby Gaga.

Pete FordGUEST
Well, who said you can't keep surprises if you want to? So she's become a mum with her husband, Michael.

Pete FordGUEST
She obviously shares a lot of stuff about emotions and happiness and all that kind of thing.

Pete FordGUEST
And the official line was that she was resting after what has been a very long tour.
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1:58KristenHOST
Yeah.
DAILY - Sticky Coins
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Oh, wow.

Pete FordGUEST
It's just horrible to even contemplate and think it through, isn't it? But, you know, on a more positive note...

Pete FordGUEST
it's all kind of worked out incredibly well you know the people of these people not just survived but they have thrived yes you know terry had to take over that business and you know when you haven't got somebody like steve as your front man anymore you know businesses can collapse at a personal level kids can go off the rails when they lose a parent but you know quite the opposite has happened you know we've seen the kids just emerging to young adults and be so impressive and so talented and carry the sort of quiet force behind the scenes most of the time, just driving it all.
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You
BONUS - We Can't Stop Talking about The Raygun Doco
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Yes.

Pete FordGUEST
only said he saw the final performance a couple of minutes before she went out and did it.

Pete FordGUEST
But I think it's also a very interesting lesson in sort of instant fame and how cruel it can be, particularly if you instantly, rather people decide they love you instantly, decide that they hate you and they're angry with you instantly.
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3:16KatePANELIST
Like, good on her.

Pete FordGUEST
But, I mean, if you're in the shopping mall and doing it and hoping someone's going to throw you a dollar coin in your hat, that's one thing.
BONUS - Vale, Dolly Parton
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Pete, tributes are rolling in for the now late, great Dolly Parton.

Pete FordGUEST
I reckon so many thousands of people this morning in Canberra in the last hour or so would have just heard the news and thought, oh, no, not Dolly.

Pete FordGUEST
You know, it's just although we've known that she was having health issues, she's tried to play it down.

Pete FordGUEST
And, you know, that's what she didn't want publicity, people worrying about her being sick.
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yeah, that's classic Dolly.
Electrifying Vietnam’s Apparel Industry
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Pete FordGUEST
which struggles to have a single definition and then it struggles even further when you try and define sustainable biomass.

Pete FordGUEST
But the short answer is, If you're going to use biomass, it really needs to come from agricultural waste products.

Pete FordGUEST
So rice husks or cashew shells or something that would be considered an actual waste product.

Pete FordGUEST
And then burning that instead of coal has a lower environmental impact and often doesn't need to change the technology.
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Mike TatarskiHOST
So where do you see electrification in this, sorry, well, tier two category you mentioned going here in the future?
DAILY - Stretching It Out
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16:38NigeHOST
Your favourite gal, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, they are reportedly preparing to move back to the UK with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Pete FordGUEST
There hasn't been an official announcement as such, but they've clearly leaked it to certain media organisations.
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Will they return to official royal duties?
DAILY - Do You Have Sexy Toes
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14:02KristenHOST
Oh, my goodness.

Pete FordGUEST
And then suddenly, at 3:30 in the afternoon yesterday, a, a statement comes out to say, "It's all over." And a long statement from Titus Day to say, "Yeah, it is true.

Pete FordGUEST
I did not give him money that I should've given him, and I'm really upset and embarrassed, and I, I plead guilty to everything." So in that sense, it's all over.
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15:39KristenHOST
It's like Weekend at Bernie's

Pete FordGUEST
Yeah, well, it turns out he had these heart stents put in, and so he had to cancel more shows, and now he's canceled all shows for at least the next month.
DAILY - Kristen's Census
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Yeah.

Pete FordGUEST
And Kyle is clever enough to be able to turn something going wrong into a bit of schtick.
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Mm-hmm.

Pete FordGUEST
You know, none of us really know, uh, uh, what's gonna happen, whether people are gonna be willing to fork out the money for this.
DAILY - Let Me Search it Up
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5:15KristenHOST
Did he step away from Australian Idol or was he asked to step away from Australian Idol, if you know what I mean? Wink, wink.

Pete FordGUEST
I mean, he obviously has the Mad Witches, this activist group who will target any advertisers who platform him and they go after them and, you know, it's pretty full on.
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What do you think of the whole app and that it is going to be a show that you can both watch and listen to, that there are documentaries that are also attached to this app? Love or hate him, it's pretty smart.
DAILY - Ranking Our Friends
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7:31KristenHOST
I don't know.

Pete FordGUEST
But, I mean, the point is this is the time of the year now when they will be having the whiteboard out and the text of colours and putting up the names of the people who they really want.

Pete FordGUEST
And you can be guaranteed there'll be a couple of seven personalities go in there.
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What's going on there?
DAILY - One Step Forward, Two Poos Back
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4:46KristenHOST
Yeah.

Pete FordGUEST
But then Lego Masters and MasterChef kind of battled it out for second and third place.

Pete FordGUEST
But I do think if you look at the figures, the important one from her point of view is that actually 100,000 people more watched it on Sunday night than they did the Sunday night before.

Pete FordGUEST
So there's no doubt it did create a bit of buzz and a bit of excitement as to what it was going to be like.
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i mean
DAILY - Bice and Scotu
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8:14KatePANELIST
Is this over the whole, I think I can remember you telling me about some form of like controversial bath something.

Pete FordGUEST
Look, I know it's a bit confusing for everybody, because there's several cases that are being brought against Rebel.

Pete FordGUEST
She was the young star of the movie The Dead, which was the directorial debut for Rebel.
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great? I mean,
BONUS - Karl Stefanovic Axed From Ch 9?
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Yes.

Pete FordGUEST
The problem then became he dropped the promo where he was very matey and cosy with him and using a crude language together.
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Well, I
BONUS - Daryl Braithwaite Retires From Live Shows
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0:32KristenHOST
Pete, is everything okay?

Pete FordGUEST
He's 77 years old, which, you know, you kind of think, oh, and then you do the maths and you think, I guess he has to be.

Pete FordGUEST
And I think he's starting to feel if maybe I can't do it like I used to do it, I don't want to do it.
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I do hope that there is an opportunity for people to get out and support him somewhere, somehow, just to be able to say, oh, my God, you're amazing, you know?
DAILY - Cringe
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6:34KristenHOST
Did we see that coming?

Pete FordGUEST
I think I didn't know it was going to happen yesterday, but it's still not official yet because the etiquette is they've got to advise the stock exchange this morning and then they'll put out a press release.

Pete FordGUEST
So he will still get paid $5 million a year this year, next year and the year after.

Pete FordGUEST
And on top of that, he's a free agent to do whatever he wants to do, except go to another radio network.
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What's going on?
DAILY - "I've Been Chosen"
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6:27KristenHOST
What's the go with Tyra suing?

Pete FordGUEST
So she was interviewed for three and a half hours and they used 16 minutes of that in the series, which, to be honest, that doesn't sound that extraordinary.

Pete FordGUEST
in a very, very bad light and was not the true reflection of what she felt and what she did.

Pete FordGUEST
So you've really got to be very sure of what you're doing when you take on a crowd like Netflix.
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Getting upset.
DAILY - Butter Chicken Chicken
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Oh,

Pete FordGUEST
And certainly this sort of publicity, romantic publicity and getting married, all that will make the producers think, oh, yeah, he'd be a great new James Bond.
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5:11KristenHOST
Let's talk about Taylor Swift and Toy Story 5.