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Pete Ford

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.

Sep 13, 2026

KristenHOST
0:40
We know of Lady Gaga, but we're just learning about Baby Gaga.
0:44
Well, who said you can't keep surprises if you want to? So she's become a mum with her husband, Michael.
0:52
And that was a surprise because Lady Gaga is very connected to her fans.
0:56
She obviously shares a lot of stuff about emotions and happiness and all that kind of thing.
1:01
But we haven't seen a lot of her since May.
1:03
In fact, I don't think we've seen anything of her since May.
1:06
And the official line was that she was resting after what has been a very long tour.
KristenHOST
1:58
Yeah.
speaker_6NARRATOR
5:05
Oh, wow.
5:06
Yeah.
5:07
It's just horrible to even contemplate and think it through, isn't it? But, you know, on a more positive note...
5:13
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.
5:48
And if anything, it's probably a stronger business now than it was back then.
KristenHOST
6:18
You
6:18
got there.
6:19
That's great.
Rachel GunnSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
2:08
Yes.
2:08
I mean, even her trainer.
2:10
only said he saw the final performance a couple of minutes before she went out and did it.
2:15
So she didn't have the backup.
2:17
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.
KatePANELIST
3:16
Like, good on her.
3:17
Yeah.
3:17
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.
BradPANELIST
0:25
Pete, tributes are rolling in for the now late, great Dolly Parton.
0:32
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.
0:41
You know, it's just although we've known that she was having health issues, she's tried to play it down.
0:47
And, you know, that's what she didn't want publicity, people worrying about her being sick.
0:52
So maybe she was a lot sicker than she was letting on.
0:55
We don't know for sure.
0:56
We know she'd been in hospital the last couple of days.
BradPANELIST
1:08
yeah, that's classic Dolly.
17:32
option,
17:33
which helps with some of the calculations.
17:38
And so the next cheapest option is often biomass.
17:45
which struggles to have a single definition and then it struggles even further when you try and define sustainable biomass.
17:53
But the short answer is, If you're going to use biomass, it really needs to come from agricultural waste products.
18:01
So rice husks or cashew shells or something that would be considered an actual waste product.
18:08
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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27:15
So where do you see electrification in this, sorry, well, tier two category you mentioned going here in the future?
NigeHOST
16:38
Your favourite gal, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, they are reportedly preparing to move back to the UK with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
16:48
Yeah, who already are enrolled in a school to start in a couple of weeks' time.
16:52
So this has really happened pretty quickly.
16:55
Obviously, they've been planning it for a while.
16:57
There hasn't been an official announcement as such, but they've clearly leaked it to certain media organisations.
17:04
So it's happening in a couple of weeks.
17:05
They're moving back.
NigeHOST
17:44
Will they return to official royal duties?
KristenHOST
14:02
Oh, my goodness.
14:02
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.
14:13
I, I did, I did do all those things.
14:15
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.
KristenHOST
15:39
It's like Weekend at Bernie's
15:41
...
15:41
it turns out...
15:41
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.
KristenHOST
13:43
Yeah.
13:43
And Kyle is clever enough to be able to turn something going wrong into a bit of schtick.
13:49
You know, he can get a joke out of it or a bit of drama or theater out of it.
13:54
So it, yeah, it's not what you want.
KristenHOST
14:08
Mm-hmm.
14:08
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.
14:14
But I thought his choice of guests was a little bit kinda lackluster.
KristenHOST
5:15
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.
5:24
Or did he kind of jump before he was pushed? Yes.
5:27
That might be closer to the truth.
5:29
Look, I think there are a couple of factors at play.
5:32
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.
5:44
And they claim that it's their victory.
5:48
I think another factor in it is that Kyle is about to start his new podcast.
KristenHOST
6:21
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.
KristenHOST
7:31
I don't know.
7:32
Actually in the jungle.
7:33
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.
7:44
Yeah.
7:44
Like the wish list.
7:45
Of course.
7:46
And you can be guaranteed there'll be a couple of seven personalities go in there.
KristenHOST
9:15
What's going on there?
KristenHOST
4:46
Yeah.
4:47
So the Commonwealth Games, far and away, was the winner.
4:51
Far and away.
4:52
But then Lego Masters and MasterChef kind of battled it out for second and third place.
4:58
And I think there was a slight edge to MasterChef, but it was still quite close.
5:03
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.
5:16
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.
speaker_0ADVERTISER
6:22
i mean
KatePANELIST
8:14
Is this over the whole, I think I can remember you telling me about some form of like controversial bath something.
8:20
Yeah.
8:20
Look, I know it's a bit confusing for everybody, because there's several cases that are being brought against Rebel.
8:27
So this particular case was an actress called Charlotte McGuinness.
8:31
She was the young star of the movie The Dead, which was the directorial debut for Rebel.
8:39
And they had a private conversation.
8:41
No one's denying that.
KatePANELIST
10:03
great? I mean,
NigeHOST
2:11
Yes.
2:12
Yeah, he's pretty radical.
2:14
Now, that in itself wasn't the problem.
2:16
The problem then became he dropped the promo where he was very matey and cosy with him and using a crude language together.
2:25
Yes.
2:25
It just was unbecoming of somebody who is the highest paid star on Australian TV.
2:31
Yes.
NigeHOST
3:31
Well, I
KristenHOST
0:32
Pete, is everything okay?
0:35
Yeah, look, he has had some health issues over the last few years.
0:39
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.
0:45
But he has had some health issues.
0:47
But what he's talked about is he's losing the joy of performing.
0:53
Daryl's always been a perfectionist.
0:55
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.
KristenHOST
3:33
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?
KristenHOST
6:34
Did we see that coming?
6:36
Yes and no.
6:37
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.
6:48
But the deal is all done.
6:50
So he's getting three lots of $5 million per year.
6:55
So he will still get paid $5 million a year this year, next year and the year after.
7:00
And on top of that, he's a free agent to do whatever he wants to do, except go to another radio network.
KristenHOST
9:02
What's going on?
KristenHOST
6:27
What's the go with Tyra suing?
6:30
Well, she's not happy, obviously, with what they used.
6:32
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.
6:41
But she reckons the 16 minutes they did use presented her.
6:44
in a very, very bad light and was not the true reflection of what she felt and what she did.
6:51
And so subsequently she's taking on Netflix.
6:53
So you've really got to be very sure of what you're doing when you take on a crowd like Netflix.
KristenHOST
8:19
Getting upset.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
3:50
Oh,
3:51
is he? Yeah, yeah.
3:53
I hope I'm not wrong in saying that.
3:55
I don't think he's that well-known in Australia.
3:58
But in England, he's higher profile.
4:01
And he fits the bill.
4:02
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.
KristenHOST
5:11
Let's talk about Taylor Swift and Toy Story 5.

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