The two Australian DJs behind the Kate Middleton hospital prank that may have led to the suicide of a nurse have decided to REMOVE themselves from the airwaves.
Southern Cross Austereo, the company that owns the station, has released a statement ... saying, "SCA and 2Day FM are deeply saddened by the tragic news of the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha from King Edward VII’s Hospital."
SCA says the CEO has spoken with both of the DJs ... who are both "deeply shocked" over the tragedy.
The company adds, "SCA and the hosts have decided that they will not return to their radio show until further notice out of respect for what can only be described as a tragedy."
Interesting that SCA did NOT pull the DJs off the air immediately following the prank ... but instead waited until the backlash after Saldanha's suicide.
The two Australian DJs at the center of the Kate Middleton hospital prank have gone RADIO SILENT since news broke that the nurse at the hospital committed suicide ... TMZ has learned.
The DJs are under serious fire after pulling off a stunt where they pretended to be the Queen of England (fake voice and all) and duped nurse Jacintha Saldanha into connecting them to the people treating Middleton, who revealed details about Kate's condition.
Saldanha's body was discovered early this morning ... and cops believe it's an obvious suicide.
TMZ called the Australian radio station where the DJs work ... and were told by the executive producer that the DJs will NOT be taking any calls, period.
The E.P. explained ... the DJs have been "ordered" not to speak to the media. It's unclear who issued the order.
The producer added, "I advise you to stop trying to call them."
Just a thought :
Is there an unwritten rule that the media cannot hound other members of the media ... 'Just asking.'
These kinds of radio shows do this sort of thing. It was a stupid thing to do and, it can be argued, an illegal invasion of the Duchess' privacy. They may be responsible for causing the nurse embarrassment over making her look foolish. They may be responsible for causing her the kind of trouble that might've gotten her fired. But they tricked the woman. They didn't bully her, and really, they aren't guilty of killing her. Even if she needed her job and feared losing it, no one commits suicide over one reversal of fortune. She was undoubtedly troubled already. But if I were one of the guys who pulled this stunt, I'd fear that, though I might not be technically guilty of killing her, I had done something to her that pushed her over the edge, and I wouldn't sleep so well, probably for a long time to come.
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