Ugly spat cut from talent show

BRIAN McFadden is facing calls to be thrown off Australia's Got Talent after he told a contestant to "f--- off back to England" in an ugly spat, cut from the show.

McFadden attacked mother of two Anne Ferguson-Howe after her comedy routine flopped on the Channel 7 talent program.

"It was horrific. If I saw him (McFadden) again, I'd whack him. I'd spit on him," a distraught Ms Ferguson-Howe says.

McFadden laid into the 50-year-old after she had already endured a humiliating putdown by Kyle Sandilands about her weight. Things got really ugly when she bit back.

"Kyle said something personal and I thought 'no, this isn't appropriate'," British-born Ms Ferguson-Howe said.

"That's when I said 'It's easy for you to sit there and have a cheap laugh - when was the last time you had a chat about rape?" "



Sandilands was last year sacked from Australian Idol on Channel 10 following a storm of outrage after a lie-detector stunt on his Sydney radio show went horribly wrong. A teenage girl quizzed on her sex life revealed she had been raped when 12.

Ms Ferguson-Howe said that after her return jibe, "my God, everyone went mental".

"Brian said 'get off, get off' in a really nasty tone. I then said to Brian 'listen pal, if you're going to dish it out, you've got to learn to take it back'. Brian pulled his mike off, climbed on stage and very cleverly, without anyone hearing, said 'why don't you just f--- off back to England'.

"I'm a thick-skinned woman of 50 who loves a laugh but if it had been a 20-year-old girl the size I am with low self-esteem, I think I would have gone home and shot myself."

Ms Ferguson-Howe says she made up with Sandilands after the taping but McFadden was unapologetic.

"I've got no problem with Kyle - we shook hands. Brian, I tell you, I'd spit on him."

Channel 7 admitted the ugly exchange took place and was deleted from Tuesday's show.

"All contestants who take part in the AGT auditions know what to expect," a Seven spokesperson said.

"Usually everyone joins in the spirit of the day and has a lot of fun. In this case the exchange was unacceptable and didn't fit with the vibe of the show, so was deleted."

Ms Ferguson-Howe, a newcomer to stand-up comedy, was livid at Seven.

"I'm spewing that they've edited it in their favour," the comedian said.

source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/ugly-spat-cut-from-talent-show/story-e6frf96x-1225859630089

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