McPhee fans fight back  | |  McPhee fans fight back
In other “American Idol” news, Katharine McPhee fans are outraged that the former contestant was treated rudely on a Washington D.C. radio station. Now the show’s DJ, Kane, is hitting back.
McPhee was interviewed by an intern named Ally on Hot 99.5’s The Kane Morning Show. The interview was supposed to be in the studio and the station had agreed that McPhee wouldn’t be asked any personal questions. But McPhee didn’t show up at the studio — handlers explained that her flight had been delayed — and one of the first questions the intern asked the 23-year-old singer was about her 42-year-old boyfriend. The intern asked if having a boyfriend who was so much older hurt or helped the relationship. An obviously irritated McPhee said she didn’t want to discuss her private life and the interview went downhill from there.
Angry fans deluged Kane with hate mail. “Maybe she should have been nicer and been live as she promised,” Kane replied to some of them.
The angry calls and e-mails kept coming, and Kane shot back a lengthy response. “I’m getting increasingly frustrated by e-mails from McPhee fans that don’t know the whole story and are writing me angry e-mails,” Kane wrote to them, scolding, “It makes Kat look bad when ever other word in your e-mail about how you thought we didn’t handle the interview professionally starts with an f---.”
He went on to describe in detail a scenario in which he said McPhee was pitched to the radio show on the condition that she appear live, that the appearance be pre-promoted, and that there would be no personal questions. He also challenged the excuses he was given for her failing to appear live — pointing out, for example, that the flights from L.A. to Washington weren’t delayed that morning.
“Slam us, go-head,” Kane wrote. “We agreed to have her on; we followed the rules. They didn’t tell the truth. Kat could have had a little more fun with Ally. She could have said, ‘You guys know you’re not supposed to ask me personal questions. What’s wrong with you?’ Rather, she just got mad.”
source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19079608/
well i dont think its very professional of kat mcphee to come late...
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| | | | | | | | 1.  raychill (3493)  | 3 years ago |  I used to work in radio and it was a radio station that completely liked to make a fool of anyone and everyone they could. It was a rock station so there's a small chance someone like McPhee would have been a guest on the station, but they wouldn't hesitate to make a fool out of her. Some radio stations unfortunately run their shows looking to make a fool of someone because that's what gets listeners. Granted, though I get DC stations, I don't listen to this station nor do I know if this is one of those stations in particular. Interns also probably should not be doing interviews as they are interns and not on air personalities. My radio station loved to use interns as objects of stupidity. They'd have interns try to do interviews, because they knew they'd make an idiot of themselves. The interviews were never with celebrities though.
As for McPhee being late, you can't always prevent that and it's not like it was her fault. You won't always have the nicest guests on your show but its your job to make your show good and you have to be prepared for, not only a late guest, but a guest who doesn't want to talk about the things you want to talk about. You then have to figure out how to make it work. That's what you get paid for, that's why you're on the radio.
I was once a guest on my station, a guest on the afternoon show for a makeover. The original day I was supposed to do it, I ended up having to cancel day of because someone else at the station was making me do something else. They had to book that day last minute with something new and they didn't yell at me for it. When I did come the next week, I clearly told them beforehand that I knew they would ask me personal questions, because it had to do with why they wanted me to get a makeover. They said they'd probably still ask. I said that's fine, but I'll answer them how I deem appropriate. There were questions that I would not answer.
Your show, You make it work.
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 sydz21 (644) | 3 years ago | well i do agree with some points... but with kat mcphee's reason that flights was delayed and with no flights delayed... i think its a sign of unprofessionalism and the way she answered or reacted to the question is inappropriate | |
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| raychill (3493) | 3 years ago | but if she said she didn't want to answer personal questions and she was asked about her older boyfriend, that's unprofessional on the stations part. | |
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