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Steve Price refuses to back down from calling Van Badham 'hysterical' Steve Price refuses to back down from calling Van Badham 'hysterical'
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Steve Price has refused to back down from calling Van Badham “hysterical” on Q&A and has accused the ABC program of ambushing him with a question about family violence.Steve Price has refused to back down from calling Van Badham “hysterical” on Q&A and has accused the ABC program of ambushing him with a question about family violence.
Price, who has been a regular Monday-night panellist on the Ten program The Project for five years, was interviewed about the exchange with Badham in a special segment on Tuesday.Price, who has been a regular Monday-night panellist on the Ten program The Project for five years, was interviewed about the exchange with Badham in a special segment on Tuesday.
Badham, a Guardian Australia columnist, was approached by a Project producer to be interviewed for the show but was later dropped without explanation, despite telling them she was keen to be given the right of reply.Badham, a Guardian Australia columnist, was approached by a Project producer to be interviewed for the show but was later dropped without explanation, despite telling them she was keen to be given the right of reply.
“They don’t seem to understand that giving him a platform enables him to perpetuate an ongoing distortion and reframing of the incident to suit himself – like describing me as an “aggressive woman” who “verballed” him, as he claimed on The Project,” she said.“They don’t seem to understand that giving him a platform enables him to perpetuate an ongoing distortion and reframing of the incident to suit himself – like describing me as an “aggressive woman” who “verballed” him, as he claimed on The Project,” she said.
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“Without me there, he gets to paint me as some kind of indefensible folk villain: his followers are dogwhistled towards the demon he’s created out of me and the attack is predictably inhuman.“Without me there, he gets to paint me as some kind of indefensible folk villain: his followers are dogwhistled towards the demon he’s created out of me and the attack is predictably inhuman.
“Over the past two days I’ve been told hundreds of times that I’m fat, stupid, a retard, that I’m unfuckable, I’m a liar, a fraud, I’m mentally ill, I should be sent to a psychiatrist, I must be childless, I should be sterilised, I’m a bitch who should have her face smashed in.”“Over the past two days I’ve been told hundreds of times that I’m fat, stupid, a retard, that I’m unfuckable, I’m a liar, a fraud, I’m mentally ill, I should be sent to a psychiatrist, I must be childless, I should be sterilised, I’m a bitch who should have her face smashed in.”
Price said on 3AW Drive with Tom Elliott that he had eavesdropped on Badham’s conversation in the ABC’s makeup room. He went on to reveal details about her personal life, which he repeated on his own program later.Price said on 3AW Drive with Tom Elliott that he had eavesdropped on Badham’s conversation in the ABC’s makeup room. He went on to reveal details about her personal life, which he repeated on his own program later.
The veteran radio broadcaster told Project hosts Carrie Bickmore and Waleed Aly he had no regrets about the heated moment on Monday night’s show, which has led to calls for him to be dropped by Ten.The veteran radio broadcaster told Project hosts Carrie Bickmore and Waleed Aly he had no regrets about the heated moment on Monday night’s show, which has led to calls for him to be dropped by Ten.
“I think I accurately described how Van Badham was behaving,” Price said. “I’m not going to be verballed by an aggressive woman sitting next to me who thinks you can only be upset by domestic violence if you’re female.”“I think I accurately described how Van Badham was behaving,” Price said. “I’m not going to be verballed by an aggressive woman sitting next to me who thinks you can only be upset by domestic violence if you’re female.”
Price said he was disappointed to be “ambushed” on Monday night because a Q&A producer told him a question about Eddie McGuire and family violence would be asked, but not that “the person asking that question would be the victim of such horrific family violence”.Price said he was disappointed to be “ambushed” on Monday night because a Q&A producer told him a question about Eddie McGuire and family violence would be asked, but not that “the person asking that question would be the victim of such horrific family violence”.
The question was from audience member Tarang Chawla, who told the panel his sister had been murdered by her husband.The question was from audience member Tarang Chawla, who told the panel his sister had been murdered by her husband.
None of the politicians or other panellists on Q&A are given advance warning of the questions the audience will askNone of the politicians or other panellists on Q&A are given advance warning of the questions the audience will ask
“Sam Newman has courted controversy yet again for defending Eddie McGuire, who joked about drowning Caroline Wilson,” Chawla said. “I work as an ambassador for Our Watch, White Ribbon and the Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre. Male violence is a leading cause of death and disability for women under 45 in Australia.“Sam Newman has courted controversy yet again for defending Eddie McGuire, who joked about drowning Caroline Wilson,” Chawla said. “I work as an ambassador for Our Watch, White Ribbon and the Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre. Male violence is a leading cause of death and disability for women under 45 in Australia.
“My sister Nikita was stabbed to death by her partner in January last year with a meat cleaver. She was 23. How will politicians and the media play a better role in bringing about long-overdue culture shift so tragedies like what happened to my family are not normalised?”“My sister Nikita was stabbed to death by her partner in January last year with a meat cleaver. She was 23. How will politicians and the media play a better role in bringing about long-overdue culture shift so tragedies like what happened to my family are not normalised?”
A spokeswoman for the ABC told Guardian Australia the program never told panellists the specific questions before the live show. “None of the politicians or other panellists on Q&A are given advance warning of the questions the audience will ask,” she said. “It is up to the panellists how they respond.”A spokeswoman for the ABC told Guardian Australia the program never told panellists the specific questions before the live show. “None of the politicians or other panellists on Q&A are given advance warning of the questions the audience will ask,” she said. “It is up to the panellists how they respond.”
As well as appearing on The Project, Price used several other platforms to criticise Badham, including his own show on 2GB with Andrew Bolt, on which he called the writer aggressive and a disgrace.As well as appearing on The Project, Price used several other platforms to criticise Badham, including his own show on 2GB with Andrew Bolt, on which he called the writer aggressive and a disgrace.
Bolt also attacked Badham on his Sky News program and put up screenshots from tweets she posted years ago.Bolt also attacked Badham on his Sky News program and put up screenshots from tweets she posted years ago.
Journalists of the 'idealistic left' like @vanbadham hold a hatred of conservatives. #theboltreport @SkyNewsAust https://t.co/aDL99iHQdqJournalists of the 'idealistic left' like @vanbadham hold a hatred of conservatives. #theboltreport @SkyNewsAust https://t.co/aDL99iHQdq
Ten has been approached for comment.Ten has been approached for comment.