Yesterday morning on Mix 102.3’s Hayley & Max in the Morning, Hayley Pearson and Max Burford spoke to Keith Urban ahead of his High and Alive World Tour – but the exclusive interview didn’t go quite according to plan.
Keith – who last played in Adelaide in 2022 – opened up about his fond memories of the city and admitted he gets ‘antsy’ before getting on stage, comparing himself to a racehorse kicking the stalls at the starting gate.
But then it all went pear-shaped.
Max asked Keith to take part in the show’s Wall of Truth segment, and he agreed.
But when Max asked him how he feels about his wife Nicole Kidman having intimate scenes in her movies and shows with younger men like Zac Efron, his team immediately disconnected the call live.
The zoom interview with Urban had got off to a decent enough start with some good-natured banter.
“Keith, we can see you, and you are looking radiant!” Max enthused.
“You literally have not aged in twenty years,” added Hayley.
“Ah … that’s just a good internet connection,” Urban modestly replied.
But when the zoom was suddenly disconnected after the question about Nicole, Max was taken aback, asking “Oh … why has that happened? What’s just happened here?”
“Did he just hang up on us?” asked Hayley. “Oh, I knew that would happen! We’ve upset him.”
“We haven’t upset Keith, have we?” asked Max. “I thought we were vibing with Keith.”
“He doesn’t like talking about his wife … because it’s private,” said Hayley. “He hates us.”
Upset about Max asking Keith Urban such a personal question, Hayley said “I have never experienced someone hanging up in an interview with me before. Max, I can’t believe that Keith Urban hung up on us!”
Max replied “If you knew this was going to happen Hayley, why didn’t you stop me asking the question?!”
Keith Urban will be performing in Australia from mid August.
