Aussie Mel Greig Opens Up About 2DayFM Hoax

Mel Greig

The Australian radio DJ who made the prank call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated during her pregnancy has admitted she 'should have tried harder' to stop the call going to air, according to The Daily Mail.

The hoax by Mel Greig and her colleague Michael Christian in December 2012 was linked to the death of British nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who blamed them in her suicide note.

Ms Greig's mother has since received death threats, while the former 2DayFM personality has battled depression.

'I felt like a failure as a human being,' Ms Greig said in a tearful interview with Channel Seven's Sunday Night.

'I am ashamed of myself. I should have tried harder to not let that prank call air.'



The duo were pretending be the Queen and Prince Charles during the call, when they found out the sensitive news that Kate was being treated for acute morning sickness.

Ms Greig has now revealed how she urged senior managers at 2DayFM to alter the recording but they ignored her.

The nurse at King Edward VII Hospital - who transferred Ms Greig's call to the Duchess's ward - was found hanged three days after the prank, on 7 December.

Information about how Ms Greig tried to stop Mrs Saldanha’s voice being used has only emerged now, as she was previously legally gagged from revealing details about the day.

'I think of the Saldanha family all the time, I just want them to see that I’m sorry.’

The stunt drew widespread criticism around the world. The hospital's boss John Lofthouse said: 'This was a foolish prank call that we all deplore.'

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