Kyle Sandilands ejected from hospital in London
Kyle Sandilands has revealed he was ejected from a London hospital during the Grenfell Tower fire for being 'too fat'.
The radio personality called an ambulance as he had chest symptoms and thought he was having a heart attack, only to be sent home as stressed staff dealt with dozens of burns and fire victims from the towering inferno.
The 46-year-old explained on the Kyle and Jackie O show on Thursday morning that he was turned away from two hospitals.
Too tubby? Kyle Sandilands has revealed he was ejected from a London hospital during the Grenfell Tower fire for being 'too fat'
'Hospital staff were running around crazy. And a woman shouted, "Get out, we're closed!" The ambulance guy said we have a chest pain patient here. And she said, "No, we're setting up for major trauma. You have to go to another hospital!"'
Kyle was taken to a second hospital by ambulance, only to be told he would have to to go to a third hospital.
The ambulance attendant then offered Kyle 'ten pounds' to take a taxi to a third hospital as the ambulance was called to the scene of the fire.
'I just went home, watched Designated Survivor and slept on the couch,' Kyle said.
The radio star then paid to see a private doctor who told him, 'first thing you should do is throw those biscuits out'.
Kyle revealed last year that he tips the scales at 138 kilograms.
Go home! The radio personality called an ambulance as he had chest symptoms and thought he was having a heart attack, only to be sent home as stressed staff dealt with dozens of burns and fire victims from the towering inferno
Later in the program, Kyle's guest, British media personality Katie Hopkins weighed in on the issue.
She quipped to the radio host, 'I don't want to be treating fat people like you in this country.
'Even our ambulance service told him he was just too fat. Could be politely remove himself from the building?
Intense: 'Hospital staff were running around crazy. And a woman shouted, "Get out, we're closed!" The ambulance guy said we have a chest pain patient here. And she said, "No, we're setting up for major trauma. You have to go to another hospital!"
More drama: Kyle was taken to a second hospital by ambulance, only to be told he would have to to go to a third hospital
Later in the program: Kyle's guest, British media personality Katie Hopkins weighed in on the topic
'As a tax payer I don't want to be paying for fat people like you in this country! Go home and have your cardiac arrest'.
Kyle argued that Australia was a member of the Commonwealth and he should receive treatment in the UK.