澳大利亚DJ现身 为恶搞电话道歉

    The Australian DJs behind a hoax* phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated were deeply apologetic on Monday as they described how their joke ended up going too far.

    The phone call — in which they impersonated* Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles — went through, and their station broadcast the confidential information received. Whatever pride there had been over the hoax was obliterated* by worldwide public outrage after Friday’s death of Jacintha Saldanha, the first nurse they talked to.

    “There’s not a minute that goes by that we don’t think about her family and what they must be going through,” 2Day FM radio host Mel Greig told Australia’s “A Current Affair,” her voice shaking.

    Police have not disclosed the cause of Saldanha’s death, but many have assumed it was related to the stress from the call. An autopsy* was conducted yesterday.

    Greig and co-host Michael Christian spoke publicly about the prank* for the first time in the televised interview. Both DJs apologized for the hoax and cried when asked about the moment they learned that Saldanha was dead. They said higher-ups* at the station had made the decision to air it.

    Southern Cross Austereo, the parent company of 2Day FM, released a statement on Monday saying that the show had been terminated. The DJs themselves remain suspended*.(SD-Agencies)