10:09 am - 12/07/2012
The prank phone call saga in which two Australian DJs impersonated the queen and got connected to a nurse looking after Kate Middleton took a tragic turn today after the receptionist who put the call through reportedly committed suicide.
The Daily Mail is reporting that a receptionist at the private King Edward hospital which treated the Duchess of Cambridge was found at an address yards away from King Edward VII Hospital, where she worked, just before 9.30am yesterday.
( Under a cut for talk of suicide/depression. Collapse )
Tragedy As Receptionist Who Connected Kate Middleton Prank Callers Commits Suicide
The prank phone call saga in which two Australian DJs impersonated the queen and got connected to a nurse looking after Kate Middleton took a tragic turn today after the receptionist who put the call through reportedly committed suicide.
The Daily Mail is reporting that a receptionist at the private King Edward hospital which treated the Duchess of Cambridge was found at an address yards away from King Edward VII Hospital, where she worked, just before 9.30am yesterday.
( Under a cut for talk of suicide/depression. Collapse )
they didnt ask her dat, the mother did
that fault is on the shit mother
and the DJ's "is that the only experience you've had?" question - hideous though it might have been - can at least in part me put down to his being shocked and not knowing how to respond.
i'm not totally defending them - the segment was completely tasteless to begin with and shouldn't have been on air, because why the fuck are you asking a fourteen year old about her sexual experiences to begin with? - but they really were caught on the wrong foot with that one.
an inquest probably won't be able to prove shit against these DJ's though so they'll be let off the hook however their reputation is damaged forever.
i'm just so glad it was not Hamish and Andy that did this but I'm sure they wouldn't have been so stupid.
What the fuck is wrong with people?
Edited at 2012-12-07 04:22 pm (UTC)
What utter cunts.
and the article just gets worse as you read on.. the 14 year old holy shit that is disgusting ugh I hate this world. what in the actual fuck is wrong with people?! and HER MOTHER no less... ughhhhh, so sick.
Edited at 2012-12-07 04:25 pm (UTC)
This person was publicly humiliated from a prank gone bad, and no telling what else she was going through. This may have been the one thing that sent her over the edge. Especially during this time of the year. Depression is nothing to make fun of at all.
. I feel for her family, friends and whoever knew her.
rip
When I saw hoax, I thought it was fake at first. So sad.
woooowwwwww
It's not an issue of whether or not the receptionist was "good enough" for her job (which, frankly, is a pretty disgusting, victim-blaming perspective to take in light of what happened). It's an issue of broadcasting ethics. The call should never have been made, and the DJs ARE directly responsible for the repercussions of their "joke" which, in this case, cost a struggling wife and mother her own life.
so yeah it is a horrible thing that has happened but that doesn't change the fact that the hospital also fucked up at their end - there is no way that phone call should have been taken seriously.
Also, I assume there is a protocol in place for calls like that, it's gotta be more than "hey I'm royal X, wassup?". I don't know the details of the prank but still. It would have been impossible for the DJs to predict this outcome. I agree with you that they could have predicted someone getting fired over this (which, you're right, is another reason why this prank was a terrible thing to do). But the most predictable outcome would have been for the receptionist to hang up on them. They are responsible for their actions (especially for broadcasting medical information, and also for being unfunny idiots) but the suicide? I don't believe so.