Michael Christian

December 11, 2012 by Hollywoodite

At the end of last week, a poorly-conceived “prank” call intended to waste the time of hospital administrators went horribly wrong when a nurse named Jacintha Saldanha took the call and transferred strangers to another nurse who doled out medical information. Days later, Saldanha committed suicide leaving behind a husband and two children. The hosts of 2Day […]

December 7, 2012 by Hollywoodite

Earlier this week, on December 4, two hosts from Sydney’s 2Day FM radio station contrived a prank where they phoned the London hospital in which Kate Middleton had been staying and imitated members of the British royal family in order to elicit information from staff who happily transferred them to someone else who happily revealed confidential information. The […]

December 7, 2012 by Hollywoodite

Well, this is a horribly tragic end to a week that already included voyeuristic murder on the cover of the New York Post. Earlier in the week, a nurse took a prank call from two Australian radio hosts pretending to be members of the British royal family who were quickly transferred to Kate Middleton’s ward where they […]

December 5, 2012 by Hollywoodite

Australian radio hosts placed a prank call to London’s King Edward VII Hospital were pregnant Kate Middleton is being treated for Hyperemesis gravidarum (extreme morning sickness). Mel Greig and Michael Christian from The Summer 30 program on Sydney’s 2Day FM radio station used a flimsy ruse about being Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles asking about Middleton’s condition. They were […]