Triple J presenter Kyran Wheatley tried to explain why he’s joining the likes of Matt Okine, Alex Dyson, and Lewi McKirdy as they nope out of the nation’s primo youth radio station.
But mostly, he just gushed about the place.
In 4 weeks I’m leaving @triplej too. Look at this little guy, he doesn’t know it yet but he’s got the best 6 years of his life ahead of him. pic.twitter.com/fApg84C0kX
— Ky(lo)ran (@kyranwheatley) November 22, 2016
Wheatley took to the airwaves this arvo – while he’s still on the ABC’s payroll – to remind ya how gr8 the J’s are.
He said he overheard a conversation in a bar about his compatriots, before their chatter turned to Wheatley’s imminent departure. After one of ’em asked “why would you do that?”, Wheatley asked himself the same q.
“It was a way of life that I tuned into. Millions of us tune into this station because we don’t fit in – we’re queer, we’re immigrants… we don’t fit in.That’s what is so fucking amazing about this place. We’re in this massive dumb club. You’re a Triple J listener.The idea that I’m one of the club members… the kid, growing up, would never have believed that.”
Photo: Kyran Wheatley / Twitter.
