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Channel Nine star slams Aussie podcasters with a huge following after they posted a 'gross and misogynistic video' about the NRLW

Channel Nine star slams Aussie podcasters with a huge following after they posted a 'gross and misogynistic video' about the NRLW

Daily Mail​19-06-2025
Channel Nine identity Marlee Silva has slammed popular Aussie podcasters Jon-Bernard and Nick Kairouz after the brothers recently posted a video where they questioned the relevance of the NRLW competition.
After first discussing the soon to be released rugby league video game by Big Ant Studios on July 26, attention soon turned to whether the code should also incorporate women's stars.
And it quickly took a dark turn.
'Big question though...is the WNRL (sic) going to be in the game,' Nick Kairouz asked.
'I feel like that would be a waste of money,' he continued.
'It's a waste of the budget,' Jon-Bernard Kairouz responded with.
The Sydney based brothers then moved onto the player rankings the game will provide - before mocking Queensland Origin veteran Ali Brigginshaw plus Parramatta Eels forward Kennedy Cherrington.
Steady criticism has followed from the likes of Channel 9's Silva, Fox League's Lara Pitt and NSW Blues women's star Abbi Church.
The daughter of Roosters and Bulldogs legend Rod Silva wasn't finished yet, posting on her own Instagram page about the divisive clip which she labelled 'really gross and misogynistic'
Silva was the most vocal, posting a response to the clip publicly to the Kairouz brothers on Instagram.
'Such a boring way to tell us you've run out of content ideas lads,' she said.
'Not an NRLW fan? All good. The girls will continue to flourish and positively impact our game regardless - just stop and think of the ways this rubbish impacts your young male audience.'
The daughter of Roosters and Bulldogs legend Rod Silva wasn't finished yet, posting on her own Instagram page.
'That is a really gross and misogynistic video,' she began.
'I usually just let videos like this go, but I remembered that they reach so many young impressionable men and that's really dangerous.
'Being rewarded with lots of likes and follows for expressing your misogyny....makes it very attractive to young people who want to do what you do....(who will then potentially) mimic the misogyny and develop the attitudes you have towards women, in everyday life.'
They brothers also courted controversy online when they recently ridiculed NSW Blues star Isabelle Kelly for failing to ground the ball when attempting to score a try in a women's Origin game.
Daily Mail Australia reached out to Jon-Bernard Kairouz for comment.
The comedian first rose to prominence on social media during Sydney's Covid lockdowns when he accurately 'predicted' the daily case numbers.
He became known as 'the TikTok numbers guy' after repeatedly revealing the NSW Covid tally hours before then NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian in 2021.
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