5fm Suspends Gareth Cliff For Interviewing Jesus (South Africa)
Our cheeky friend Gareth has been suspended for two days by 5fm as a result of an ‘interview’ he conducted with ‘Jesus’ on his show yesterday afternoon, which elicited numerous complaints from listeners.

Cliff apologised to his listeners today for any offence he may have caused, stating that he had not intentionally aimed to disparage any religion, but rather to parody the motion picture “The Passion Of The Christ” which has been greeted with vigorous debate internationally and releases in South Africa next month.

“As a responsible broadcaster we simply cannot endorse any content that unnecessarily undermines the religious beliefs of our listeners.” ~ John Langford, 5fm Station Manager.

Gareth crossed over from 702 Talk Radio to 5FM in October last year, saying 5FM would give him the “creative freedom to do outrageous lunatic things” which were “wasted” on 702.