Royal hoax DJs tell of distress over death of nurse 2Day FM presenters Michael Christian and Mel Greig being interviewed on Channel Nine Network show A Current Affair. Photograph: Channel Nine/AFP/Getty Images The two DJs at the centre of the prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was staying have spoken for the first time since the tragic death of the nurse Jacintha Saldana. Teary and upset, Mel Greig and Michael Christian told of their distress upon hearing about Saldanha's death. " (It was) the worst phone call I've ever had in my life," Greig told the Nine network's A Current Affair programme. I've thought about this a million times in my head and have wanted to reach out to them (the family of Saldanha) and just give them a big hug. I hope they're OK, I really do," said Greig. "I just hope that they get the love, the support and care that they need," said Christian. The two DJs spoke to the media for the first time since they went into hiding on Saturday. They gave interviews to Channel Nine and Channel Seven's main evening current affairs programmes, to be aired on Monday evening. Christian told Channel Nine's Today Tonight he was "gutted, shattered, heartbroken." Greig said: "It doesn't seem real because you just couldn't foresee something like that happening from a prank call. You know it was never meant to go that far. It was meant to be a silly little prank that so many people have done before. This wasn't meant to happen. The DJs pulled out of a third interview they were scheduled to do for The Project, on the Ten network, because they were unwell, according to a spokesman for the TV channel. The host of the Nine programme, Tracey Grimshaw, earlier tweeted that the interview had not been paid for. It was "neither asked nor offered," she said. Grimshaw told Fairfax Media the prerecorded interview was "very intense" with a lot of people in the room including radio station staff and supporters. There are other people who made the decision to put it to air. It wasn't live to air. There was a decision made after that prank call was recorded to put it to air, and virtually all the focus has been on them," Grimshaw said. "We talked about the process of the prank call, how it came about, what happens after you record something like that, where are the checks and balances, what is the network's policy on prank calls, where do you draw the line," she addedd. Southern Cross Austero Media said it had suspended advertising on 2Day FM until further notice, ended Greig and Christian's Hot 30 show and suspended prank calls across the company. The statement said attempts had been made to contact the hospital before the hoax was broadcast, adding that it believed no laws had been broken. Several attempts were made by the production team to discuss the segment with the hospital, but with no success. The segment was referred to an internal review process which included internal legal review and authorisation was granted to broadcast," the statement said. The company does not consider that the broadcast of the segment has breached any relevant law, regulation or code. The company will fully co-operate with any investigations. Rhys Holleran, CEO of Southern Cross Austereo, said the station attempted to contact King Edward VII hospital "no less than five times" before broadcasting the pre-recorded material. "We rang them to discuss what we had recorded," he said, adding that this was done before the recorded prank went to air. He said the station was happy to co-operate with any investigation into the incident. Shares in Southern Cross Austereo fell 7.7% in early trading on the Australian stock market before recovering slightly.