Julia Gillard's top spin doctor defends Kyle Sandilands Julia Gillard's chief of communications says Kyle Sandilands is "a popular and talented broadcaster." JULIA Gillard's communications chief has leapt to the defence of radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands saying he touches "the hearts of millions of people." In response to a News Limited article about a radio interview the Prime Minister did with Sandilands and his co-host Jackie O yesterday, McTernan fired off an email defending the controversial personality. "It appears it falls to me to point out some basic rules of comms to you," McTernan wrote. I have no idea why you - and it appears your paper - have a vendetta against Kyle. He is a popular and talented broadcaster and is listened to by more than a million people every morning. His work with charity is well known but it apparently disturbs you that the Prime Minister hosted Kyle and Jackie O and kids from Bear Cottage at Kirribilli House. Well I will never apologise for arranging that. Perhaps one day you will know what it is like to entertain and touch the hearts of millions of people like Kyle and Jackie O do every day. And perhaps then you will reflect on the darts of the pygmies who sneer at success. Kyle & Jackie with help from the Prime Minister Julia Gillard put on an Easter Egg hunt for the children of Bear Cottage at Kirribilli House. In the breakfast radio interview on Sydney's 2DAYFM yesterday the Prime Minister was referred to simply by her first name and asked, among other things, to participate in a game called "rolls of cash" - where participants strip to their underwear and vie for cash bills in a pool of honey. Sandilands then took Ms Gillard down to the car park to "surprise" her with an offer to take his convertible Rolls Royce phantom for the day. BREAKING VIEW: PM, please stop hanging with Kyle In March, following a leadership showdown with Kevin Rudd, Ms Gillard gave her first media interview to Sandilands and Jackie O. Sandilands used the interview to lobby for the role of Arts Minister after Simon Crean was sacked for his involvement in bringing on the leadership spill. PM Julia Gillard with Kyle Sandilands in a carpark Picture: Instagram "I want to offer my services free of charge to be the new Arts Minister because I have hung out with people like Snoop Dogg, Guy Sebastian," Sandilands said at the time. I've been in Priscilla Queen of the Dessert; I was an Asian prostitute so I am across the arts. I'm your man. The radio and television personality is well known for his controversial antics which include asking a 14-year-old girl live on air about her sexual experiences and calling a journalist a "fat slag" after she penned a negative review about his television show. The attack made him the poster boy for misogyny - a topic Ms Gillard has used to berate Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.