Former Kiwi cross-code superstar Sonny Bill Williams' colleague has called for him to be sacked from his role at Channel Nine.
During his show on the 2GB radio station, veteran broadcaster Ray Hadley said he was "embarrassed" to work with Williams, who is a rugby analyst for Nine Entertainment - owners of the 2GB network.
Williams - a winner of two Rugby World Cups and two NRL Premierships - has been an outspoken advocate for the Palestinian cause on his social media channels, and a post he shared from controversial influencer Andrew Tate linking the Sydney church stabbing to the war in Gaza is the latest to have drawn Hadley's ire.
"I don't know how this bloke has continued to be employed by the network that employs me," Hadley said last week.
"That's a decision for people who are a higher post than me.
"It's embarrassing he's employed by this organisation. I'm embarrassed to be in the same camp as him.
"I'd say to the Nine board that employs me - you should be embarrassed as well, led by Mr (Peter) Costello, that you still employ him. How he sustains his job given his monosyllabic efforts on TV, I'll never know, let alone his dim-witted approach on social media.
"Be handy one day Sonny Bill if you picked up the paper and got somebody to read it to you or cleaned the wax out of your ears and listen to what’s been going on in Sydney over the past 48 hours."
It's not the first time Hadley has unleashed on Williams for his social media activity.
Last October, he called the Rugby World Cup winner a "lunatic" for questioning why the plight of Palestinians in Gaza wasn't being seen in the same light as Ukrainian civilians defending their families against the Russians.
Williams, a devout Muslim, shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) from American law professor, author and controversial columnist Khaled Beydoun that read: "So, Ukrainian civilians defending their families are 'freedom fighters'... But Palestinians in Gaza doing the EXACT same thing are 'terrorists'?"
"If his brains were dynamite, Sonny Bill Williams wouldn’t blow his ears off," Hadley said.
"It's embarrassing for me and other people connected with this radio and TV network that he's employed by - and I think that the CEO of the company should review his employment prospects."
Since his latest outburst, Hadley has told Australian media outlets he has received no reprimand from his employers.
"I'm not going to sit back and ignore what he's been saying," Hadley added.
"He needs to be called out. If he wants to go to Gaza, go to Gaza and stay there.
"I've had a gutful."
