Radio rape revelation was a weird experience: Kyle and Jackie O

Kyle and Jackie O opened their radio show this morning acknowledging yesterday’s controversial segment - in which a 14-year-old girl strapped to a lie detector revealed she had been raped - was "weird".

The pair discussed the controversy briefly at the top of today’s show - which airs daily on 2Day FM from 6-9am - but pledged to dissect the way the media had covered the incident later in the program.

They will also take calls on the incident.

"Look at what happened yesterday ... there’s many people involved that would rather forget it," host Kyle Sandilands said.

"It was difficult for everyone ... not just the mother and daughter ... quite a weird experience."

Jackie O said: "It was such a weird day ... it wasn’t the best day yesterday."

In the segment, the 14-year-old, who was brought on to undergo a lie detector test because of her mother’s concerns about her drugs and sex experience, told Sandilands before the questions started: "I’m scared ... it’s not fair."

After asking her daughter if she had skipped school, the mother asked: "Have you ever had sex?"

The 14-year-old replied: "I’ve already told you the story about this ... and don’t look at me and smile because it’s not funny."

After a pause she then raised her voice and said: "Oh OK … I got raped when I was 12 years old."

Karen Willis, manager at the NSW Rape Crisis Centre, said the segment was "appalling on a number of levels", while NSW Community Services minister Linda Burney slammed it as ‘‘in very poor taste and highly irresponsible’’.

2DayFM defended the hosts, saying the station was not aware of the incident and terminated the show as soon as it could after the girl’s revelation.

Sandilands last night expressed frustration with the press reaction to the controversy.

"There was no breach of any radio code. What I’m most annoyed about is that some of the press have jumped on this and made it out to be a stunt and a ratings ploy," he said.

In a column last night, he wrote that he was disappointed the girl's situation had become a big media story.

"I’ve certainly pissed off a lot of journos over the years but I’m sad that they’re using the rape of a 12-year-old girl to have a go at me," he wrote in The Punch.

"As far an apology goes, the only person I feel sorry for is the girl. That what should have been dealt with as her private situation ended up being one of the biggest news stories of the day."

Sandilands this morning he said he and Jackie O would analyse the media’s coverage in more detail while on air.

Last night he also defended the premise of the segment.

"Our show is a real-life show, not some Punch and Judy pre-scripted show.

"We deal with a lot of real situations and sexuality is one them. I would never have asked the girl those questions myself. It was her mother who asked those questions."

The broadcasting watchdog is not investigating the incident because a formal complaint is needed to instigate action.