Disgraced ex-radio star Marty Sheargold doubles down on his sexist Matildas outburst as he is grilled on ACA in first television interview since sacking... as Allison Langdon says she was 'offended' by his behaviour

Marty Sheargold was in the hot seat on Wednesday night, in his first interview since his sacking from Triple M.

The disgraced presenter, 54, was booted from the network in February 2025 following backlash over sexist comments he made about the Australian women's soccer team.

He sparked further outrage with a subsequent claim that endometriosis was fake.

Twelve months after the drama, Sheargold appeared on A Current Affair where he copped a not-so-subtle dressing down from host Allison Langdon.

Introducing the segment, Langdon slammed the former radio star over his sexist outburst. 

'One seriously sexist and offensive joke ended it all,' Langdon said of Sheargold's once-prolific career.

'Marty Sheargold's crude sledge of our national women's soccer team offended many people - me included.'

Langdon is unlikely to receive an apology from Sheargold, who told interviewer Steve Marshall that people need to get over it.

When Marshall asked Sheargold if his initial public apology was sincere, he replied: 'To that playing group and the extended group of the Matildas? Yeah, I apologise,' he said.

'But to people that are offended by that on the outside of that group. Come on.'

Despite admitting that his comments were 'not funny', Sheargold added that he did not regret his remarks, but rather the fallout that ensued, and how it affected his long-term partner Ang and their two daughters.

'The comment itself? No. The fallout from it? Yeah,' he said.

'For not only me, but for the team that I was working in for their reputations, you know, for the company and for the kids.

'If I had any regrets, it would be the exit from the business. And also personally, the effect it had on the kids for them to have their dad be cancelled, as it were. That's not a real badge of honour when you're wandering around the playground.'

While admitting that he understood why people were offended, Sheargold doubled down on his controversial comments.

'I get why people are offended. You've got to be careful when you're taking pot shots at sport, women's sport particularly,' he said.

'I want young kids to dream and aspire to be part of those kind of things. I just don't want to pay for a ticket and go and watch it myself.'

Sheargold, who is now trying to resurrect his career on the stand-up stage, also claimed that he had received many messages of support from women in the wake of the drama. 

'I've had women stop me in the street and say, you know, I felt like we'd been bundled into this big collective and cohort of people that don't have a sense of humour,' he said.

The former broadcaster, who also starred in the multiple Logie-winning ABC comedy Fisk, added that he was merely playing a character on-air and that his comments should never have been taken seriously.

'When I was in the radio, I was playing the character of Marty Sheargold,' he said.

'People just think you are who you are when you turn up to work. And clearly I'm not sitting at home telling my two daughters that endometriosis isn't real.' 

The comedian and actor was speaking on The Marty Sheargold Show in February last year, hours after the Matildas had been defeated 2-1 by the USA in the SheBelieves Cup. 

Fellow show host Troy Ellis brought up the topic and Sheargold gave his two cents on the national team.

'You know what they remind me of? Year 10 girls... All the infighting and all the friendship issues, "the coach hates me and I hate bloody training, and Michelle's being a b***h",' he said.

The conversation then moved to Australia hosting the women's Asian Cup.

'Oh God. The Asian Cup,' Sheargold said.

'I'd rather hammer a nail through the head of my p***s than watch that. Got any men's sport?'

In the wake of the controversy, Southern Cross Austereo revealed they had 'mutually agreed' to part ways with Sheargold.