EXCLUSIVE
Serial pest Andrew Thaler has made sick claims Ray Hadley’s three-year-old granddaughter’s cancer diagnosis is ‘karma’ because ‘bad things happen’ to people who ‘do bad things’.
The Snowy Monaro councillor, who is facing a slew of misconduct complaints since taking up the role in September, made the vile comment following Hadley’s heartbreaking revelation that his granddaughter Lola was diagnosed with leukemia in January.
The devastating diagnosis came less than a month after Hadley wrapped up his talkback radio career on December 13 after an almost unbeaten two-decade reign as Sydney‘s most popular morning radio host.
‘There was a state of shock, a fit and healthy little girl, beautiful little girl – stricken,’ the legendary former 2GB host told his followers in an emotional video posted last month.
Hadley’s candid piece-to-camera was flooded with comments from well-wishers from around the world.
But the man who has been dubbed ‘Australia’s biggest pest’ could not bring himself to exhibit an ounce of humanity.
Re-sharing the video, Thaler simply observed: ‘If you do bad things to people… bad things happen to you.’
Snowy Monaro councillor Andrew Thaler (pictured), who is facing a slew of misconduct complaints since taking up the role in September, made the vile comment following Ray Hadley’s heartbreaking revelation that his granddaughter Lola was diagnosed with leukemia in January
The devastating diagnosis came less than a month after Hadley wrapped up his talkback radio career on December 13 after an almost unbeaten two-decade reign as Sydney ‘s most popular morning radio host (pictured: the former talkback king with little Lola)
The sickening comment proved too much for even some of Thaler’s followers.
‘Are you seriously suggesting he deserves to have his grandchild to have cancer because he said some mean things about you?’ one person asked.
Thaler responded: ‘I’m simply saying the universe serves up karma often in ways that are troubling.’
Daily Mail Australia approached Hadley for comment.
Thaler defended his comments when approached by Daily Mail Australia, before launching into a ten-minute rant.
The vexatious councillor suggested that Hadley’s support of Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic may have resulted in his granddaughter developing leukemia and encouraged people to ‘join the dots’.
‘Ray Hadley was part of the ra ra brigade demanding government lock the unvaxed out, restrict access to food and shops and services and doctors,’ he said.
‘There was a massive push to give the vax to pregnant women. Just look at the time, if the granddaughter is three now…’
Asked to provide one piece of evidence that showed there was a link between the vaccines and leukemia, Thaler said: ‘Haven’t you read the headlines circulating the planet?
‘There’s endless headlines. I don’t have the direct evidence,’ he admitted.
‘I read a lot of the news and I know what Robert F. Kennedy is going to do and has been advocating for.’
It comes as 2GB host Ben Fordham lost it at Thaler for his latest antics – laughing about a wheelchair-bound man’s caravan burning down – and labelled him ‘a f***wit’ live on air on Friday morning.
Thaler had been engaged in a bitter and long-running dispute with the man over the safety of his home in the Nimmitabel Caravan Park in the Monaro region of southeast NSW.
After it burned down on Wednesday, the elected councillor – who will receive a taxpayer-funded fee of up to $13,000 in his role – turned up and recorded a video in which he gleefully mocked the man’s plight.
‘I’m here in the Nimmitabel caravan park. I’ve got a funny story for you,’ he told his followers as he filmed the burned-out remains of the man’s home.
Andrew Thaler (pictured) previously found himself in trouble after claiming he was the spokesman for the family of tasered grandmother Clare Nowland – despite the family stating he wasn’t
‘My wife’s saying don’t make it funny. But how can it not be funny?’
At one stage in the hour-long clip, a police officer accused Thaler of ‘rubbernecking’ and asked him to stop filming.
‘If your house was burning down and your neighbours came round and started filming wouldn’t you find that intimidating and offensive?’, one of the officers asked.
Fordham could barely control his rage and told Thaler just want he thought of the ‘feral fruitloop’.
‘You are a scum of the earth,’ Fordham told the councillor.
‘You are a f***wit.’
It is the first time Fordham has ever resorted to an obscenity on-air – though his quick-acting producers managed to bleep out the curse before it found its way to the airwaves.
Thaler, 51, is no stranger to controversy.
He previously landed himself in hot water after bizarrely claiming he was the spokesman for the family of 95-year-old grandmother Clare Nowland who was tasered in her Cooma nursing home in 2023.
Ms Nowland’s family later clarified he had nothing to do with them and urged the media not to contact him.
He was charged with assaulting a cafe owner in May last year.
It was alleged Thaler had choked the owner of Bertie’s Cafe in Nimmitabel – a quaint town with a population of just 324.
Thaler’s sickening comment (pictured) proved too much for even some of his followers
The ugly episode was allegedly sparked over jealousy about the cafe taking part in filming for ABC TV show Back Roads.
All of the charges against Thaler were later dropped.
Before he took up his role as a councillor, he was banned from even attending the Snowy Monaro Council offices due to allegations about his behaviour.
The ban was later lifted, allowing Thaler to rack up an impressive 19 misconduct complaints from fellow councillors, council staff and the community in his first two months in office.
These included allegations he threatened to fire staff, sent threatening emails and used offensive language, such as allegedly describing the mayor as a ‘dog arse c**t’, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
In a video posted on Thursday, he described one female councillor as a ‘big fat liar’.
Thaler has previously run in elections at local, state and federal level without success.
He was elected to the Snowy Monaro Regional Council with just 500 first-preference votes.
This publication also approached Snowy Monaro Regional Council for comment.