2GB radio host Ray Hadley will be off air for at least a week as he works through marital issues with his wife of 20 years, who sought an apprehended violence order application against the broadcaster and his son, only to withdraw it 24 hours later.
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Hadley, who is the host of Sydney's top-rating morning radio show, did not call the rugby league World Club Challenge between the Sydney Roosters and Wigan Warriors on Saturday night for the station as planned.
Commentator Andrew Moore received a last-minute request to cover the match and is also expected to fill in as host of Hadley's 2GB weekday show.
On Friday, Fairfax Media revealed that Suzanne Hadley had sought to take out an apprehended violence order application against her broadcaster husband and his police officer son, Daniel, but then withdrew the application 24 hours after going to police.
Macquarie Radio Network owner John Singleton said he had not spoken to Hadley nor his wife but he was standing by the host and had ''great doubts'' that there were any violent incidents between the pair.
''Ray has my full support,'' Mr Singleton said. ''They both have my full support.''
Mr Singleton, who has been married six times, said that marital breakdowns were difficult for those involved.
''Have you been divorced?'' he asked ''Are you married? It is unbelievable to me that the whole … AVO application process [for anyone] is out there in the public.''
The couple, via a lawyer, released a statement late on Friday saying that, after 20 years of marriage, they were ''going through a difficult time''.
''They are working together amicably and privately to resolve matters between them and to ensure that those affected, in particular their children, suffer as little as possible.''
A station source said the staff at 2GB were stunned when the story of the apprehended violence order application became public, saying everyone at the radio network had ''quite a lot of love for Suzanne, in particular, at 2GB''.
Less than a month ago, Hadley settled for an undisclosed amount over allegations that he bullied and threatened a 2GB colleague, Richard Palmer. Over the past year, Fairfax Media has detailed allegations that Hadley bullied, threatened and harassed current and former colleagues at the radio station.
On Saturday, Destroy the Joint, an online campaign for gender equality, called on Macquarie Radio Network to clean up its workplace culture by standing down anyone involved in allegations of bullying.
A similar campaign, calling on advertisers to boycott 2GB after breakfast host Alan Jones told a Liberal Party function former prime minister Julia Gillard's father ''died of shame'' had cost the Macquarie Radio Network, said Jenna Price, co-founder of the campaign.
