Kyle Sandilands reveals he was once caught up in a love triangle with Perth mayor Basil Zempilas

‘I cut his grass’: Kyle Sandilands reveals he was once caught up in a love triangle with Perth mayor and former Weekend Sunrise host Basil Zempilas

Kyle Sandilands made a candid admission about his dating life during an interview with Samantha Armytage on The Kyle & Jackie O Show on Wednesday.

The 49-year-old radio shock jock was discussing Samantha’s recent wedding to businessman Richard Lavender when he brought up her Channel Seven colleague, Basil Zempilas.

Kyle revealed that years ago, he’d been involved in a love triangle with the 49-year-old Perth mayor and former Weekend Sunrise host.

Confessions: Kyle Sandilands (pictured) made a candid admission about his dating life during an interview with Samantha Armytage on The Kyle & Jackie O Show on Wednesday

In a bizarre turn of events, Kyle claimed he’d ended up ‘engaged by mistake’ after the woman he was seeing bought an engagement ring.

‘I was caught up in this whole thing. Anyway, Basil was the one the family wanted her to marry,’ he added.

Interjecting, Samantha, 44, told Kyle he’d ‘cut Basil’s grass’. 

Off on a tangent: The 49-year-old radio shock jock was discussing Samantha Armytage's (right) recent wedding when he brought up her Channel Seven colleague, Basil Zempilas (left)

Off on a tangent: The 49-year-old radio shock jock was discussing Samantha Armytage’s (right) recent wedding when he brought up her Channel Seven colleague, Basil Zempilas (left)

‘I cut Basil’s grass. I cut way more than the grass, but anyway, that didn’t work out,’ he continued.

His co-host, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, then clarified that the woman had chosen Kyle over Basil.

‘She did, yes. And then I walked away from the whole relationship,’ he added.

Love rival: Kyle revealed that years ago, he'd been embroiled in a love triangle with the 49-year-old Perth mayor and news presenter. Pictured at a Brownlow Medal function in Perth in September 2018

Love rival: Kyle revealed that years ago, he’d been embroiled in a love triangle with the 49-year-old Perth mayor and news presenter. Pictured at a Brownlow Medal function in Perth in September 2018

Kyle said he never considered the relationship to be serious, and confessed he was also ‘sleeping with seven other people at the radio station’ he was working at.

He claimed to suffer from ‘commitment-phobia’, and said that had prevented him from settling down with the woman.

Both have since moved on – Basil has been married for 12 years to wife Amy Graham and they have three children together, while Kyle has been dating his former assistant Tegan Kynaston for over a year.   

'I cut Basil's grass. I cut way more than the grass, but anyway, that didn't work out,' he confessed

‘I cut Basil’s grass. I cut way more than the grass, but anyway, that didn’t work out,’ he confessed