Kyle Sandilands has revealed his wild theory about Matthew Newton’s relationship with his mother Patti and late father Bert.
The KIIS FM radio host jokingly claimed on Tuesday’s The Kyle and Jackie O show that Matthew is not the showbiz couple’s ‘real son’.
He told his co-host Jackie O Henderson there were bizarre claims he and Matthew were swapped in the hospital at birth, and Patti often joked about it with her late husband.
‘[Patti] has told me she and Bert have had serious conversations about whether I’m the child of Bert and Patti Newton,’ Kyle said.
‘Just because you have a big moon face,’ Jackie responded.
Kyle explained he was also ‘a sweetie pie like Bert and Matt was doing what Matt was up to.’
Newsreader Brooklyn Ross then asked Kyle: ‘Does he even have the same birthday as you?’
‘Well, no he doesn’t,’ Jackie answered.
Matthew hasn’t been home to Australia in years and didn’t return for his father Bert’s funeral in 2021.
He has been enjoying a quiet and anonymous life in America since getting married six years ago following a series of scandals.
This includes domestic violence allegations from two former girlfriends: Australian actresses Brooke Satchwell, 40, and Rachael Taylor, 37.
Matthew was also charged in 2011 for assaulting a cab driver on the way to a children’s party.
He was arrested twice in Miami, Florida, in 2012 – the first for trespassing and resisting officers, while a second incident saw him charged with battery and resisting arrest after he attacked a hotel receptionist.
Following the charges, Matthew checked into the Betty Ford Center in California for 90 days of alcohol and drug treatment.
Matthew, who suffers from bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and has a history of addiction, refrains from the spotlight.
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He had starred in a range of successful Australian television shows before moving overseas.
Matthew now spends his days swimming and hiking with his wife Catherine Schneiderman and their two dogs.
Matthew and Catherine, who is the daughter of former New York attorney-general Eric Schneiderman, began dating in 2012 and got engaged in October 2016.
A family friend told New Idea in 2017 the couple had secretly married at the home of Catherine’s mother in New York.