Dom Harvey hits back

Dominic Harvey. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Dominic Harvey. Photo / Brett Phibbs
Radio DJ Dom Harvey has hit back at Dancing With the Stars runner-up Chrystal Chenery who publicly called for him to be sacked after he posted a revealing photo of her on social media.

Harvey posted a screenshot of Chenery taken during Sunday night's live final, with the caption: "Chrystal just showing Art what he missed out on."

The photo showed Chenery during a lift with dance partner Jonny Williams, exposing her underwear.

Yesterday Chenery told the Herald she was furious about the post and would like to see Harvey disciplined for his actions by MediaWorks, which owns both TV3 and The Edge.

Harvey remained on air this morning on the breakfast show he co-hosts with his wife Jay Jay, who also competed on the dancing show.

He said he had apologised and removed the photo as soon as he heard Chenery was unhappy. He accepted he was wrong in posting the photo but said he thought it had been dealt with and was disappointed with Chenery's comments.

"I thought it had been dealt with yesterday in the way she (Chenery) wanted," he told listeners.

"But then she basically came back asking for compensation."

He indicated Chenery had asked him to pay for a hotel bill.

"It was a crass joke… I apologised on social media… we offered her the opportunity to come on (the show) and chat about this but she wasn't keen."

Jay Jay Harvey conceded her other half had an often crass sense of humour that did upset people at times.

But she supported him and the apology.

"Let's just hope Chrystal can find peace," she said.

Harvey appreciated he would lose fans and listeners over the issue.

"I've got to take it on the chin," he said.

He said he had posted a similar screen grab on social media when surfer Maz Quinn was dancing on the show earlier in the season.

As Quinn did a sideways thrust Harvey captured his hip area, captioning the photo with "text (Quinn's voting number) to keep his bulge in the competition".

He said there had been no negative feedback after that.

By Anna Leask of the New Zealand Herald

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