Kate Langbroek earned 40 per cent less than Dave Hughes on radio show

Kate Langbroek reveals she earned 40 per cent less than her radio co-host Dave Hughes – despite doing the same work he did: ‘It changed our relationship and I left’

Kate Langbroek made the bombshell admission on Thursday she earned 40 per cent less than her radio co-host Dave Hughes – despite doing the same work he did.

The TV presenter, 57, was discussing the gender pay gap on Channel 10’s The Project and admitted she was shocked to discover Hughes was being paid a higher salary.

‘It turned out he was getting paid 40 per cent more than I was. This was the Hughesy and Kate Show that we had made together and didn’t exist without us,’ she said.

‘Showbusiness is not a standard situation but we did a radio show together for 18 years. It changed our relationship when we talked about money and I then left.’

Kate co-hosted the popular Hughesy and Kate drive show alongside Dave, 52, from 2001 until January 2019, when she resigned to spend more time with her family.  

Kate Langbroek made the bombshell admission on Thursday she earned forty per cent less than her radio co-host Dave Hughes (pictured together) – despite doing the same work he did

The TV presenter, 57, was discussing the gender pay gap on Channel 10’s The Project and admitted she was shocked to discover Hughes was being paid a higher salary

She added the gender pay gap was a form of financial discrimination that women continued to face in Australia.

‘Because we’re lovers and breeders and take time out we are punished for that in our working lives.’

In January 2021, Kate said her divorce with Dave was a long time coming, ahead of her move to Italy. 

‘It was a big thing, but he knew it was coming for a long time because I had pre-empted [a move to Italy],’ she told co-hosts Monty Diamond and Yumi Stynes on The 3pm Pick-Up.

She said Dave questioned her move to Bologna and how she would spend her days in the city. 

‘It turned out he was getting paid 40 per cent more than I was. This was the Hughesy and Kate Show that we had made together and didn’t exist without us,’ she told her co-hosts

‘He kept saying to me: ”What are you going to do all day”,’ Kate said. ‘I’m like, my dream, my dream is nothingness.’     

Kate went on to praise Dave, and their working relationship.

‘Apart from my husband he was the most significant man in my life. And it has been like a marriage, and now like a divorce,’ she said

Kate and her husband Peter Lewis, relocated to Italy with their four children, Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jan, in January 2019.

The couple moved back to Melbourne in 2021. 

Kate co-hosted the popular Hughesy and Kate drive show alongside Dave, 52, from 2001 until January 2019, when she resigned to spend more time with her family

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