Simon Barnett's daughter broke down in tears after she was verbally abused while trying to comfort a woman who had herself been the victim of abuse.
The Newstalk ZB host today revealed details of the altercation, saying his daughter had overheard a nasty conversation between a mother and her angry daughter at a Westfield mall.
"There was a mum and a daughter, who was about 14 or 15. The mum and the daughter just starting having a blazing row. It was a verbal altercation," he said on ZB today.
He explained the woman's daughter launched into a 10-minute tirade of abuse, saying nasty things about her mum, and lashing out at her weight.
"It was highly offensive language. The daughter said to the mum 'you're just effing fat', 'you're just an effing pig'. 'you're too lazy'.