WATCH: Radio hosts whack statue of Jesus, are then asked, ‘Would you smash a symbol of the prophet Muhammad?’
A trio of talk-radio hosts got a bit flummoxed as a Catholic reporter challenged them for smashing statues of Jesus and Mary as part of a “rage room” stunt.
They were asked if they’d do the same to a statue of Islam’s prophet Muhammad.
According to a report in The Blaze, the hosts set up a room for destroying objects as a means of stress relief.
“We had a ‘Rage Room’ because we were beating the blue out of the Monday,” said Eva De Roo, a host from Studio Brussel in Belgium.
“People could text us, like, ‘I have a really a blue Monday because my car broke and everything,’ and [we say], ‘Okay, we’ll smash something for you.'”
It was reporter Colm Flynn – from the EWTN Global Catholic Network – who interviewed the hosts to find out if they would gladly take a whack at a statue of Muhammad.
Said Flynn, “I know you laugh, but do you think that for many listeners, they would find that so deeply offensive to take a bat and to smash Jesus into pieces?”
“That’s a very good question,” host Sam De Bruyn replied.
“It might offend people. I think in Belgium, not really. We’re not a very religious country.”
De Bruyn qualified the stunt by saying all the statues they smashed were “already broken.”
Flynn then turns the tables.
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— Colm Flynn (@colmflynnire) March 23, 2026
De Roo said smashing an image of Muhammad would be “inappropriate” because of the many Muslims living in Belgium, whereas since she was raised in a Catholic home, destroying Jesus is like “laughing with yourself.”
How about the Star of David, asked Flynn.
“I wouldn’t do it,” says another host.
Flynn eventually responds: “You see that hypocrisy: Jesus Christ statue, smash it in two, but [you] never [see it] for Muhammad or for anything to do with the Jewish faith.”
The Blaze reports that broadcaster VRT Studio Brussel later issued an apology for the video, saying the company “misjudged the ‘Blue Monday’ sketch.”
Spokeswoman Yasmine Van der Borght said the team apologized for what was “intended to be a humorous action, and they have underestimated how sensitive religious symbols can be. They understand that this was hurtful to some people and would make different choices today.”