The Australian radio DJ who made the prank call to the London hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated during her pregnancy has admitted she 'should have tried harder' to stop the call going to air. The hoax by Mel Greig and her colleague Michael Christian in December 2012 was linked to the death of British nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who blamed them in her suicide note. Ms Greig's mother has since received death threats, while the 2DayFM presenter has battled depression. 'I felt like a failure as a human being,' Ms Greig said in a tearful interview with Channel Seven's Sunday Night.
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Mel Greig has opened up about the 2DayFm hoax in 2012
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It was blamed for the suicide death of British nurse Jacintha Saldanha
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Greig the Sunday Night show she 'felt like a failure as a human being'
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Claims she begged radio bosses not to use nurse's real voice
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