 He said he would donate $35,000 to family of a child with disability in 2009; however, he donated only $20,000, but he later gave the full amount.In 2006, Sandliands referred to an "Australian Idol" contestant as a "mong", a term that has been used in the past as a label for people with Down syndrome.On 19 September 2019, Sandilands commented on air that the Mother of Jesus was a "liar who got knocked up behind a camel shed" (a sceptical reference to the virgin birth of Jesus), among other related comments.