Kerri-Anne Kennerley reignited her long-running feud with Yumi Stynes at the Women of the Future Awards in Sydney on Wednesday.
The 68-year-old former Studio 10 host - who was called 'racist' by the radio star during heated TV debate about Australia Day protests on the show in 2019 - said she was still 'hurt' over the incident, just moments before the pair awkwardly came face-to-face at the luncheon.
Prior to their reunion on Wednesday, Kennerley told Daily Mail Australia she 'hadn't seen' the KIIS FM host since Stynes attacked her on-air two years ago.
Back on: Kerri-Anne Kennerley, left, reignited her long-running feud with Yumi Stynes, right, at the Women of the Future Awards in Sydney on Wednesday after the radio star called her 'racist' two years ago
'I haven't seen her since that day. She didn't turn up for work the next day. She was booked to do three days, and that night she text our executive producer and said: "I think I'm having a day off" and never turned up,' she said.
When asked if she was planning on speaking to Stynes at Wednesday's event, Kennerley said: 'Well, yeah. I'm not anti. I'm not embarrassed about what happened, what I said and how I reacted. I have no issue.
'She's powerful with what she said - but I will not say that it wasn't hurtful to be called a racist.'
Two years ago, the two women confronted each other on-air during a Studio 10 discussion about protests against Australia Day.
During the debate Kennerley said indigenous protestors and their supporters should be more concerned with the dire state of many Aboriginal communities instead of focusing on the date.
Intense: During the star-studded event, Kennerley and Stynes were seen in an intense discussion before sitting down for a meal
Expressive: It's not known what they were discussing, but Kennerley seemed particularly animated as she passionately raised her hands to express her feelings
'The 5,000 people who went through the streets making their points known, saying how inappropriate the day is - has any single one of those people been out to the Outback, where children, babies, five-year-olds, are being raped?' Kennerley said at the time.
'Their mothers are being raped, their sisters are being raped. They get no education. What have you done?'
After a pause, Stynes then attacked Kennerley's comments.
'That is not even faintly true, Kerri-Anne. You're sounding quite racist right now,' she said.
Kennerley responded by stating she was offended - but Stynes doubled down on her insult.
'Well keep going then, because every time you open your mouth you're sounding racist,' Stynes said.
Speaking at Wednesday's event, Kerri-Anne insisted that her comments were not racist.
'I actually went to the dictionary and looked what racist means. Thinking that any other culture, society or people are beneath you,' she said.
'My whole point was: Women and children of an Indigenous culture are 35 times more likely to be murdered or abused. That still stands to this day. How come we can't do anything about it?
Heated debate: Two years ago, Kennerley and Stynes confronted each other on air during a Studio 10 discussion about protests against Australia Day, with Kennerley saying indigenous protestors and their supporters should be more concerned with the dire state of many Aboriginal communities instead of focusing on the date
'So yes, we can parade down streets about a lot of issues, but that's a pretty important one and it's happening every day.
'Children and women are being raped and murdered every single day. It's still going
