HOWARD Sattler says he could face financial ruin after he was sacked for a bizarre gay gaffe involving the Prime Minister.

The former 6PR radio host has been publicly condemned after persistently questioning Julia Gillard about whether her partner Tim Mathieson was gay because he is a hairdresser.

Sattler said he would not be able to keep up with debt repayments without employment.

``I have no income at the moment and I have debts,'' Sattler said. ``If I don't get my job back, I'll be looking for another job immediately.''

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It comes as WA Equal Opportunity Commissioner Yvonne Henderson joined the chorus of criticism against the questioning of Gillard's partner's sexuality.

Ms Henderson said Sattler's comments were outrageous and discriminatory against both women and gay people.

``A male Prime Minister would never be subjected to those kinds of questions,'' Ms Henderson said. ``It's absolutely unprecedented and it's really disturbing about the future of our democracy, especially for women, who might not enter public office to avoid such treatment.''

Ms Henderson said Sattler's comments could encourage more discrimination in the community against women and gay people.

``He openly linked sexuality with an occupation and publicly subjected Julia Gillard to questions that anyone would be offended by.

``If a close relative of Howard Sattler was questioned about the integrity of their relationship on radio, I'd imagine he would find that highly offensive.''

The Perth shock jock said he was simply acting on behalf of his conservative-minded listeners, who he claims would have heard rumours about Mr Mathieson.

Despite losing his job for persistently putting the question to a clearly offended Ms Gillard, who described the rumours as absurd, Sattler said his only regret over the incident was that it resulted in him losing his job - which would affect his family.

Sattler said he had no problem with defacto relationships or gay people and had changed his mind on same-sex marriage because ``if two people love each other then they should be able to marry''.

``There are some conservative people in the community who do have a problem with these things and they want to know what's going on,'' he said.

However, Sattler conceded that his questions were not politically relevant.

``I accept the fact that sexuality is not a major political issue but some people vote against Gillard because they don't like her living arrangements,'' Sattler said. ``I think the questions were relevant.''

Sattler said he was surprised that Gillard continued to answer his questions while he was pressing her.

``I was thinking: `Is she going to tell me to stop?''' Sattler said. ``I was waiting for her to say stop but she never did.

``I didn't have any idea that there was anything wrong or that I would get so berated for it.''

When asked if he thought his comments were disrespectful, Sattler said his questions were legitimate.

``I understand that Labor party sycophants would think that (I was disrespectful), but I think the Prime Minister is a public persona and people want to know about their private life.''

Sattler was sacked on Friday and rejected an offer of six months' pay to the end of his contract - instead intending to pursue legal options for what he believes is unfair dismissal.

``I've done nothing wrong,'' Sattler said. ``The Prime Minister's staff said that `candid' was fine and I assumed that meant it was OK for me to ask those questions,'' Sattler said.

Last year, Sattler was diagnosed with Parkinson's after his movements and speech became slurred and weak. He believes this is the real reason he was sacked from his radio gig on 6PR.

6PR general manager Martin Boylen outrightly rejected Sattler's claims he was sacked due to Parkinson's.

``That is categorically untrue,'' Mr Boylen said. ``It's ridiculous and completely false.

``The only reason Howard Sattler's engagement with 6PR ended was because he pursued a line of questioning with Prime Minister Julia Gillard that was disrespectful to the office and the person of the Prime Minister and was entirely inappropriate.''

Despite the bizarre nature of his questions to the PM, he is adamant his mind is as clear as it ever was and refuted suggestions that Parkinson's was to blame.

``I would have asked those questions before,'' Sattler insisted. ``My brain is fine. Any suggestion otherwise is garbage.''

He is desperate to continue working in radio and is even considering entering politics by standing against Labor MP Stephen Smith's in the seat of Perth in September's federal election.