Broadcaster Alan Jones says he privately contacted two MPs during the Coalition's leadership crisis last week.

One of those was Liberal MP John Alexander.

"John Alexander has been a friend of mine for 50 years. I'm the godfather to his kids," Mr Jones told 7.30.

"So I contacted JA and said this is critical stuff, you've really got to think about this, the party's got to change direction, and so on."

The 2GB broadcaster refused to name the other MP he contacted. He said he did not speak to Mathias Cormann, Michaelia Cash or Mitch Fifield.

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Last week Channel Nine political reporter Chris Uhlmann named Mr Jones as being one of the media figures who played a role in bringing down Malcolm Turnbull.

Mr Jones said he "couldn't care" what Mr Uhlmann said.

"It's immaterial to me."

In his concession speech on Friday, Mr Turnbull spoke of an insurgency against him from within the party room and "backed by powerful voices in the media".

Mr Jones agreed the former prime minister probably had him in mind.

"I suppose so. In his eyes, yes, I'm sure I am."

Asked whether he considered himself a player in politics, he said: "We're all players, aren't we?"

"I don't know whether I'm a player or not.

"I'm here to express an opinion and I express it strongly. I think I've been saying for months and months and months, there had to be two changes — leadership change and policy change.

"I think everybody has conceded, we don't want to overstate the case, that Turnbull was hopeless.

"My position has been completely consistent. I said the day that Turnbull stabbed Abbott in the back, that this would end in tears. Well, it's ended in tears and anger."

Mr Jones said he would have preferred Mr Dutton to have won the leadership ballot, but thought Scott Morrison was not a bad choice.

And he said the Coalition's poor performance in Monday's Newspoll was unsurprising.

"They'll make ground, no mistake about that. But I have a suspicion they'll run out of time.

"Shorten is a formidable opponent."