The Kyle and Jackie O show has collapsed amid a high-profile feud between hosts Jackie ‘O’ Henderson and Kyle Sandilands.
KIIS FM’s parent company ARN announced on Tuesday that Henderson’s $100 million contract has been terminated after she told executives she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands’ any longer.
Sandilands has been suspended, and has been given 14 days to ‘remedy’ the breach, or else faces termination.
ARN provided written notice to Sandilands stating that it considers his behaviour during the show on February 20 ‘an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media’.
The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off-air immediately, with ‘interim arrangements made for the show.’
Daily Mail has reached out to Henderson and Sandilands for comment.
The Kyle and Jackie O show has collapsed amid a high-profile feud between hosts Jackie ‘O’ Henderson and Kyle Sandilands. Both pictured
Sandilands and Henderson signed a 10-year deal with Australian Radio Network (ARN) in 2023, and have eight years left on the contract.
They were paid a reported $200 million in that landmark negotiation and earned approximately $47,000 per episode.
Henderson, 51, has been AWOL from the Kyle & Jackie O show since Friday, 20 February, after she was involved in a fiery on-air clash with Sandilands over her alleged lack of ‘focus’ in her work.
Henderson took a leave of absence following the altercation, and was expected to return to the show on March 2.
During the on-air feud, broke down in tears when the pair were discussing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Sandilands got angry at her when she proceeded to read out the disgraced royal’s birth chart.
He lambasted his co-star, claiming that her love for astrology was affecting her work.
When Henderson attempted to defend herself and accused him of launching an attack on her, he stated he was only expressing the ‘facts’.
An emotional Henderson said she was deeply ‘offended’ by his brutal comments during the clash.
On Monday, it was announced that her return to the airwaves has been pushed back another week.
Sandilands, 54, started Tuesday’s show by revealing that Henderson would return to the airwaves ‘at some stage’ – however, that was not to be.
Last Wednesday, Sandilands admitted he wished he had handled things differently.
‘I obviously upset her. Maybe, in hindsight, I shouldn’t have said it on the air. But we say a lot of things on the air here,’ he said.
‘It was never meant to hurt her feelings and obviously it did. I regret hurting her feelings. No one wants to hurt someone. Especially someone you care for.
‘I don’t really know. The show is just ploughing ahead anyway. I’m just leaving this up to management,’ he added.
Sandilands went on to say he just wanted to be back on the air with everyone happy, adding: ‘I want her to be happy and enjoy it. I also want the same thing.’
He then joked he didn’t care if any of the other producers or staff members were happy because he would ‘swap them all out in a heartbeat’ for his co-star.
The next day, he dismissed reports his long-running radio show was coming to an end after he was absent from the show.
Speaking on Friday’s broadcast, he addressed headlines suggesting he had been pulled from the airwaves, insisting his absence was simply due to a sick day.
The presenter explained he had been up through the night caring for his unwell baby.
‘I haven’t vanished, everyone,’ he said at the start of the show.
‘According to the newspapers, The Kyle & Jackie O show was over, and I vanished. It just goes to show you can never believe what you read in any of the newspapers.
‘I feel they may have had their phones cut off; no one even rang to check.’
Sandilands said his three-year-old son Otto had been coughing throughout the night.
