Kyle and Jackie O fight: Jackie O leaves The Kyle and Jackie O Show and will not return claiming she ‘cannot continue to work with’ co-host Kyle Sandilands; Full statement
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has left The Kyle and Jackie O Show and will not return as she “cannot continue to work with” her co-host Kyle Sandilands.
ARN Media released a bombshell statement confirming the news on Tuesday afternoon, with Sandilands suspended and warned his contract would be terminated if he does not respond to an allegation of serious misconduct within 14 days.
The statement reads: ”Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands.
“Accordingly, ARN has terminated the services agreement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, under which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. Ms Henderson will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show.
“ARN has also offered to Ms Henderson the possibility of an alternative show on the ARN network.
“ARN has also provided written notice to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media) stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands’ behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show.
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“Mr Sandilands has been given 14 days to remedy this breach. If it is not remedied, ARN will terminate the services agreement with Quasar Media, and in that event Mr Sandilands will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O show.
“During the 14 day period, Mr Sandilands will not take part in the show. The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off-air effective immediately, with interim arrangements made for the show.”
On Tuesday, Sandilands revealed he had “signed off” on a formal statement expected to be released by “Jackie’s camp” shortly.
Claiming he has been sidelined from the discussions, the radio kingpin explained that the situation was now entirely in the hands of management.
“I’m not the one putting out the fire, even though I lit the match,” he admitted.
In the meantime, Sandilands has been co-hosting with the show’s newsreader, Brooklyn Ross.
This week marks the second week off-air for Henderson, following a broadcast that ended in tears after Sandilands called out her work ethic and teased her “obsession” with astrology.
She was expected to return this week, however failed to reappear after reported ongoing negotiations between Henderson’s management and ARN, the owners of KIIS.
“It’s just the two of us again,” Sandilands said at the start of Monday’s show.
“It’s a shame Jackie isn’t here, she won’t be here all week again everyone, for all those monitoring.
“I do feel like Jackie will be back. I know there’s a lot of speculation and everyone thinks they know everything, if anyone would know anything it would be me but I know nothing, zero.
“Even the people dealing with it, I ring and ask, ‘Hey, what’s the latest?’ They go, ‘Oh, we don’t know.'”
ARN told nine.com.au in a statement on Monday: “Jackie has told us she will continue her break this week. Her health and welfare remain our number one priority.”
During their on-air fight on February 20, Jackie O read from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s astrology birth chart when things kicked off.
”Your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable,” Sandilands told her, with the pair having worked together for years.
“You are off with the fairies with this s–t, it’s mental.”
He claimed her fixation on astrology charts made her sound like a “drug addict”, knowing Henderson has faced addiction struggles before.
“You are not doing the rest of the job, and everyone in this building has mentioned it to me.”
“You don’t know what the f–k is going on all the time, because you’re looking at that phone, playing in the stars, and it’s ridiculous,” he added in part.
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Sandilands and Henderson have been an on air partnership for 27 years after starting their careers hosting the Top 30 on 2Day FM in 1999.
They moved to breakfast in 2005 and then to KIIS in 2014 when they are currently under contract in a lucrative $200m 10-year deal which runs until December 2034.
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