Kyle Sandilands statement in full as his contract is terminated by ARN
Kyle Sandilands confirmed on Wednesday that his contract had been terminated by ARN after weeks of uncertainty for his radio future.
The radio shock jock, 54, had been suspended for two weeks by the network from March 3 after alleged “serious misconduct” following an on-air row with Henderson.
At the time, Sandilands was warned his landmark contract would be terminated if he failed to “remedy the breach” within a 14-day window.
That deadline expired on Tuesday, March 17.
On Wednesday morning, Sandilands confirmed his contract had been terminated. He vows to fight back in court as he “doesn’t accept” what has happened.
ARN later released a statement of their own confirming Sandilands’ termination.
Read Sandilands’ full statement shared with nine.com.au below:
ARN has just announced that they’ve terminated my contract. I don’t accept it. My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is.
Let me tell you what actually happened here. Jackie and I had a blue on air. That’s it. The kind of thing we’ve done a hundred times in 25 years. And ARN took the situation and decided to try and burn the place down.
They sacked Jackie. They suspended me. They wouldn’t even let me pick up the phone to call her or anyone else on the show. Then – and this is the bit that gets me – once they’d made it impossible for the show to go on, they turn around and say, “You didn’t fix it. You’re fired!”
I said sorry to Jackie the night of our blow-up. And when I said I was sorry to Jackie, I meant it. I still mean it. But it doesn’t mean I will stand by while I am separated from the people who’ve listened to me every morning for 25 years.
Before they suspended me, ARN said, “Let us handle it,” and I listened. In the two weeks since, I’ve done everything ARN asked. I said, put me back on air. I’ll work with Jackie. I’ll work with someone else. Whatever you need. Every single time – “no.” They weren’t interested.
They didn’t want to fix this. They thought they saw a chance to get out of the contract they signed with me a year ago, and they ran with it.
ARN knew exactly what they were getting when they signed my deal. They’ve worked with me for over a decade. They knew how I work, they knew the show, and they were happy to pay for it – because I delivered.
Number one ratings. Year after year. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for their business. I held up my end. I always have.
So, you tell me – why would ARN prefer to breach a contract and pay the legal consequences rather than honour the contract and pay me to do what I do best? That’s the bit that doesn’t make sense.
I’ve got a contract until 2034. I’ve got rights under that contract. And ARN hasn’t honoured the contract.
So, it’s over to my lawyers.
To the people who tune in every morning — you lot are the reason I’ve done this for 25 years. You didn’t get a say in this. Neither did I.
But my lawyers will. I’m not done. Not by a long way.
Read ARN’s statement to the ASX below:
“ARN Media Limited advises that it has issued a notice of termination of contract to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Services Pty Ltd (Quasar Media).
“As a result, the Kyle and Jackie O show will no longer be presented. This decision follows the Company’s ASX announcement on 3 March 2026 which outlined that ARN had provided written notice to Mr Sandilands and Quasar Media stating that it considered Mr Sandilands’ behaviour during the broadcast of 20 February 2026 to constitute serious misconduct and a breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show.
“As noted in the 3 March 2026 announcement, Mr Sandilands was given 14 days to remedy the breach.”