Jackie Henderson has left the Kyle and Jackie O Present after 22 years following an on-air argument between her and Kyle Sandilands throughout this system on February 20.
ARN Media additionally introduced this afternoon that Sandilands might be out of the job if he doesn’t show inside 14 days that he didn’t breach his contract for an alleged “act of great misconduct” on that fateful present.
Henderson has not returned to work because the present and has remained silent on the difficulty.
ARN Media’s assertion reads: ”Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given discover that she ‘can not proceed to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands’.
”Accordingly, ARN has terminated the providers settlement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, underneath which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O present. Ms Henderson will stop to current the Kyle and Jackie O present.
“ARN has additionally supplied to Ms Henderson the opportunity of another present on the ARN community. ARN has additionally supplied written discover to Mr Kyle Sandilands and Quasar Media Providers Pty Ltd (Quasar Media) stating that it considers that Mr Sandilands’ behaviour throughout the present on 20 February 2026 is an act of great misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s providers settlement with Quasar Media, underneath which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O present.
“Mr Sandilands has been given 14 days to treatment this breach. If it’s not remedied, ARN will terminate the providers settlement with Quasar Media, and in that occasion Mr Sandilands will stop to current the Kyle and Jackie O present.
“In the course of the 14 day interval, Mr Sandilands won’t participate within the present. The KIIS breakfast present might be taken off-air efficient instantly, with interim preparations made for the present.”
This week marked the second week off-air for Henderson, following the February 20 broadcast that led to tears after Sandilands known as out her work ethic and teased her “obsession” with astrology.
The on-air combat started after Jackie O learn from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s astrology start chart and Sandilands complained about her curiosity in astrology charts.
“Your fixation on this has made you nearly unworkable,” Sandilands instructed her.
“You might be off with the fairies with this s–t, it is psychological.”
He claimed her fixation on astrology charts made her sound like a “drug addict”.
Henderson has beforehand opened up on air about habit points that led to her going to rehabilitation within the US in 2022.
Henderson stated Sandiland’s accusations have been “so unfair” and that he was attacking her on air.
“I might by no means say issues like that about you,” she stated.
“It is a complete assault, it truly is. Kyle, to say ‘you do not know what the F is occurring, you are not doing all of your job,’ that is an assault and I would not try this.”
Sandilands and Henderson have been in an on air partnership for 27 years.
They moved to breakfast in 2005 after which to KIIS in 2014.
Then have been underneath contract in a profitable $200m 10-year deal that was set to run till December 2034.
