Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has declared she did not resign from her $10 million a year radio show alongside Kyle Sandilands, declaring her lawyers were already addressing the situation.
Henderson said she wanted to make clear that she did not quit or resign, in response to the “speculation and misinformation” about her departure.
Radio company ARN, which owns the KIIS network that was home to the Kyle & Jackie O Show announced on Tuesday that Henderson had said she could not work with Sandilands. It said it had terminated her contract as a result but offered her a new show on undisclosed terms. ARN suspended Sandilands for two weeks and said it would tear up his contract too unless he could fix what it described as “serious misconduct.”
Henderson said, in a statement via her manager Gemma O’Neill: “I am deeply saddened by the events of the past week and the possibility of the show ending. This has come as a shock to me, as it has to everyone else.
“The current media narrative does not reflect what actually occurred, and it has been truly heartbreaking to see how this has unfolded. At this stage, I am unable to say anything further, as I am addressing this through the appropriate legal channels.
“Thank you to everyone who has sent kind messages of support during what has been an incredibly challenging time.”
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Calum Jaspan is a media writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Melbourne. Reach him securely on Signal @calumjaspan.10Connect via X or email.
