{"id":515264,"date":"2026-03-03T04:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515264\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T04:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:43:22","slug":"a-good-sign-kyle-sandilands-gives-major-update-on-jackie-o-return-after-explosive-on-air-row-sparked-weeks-long-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515264\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A good sign\u2019: Kyle Sandilands gives major update on Jackie O return after explosive on-air row sparked weeks-long absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Sandilands has shared a positive update about his co-star Jackie \u2018O\u2019 Henderson\u2019s return to their radio show as her absence nears the two-week mark after their explosive row.<\/p>\n

Sandilands, 54, opened Tuesday\u2019s Kyle and Jackie O show by revealing the \u201cgood news\u201d about Henderson\u2019s return, teasing that his long-term co-host will be back on the airwaves soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did get some good news though yesterday,\u201d the shock jock told KIIS FM listeners.<\/p>\n

\"Media<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that’s got my name on it, I have to sign off on it, so I signed off yesterday on some sort of statement coming from Jackie\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I noticed is that Jackie will be returning in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, that\u2019s a good sign. So, the intention is to come back which is fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henderson, 51, has not presented the radio show since their on-air bust-up on February 20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The clash started when Sandilands slammed his co-host for her \u201cfixation\u201d with astrology and accused her of not being focused on her work.<\/p>\n

“It’s affecting other things, like your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable. You’re off with the fairies with this s***. It’s mental,” Sandilands said.<\/p>\n

He also claimed “everyone in the building” had complained about her for “not doing the rest of the job”.<\/p>\n

“I would never say things like that about you,” Henderson hit back as she broke down in tears.<\/p>\n

“It’s a total attack, it really is \u2026 to say, ‘You don’t know what the F is going on, you’re not doing your job’, that’s an attack and I wouldn’t do that.”<\/p>\n

Sandilands later expressed his regret over the row and admitted he \u201cshouldn\u2019t have\u201d made the comments on-air.<\/p>\n

“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 told listeners last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“I don’t really know. The show is just ploughing ahead anyway. I’m just leaving this up to management.”<\/p>\n

On Monday, a journalist with sources close to the radio show predicted it was unlikely that Henderson would return at all.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Any future for Kyle and Jackie O as a radio duo \u2013 I’m told there’s a very, very long and very dark cloud hanging over the future,” Peter Ford told 3AW.<\/p>\n

\"Jackie<\/p>\n

“In fact, a couple of people have said to me if it was a horse race, I wouldn’t be backing them for a win.<\/p>\n

“It’s a $200 million contract that could very likely be ripped up and binned. I’m told more than likely she won’t be coming back ever.”<\/p>\n

Kyle and Jackie O signed a reported $200 million deal with Australian Radio Network (ARN) in 2023, and have another eight years remaining on the contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Sandilands has shared a positive update about his co-star Jackie \u2018O\u2019 Henderson\u2019s return to their radio show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,128671,72253,257698,53493],"class_list":["post-515264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-jackie-o","tag-jackie-o-henderson","tag-kyle-and-jackie-o-show","tag-kyle-sandilands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}