{"id":515940,"date":"2026-03-03T12:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515940\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:17:11","slug":"jackie-henderson-officially-quits-kyle-jackie-o-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515940\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Henderson Officially Quits \u2018Kyle & Jackie O Show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jackie Henderson has officially quit The Kyle & Jackie O Show, bringing to an end one half of Australia\u2019s most lucrative breakfast radio partnership.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted to the ASX on Tuesday evening, ARN Media confirmed the news.<\/p>\n

\u201cARN Media Limited [ASX: A1N] announces that Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she \u2018cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands,\u2019\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccordingly, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sources within both the pair\u2019s inner circles have told Mediaweek they were \u201cblindsided\u201d by the sudden announcement.<\/p>\n

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Kyle and Jackie O<\/p>\n

Full ASX statement<\/p>\n

\u201cARN Media Limited [ASX: A1N] announces that Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she \u2018cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands,\u2019\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccordingly, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019 behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN\u2019s services agreement with Quasar Media, under which Mr Sandilands presents the Kyle and Jackie O show. 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.<\/p>\n

The KIIS breakfast show has been taken off-air effective immediately, with interim arrangements made.<\/p>\n

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Kyle and Jackie O during the chat, which saw Jackie walk. Source: Instagram<\/p>\n

Departure \u2018a long time coming\u2019<\/p>\n

The formal exit follows Henderson\u2019s on-air walkout last week.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources across the radio and media industry told Mediaweek<\/a> that her decision to step away from the show had been \u201ca long time coming,\u201d describing it as the actions of a woman who has \u201crealised her worth\u201d after years inside what many insiders characterised as an uneven on-air partnership.<\/p>\n

Several industry figures said the program\u2019s internal dynamics and power structure had long been understood within radio circles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an open secret in the industry that it\u2019s the Kyle show,\u201d one insider said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Sandilands wants, Sandilands gets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The on-air clash<\/p>\n

The immediate catalyst was a heated on-air exchange<\/a> in which Sandilands criticised what he described as Henderson\u2019s recent \u201cfixation\u201d on astrology before broadening his attack to her overall performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not doing the rest of the job, and everyone in this building has mentioned it to me,\u201d he said, claiming staff had repeatedly asked what was \u201cgoing on with Jackie\u201d over the past month. \u201cIt\u2019s not great, it\u2019s just a fact. Wake up (beep) .. I\u2019m not lying to her to make her feel bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henderson responded: \u201cWell, let management talk to me then. No, please, I welcome it.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the exchange intensified, she became emotional.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never say things like that about you,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are so many things that you don\u2019t do, and I would never bring them up, and I would never say what people say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandilands replied, \u201cFeel free, it\u2019s an open forum,\u201d but Henderson declined to continue what she described as a \u201ctit for tat,\u201d labelling the situation \u201cmean and nasty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The $200 million question<\/p>\n

In 2023, Henderson and Sandilands signed a 10-year contract reportedly worth around $200 million with ARN, locking the pair into KIIS FM breakfast until 2034.<\/p>\n

That deal underpinned ARN\u2019s broader strategy to scale The Kyle & Jackie O Show beyond Sydney, including its high-profile Melbourne launch in 2024.<\/p>\n

As previously reported by Mediaweek<\/a>, the size of the investment meant the program carried enormous strategic weight within the business, with executives effectively wagering that national expansion would deliver the audience growth and advertising returns required to justify the outlay.<\/p>\n

With Henderson\u2019s services agreement now terminated, ARN can no longer rely on the original structure of that blockbuster arrangement. The pairing that anchored the 10-year strategy is finished.<\/p>\n

Whether Sandilands remedies the alleged breach \u2013 or whether ARN moves to terminate his agreement with Quasar Media \u2013 will determine the next chapter.<\/p>\n

For now, the show is off-air, the contracts are in dispute, and one of the most significant bets in Australian radio has unravelled in real time.<\/p>\n

Keep on top of the most important media, marketing, and agency news each day with the\u00a0Mediaweek\u00a0Morning Report\u00a0\u2013 delivered for free every morning to your inbox.<\/a><\/p>\n

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