{"id":625335,"date":"2026-04-23T08:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625335\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:29:20","slug":"kyle-and-jackie-o-fight-the-3-million-bonus-mystery-in-arns-bombshell-countersuit-against-kyle-and-jackie-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625335\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle and Jackie O fight: The $3 million ‘bonus’ mystery in ARN’s bombshell countersuit against Kyle and Jackie O"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Sandilands<\/a> was handed a $3 million bonus to sign his $100 million contract with KIIS FM, but his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson<\/a> was given no such deal.<\/p>\n

That is according to cross-claim court documents filed by ARN against Sandilands, 54, demanding he pay back $2.6million \u2013 or 87.92 per cent of his bonus, equating to the remainder of his 10-year contract.<\/p>\n

In ARN’s cross-claim against Henderson seen by nine.com.au, no monetary claim like that exists.<\/p>\n

The Australian Financial Review<\/a> were the first to highlight the discrepancies in contract, citing two anonymous sources who claim Sandilands did receive a one-off $3m bonus while Henderson, 51, did not.<\/p>\n

Sandilands and Henderson are pictured in 2023. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

According to the publication, the bonus was requested by Sandilands late in contract negotiations.<\/p>\n

Nine.com.au has contacted ARN and representatives for Sandilands and Henderson for comment.<\/p>\n

The revelation comes after ARN launched a countersuit against Henderson and Sandilands, both of whom are suing their former employer for wrongful dismissal.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: KIIS FM’s breakfast ratings suffer in Sydney in new radio ratings<\/a> \ufeff<\/p>\n

READ MORE: A timeline of the ‘biggest bust-up in Australian media’<\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE: Letter Jackie O sent her former employer over Kyle allegations revealed\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RadioSandilands reportedly nabbed a $3 million bonus when signing up to the KIIS FM breakfast show. (Jessica Hromas)<\/p>\n

The Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a subsidiary of ARN Media that runs KIIS FM, claim the duo should repay lost advertising revenue after the show was pulled off-air on March 3.<\/p>\n

ARN has “suffered loss or damage in the form of lost advertising revenue, or lost profits,” each cross claim states.<\/p>\n

The court documents reveal \ufeffboth Sandilands and Henderson’s contracts had a clause indemnifying ARN for any breaches of contract.<\/p>\n

The cross-claim was in response to Sandilands and Henderson’s own lawsuits against ARN for wrongful termination in two blockbuster legal claims worth a combined $167 million.<\/p>\n

The pair’s respective hearings are set to be heard before a judge in Sydney on Friday in the Federal Court.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"KyleThe radio duo are pictured in 2006. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Sandilands is suing for $85 million, with his legal team arguing that ARN had no right to fire him over his on-air conduct, given the network has spent decades profiting from his outrageous brand.<\/p>\n

Henderson, meanwhile, has filed her own $82.25 million lawsuit alleging workplace bullying from Sandilands and a failure to provide a safe environment. Sandilands denies the allegations.<\/p>\n

The on-air clash that derailed Kyle and Jackie’s $200 million deal<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe on-air fight began after Jackie O read from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s astrology birth chart and Sandilands complained about her interest in astrology charts.<\/p>\n

“Your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable,” Sandilands told her.<\/p>\n

“You are off with the fairies with this s—, it’s mental.”<\/p>\n

He claimed her fixation on astrology charts made her sound like a “drug addict”.<\/p>\n

Henderson has previously opened up on air about addiction issues that led to her going to rehabilitation in the US in 2022.<\/p>\n

Henderson said Sandilands’ accusations were “so unfair” and that he was attacking her on air.<\/p>\n

“I would never say things like that about you,” she said.<\/p>\n

\"KyleThe duo had been in a partnership for 27 years. (KIIS FM)<\/p>\n

“It’s a total attack, it really is. Kyle, 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 and Henderson have been in an on-air partnership for 27 years.<\/p>\n

They moved to breakfast in 2005 and then to KIIS in 2014.<\/p>\n

They have been under contract in a lucrative $200 million, 10-year deal that was set to run until December 2034.\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n

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