{"id":832157,"date":"2026-07-29T22:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/832157\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T22:36:12","slug":"kyle-sandilands-details-most-embarrassing-thing-ive-ever-had-to-do-after-arn-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/832157\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Sandilands details \u2018most embarrassing thing I\u2019ve ever had to do\u2019 after ARN sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid the darkest moments of his career, there\u2019s one incident in particular that Kyle Sandilands<\/a> singles out as the most humiliating of his life.<\/p>\n

That was telling his wife, Tegan Sandilands<\/a>, his contract had been officially terminated by the Australian Radio Network (ARN)<\/a> and he would longer be hosting The Kyle and Jackie O Show on KIIS FM \u2013 or any show on the network. <\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Kyle Sandilands spoke out about the most embarrassing part of coming to terms with his sacking by ARN.\u00a0Kyle Sandilands Live<\/p>\n

Sandilands told this story in the latest episode of his four-part docuseries\u00a0At Home With Kyle Sandilands<\/a>, released on Wednesday, as raw footage played out of him learning his doomed fate with his long-time manager Bruno Bouchet<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the most embarrassing thing I\u2019ve ever had to do in my life,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got off the phone to you [Bouchet] after you\u2019d spoken to the CEO, I stood up and walked out here and she\u2019s playing with Otto.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe looked at me and she just knew instantly something was wrong. She stood up off the ground, and I said, \u2018They\u2019re going to fire me\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple married in April 2023 and share a son, Otto, who is three. She has been by his side throughout the demise of his radio career. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been good… but she\u2019s probably hiding a lot of her nerves,\u201d he admitted. <\/p>\n

In the rest of the clip, Sandilands shared disappointment at how his relationship with former co-host Jackie \u2018O\u2019 Henderson had fallen apart in such a sensational manner, following an on-air row on February 20 that marked the beginning of the end of their 27-year partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t know where it came from. At no stage did she ever… she\u2019s not a wallflower,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s quite happy to give her advice or direction or what she\u2019s happy with, she\u2019s never been one to shy away from what she wants and always gets what she wants. Like that\u2019s always how it\u2019s been.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo not even pull me aside or something and say, \u2018Hey, this is pissing me off\u2019 or \u2018That\u2019s pissing me off\u2019 \u2013 I don\u2019t actually know what pissed her off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Sandilands his pictured with his wife, Tegan Kynaston.\u00a0Instagram\/@kyleandjackieo<\/p>\n

Sandilands claimed that if Henderson told him at any stage a certain joke or comment was a \u201cno-go zone\u201d, he would have changed his behaviour immediately. <\/p>\n

\u201cI still actually feel bad that I\u2019ve hurt her feelings this much that it\u2019s justified this behaviour,\u201d he continued. \u201cI don\u2019t like that; I still feel guilty even though I\u2019ve done nothing different that I\u2019ve done every other day for 25 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The docuseries also covered the days that followed from the contract termination, including his appearances on Australian Idol and his first trip to court against his former employer, which saw a media circus waiting for him outside. <\/p>\n

Sandilands had taken legal action against his former employer after it terminated\u00a0his $100 million KIIS FM contract earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ARN later revealed it had agreed to pay Sandilands a settlement of $12.09 million<\/a>, with $3 million of the package payable in July and the balance payable monthly until June 2029.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/p>\n

Sandilands\u2019 court case against ARN was also documented in the series.\u00a0SMH<\/p>\n

As part of the settlement, ARN agreed to provide Sandilands with \u201cadvertising services on ARN\u2019s partner platforms\u201d worth $1.5 million over the next three years.<\/p>\n

He said one of the main reasons he decided to settle was so he could return to work, which he is doing with his own app Kyle Sandilands Live. <\/p>\n

All four episodes of his new docuseries are being released on the subscription-only app, which will also feature new morning breakfast show which will air live on weekdays from August 10.<\/p>\n

Henderson also\u00a0launched a lawsuit against her former employer claiming compensation of at least $82.25 million<\/a>\u00a0and alleging that her termination was against the Fair Work Act.<\/p>\n

It was revealed she will still proceed with the lawsuit, despite her former co-host settling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid the darkest moments of his career, there\u2019s one incident in particular that Kyle Sandilands singles out as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-832157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832157","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=832157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}