{"id":885888,"date":"2026-09-09T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885888\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:00:15","slug":"jackie-o-says-arn-misled-market-over-kyle-sandilands-bust-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885888\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie O says ARN misled market over Kyle Sandilands bust-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radio star Jackie “O” Henderson<\/a> says her former boss misled the share market by leaving out details of her bust-up with co-host Kyle Sandilands.<\/p>\n

The claim ARN gave a misleading statement to the ASX when announcing the pair’s hit show was over is part of Henderson’s blockbuster legal showdown with the radio giant, set for trial in October. <\/p>\n

The 51-year-old said her AU$100 million (NZ$123 million) contract was unlawfully terminated after Sandilands accused her of being “off with the fairies”.<\/p>\n

On March 3, ARN published a statement to investors saying Henderson indicated she could not work with Sandilands and the long-running show would end.<\/p>\n

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Radio hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jacqueline \u2018Jackie O\u2019 Henderson will no longer present the KIIS FM breakfast program together. (Source: Kyle and Jackie O Show via Instagram)<\/p>\n

“ARN Media Limited announces Ms Jacqueline Henderson has given notice that she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands’,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

“Accordingly, ARN has terminated the services agreement with Henderson Media Pty Ltd, under which Ms Henderson presents the Kyle and Jackie O show.”<\/p>\n

But not including the context of psychological damage Henderson sustained from Sandilands’s repeated attacks meant the statement was misleading, Henderson alleged in court documents published on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

ARN claimed an expert psychiatrist diagnosed Henderson with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of bullying sustained from Sandilands.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The pair had been on air together for 22 years. (File image). (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n

The radio giant defended its ASX statement, saying the 51-year-old had sworn them to secrecy.<\/p>\n

“If [which is denied] any loss or damage was suffered… that loss or damage was caused by Ms Henderson’s insistence those matters be kept confidential,” the company said in fresh documents.<\/p>\n

In a reply to ARN’s claim, Henderson slammed ARN’s version of events as embarrassing.<\/p>\n

“It is wholly illogical in circumstances where there is no causal link… between Ms Henderson’s insistence on confidentiality and the content of ARN’s ASX announcement,” Henderson’s submission said.<\/p>\n

An amended cross-claim filed by ARN said Henderson and Sandilands’ defection threats drove up the price on bumper deals they signed.<\/p>\n

In June 2023, Henderson told ARN the star pair had a formal offer from rival Southern Cross Austereo to host a breakfast show on one of its networks, the company’s claim read.<\/p>\n

After receiving the offer, the duo re-entered negotiations with ARN that concluded with the signing of 10-year contracts worth AU$100 million (NZ$123 million) each.<\/p>\n

Sandilands settled his case with ARN in June, receiving a AU$12 million (NZ$14.8 millon) payout.<\/p>\n

Since leaving the commercial airwaves, the shock jock has started a paywalled podcast Kyle Sandilands Live which has been criticised for an uptick in controversial and sexualised content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Radio star Jackie “O” Henderson says her former boss misled the share market by leaving out details of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,1685],"class_list":["post-885888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885888","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=885888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}