Fellow ARN stars Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones have weighed in on the shocking breakdown of The Kyle & Jackie O Show.Â
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson have dominated headlines this week after their relationship fell apart on air – taking a $200 million contract with it. Â
On Wednesday, Keller, 64, and Jones, 57, who head up the Gold Network show Jonesy & Amanda, joked they were the ‘last people standing’ after the news broke.Â
‘I always imagined if they were going to finish up, they would hold hands like Thelma and Louise and go off the cliff,’ Keller joked of Sandilands and Henderson.
‘I didn’t picture a gunfight at the O.K. Corral. It’s like everyone’s in a bit of shock that mum and dad are getting a divorce.’
Jones agreed, saying: ‘I take no joy in this situation.’Â Â
Fellow ARN stars Amanda Keller, 64, and Brendan Jones, 57, have weighed in on the shocking breakdown of The Kyle & Jackie O Show
‘You know, you want to think that the duos that you know and love, that they’re duos. That’s what they are,’ Keller continued.
The pair then went on to reminisce over their 21-year working relationship, with Jones joking that they ‘have never fought’. Â
‘We are indivisible. We’re still the last people standing,’ he said.Â
The Kyle & Jackie O show collapsed on Tuesday amid a high-profile feud between hosts Henderson and Sandilands.
KIIS FM’s parent company ARN announced that Henderson’s $100 million contract has been terminated after she told executives she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands‘ following his harsh comments on air that left her in tears.
Sandilands has been suspended and given 14 days to ‘remedy’ the breach, or else faces termination.
ARN provided written notice to Sandilands stating that it considers his behaviour during the show on February 20 ‘an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media’.
The KIIS breakfast show will be taken off air immediately, with ‘interim arrangements made for the show’.
Keller and Jones, who head up the Gold Network show Jonesy & Amanda, joked they were the ‘last people standing’ after the news broke. Keller pictured with Sandilands
‘I always imagined if they were going to finish up, they would hold hands like Thelma and Louise and go off the cliff,’ Keller said. All pictured with Michael Ethridge and Emma Chow
ARN has offered Henderson the possibility of an alternative show on the network.
Henderson has been AWOL from the show since Friday, 20 February, after Sandilands accused her of being unfocused at work.
During the on-air feud, Henderson broke down in tears when the pair were discussing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Sandilands got angry at her when she proceeded to read out the disgraced royal’s birth chart.
He lambasted his co-star, claiming that her love for astrology was affecting her work.
When Henderson attempted to defend herself and accused him of launching an attack on her, he stated he was only expressing the ‘facts’.
An emotional Henderson said she was deeply ‘offended’ by his brutal comments during the clash.
She took a leave of absence following the altercation, and was expected to return to the show on March 2.
On Monday, it was announced that her return to the airwaves had been pushed back another week.
Sandilands started Tuesday’s show by revealing that Henderson would return to the airwaves ‘at some stage’ – however, that was not to be.
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Radio duo Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones reveal their shock over the collapse of The Kyle & Jackie O Show: ‘I take no joy in this situation’