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Camera IconKyle Sandilands and Jackie \u2018O\u2019 were co-hosts for 20 years. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\nKyle Sandilands has revealed that he and Jackie \u201cO\u201d Henderson have been secretly texting each other throughout their bitter legal war \u2014 despite knowing their lawyers would strongly disapprove.<\/p>\n
The radio king has lifted the lid on the private messages exchanged with his former breakfast partner, insisting the affection between them has never disappeared despite the spectacular collapse of their near 30-year partnership.<\/p>\n
Sandilands said the pair had quietly kept in touch behind the scenes while Henderson pursues an $80 million legal battle against ARN.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, we both text each other, but we aren\u2019t supposed to text,\u201d he told The Sunday Telepgraph.<\/p>\n
Sandilands said that they made a pact to keep the messages between themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t going to tell my lawyer and she said, \u2018I\u2019m not telling my lawyer either\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Rather than discussing the explosive court fight, Sandilands said that the conversations were simply about checking in on each other and their families.<\/p>\n
Camera IconKyle Sandilands and Jackie \u2018O\u2019 were co-hosts for 20 years. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was, \u2018How\u2019s Otto? How\u2019s Tegan?\u2019 That sort of communication,\u201d he said. \u201cSo both sides of us are caring for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
The revelation comes five months after an on-air clash over astrology brought Australia\u2019s biggest radio partnership crashing down.<\/p>\n
Henderson later alleged that she had been bullied, quit working alongside Sandilands and launched legal action against ARN.<\/p>\n
Sandilands has consistently maintained that he was blindsided by Henderson\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n
Despite the legal stoush, Sandilands revealed that Henderson had recently reached out after thinking of him on his birthday.<\/p>\n
She texted to say that she had imagined he would be dining at Mimi\u2019s in Coogee in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Sandilands replied that he had actually been scanning the restaurant hoping that she would be there.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was like, \u2018Ha ha, kiss kiss\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old admitted that his relationship with Henderson still leaves him confused but insisted he holds no anger towards her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I do miss her,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat it feels like is a death.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandilands also revealed that he had apologised to Henderson \u201cdozens of times\u201d since their relationship imploded and said his final message to her made it clear that he still supported her regardless of the court battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last message I sent to her was, regardless of what happens or what\u2019s been said or what comes out in court … I just want you to know I\u2019m good with you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sandilands said that he wanted Henderson to know that she would never face the legal fight believing he hated her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll always love her, admire her and hopefully one day I\u2019ll figure out what actually happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In another surprising revelation, Sandilands said Hollywood star Russell Crowe repeatedly urged him to repair the fractured friendship in the days after the fallout.<\/p>\n
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Camera IconRussell Crowe gave Kyle Sandilands a call. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n
He also disclosed that he had left a permanent empty chair waiting for Henderson in the studio of his new subscription show Kyle Sandilands Live, which launches on August 10.<\/p>\n
Her photos still hang on the walls and he refuses to remove them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s gonna sit there that\u2019s reserved for her, the day she wants to come in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that she comes on and talks to us one day once again.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Sandilands has settled his own legal dispute with ARN, Henderson\u2019s lawsuit against the broadcaster is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Sandilands has revealed that he and Jackie \u201cO\u201d Henderson have been secretly texting each other throughout their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,41920,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-568533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}