Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has quit her radio show as she revealed she can no longer work with co-host Kyle Sandilands.
The Kyle and Jackie O Show has been taken off air effective immediately following Henderson’s departure and as a result of Sandilands’ behaviour.
Henderson, 51, took a leave of absence last week after an on-air bust-up with co-host Sandilands, 54, after he accused her of not being focused at work.
The radio star broke down in tears during the show on Friday, February 20, and has not been on the airways since.
An announcement by ARN Media released on Tuesday confirmed Henderson has given notice that she “cannot continue to work with” Sandilands.
Henderson will no longer present the popular KIIS FM show, but has been offered the possibility of an alternative show on the ARN network.
The statement also revealed the network considers Sandilands behaviour during the February 20 broadcast “an act of serious misconduct” and in breach of his contract with the network.
Sandilands have been given 14 days to remedy this breach and will not host The Kyle and Jackie O Show during this time.
The pair had recently signed the biggest radio deal in Australian history, a 10-year, $200 million contract with ARN.
It comes after Henderson was due to return to KIIS FM on Monday, but Sandilands announced his co-host would be missing for another week.
He later teased listeners during Tuesday’s show that Henderson would be returning imminently.
“I did get some good news though yesterday,” the shock jock said.
“Anything that’s got my name on it, I have to sign off on it, so I signed off yesterday on some sort of statement coming from Jackie’s camp.
“The only thing I noticed is that Jackie will be returning in the future. So, that’s a good sign. So, the intention is to come back which is fabulous.”
Sandilands previously expressed his regret at the row in which Henderson broke down in tears after being lambasted over an apparent “fixation” with astrology.
“I obviously upset her. Maybe, in hindsight, I shouldn’t have said it on the air. But we say a lot of things on the air here,” he said last week.
“It was never meant to hurt her feelings and obviously it did. I regret hurting her feelings. No one wants to hurt someone. Especially someone you care for.
“I don’t really know. The show is just ploughing ahead anyway. I’m just leaving this up to management.”
During the on-air bust-up, Sandilands hit out at his co-host accusing her of letting her passionate interest in astrology affect her work.
“It’s affecting other things, like your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable. You’re off with the fairies with this s***. It’s mental,” he raged.
Sandilands claimed that “everyone in the building” had complained about her for “not doing the rest of the job”.
“I would never say things like that about you,” Henderson hit back as she broke down in tears.
“It’s a total attack, it really is … 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.”
SkyNews.com.au has contacted ARN for comment.