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\nKyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson were once close friends.
\nPhoto: Instagram: @jackieo_official\n<\/p>\n
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has denied quitting the hit KIIS FM radio show she hosted with Kyle Sandilands, saying she was left in “shock” by the news.<\/p>\n
“Over the past few days, there has been a lot of speculation and misinformation about my departure on the show,” she said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
“I want to make one important point very clear: I did not quit or resign.”<\/p>\n
Henderson said she was “deeply saddened” by the events of the past week and the “possibility of the show ending”.<\/p>\n
“This has come as a shock to me, as it has to everyone else,” she said.<\/p>\n
It was reported earlier this week that Jackie O had quit Australia’s highest-paying radio show.<\/p>\n
Sandilands has been suspended following an explosive tirade during a live broadcast.<\/p>\n
‘Truly heartbreaking to see how this has unfolded’<\/p>\n
In her statement, Henderson said the “current media narrative does not reflect what actually occurred, and it has been truly heartbreaking to see how this has unfolded”.<\/p>\n
“At this stage, I am unable to say anything further, as I am addressing this through the appropriate legal avenues.”<\/p>\n
Henderson had not co-hosted KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O Show since being berated by Sandilands on 20 February as “being off with the fairies”.<\/p>\n
During the episode, Sandilands criticised Henderson for her fixation on horoscopes while discussing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, claiming they made her “almost unworkable”.<\/p>\n
In an ASX announcement on Tuesday, ARN Media, the owner of KIIS FM, said Henderson “has given notice she cannot continue to work with Mr Sandilands”.<\/p>\n
“Ms Henderson will cease to present the Kyle and Jackie O Show,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
ARN said the Kyle and Jackie O Show would be taken off-air “effective immediately”.<\/p>\n
The network has also issued a written notice to Sandilands, stating it considered his conduct “an act of serious misconduct”, which was in breach of his contract.<\/p>\n
Sandilands will stay off-air and has been given 14 days to “remedy this breach” or “cease to present” the show.<\/p>\n
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