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Jackie ‘O’ Henderson was complaining about former co-host Kyle Sandilands to their bosses at KIIS six months before their relationship blew up in the middle of a live show, court documents say.
The revelation was laid bare in a statement of claim filed on Henderson’s behalf in the Federal Court amid her civil case against KIIS-owner ARN Media over the termination of her $100million contract.
ARN axed the record-breaking deal with the radio duo after a segment on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on February 20 where Sandilands slammed Henderson for her ‘fixation’ on astrology.
Henderson said ‘that’s not fair’ and left the studio in tears, before ARN ripped up their combined $200million agreement. Sandilands is suing the broadcaster separately over different grounds.
According to the court documents, obtained by the Daily Mail, Henderson started speaking with the head of KIIS network Derek Bargwanna and executive producer Natalie Penfold about Sandilands’ behaviour in mid-2025.
The complaints began on August 20 when Sandilands referred to Henderson’s ‘psycho babble’ and ‘weird psychological bulls**t’ and allegedly attacked her personal life during a live broadcast.
During that broadcast, he said ‘I am worried about you … that you’ll never find anyone’, ‘your real is not everyone’s real, and ‘Why don’t you just get rid of all of this rubbish that you’ve learnt…and go out and date and let everyone be free’.
He also referred to her ‘period time’.
Pictured: Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson in the KIIS studio
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has followed her former co-host Kyle Sandilands by launching a lawsuit against ARN
Henderson briefly left the live broadcast following those comments, before Mr Bargwanna and Ms Penfold went to see her about Sandilands’ comments.
The co-hosts had an argument on air three weeks later, but Henderson claims Sandilands comments were censored out.
At 6.23am that morning, Henderson texted Mr Bargwanna, saying ‘I will not be spoken to the way I was(particularly off air)…’
Almost two hours later, Mr Bargwanna texted Henderson to say Sandilands wanted to share his weight loss success with her.
The message read: ‘Kyle is going to try and call you on air to share good news he lost weight. he wants to be your friend again etc.’
Henderson is alleging the termination of her contract was a breach of the Fair Work Act, and is claiming compensation of at least $82.25million.
She is also seeking payment of a pecuniary penalty plus interest and costs.
This is a breaking news story. It will be updated with more information shortly.
