Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has revealed if she will take up the Australian Radio Network’s offer of starting up her own radio show on Wednesday.
The radio star, 51, was reportedly offered the opportunity after her $100million contract was terminated by executives earlier this month.
However, Daily Mail can now reveal the media personality has no intention of branching off on her own without co-host Kyle Sandilands.
The mother-of-one was questioned about her future in radio this week as she was spotted leaving her hairdressers, Koda Cutters, in Bondi.
‘Any plans to start your own radio, Jackie?’ the paparazzo asked, to which she firmly stated: ‘Oh, no.’
Her blonde locks blew back in the wind as she exited onto the street with a glamorous new look, featuring tousled layers and a voluminous curtain fringe.
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, 51, has revealed if she will take up the Australian Radio Network’s offer of starting up her own radio show on Wednesday
The radio star was reportedly offered the opportunity after her $100million contract was terminated by executives earlier this month
However, Daily Mail can now reveal the media personality has no intention of branching off on her own without co-host Kyle Sandilands
The radio host kept her look chic but simple with a sleeveless black top over a billowing white skirt.
She opted for a very natural makeup look with a subtle pink lip and very light foundation coverage.
Jackie accessorised with a classic black handbag and a pair of brown sandals, keeping her jewellery to a few gold staple pieces.
The sighting comes after ARN terminated Kyle’s KIIS FM contract in a bombshell move, following his on-air blow-up with Jackie.
In an explosive statement obtained by Daily Mail on Wednesday morning, the 54-year-old admitted he doesn’t ‘accept’ the fate of his role at the network.
He also confirmed the matter will now be in the hands of his lawyers.
‘ARN has just announced they’ve terminated my contract,’ he said. ‘I don’t accept it.’
Kyle continued: ‘My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is.’
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The mother-of-one was questioned about her future in radio this week as she was spotted leaving her hairdressers, Koda Cutters, in Bondi
‘Any plans to start your own radio, Jackie?’ the paparazzo asked, to which she firmly stated: ‘Oh, no’
Her blonde locks blew back in the wind as she exited onto the street with a glamorous new look, featuring tousled layers and a voluminous curtain fringe
‘Let me tell you what actually happened here. Jackie and I had a blue on air. That’s it. The kind of thing we’ve done a hundred times in 25 years,’ he continued.
‘And ARN took the situation and decided to try and burn the place down. They sacked Jackie. They suspended me.
‘They wouldn’t even let me pick up the phone to call her or anyone else on the show.’
‘Then – and this is the bit that gets me – once they’d made it impossible for the show to go on, they turn around and say, “You didn’t fix it. You’re fired!”‘ he continued.
Kyle added that he had apologised to Jackie the night after their on-air clash last month.
‘I said sorry to Jackie the night of our blow-up. And when I said I was sorry to Jackie, I meant it. I still mean it,’ he explained.
‘But it doesn’t mean I will stand by while I am separated from the people who’ve listened to me every morning for 25 years.
‘Before they suspended me, ARN said, “Let us handle it,” and I listened. In the two weeks since, I’ve done everything ARN asked. I said, put me back on air.’
Jackie could be seen perusing some of the products in the hair salon
She appeared to be receiving some help from an attendant
‘I’ll work with Jackie. I’ll work with someone else. Whatever you need. Every single time – “no.” They weren’t interested. They didn’t want to fix this,’ he continued.
‘They thought they saw a chance to get out of the contract they signed with me a year ago, and they ran with it.
‘ARN knew exactly what they were getting when they signed my deal. They’ve worked with me for over a decade.’
‘They knew how I work, they knew the show, and they were happy to pay for it – because I delivered,’ he added.
‘Number one ratings. Year after year. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for their business. I held up my end. I always have.
‘So, you tell me – why would ARN prefer to breach a contract and pay the legal consequences rather than honour the contract and pay me to do what I do best?
‘That’s the bit that doesn’t make sense. I’ve got a contract until 2034. I’ve got rights under that contract.
‘And ARN hasn’t honoured the contract. So, it’s over to my lawyers. To the people who tune in every morning – you lot are the reason I’ve done this for 25 years.
‘You didn’t get a say in this. Neither did I. But my lawyers will. I’m not done. Not by a long way.’
It comes after Kyle failed to deliver on his expectation that he’d be returning to the KIIS FM airwaves after a bombshell late-night interview.
ARN had until midnight Tuesday to decide the radio host’s fate as his 14-day suspension ended, and the shock jock said he would be back on the air in the morning unless he was told otherwise.
Mike E, whose real name is Mike Etheridge, continued his fill-in role on Wednesday’s breakfast program alongside The Kyle & Jackie O Show staff – including newsreader Brooklyn Ross, ‘Intern’ Pete Deppeler and producers.
ARN announced last month that Jackie’s $100 million contract had been terminated after she told executives she ‘cannot continue to work with Mr Kyle Sandilands’ following his harsh on–air comments that left her in tears.
ARN also provided written notice to Kyle stating it considers his behaviour during the show on February 20 to be ‘an act of serious misconduct which is in breach of ARN’s service agreement with Quasar Media’.
