Kyle Sandilands has been sacked by ARN Media after an on-air row with co-host Jackie “O” Henderson last month.
In a lengthy statement on Wednesday morning, Sandilands confirmed after a two-week suspension, the owners of radio station KIIS FM had “terminated my contract”.
“I don’t accept it,” he said.
“My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is.”
ARN Media said it had issued a notice of termination of contract to Sandilands and Quasar Media, and as a result the “Kyle and Jackie O show will no longer be presented”.
Sandilands described the incident as “a blue on air”. (ABC News)
Sandilands and Henderson have not been seen together following a tense on-air exchange on February 20, in which he accused his co-star of being “off with the fairies”.
During the live broadcast he claimed Henderson’s fixation with horoscopes and astrology made her “almost unworkable”.
In a statement, ARN said the decision followed the company’s ASX announcement earlier this month saying it provided written notice to Sandilands that his behaviour during the broadcast constituted “serious misconduct and a breach of ARN’s services agreement with Quasar Media”.
“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,” Sandilands said.
“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 described the incident as “a blue on air” that has happened “a hundred times in 25 years”.
“And ARN took the situation and decided to try and burn the place down,” he said.
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