Inside the text messages Jackie O sent friends after on-air bust-up

October 21, 2026 — 4:00am

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The blockbuster trial in Jackie “O” Henderson’s wrongful termination case against her former employer, KIIS FM owner ARN Media, may have been kicked down the road until April next year.

But the delayed trial, originally scheduled to kick off this month, hasn’t cauterised the release of detail about Henderson’s departure from the company this year, following the now-famous on-air bust-up with her former co-host, Kyle Sandilands.

On Monday, the Federal Court heard the contents of text messages Henderson sent to close friends, including fashion designer Pip Edwards and interior designer Steve Cordony, in the days after her on-air clash with Sandilands on February 20.

In one, sent on February 23, Henderson said she would take some time off, and may even “be done” working with Sandilands.

“I’m taking time off the show. I think I might be done, or at least working with Kyle,” Henderson wrote in the text message, the court heard, before writing another saying she would be speaking with a lawyer to get “an idea of where I stand”.

Later that day, Henderson’s manager Gemma O’Neill texted Henderson to say she’d call once she had Henderson’s lawyer on the line. “[The lawyer is] also........

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