Kyle Sandilands’ new show is a mess. He won’t care

August 10, 2026 — 12:38pm

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It’s nearly forgotten now, amid the multimillion-dollar settlements and grandiose legal threats, but the implosion of the Kyle and Jackie O show all began with an exchange about astrology.

In February, Jackie “O” Henderson tried to read Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Pisces chart on-air. Kyle Sandilands responded with an angry tirade accusing his co-host of being “fixated” on the subject.

“You’re off with the fairies, you are unfocused, you don’t give a shit,” he roared.

What a surprise then that Sandilands’ eponymous new subscription-based show, which launched on Monday began with a dose of the paranormal, or what the shock-jock termed “the woo-woo shit”.

A premier, a psychic and Pauline Hanson join Kyle Sandilands for ‘clunky’ debut

Sandilands’ first guest was American psychic John Edward, who handled questions about whether he had seen “anyone giving themselves a fiddle” in the afterlife.

“I’m not even that against woo woo,” Sandilands said of the first segment.

“It’s just woo woo 24/7, which was driving everyone up the wall.“

Despite cultivating a chaotic, unhinged on-air persona,........

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