And now a resurfaced interview with has revealed that her 27-year on-air partnership with was nearly over before it ever really got started.
Speaking on The Women of Influence podcast in 2020, Jackie confessed that she knocked back a deal with 2DayFM that paired her with Kyle.
'I remember going into my boss' office to negotiate, and they were basically saying, 'Oh, look, we could take or leave you, and you're not getting anything else, so be happy with what you've got!"' she explained.
As rival network Nova began to woo Jackie with a more lucrative proposal, 2DayFM lured her back with a deal that topped it – and the rest is history.
'I had a meeting with [Nova], and I was really close to going, but then (2DayFM) found out,' Jackie says on the podcast.
Jackie'O' Henderson's on-air walk-out during The Kyle and Jackie O Show in February was the beginning of the end for one of Australia's most enduring radio teams. Both pictured
A resurfaced interview with Jackie 'O' Henderson has revealed that her 27-year on-air partnership with Kyle Sandilands was nearly over before it ever really got started. Pictured: The shock jocks posing on the red carpet in Sydney in 2001 soon after their debut as a duo
She added: 'I look back at that moment, and I'm like, "Thank god, I didn't do that".'
During the chat, hosted by Kate Meade, the sister of former Kyle and Jackie O producer 'Intern Pete' Deppeler, Jackie recalled her early days with the notorious shock jock.
'I didn't know Kyle and I were going to be working together for all this time,' she said.
'We'd only just started working together, and we didn't have that friendship that we developed a year or two after that.'
Jackie and Kyle made their debut on 2DayFM's Hot 30 Countdown in 2000, and five years later, they took on the station's breakfast show making it a ratings success.
It
According to a source close to the former duo, mystery still surrounds exactly what ignited the blow-up that saw the pair lose their $100 million contract.
Earlier this month, KIIS FM owners ARN announced that Henderson, 51, had told them that she 'could not , after an on-air spat on February 20 – which led to ARN terminating her contract.
Speaking on The Women of Influence podcast in 2020, Jackie confessed that she knocked back a deal with 2DayFM that paired her with Kyle - with money being at issue. Pictured: The duo seen in 2005
The former ratings king has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the media giant in the Federal Court.
Sandilands was suspended earlier this month for 'serious misconduct' before his axing, following his on-air fight with Henderson.
An insider says Sandilands will claim as part of his defence that he had no warnings from ARN management over the issue of how he spoke to his co-host.
Sandilands will also claim that the network 'promoted' their notorious on-air brawls.
According to the report, Sandilands and his legal team are trawling through footage of The Kyle and Jackie O Show to argue that it was 'normal' for the pair to fight.
The insider also revealed that Sandilands is putting in regular invoices to ARN on the basis that his axing was 'invalid and opportunistic'.
