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Kyle & Jackie O Show producer 'Intern' Pete Deppeler appears to be .
ARN announced on Tuesday that Henderson's $100 million contract has been terminated after she told executives she 'cannot continue to ' following his harsh comments on air that left her in tears.
Sandilands has been suspended and , or else faces termination, while Henderson has been offered the possibility of an alternative show on the network.
On Wednesday, the KIIS FM staffer shared a cheeky montage of clips taken over the past year in which he is seen loudly farting in an elevator.
'Filmed myself farting every day for a few months,' he wrote next to the footage.
Many of Deppeler's celebrity friends took to the comments section to praise his unconventional method of dealing with the end of his show.
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Kyle & Jackie O Show producer 'Intern' Pete Deppeler appears to be taking the end of breakfast program in good stride amid fears most of the staff who worked with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson could lose their jobs
On Wednesday, the veteran KIIS FM staffer shared a cheeky montage of clips taken over the past year in which he is seen loudly farting in an elevator
'I love that the day after the biggest announcement ARN has ever made this is your content,' wrote fellow KIIS FM presenter .
'This is the good news story we all need,' added Amy Gerard, another KIIS FM employee.
Deppeler, known to listeners as 'Intern Pete', has worked as a content producer, reporter and occasional presenter for KIIS FM
His bizarre act comes after staff on The Kyle & Jackie O Show were left shocked on Tuesday night
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ARN, who owns KIIS FM, announced 's $100 million contract was terminated via the market operator ASX on Tuesday night.
According to radio industry sources, KJO staff group chats have been blowing up as producers face an uncertain future, with some feeling like they have 'nowhere else to go' within the company, as ARN tightens its belt in response to falling revenue.
The Mail is told workers were 'blindsided' by the collapse of the popular program this week, which came after Sandilands and Henderson got into a bust-up on February 20 over her interest in astrology - an argument that ended with her .
Now, the production team behind the radio show are fearing the worst, with many feeling it is unlikely they will be redeployed elsewhere at ARN because there 'aren't any jobs'.
Pete has been an important staffer on The Kyle & Jackie O Show for many years, working as both a producer and presenter
Take the censor, for example, who had plenty to do over at Sydney breakfast with the looming threat of media regulator ACMA, but wouldn't really have a place anywhere else in KIIS FM's programming schedule.
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Many listeners will no doubt be hoping that popular producer Jaimee Blazquez, better known as 'Mayo', will be taken care of as she is on maternity leave and welcomed her second child only a week ago.
Some of the staff members who jumped ship months ago are likely patting themselves on the back for noticing that the famous radio duo's fraying relationship was heading towards disaster.
Several key staff members exited the show in the last 14 months, either due to job cuts or because they saw the writing on the wall after the show's failure in Melbourne.
Their departures were a warning sign that the duo were never going to last the remaining eight years on their contracts.
Tony Aldridge, content director for KIIS 106.5, who was key in managing KJO and its doomed expansion into Melbourne, was out in May 2025 after seven years with ARN.
Pedro Cuccovillo Vitola, who joined the show in 2016 through a 'World's Best Job' competition, left in late 2024 - a year after being promoted to executive producer - citing the pressures of the job on his personal life.
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He's now in business with another KJO alum, video producer Josh Fox.
It follows reports that staff on The Kyle & Jackie O Show were left shocked on Tuesday night when they learnt the show would be canned along with the rest of Australia




