Jackie ‘O’ Henderson thanks her ex-husband ‘Ugly’ Phil O’Neil at awards

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson thanked ex-husband ‘Ugly’ Phil O’Neil during an emotional speech at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards on Saturday night.

The star, who has been separated from Phil for over 20 years, gave him a shoutout after she and her KIIS FM radio co-host Kyle Sandilands were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

‘Ugly Phil. I have to acknowledge Ugly Phil,” Jackie said to rousing applause.

‘Ugly Phil is an absolute class act and I wouldn’t be where I am now [If it wasn’t for him]she added.

The star went on to say she was grateful for the “opportunities” he gave her and the advice he had given her.

“I’ll always be grateful for the opportunities you’ve given me and shown me,” she said of Phil.

‘Ugly Phil is an absolute class act and I wouldn’t be where I am now [If it wasn’t for him]she added. The star went on to say she was grateful for the “opportunities” he gave her and the advice he had given her. The couple is in the picture with a Michael Jackson impersonator

‘The passion and necessity of hard work in radio has stayed with me to this day. So I’m not sure where you are, but thanks,” she finished.

Phil and Jackie previously worked together as hosts of the Hot30 Countdown in the 1990s.

They met when an 18-year-old called Jackie for the radio show Phil was hosting at the time to enter a competition, and just a year later they married.

Jackie married Lee Henderson with whom she shares daughter Kitty (11). The couple broke up in 2018 after 15 years of marriage. (All pictured)

Their split in 1999 led to the end of their radio show and Phil returned to the UK.

Jackie married Lee Henderson with whom she shares daughter Kitty (11).

The Hendersons split in 2018 after 15 years of marriage.

The Hendersons divorced in 2018 after 15 years of marriage

‘It’s funny what we’re missing. It can be the smallest things, you know, and for me it’s having family time at the table; that used to be my favorite part of the day,” she said

Jackie hasn’t dated anyone in public since the split, but British photographer Lee has moved on with jiu-jitsu instructor Gabriella Motta.

The single mom swallowed the tears on The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show when she admitted that every night she went out to dinner with someone she missed most about her “old life.”

“I’d like to sit down and have dinner with someone. That’s what I long for and that’s what I miss most in my old life,” she said.

‘It’s funny what we’re missing. It can be the smallest things, you know, and for me it’s having family time at the table; that used to be my favorite part of the day.

“So I don’t have that now and I think I’ll get that back, but like I said, I want to wait a little longer, you know, just a little longer. And then maybe I’ll fall in love later. That would be nice.’

“So I don’t have that right now and I think I’ll get that back, but like I said, I want to wait a little longer, you know, just a little longer. And then maybe I’ll fall in love later. That would be nice,’ she said