Kyle Sandilands has emotionally admitted he will never trust anyone again after learning his former radio host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Speaking on his new show Kyle Sandilands Live on Wednesday morning, the 55-year-old became emotional as he revealed he broke down in tears after receiving an update on Henderson’s condition and said the news had left him devastated.
‘This morning I woke up… I was devastated. I immediately burst into tears,” Sandilands said.
“I just fell apart this morning.”
The shock jock then vented his frustration and disbelief at the allegations in court documents, insisting they bore little resemblance to his memory of the events and had left him deeply hurt.
‘It was really, really disturbing to read such terrible things about yourself. And it’s clearly her truth. But that goes against the reality of what happened,” he added.
Kyle Sandilands has emotionally admitted he will never trust anyone again after learning his former radio host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
‘It’s soul destroying. Really and truly. It’s very disturbing to me.
‘I will never trust another human being as long as I live. I just don’t do that.’
Henderson’s mental health concerns were detailed in documents filed in Federal Court and released on Tuesday as part of her legal dispute with ARN following the cancellation of The Kyle & Jackie O Show earlier this year.
As she pursues an $82 million payout from her former employer, Henderson’s PTSD was referenced in a medical report prepared by Dr. Jonathan Phillips.
Dr. Phillips states that Henderson ‘suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from ‘the continued bullying perpetrated by Sandilands’ and ‘ARN’s failure to provide appropriate care and protection’.
In an affidavit, Henderson said she was “belittled” and “humiliated” by her “unpredictable and erratic” former KIIS FM co-host Sandilands.
“I felt that the constant attack on my character and putting me down at work by Mr. Sandilands was slowly wearing me down,” she said in the statement.
‘I felt exhausted and felt like I wanted to give up. I felt like this treatment was happening in a subtle but regular manner. It felt like bullying.”
Henderson said the alleged treatment worsened from 2023 and left her anxious.
“I often drove to work with low levels of anxiety and fear, which left me feeling exhausted over time,” she said.
‘The cumulative effect was that I felt emotionally unsafe in the workplace, even during periods when the relationship looked outwardly positive.’
Henderson’s KIIS FM contract was abruptly terminated in March following a high-profile row between her and Sandilands.
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