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W<\/span>hen all your conversations on and off air are recorded it\u2019s impossible to deny what was said. But in The Kyle and Jackie O Show\u2019s multimillion-dollar legal dispute the warring parties are arguing about when those heated exchanges<\/a> before a hot mic were bullying and when they were content. Content for which the radio station paid its stars a hefty $20m a year.<\/p>\n In fresh documents filed<\/a> in the federal court it\u2019s revealed that when Kyle Sandilands walked out after a fight with Jackie \u201cO\u201d Henderson in 2023 she said \u201cpeople would tune in for\u201d a podcast on the fight and it would \u201cprobably get our highest ratings\u201d. A podcast was produced and given the catchy title \u201cKyle & Jackie\u2019s unheard EXPLOSIVE off air fight\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cYesterday\u2019s show ended quite abruptly when Kyle left,\u201d it said. \u201cIt all seemed quite heated but Jackie has cleared the air with what really happened. Have a listen for all the details.\u201d<\/p>\n In March Sandilands was sacked by ARN Media<\/a> and the top-rating show was cancelled, sparking a wave of legal claims from all parties.<\/p>\n Backed up by multiple examples of heated exchanges Sandilands has asserted that the conduct his former bosses now say was \u201cserious misconduct\u201d and warranted his sacking was \u201cpublicly exploited\u201d. He said Kiis FM management had \u201csought to monetise the conduct\u201d and had given him the impression his conversations with Henderson were \u201cnot unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n Similarly, when Henderson disparaged Sandilands for taking sick days, the behaviour was \u201cencouraged\u201d, Sandilands said in defence documents to the company\u2019s cross-claim. This led the shock jock to assume the \u201cconduct was not unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n The documents detail episodes when the pair used ChatGPT as a therapist, with Henderson asking: \u201cHow do I tell my colleague that I get annoyed when he always calls in sick?\u201d She also told it: \u201cThis is bullshit. Don\u2019t listen to him. He\u2019s a liar. That\u2019s my truth. How do I tell my colleague all he does is exaggerate and lie? He\u2019s a gaslighter. Is my truth not important?\u201d<\/p>\n Sandilands asserted these comments had been replayed on the program three times in 2025.<\/p>\n Justice Angus Stewart has set a date<\/a> for a 10-day trial in October.<\/p>\n An error in the Weekend Australian<\/a> and a response<\/a> in the literary magazine Overland have provided observers with plenty of entertainment all week as the two writers duked it out in the comments.<\/p>\n It started with a lengthy piece in the Murdoch broadsheet headed \u201cHow the media went from newsroom watchdogs to activist brands\u201d by Michael Gawenda. The former editor of the Age was angry with the way journalists have covered antisemitism and he ranted about \u201cethical standards\u201d and \u201ceditorial standards\u201d.<\/p>\nWriters duke it out<\/h2>\n