Kyle and Jackie O Show forced off air after producers shock resignation causes chaos
Utter chaos played out on The Kyle & Jackie O Show this morning when the entire program was shut down for one hour.
Hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson were forced off air after a cup of coffee was spilt onto their broadcasting desks at their Sydney HQ, causing their system to malfunction.
The breakfast duo were off air for one hour as technicians worked to repair the damage, with the pair eventually moved to a nearby studio to continue the show.
“It’s Friday and the radio show is half broken,” Sandilands shared. “We’re in a weird studio because I knocked coffee all down the computers.”
The shock jock explained to listeners that the spill occurred when he was in state of shock over their producer resigning.
“Non-binary Kayla came in and gave me the very sad news,” he revealed. “They’re abandoning us to live their own life. As they were handing the coffee over, I grabbed it and was in such shock, I spilt it all over the equipment.”
Sandilands and Henderson said they didn’t know what was going on as equipment kept beeping and going off left, right and centre, and the second studio they were moved to “also failed”.
“It wasn’t just you with the coffee Kyle, something crazy is going on here,” Henderson said. “None of our studios work, the sensor machine is beeping … it’s just crazy.”
They were eventually let back into their original studio but were sat among “wires everywhere”.
“It’s like we’re on M*A*S*H,” Henderson joked. “We’re in an army tent and we’ve got some little box here that’s apparently broadcasting to air.”
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Despite the mishap, the radio power couple are on the verge of signing a blockbuster deal that will take their show nationwide for years to come.
A source close to The Kyle and Jackie O Show told news.com.au that the pair plan to stay at Australian Radio Network (ARN), with hopes a deal will officially be signed next month.
It would see the powerful duo earning $10 million each per year, which is double their current salary of around $5 million per year, with bonuses and incentives nudging them up to a $6 million annual salary.
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