Jackie ‘O’ Henderson unleashes on Kyle Sandilands for spreading a false rumour about her personal life after she lost weight 15 years ago
Radio presenter Jackie ‘O’ Henderson was the subject of a bizarre rumour 15 years ago, and her co-host Kyle Sandilands still finds it amusing to this day.
Some people were apparently convinced Jackie was a ‘coke w**re’ in the mid-2000s because she was quite thin at the time, Kyle announced on KIIS FM on Tuesday.
‘It’s because I got really skinny,’ said the 45-year-old mother-of-one, who was quick to clarify that the allegation was totally false.
Gossip: Radio presenter Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (left) was the subject of a bizarre rumour 15 years ago, and her co-host Kyle Sandilands (right) still finds it amusing to this day
Kyle, who has been friends with Jackie for two decades, also emphasised that his colleague was neither cocaine user nor a ‘w**re’.
In fact, Jackie was already happily married at the time to her second husband, Lee Henderson, from whom she separated in 2018.
The Sydney breakfast radio hosts found the gossip particularly amusing because Jackie is known to be straight-laced and health conscious.
‘It’s because I got really skinny’: Some people were convinced Jackie was a ‘coke w**re’ in the mid-2000s because she was quite thin at the time, Kyle said. Pictured: Jackie in April 2005
Later in the broadcast, after Daily Mail Australia had made enquiries with Jackie’s manager, the duo addressed the ‘coke w**re’ rumour once again.
Jackie said she had ‘never done’ cocaine in her life, adding: ‘I swear on my daughter’s life that that is true.
‘When I tell people that, they’re like, “What?! You’re in the industry. How could you have not even tried it?” But I’ve just never been interested. I really haven’t.’
At this point, she began to sound genuinely frustrated with her co-host for having mentioned the rumour earlier in the show.
Fake news! The Sydney breakfast radio hosts found the gossip particularly amusing because Jackie (pictured) is known to be straight-laced and health conscious
‘Anyway, Kyle, thank you for bringing it up because, once again, the Daily Mail are now wanting to run a story about it,’ she said.
Jackie added that the rumour was never actually reported in the press but was instead ‘just a few people being b**chy’ in the industry.
She eventually forgave Kyle for dredging up the story after he performed his famous impression of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
It’s not the first time Jackie has addressed bizarre rumours about her personal life.
‘They now want to run a story about it!’ Later in the broadcast, after Daily Mail Australia had made enquiries with Jackie’s manager, Jackie scolded Kyle (pictured) for dredging up the story
Last month, she set the record straight on false claims she was ‘secretly dating’ Dr Chris Brown during the coronavirus pandemic.
She was responding to a New Idea article that claimed the pair had been ‘privately’ meeting up in Sydney’s Bondi Beach, where they both live.
‘I read in the paper the other day you were in lockdown with Dr Chris Brown, [that] you’ve been having a secret quarantine relationship. Is that true?’ Kyle asked.
‘Yeah, I read that too. No, that’s not true, Kyle,’ Jackie replied. ‘No secret relationship with Chris Brown.’
‘I don’t even have his number,’ she added.
‘I don’t really know Chris Brown that well. I don’t know why [magazines] keep saying that. This isn’t the first time they’ve said that.’