MAFS star Martha Kalifatidis fills in for Jackie ‘O’ Henderson with Kyle Sandilands as the Masked Singer judge takes a day off due to exhaustion
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson called in sick to work on Thursday for Sydney’s #1 FM breakfast show on KIIS 1065 – The Kyle And Jackie O Show.
Choosing to take the day off due to exhaustion from juggling her radio role with filming for The Masked Singer Australia, the program were forced to find a temporarily replacement at the eleventh hour.
Taking her place and co-hosting the program with Kyle Sandilands was Married At First Sight star Martha Kalifatidis.
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MAFS star Martha Kalifatidis fills in for Jackie ‘O’ Henderson with Kyle Sandilands as the Masked Singer judge takes a day off due to exhaustion
Martha, 30, was one of breakout MAFS stars in 2019, and is still with her on-screen ‘husband’ Michael Brunelli, 28.
When the show began broadcasting at 6am, Kyle addressed Jackie’s absence and introduced Martha to listeners.
‘Jackie is not here today, so Martha has come in,’ he said, adding: ‘Jackie did an all nighter yesterday, she did this show then the puppet show [Masked Singer]. She’s crashed.’
It was confirmed that Jackie is not ill, but just taking the day off to rest up. She is due to return to work on Friday.
‘Jackie did an all nighter yesterday… She’s crashed’: Jackie Henderson (pictured) took the day off from her breakfast radio duties as she had spent Wednesday doing the radio show followed by a whole night of filming for Channel 10’s The Masked Singer
Last-minute addition: The program were forced to find a temporarily replacement at the eleventh hour, choosing to call Martha (right) at 5:30am to request she co-host with Kyle Sandilands (left) in Sydney from 6am
Martha sounded sympathetic towards Jackie, saying: ‘I heard her, actually, yesterday, and she didn’t sound good.’
Kyle then joked that he would ‘be nice’ to Martha: ‘You’re going to hold our hand, we’re going to hold your hand, and we’re going to get through this show.’
The reality TV star said she was called by one of the show’s producers at 5:30am, just half an hour before the show was due to go live.
Martha said her boyfriend Michael encouraged her to accept the last-minute offer to co-host the popular radio show: ‘He said “Oh my God, you have to do it, are you nuts?”‘
She’ll be back soon! It was confirmed that Jackie was not ill, but instead taking the day off to rest up. She is due to return to work on Friday
On the road? Former NRL star Beau Ryan (pictred) is known to fill in regularly for Kyle when he’s unable to co-host with Jackie, but it’s believed he was unavailable due to filming commitments for Seven’s The Amazing Race
Former NRL star Beau Ryan is known to fill in regularly for Kyle when he’s unable to co-host with Jackie.
It’s believed he was unable to be a guest host on the show in the instance as production is likely to have already commenced for Seven’s The Amazing Race.
He told Daily Mail Australia at a Stan event in August that the cast and crew were ‘going soon’ to begin the localised series around Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Kyle And Jackie O airs on KIIS 1065 FM from 6am weekdays
Tune in: Kyle And Jackie O airs on KIIS 1065 FM from 6am weekdays