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ARN confirms Kyle Sandilands contract terminated

ARN just issued a statement confirming Kyle Sandilands’ contract had been terminated and the Kyle and Jackie O show cancelled.

ARN has just announced that they’ve terminated my contract. I don’t accept it.

My lawyers told them last week this would be invalid. And guess what? It is.

They sacked Jackie. They suspended me. They wouldn’t even let me pick up the phone to call her or anyone else on the show. Then – and this is the bit that gets me – once they’d made it impossible for the show to go on, they turn around and say, “You didn’t fix it. You’re fired!”