Kyle Sandilands addresses media after exiting court in $100 million showdown with ARN

Australian morning radio kingpin Kyle Sandilands says he is "happy to get the ball rolling" on his lawsuit against his former employer over the termination of his $100 million contract.

Exiting the Federal Court in Sydney this morning, Kyle addressed a waiting media scrum and said he "just wants to get back to work".

"If it's not with these people, I'll just have to figure out a plan," he said, referring to ARN.

"I had a 10-year deal and that's what I want to do."

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He said he has not had contact with his co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson and reiterated his regret over comments made on-air.

"I think it has all turned into quite a circus," he told reporters.

"It feels like I didn't do anything different than I have done for 25 years. Actually a little bit tamer than most days because I was concerned with how she was feeling."

The top-rating provocateur is suing his former employer ARN in the Federal Court, alleging the termination of his contract with the company was invalid because there was no act of serious misconduct.

He also claims the termination breached the Australian Consumer Law.

ARN, the parent company of KIIS FM, which previously broadcast Sandilands' show for more than a decade, said on Monday it disputed the claims and would defend them.

Its subsidiary, Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation, is also named in the lawsuit.

As he entered the NSW Federal Court on Friday, Sandilands defiantly told reporters he disagreed with the decision to end his contract.

"I'm just happy that we can get in (to court) today and get the ball rolling," he said.

"I just want to get back to work as quick as possible. I've got a family to support."

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ARN tore up Sandilands' $100 million contract after the shock jock's on-air clash with Jackie O ended their time together on the long-running show.

The split came after Sandilands slammed his broadcast partner for looking into former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's horoscope.

"You're off with the fairies ... every segment, every time you've spoken, you don't even know what's going on," Sandilands said to Henderson during the February 20 broadcast.

ARN said Henderson gave notice she could no longer work with her co-host, triggering a decision in early March to terminate her $100 million agreement.

Sandilands was suspended on March 3 and issued a breach notice for serious misconduct.

He has consistently denied breaching the terms of his contract.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show was a consistent ratings juggernaut in Sydney but had failed to gain much traction in its expansion to Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Details of the on-air blow-up that derailed Kyle and Jackie O's $200 million deal

The on-air fight began after Jackie O read from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's astrology birth chart and Sandilands complained about her interest in astrology charts."Your fixation on this has made you almost unworkable," Sandilands told her.

"You are off with the fairies with this s---, it's mental."He claimed her fixation on astrology charts made her sound like a "drug addict".

Henderson has previously opened up on air about addiction issues that led to her going to rehabilitation in the US in 2022.

Henderson said Sandiland's accusations were "so unfair" and that he was attacking her on air.

"I would never say things like that about you," she said.

"It's a total attack, it really is. Kyle, to say 'you don't know what the F is going on, you're not doing your job,' that's an attack and I wouldn't do that."

Sandilands and Henderson have been in an on-air partnership for 27 years.

They moved to breakfast in 2005 and then to KIIS in 2014.

They have been under contract in a lucrative $200 million, 10-year deal that was set to run until December 2034.

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Kyle Sandilands' statement in full

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.

Let me tell you what actually happened here. Jackie and I had a blue on air. That's it. The kind of thing we've done a hundred times in 25 years. And ARN took the situation and decided to try and burn the place down. 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!"

I said sorry to Jackie the night of our blow-up. And when I said I was sorry to Jackie, I meant it. I still mean it. But it doesn't mean I will stand by while I am separated from the people who've listened to me every morning for 25 years.

Before they suspended me, ARN said, "Let us handle it," and I listened. In the two weeks since, I've done everything ARN asked. I said, put me back on air. I'll work with Jackie. I'll work with someone else. Whatever you need. Every single time – "no." They weren't interested. They didn't want to fix this. They thought they saw a chance to get out of the contract they signed with me a year ago, and they ran with it.

ARN knew exactly what they were getting when they signed my deal. They've worked with me for over a decade. They knew how I work, they knew the show, and they were happy to pay for it —because I delivered. Number one ratings. Year after year. Hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for their business. I held up my end. I always have.

So, you tell me — why would ARN prefer to breach a contract and pay the legal consequences rather than honour the contract and pay me to do what I do best? That's the bit that doesn't make sense.

I've got a contract until 2034. I've got rights under that contract. And ARN hasn't honoured the contract.

So, it's over to my lawyers.

To the people who tune in every morning — you lot are the reason I've done this for 25 years. You didn't get a say in this. Neither did I. But my lawyers will. I'm not done. Not by a long way.

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