By Tom Wark and Farid Farid

Shock jock Kyle Sandilands is likely to admit a raft of explicit and offensive statements towards his co-host in a high-stakes court case.

But the notorious radio host will argue former employer ARN was well aware of his personality and made that behaviour a condition of his contract, his lawyer said on Friday.

Both Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson are suing ARN following an on-air spat that blew up their top-rated show.

The cases were heard together in the Federal Court on Friday but no reunion between the star pair took place.

“I haven’t spoken to Jackie, I haven’t spoken to any of their people,” Sandilands told reporters while entering court on Friday.

Sandilands’ barrister Scott Robertson SC argued the shock jock’s contract was unfairly terminated because he had a “special immunity” to outrageous conduct.

“Particular kinds of conduct … might be considered serious misconduct under workplace law but not when you consider the contract,” Mr Robertson said.

“If you buy Kyle, you get Kyle.”

Mr Robertson said headline-drawing outbursts were “contractually desired” by ARN and clips of arguments between the pair were monetised through posting on social media.

Sandilands allegedly said some of Henderson’s comments were “weird, psychological bullshit”, and her belief in “hype words” was negatively impacting her dating life.

He allegedly made offensive comments to her in September 2025 that prompted her to raise a complaint with station staff.

“Don’t fing bother coming back either until you get your fing shit together like a normal person,” Sandilands allegedly told Henderson off-air.

“I’ve been carrying this whole show for f***ing a year.”

The pair are both seeking the full payout of the remainder of their 10-year, $100 million contracts signed at the end of 2023.

Sandilands had a simple message for the company that he believed would save their financial blushes: “Put me back on the radio and let’s get the share price back up.”

But ARN, the parent company of KIIS FM, claimed in court the controversial pair cost the company key advertising revenue through their sacking.

“There is no pleaded allegation … that anyone is suffering any loss by not being on the radio,” ARN barrister Tom Blackburn SC said.

In its defence to Sandilands’ lawsuit over his sacking, ARN told the court Henderson sent the station a letter in February claiming her co-host had engaged in “persistent and relentless bullying”.

Henderson alleged in court documents she complained to station management multiple times about comments by Sandilands over about six months.

Her lawyer Vanja Bulut said evidence was expected to be called detailing the damage to Henderson’s health and wellbeing as a result of the sacking.

Henderson’s agent Gemma O’Neill was in court on Friday.

But Sandilands’ suit claims he did not deserve to have his contract torn up because he had not committed serious misconduct.

The highly public bust-up moved into the legal arena after an exchange between the star pair in February, when Sandilands accused his co-host of being “off with the fairies”.

The on-air comments prompted Henderson to say she could no longer work with her contentious colleague.