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Kyle Sandilands explains on-air fight with Jackie O on their radio show

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Sandilands opened up about his meltdown. Jackie O accepted his apology for calling her an 'idiot'. Photo / Twitter

Sandilands opened up about his meltdown. Jackie O accepted his apology for calling her an 'idiot'. Photo / Twitter

Kyle Sandilands has returned to the Kyle and Jackie O show this morning after his "embarrassing" on-air meltdown yesterday, apologising to his co-host for calling her an "idiot" and admitting it was a bit of a "carry-on".

"Hello Kyle," co-host Jackie O greeted him carefully at the start of Thursday's show. "Good to have you back. How are you feeling today?"

"Feeling pretty good, yeah ... sort of," a sheepish Sandilands responded.

"Are you OK over there? You look like you're going to cry," Jackie told him.

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"Oh, it's a bit embarrassing, yesterday's carry-on," he admitted.

"I felt very justified, but I did get my back up a bit – but that happens among friends."

Sandilands revealed that following his on-air tirade – during which he called his co-host an "idiot" and berated newsreader Brooklyn Ross for running the Gladys Berejiklian/Scott Morrison bombshell text leak story – he had been contacted by reporters and TV stations for comment.

The Gladys Berijiklian text story sparked the on-air fight. Newsreader Brooklyn Ross (right). Photo / Sam Ruttyn, news.com.au
The Gladys Berijiklian text story sparked the on-air fight. Newsreader Brooklyn Ross (right). Photo / Sam Ruttyn, news.com.au

He admitted that the coverage of his tirade made him "look stupid" – and that he hadn't realised how long it had gone for.

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"I was reading an article yesterday, and it said I went on a 12-minute meltdown. Was it 12 minutes? Of me continually screaming and carrying on?" Sandilands asked his co-hosts, before later revealing he'd been "out of his mind" with anger when he drove out of the KIIS building.

It comes after the furious radio host stormed out of the Kyle and Jackie O Show minutes into Wednesday morning's episode, labelling his co-host an "idiot" and ordering her to "do the show by yourself".

Sandilands went on an extraordinary 12-minute rant after he, Jackie O and newsreader Brooklyn Ross opened the show by discussing the news that former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian allegedly once called Prime Minister Scott Morrison a "horrible, horrible person" in a text message.

Berejiklian says she has "no recollection" of sending the message.

Sandilands opened up about his meltdown. Jackie O accepted his apology for calling her an 'idiot'. Photo / Twitter
Sandilands opened up about his meltdown. Jackie O accepted his apology for calling her an 'idiot'. Photo / Twitter

"This is the biggest news in Australia, and it's all over nothing. So what if the ex-Premier called the Prime Minister a horrible, horrible person? I've called everyone here an effing C in text messages. I wouldn't be surprised if Gladys was just pacifying whatever loser minister she was talking to," Sandilands began.

"This is not real news. Don't make up fictitious bulls**t drama over nothing."

Jackie O took a counter argument, pointing out the newsworthiness of a state Premier allegedly slamming the Prime Minister – which further infuriated Sandilands. "We don't have to run around every time some c***sucker from the ABC asks a question," he said, apparently a mistaken reference to Network 10 political editor Peter van Onselen, who posed a question about the alleged texts to the PM on Tuesday.

"I'm angry. This is the way the world has been ruined – by d***heads on the news turning these things into bulls**t moments," he said, his expletives apparently too fast for the show's censors to catch.

"Can I tell you why we care?" offered Ross.

"Yeah, because you're all f**kin' lazy loser journalists and you all type the same s**t," Sandilands shot back.

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"You're so angry," sighed Jackie O, as the trio continued discussing whether or not the story was newsworthy – a topic that continued to infuriate Sandilands.

"You just show how dumb you all are, you idiots. You're being followed around by c**kheads," he told his colleagues.

"Oh my god, what's up with you this morning?" asked Jackie O.

"I don't think you understand what I'm saying – I think you're just all real dumb," he said.

"I'm just asking you why you're so angry," she told him.

Newsreader Ross again offered his opinion about why the story was newsworthy – but a furious Kyle interjected and ordered him out of the studio.

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"Just turn your mic off (expletive). You're finished! Get out!"

"Are you serious? I don't understand," said Jackie O.

"I'm going home, F**K you. Do the show by yourself, what a f**king show it'll be," said Sandilands, storming out of the studio.

"OK, I think we'll take a short break, because I'm not even sure what happened. Did something happen before I got here? Was it all good?" Jackie O asked.

"I love him so much … I just wish he didn't get so worked up," said Ross.

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