‘It’s got the ocean view and we can smoke on the balcony’: Kyle Sandilands says he’ll broadcast his radio show from co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s home if they’re put into lockdown because of the coronavirus
With the coronavirus sending many companies into lockdown, the Kyle & Jackie O Show has been preparing for the worst.
Speaking on the KIIS FM radio program on Friday, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson revealed their studio experienced a ‘scare’ after someone in their offices needed to be tested for coronavirus.
Although they ultimately tested negative, the whole ordeal prompted Jackie, 45, and co-host Kyle Sandilands to think about what they’d do if they were put into lockdown.
Making a plan: With the coronavirus sending many companies into lockdown, the Kyle & Jackie O Show has been preparing for the worst. Pictured, hosts Jackie ‘O’ Henderson and Kyle Sandilands
The show’s newsreader, Brooklyn Ross, asked them to come up with a plan, with Kyle, 48, suggesting they should just work from Jackie’s house on the beach.
‘It’s got the ocean view, we can smoke on the balcony…’ Kyle explained.
Jackie said while she was happy to host the show from her home in Sydney’s Bondi, she’d be enforcing a ‘limit’ on the number of people who could be there.
Lockdown: Speaking on the KIIS FM radio program on Friday, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson revealed their studio experienced a ‘scare’ after someone in their offices needed to be tested for coronavirus
Kyle then rattled off a list of people who would need to come, claiming someone would have to be there to ‘make coffees’.
But he said their producer, Adam Price, would need to stay behind in the studio ‘in the contagion suit’.
Kyle even volunteered to go over to Jackie’s home later in the afternoon with ‘a couple of tradie mates’ to turn her balcony into a makeshift radio studio.
Home sweet home: The show’s newsreader, Brooklyn Ross, asked them to come up with a plan, with Kyle suggesting they should just work from Jackie’s house on the beach
A nervous Jackie asked how long they would need to be working out of her home, with Kyle immediately responding: ‘Six months.’
In an attempt to dissuade him, Jackie said the ‘noise’ on the balcony might pose a problem, but Kyle insisted it would all be fine.
‘There’ll be no noise, it’s the bloody ocean… The serenity of it all, it’ll be beautiful,’ he assured her.
For the long haul: A nervous Jackie asked how long they would need to be working out of her home, with Kyle immediately responding: ‘Six months’
On Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced gatherings of over 500 people would be banned starting from Monday.
‘We will be advising against organised, non-essential gatherings of persons of 500 people or greater from Monday,’ he said in a press conference on Friday.
The number of cases across the nation has soared to 199 – up more than a third in just 24 hours, according to health officials.
‘There’ll be no noise, it’s the bloody ocean… The serenity of it all, it’ll be beautiful,’ Kyle assured Jackie of working from her beachfront balcony