The Kyle and Jackie O Show has been heard discussing not only discussing sexual acts in detail, but also describing women as 'dogs' based on their appearance. The protest group "
Mad Fucking Witches" launched a campaign pressuring advertisers to cease their advertising on the show, claiming it is misogynistic. While the network acknowledges the show is controversial, they claim it is also what intrigues people to tune in. During a separate interview, the company's content director also conceded the show was over sexualised and Sandilands has been asked to tone it down. In August 2009, Kyle and Jackie O were suspended following a segment in which they put a 14-year-old girl on a
lie detector and then asked her about her sexual history. After the girl revealed that she had been a victim of rape, Sandilands asked "Right ... is that the only experience you've had?" Following this incident, a full-time censor was brought on board. Despite the suspension and scandal, Kyle and Jackie O maintained their number-one position in the market, and the show actually grew 0.6 percentage points. In September 2009, Sandilands apologised after making an on-air remark about how actor
Magda Szubanski could lose a lot more weight if she had spent time in a concentration camp. Although Szubanski indicated that it was a "beat-up" and that she "couldn't care less", Sandilands was suspended following the incident. In July 2011, Sandilands made headlines after stating that Australian model
Megan Gale was a "phony" and that he "never liked her". Gale's management responded by cancelling Gale's upcoming interview on the show. Later that week, model
Charlotte Dawson hit out at Sandilands on her
Twitter account, saying that he could "f*** off". In August 2011, Sandilands faced criticism from the
Indian community over comments he made on the show about the cleanliness of the
Ganges River. The Universal Society of Hinduism later admitted that there was no malice behind Sandilands's comments and accepted his reasoning. In November 2011, Sandilands used his radio show to launch abuse at
Daily Telegraph columnist Alison Henderson, for her negative review of the Kyle & Jackie O TV show (which had performed poorly in the ratings). Sandilands called Henderson a "fat slag" and a "piece of shit", accused the columnist of bias because "she just hates us and has always hated us", before making more derogatory comments about her body. The
ACMA investigation into the show imposed further restrictions on 2DayFM, meaning that the radio station would be in breach if any broadcast made statements to demean women or girls. In May 2016, legal action was launched against Jackie O and the Australian Radio Network, after Jackie O questioned the parentage of NRL player
Kieran Foran's son on air. Jackie O made the claim in late April, after it was revealed that Foran had checked into a mental health clinic, and had been granted indefinite leave from his club. Rugby league writer, Danny Weidler responded at the time "The suggestion from Jackie O on Kiis1065 that Kieran Foran's baby boy is not his is false and offensive to all concerned". The legal demand instructed the show to make a full retraction of the defamatory allegation against Foran and his ex-partner, and issue an unreserved apology. In September 2024, the show was criticised by the
ABC's Media Watch for recording people on the toilet urinating and forcing the presenters to guess who made the noise. In July 2025, the duo faced potential
contempt of court charges after making on-air remarks about
Erin Patterson during her murder trial. Henderson commented that Patterson's case was "not strong" and Sandilands added that authorities should "lock the bitch up." The charges were ultimately dropped. ==The team==