One Nation denies it is working with Kyle Sandilands

Kyle Sandilands claimed he was working with One Nation, calling Pauline Hanson ‘inspirational’, but now the political party has revealed a shock twist.

Sandilands made the claim in a lengthy interview with the Game Changers Radio podcast, which will be released at 6am on Friday.

News.com.au was given a sneak peek at the interview, in which Kyle talks about his relationship with Jackie O, his decision to settle his lawsuit against ARN, and his new subscription-based breakfast show.

But by far the most jaw-dropping revelation from the chat is that Kyle has spent some of the past few months of his unemployment working with Pauline Hanson and One Nation.

Pauline Hanson addressing the National Press Club of Australia. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

“I’ve been working on getting their messaging across, which I think has been well received,” Kyle told Game Changers hosts Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme.

“She is really a surprise,” Kyle said about Senator Hanson. “She’s one of my favourite people now.”

Kyle revealed that he has also taken the controversial senator “to meet some folks she didn’t know”.

“Not my gangster friends,” he joked. “But just more of the upper society types who have also expressed a great interest in her messaging.”

The ex-KIIS FM presenter added that he is “loving the orange wave”, and also heaped praise on One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce.

“I spent time with both of them (Hanson and Joyce), and they’re very inspirational,” Kyle said. “They’re not what everyone thinks they are … a lunatic racist party of country bumpkins that think that the world should change.”

Kyle Sandilands departs the Federal Court of Australia, Picture: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

One Nation denies the claims

Despite Kyle heaping praise on the controversial political party, One Nation chief of staff James Ashby seemed a bit confused by the revelations.

Mr Ashby said that Kyle was “not working for One Nation” in any official or unofficial capacity.

When asked if Kyle was working for the party he added “not at all”.

He did however add that the DJ was “a legend”.

Mr Ashby said that Ms Hanson reached out when “s**t hit the fan”, alluding to Kyle’s sacking from KIIS.

“She’s got a lot of time for him and wanted to make sure he was fine. I think he’s a legend,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald..

Kyle details his relationship with Jackie O

Kyle’s relationship with Jackie O came to a screeching halt in February, after the pair had an intense fight live on air (you can listen to the argument in the video at the top of this article).

Speaking to Game Changers, Kyle revealed that he and his former co-host are now “loosely communicating” with each other.

“I’ve apologised a half a dozen times … and I said to her, ‘look, regardless of what’s been said … any time that I’ve made you feel anything less than wonderful, I really apologise, and hopefully one day we can talk about that,’ and she was very appreciative of that,” he said.

Kyle is optimistic they’ll be able to repair their relationship in the future.

“I’ve said I want to catch up,” he told the hosts. “She’s also said, ‘thank you, that means so much, and she looks forward to that,’ so I don’t think it’s going to be a no-go zone.”

The broadcaster added he’s still fiercely protective of Jackie, and won’t hear a bad word about her.

“People will see me in the street and from time to time might be a bit negative about Jackie, and I will shut them down instantly,” he said. “She’s like a sister to me.

“I’ve known her for 30 years and I just can’t engage in that.”

Kyle and Jackie O disappeared from the airwaves in February.

The 55-year-old did admit however that he’s still confused by the breakdown of their relationship.

“I’ve always thought we were very open, and over a decade ago we said nothing’s off limits between us and if we do cross a line we’ll let each other know verbally or visually … and that never happened,” he said.

“It’s so confusing,” he continued. “I’ve spent a lot of time, both straight and high, thinking about it.”

More bombshells to come

The full interview with Kyle will be released at 6am Friday on the Game Changers Radio podcast, and there are plenty of other juicy revelations.

Kyle unleashes on 2GB breakfast host, Ben Fordham, for criticising him in the press, he explains why he chose to accept a $12 million settlement, even though his lawyers were allegedly confident they could get him $35-$45 million, and he opens up about his new live breakfast show, which could launch as early as August.