Jackie O Henderson has spoken out about the health struggles that forced her to step back from co-hosting The Kyle and Jackie O Show last year.
ICYMI: The 47-year-old revealed on November 14 that she’d been struggling with ill health since contracting COVID-19.
She explained that she’d been ordered by her doctor to take time off in order to recover.
Ahead of her return to the airwaves alongside Kyle Sandilands next week, the longtime host has shared an update on her health.
“You just worry you’re letting people down,” she told Sunrise on January 11. “Kyle was amazing about it, he was so supportive. “We really respect each other at the end of the day, we know that sometimes a line might get crossed.”
Jackie added, “I think overall we both kind of know where that line is.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Jackie O spilled that she had gained back the 10kgs she famously lost on Weight Watchers.
“I don’t even know what happened there, but everyone does it,” she said.
“You get to a point where you’re like, ‘Yay, I’ve lost the weight, I’ll have a bit of this, I’ll have a bit of that.”
The radio star added that “creeping into old habits” lead to gradual weight gain.
“As soon as I went back on Weight Watchers, it started to drop off again, because I know it works for me,” she added.
She also revealed the healthy habits she’s hoping to stick to in 2023.
“Cold showers, meditation, exercise, eating healthy – I think it’s going to be a huge benefit for me,” she said.
Jackie O Henderson stepped down from The Kyle and Jackie O Show due to health reasons
After struggling to recover from a bout of COVID-19, Jackie O announced in November she would be taking time off.
She explained that the show’s gruelling hours had seen her health take a turn for the worse and she needed a “couple of weeks” to recover.
Jackie O was then temporarily replaced by The Bachelor Australia 2018’s Brittany Hockley (and we all know how THAT went!).
Both Kyle and Jackie O are set to return to The Kyle and Jackie O Show on January 16.
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