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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Sian Cain

Kyle Sandilands to undergo urgent brain surgery to treat aneurysm

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O at the Australian Commercial Radio awards in Sydney, 2022. Sandilands has revealed he will undergo surgery to treat a brain aneurysm after he began suffering from significant headaches.
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O at the Australian Commercial Radio awards in Sydney, 2022. Sandilands has revealed he will undergo surgery to treat a brain aneurysm after he began suffering from significant headaches. Photograph: Richard Milnes/Alamy

The radio host Kyle Sandilands has revealed that he is to undergo “immediate” brain surgery after he was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.

The 53-year-old, who co-hosts The Kyle & Jackie O Show with Jackie Henderson – Sydney’s top-rating FM breakfast show – said on-air on Monday that he was diagnosed after a period of debilitating headaches. He was absent from the show on Friday due to illness.

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