Sandilands said he doesn’t feel as “bad as I would have imagined” after he was dumped from the top-rating Kyle and Jackie O Show in March.

Six months ago, the shock jock was riding high and expected nine more years of guaranteed, $10 million-a-year pay he could fritter away. Then he was sacked.

The Daily Telegraph runs 16 articles about Sandilands and his new media venture in a week – while his former co-host, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, is still in court