Radio personality Jackie “O” Henderson has announced her latest career move in a lengthy Instagram post.
The news comes a day after the Kyle and Jackie O star denied “cheating” her way to a brand-new body through surgery or the controversial diabetes drug Ozempic.
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Henderson shared a series of photos beside her “best friend” of 20 years Gemma, announcing that together they always “dreamed of starting our own side hustle”.
The friends have crafted their newest venture, which they have called Besties.
“Besties is here to give you the perfect opportunity to spend more time and create more memories with your bestie ... we’ll bring you closer to extraordinary people at our guest speaker events, take you to breathtaking destinations on our group holidays, and provide the opportunity to spoil yourself and your bestie with our exclusive range of luxe products,” she wrote on Tuesday morning.
“We wanted an excuse to make more memories together (with you included!) and we thought it was about time for a one-stop shop to celebrate each other!
“Get ready to make incredible memories, learn from others and try new adventures with that leading bestie in your life.”
The radio host encouraged fans to follow the new Instagram account, teasing that a “big announcement” was coming on Wednesday.
Followers of Henderson’s took to the comments to react to the surprise move.
“Awwww how good! 🙌🏻,” radio host Brittany Hockley said.
“Love this,” a second wrote as another said, “You go girl”.
“Congratulations! What a great idea,” added another.
The news comes a day after Henderson announced the end of her partnership with WW (formerly Weight Watchers) after losing an impressive 18kg.
The partnership is coming to an end in July.
On Monday co-host Kyle Sandilands spoke about the latest development on the Kyle and Jackie O Show.
“I saw you quit the WW over the weekend,” Sandilands told his co-star. “You officially broke up with it. You’ve used and abused all their ...”
“They’ve helped me,” Henderson interrupted. “And now we’ve achieved the goals.”
“What a success story,” Sandilands responded.
“Thank you. It was great working with them,” Henderson replied. “It really was.”
Sandilands went on to address the ongoing rumours that Henderson had “had surgery” or was “taking Ozempic”.
“I did notice that on your post that a lot of people were still accusing you of cheating using illegal drugs and having operations,” Sandilands countered.
“I can’t really defend myself any more beyond what I have,” Henderson replied before making a reference to Ozempic — a medicine used by those with type 2 diabetes that has garnered headlines for its ability to help people lose weight.
“If people want to believe that I’ve had surgery or I’m taking Ozempic well just go ahead and think that,” she said.
“That’s fine. But I haven’t so ... I can’t say it any more than I have.
“But I don’t want to delete comments. Just let them go ... But I do appreciate the people who do defend it on my behalf because I don’t want to get involved. I just don’t. Otherwise, it just makes it worse.”
Henderson spoke more about her weight loss journey during Monday’s show.
”When I first lost weight and started to lose weight at the beginning of the year, it was all fine. And then when I lost a little bit more, people were suspicious that it came off very quickly,” she began.
“Since then I’d say, like, for the last three to four months, I’ve had people just so steadfast in their belief that I have not lost this the right way and I’ve done something else.
“I can’t say it enough that I have not done anything other than just eat well, exercise and give up alcohol,” she insisted.
Responding to comments about why her weight loss took so long, Henderson said that previously she was “not motivated and wasn’t mentally well”.
Addressing the surgery claims, she said that “last year (when) I took some time off work, people thought that because I took time off work and that coincided with the weight loss, that I had gone and got gastric band surgery”.
She explained that even if she was to have considered the surgery, she would have needed to put on weight to do so, as she wouldn’t have been eligible for the operation.
Speaking of Ozempic, Henderson said she didn’t “want to get involved” in the debate surrounding it, “which is that people who have genuine issues with diabetes need this medication, versus the ones who are going out and abusing it for other reasons”, she said.
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