Radio star Kyle Sandilands has revealed that he and former co-host Jackie O Henderson have been in contact behind the scenes.

The sacked KIIS FM host reportedly told Game Changers Radio that he and Henderson had been “loosely communicating” since their infamous on-air stoush this year.

“There’s a problem, obviously, but we’re not not friends,” Sandilands said of their fractured relationship.

“Since her and I have not been on air – just so everyone knows – we’ve texted each other multiple times. Multiple times backwards and forward. Behind all of our lawyers’ backs, behind our managers’ backs.”

The Kyle and Jackie O Show abruptly collapsed in February after Sandilands berated Henderson live on air, accusing his longtime co-host of being “off with the fairies” and “mental” during a discussion about astrology.

He hopes the duo, who worked together for more than 20 years, can repair their friendship, saying that he “will always love and adore her”.

Sandilands also revealed he’s been working with Pauline Hanson and One Nation since his departure from KIIS FM.

It’s understood the former host has spent the last few months helping the senator and her party “get their messaging across”.

“She is really a surprise,” he said.

“She’s one of my favourite people now.”

He also admitted he has taken the controversial senator to “meet some folks she didn’t know”.

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

The 55-year old added that he was “loving the orange wave” and praised One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce.

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

Sandilands on Tuesday pocketed about $12 million after his representation reached a legal settlement with media company ARN.

The company will pay him $12.09 million to resolve Federal Court proceedings stemming from the end of his contract.The agreement will also include $1.5 million in advertising support for Sandilands’ new independent venture over the next three years.

As part of the arrangement, ARN will receive a 19.9 per cent share of revenue generated by the project.

Sandilands and Henderson’s lucrative $100 million contracts were torn up following their on-air clash, prompting them to launch separate Federal Court proceedings against ARN.

Henderson’s lawsuit returned to the Federal Court on Thursday.

She was not present for the brief case management hearing in Sydney, but her best friend and manager, Gemma O’Neill, watched proceedings from the public gallery.

Henderson’s matters remain ongoing and will proceed to trial in October.