Jackie ‘O’ Henderson reveals why she was crying in paparazzi photos taken at a cafe

Radio host Jackie O has addressed paparazzi photos of herself breaking down in tears while speaking to a friend at a cafe in Sydney.

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has addressed photos in which she appears to break down in tears while having coffee with a friend.

The Sydney-based radio co-host, 49, was captured by local paparazzi on Thursday sitting in the outside area of a cafe, seemingly getting emotional as she spoke to a female friend.

At one point, Henderson dabbed her eyes with a napkin, before later sharing a hug with the woman.

Jackie ‘O’ Henderson was pictured looking emotional at a Sydney cafe on Thursday. Picture: BACKGRID

The radio star was seen dabbing her eyes with a napkin. Picture: BACKGRID

Speaking on her KIIS FM Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday after the photos had circulated, Henderson was asked by co-host Kyle Sandilands if she was feeling OK.

“It doesn’t look good,” Henderson said.

“I was just having coffee with a girlfriend, and something came up and it was a little bit emotional, and I had a little tiny dab of the eyes.”

Unconvinced, Sandilands said, “A little tiny dab? It’s a two-handed, two-tissue. Look at that photo!”

Jackie was comforted by a female friend. Picture: BACKGRID

She opened up about the photos on-air Friday.

Sandilands pressed for details about the moment.

Clearly unwilling to go into full detail about the private moment, Henderson let out a giggle as she joked, “They [the cafe] had no almonds.”

While Henderson and Sandilands’ hit show, which also broadcasts in Melbourne, is usually filled with their signature X-rated content and endless laughs, the pair do occasionally share emotional moments.

Henderson shared a hug with her friend. Picture: BACKGRID

In May, Henderson broke down in tears on-air as she opened up about a difficult time in her personal life last winter.

“I was kind of going through stuff last year that wasn’t excellent,” she said at the time.

The mother-of-one went on to explain how people would visit her beachside Clovelly home and spot whales from the living room, though she would never be present enough to notice. That was, until recently when she finally saw a whale – something she felt was a sign she was on the mend.

Jackie and Kyle broadcast their show from Sydney, which also airs in Melbourne.

“All of last winter — because you can see the beach from my place — every time someone would come over to my house, whether it be personal trainer, a friend, family, they’d always be sitting in the lounge, and then they’d go, ‘Oh my God, a whale!’” she said.

“They’d see a whale jump out. And every single time, we’d look and then I’d be looking in the wrong direction. They go ‘there’ and I’d miss that. It just was this running joke. Everyone but me would see these whales jump out of the ocean.

“Life wasn’t exactly amazing. But I just knew in my mind that the day I finally see that whale jump out of the ocean is the day I know it’s a sign from the universe to go you’re good now.

“I now know that my life is on the right path and I know things are good in my life.”