Jackie O’s first husband ‘Ugly’ Phil O’Neil, marries radio producer

Jackie O’s first radio co-host and former husband, ‘Ugly’ Phil O’Neil, has married another radio figure, sharing sweet pics of the nuptials online.

Radio host Jackie O’s first husband, Phil O’Neil, has remarried – and he shared a sweet picture of the nuptials on Instagram.

The 58-year-old fellow radio host – known as Ugly Phil – yesterday tied the knot with iHeartRadio producer Samantha Clarke, as he uploaded an adorable picture of the pair with their cat.

“Officially Mrs Ugly,” O’Neil wrote alongside a photo, which showed him holding their marriage certificate.

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Phil O’Neil and iHeartRadio producer Samantha Clarke were married.

O’Neil was previously married to his former co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, now 47, in 1995, before they split in 1999.

They first met in 1993 when an 18-year-old Henderson phoned into then 30-year-old O’Neil’s Gold Coast radio show.

The pair bonded over the phone, struck up a secret relationship and were married before Henderson turned 20, with O’Neill giving the budding star her start in radio.

They went on to co-host their own show on Triple M Adelaide called Phil O’Neil’s Hot 30, before moving their popular show onto Melbourne’s airwaves where it was renamed the Hot 30 Countdown. Their show was eventually syndicated nationally and they moved to Sydney.

Ugly Phil and Jackie O had a popular national radio show.

But at the height of their popularity, O’Neil and Henderson split and he abruptly quit radio and moved overseas to forge a fresh career.

Ugly Phil was replaced on the Hot30 Countdown by Kyle Sandilands and together, he and Henderson went on to form one of the most formidable on-air partnerships in Australian radio history.

While Henderson – who went on to marry Lee Henderson in 2003 before their 2018 split – rarely talks about her first marriage, she has given occasional comments about it on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.

Last year, the pair discussed Henderson’s two divorces, where she revealed she refused to take any money in both her splits.

“The first divorce, I could have gotten something, absolutely,” Henderson said of her divorce with O’Neil.

“So he had the money – the first husband – so I was entitled to X amount, which I just said, ‘No, I don’t want it.’

“And the next time around, I had to share my wealth. And he said, ‘Yes, I’ll take it.’”

Jackie O, Lee Henderson and their daughter Catalina ‘Kitty’ Henderson. Picture: Supplied

But Henderson insisted she had no issue coming to a financial settlement with Lee because they share custody of their daughter, Catalina, who was born in 2010.

“Listen, I have to say, when you have kids, it’s totally different,” she said.

“I think that Lee should have taken the money, that’s all. It’s different. Phil and I were just a married couple; we didn’t have kids.”

Henderson has remained single since separating from Lee more than two years ago.

Last June, details of Henderson and Sandilands’ astronomical contracts with the Australian Radio Network (ARN) were revealed, with the duo singing $5 million annual salary deal locked in for three years.