Kyle bins burgers for his new love Kyle Sandilands credits his new girlfriend with helping to turn his life around. Picture: Schultz Ross Source: news.com.au Kyle Sandilands with girlfriend Imogen Anthony. Radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands is in a state of constant denial. Channel 9's newly minted Australia's Got Talent judge has given up so many of his daily treats that he makes the Spartans look like Sybarites. Gone are the litres of fizzy drinks, sackfuls of sugar in his coffee and the two litres of milk he guzzled each day. And instead of eating just one unhealthy mega-meal, the 41-year-old new model of self-discipline is trying to eat four small snacks featuring lean protein and salads. Is he going to start cycling into work? Perish the thought. One thing Sandilands hasn't lost is a fierce line in self-deprecation. He is far more cruel about himself than he is about anyone else. "I think that when people see me, they say 'look at that fat, burger-eating clown'," he says, "but I don't eat a lot of fast foods and no sweets at all." He says seeing a photo of himself squashed into his Lamborghini "like a Kinder Surprise" in The Daily Telegraph, cut him so much he sold the car the next week. So Sandilands, who fields calls daily from celebrity trainers offering to look after him free of charge, is on a health kick. He already looks a tad thinner in his dark jacket and trousers, checked shirt and Versace trainers. "I was once a big, swollen mess in this jacket but now it's fitting better," he says, as he eases himself onto a couch in a reception room at 2Day FM. I'm still nowhere near an athlete though. Sandilands, who was announced last week as a judge on Nine's reboot of Australia's Got Talent (AGT) along with Mel B, Dawn French and Timomatic, is upbeat about the year ahead, despite the fact that he has just survived a massive grilling by Tracy Grimshaw, whom he made come in to the station to interview him. Included in Grimshaw's signature, tough line of questioning was whether he's a misogynist. He says he's equally tough on blokes. He is happy to be doing AGT again and says that his move was sanctioned by the show's big bosses in the UK, with whom he got on very well when he met with them in London last September. "I always knew that I would stay with AGT," he says. I really enjoy this more than any of the other talent contests. Although he was considering rejoining the panel on X Factor and had heard talk that Australian Idol was coming back, he has always preferred AGT, saying: "I like the variety of entertainment. It's annoying when contestants are just singing the whole time. It's no secret that Sandilands has never been a fan of the mentoring system on X Factor. I think, 'why mentor someone?' If the contestants aren't any good, they shouldn't come on TV," he says. The one issue that has held Sandilands back in the past is his poor health, which has resulted in him going AWOL, not only from his radio mic but from the set of the shows he was shooting. But no more. "I was on the wrong blood pressure medication in the past," he explains. But that is finally sorted. I haven't had a migraine since the end of last year, despite suffering from them every two weeks for my entire life. He credits his cure to a "weird, kooky American Indian" healing session which involved banging a drum. I thought, 'here we go, this is some stupid thing for radio' but I went ahead with it. I was lying down in the studio and they were banging right in my face," he explains. I haven't had a migraine since. The person Sandilands also credits for helping to turn his life around is his 22-year-old girlfriend, Imogen Anthony, a former glamour model. "Imogen has been whipping my arse on food," he explains. Although Anthony is almost 20 years younger than Sandilands, the two have plenty in common. I don't see any age difference between us. She is not a super-young 22-year-old and I am not a super-old 41-year-old. "I am a workaholic but I spend every moment I can with Imogen," he says. Gone are his nights on the town at his mate John Ibrahim's venues. Instead he has been spending some weekends at the Anthony family farm in Bowral. Anthony gave up her glamour modelling career before they met and now looks after their home in St Ives. Her spare time's spent doing up cars with her dad. "Imogen would rather be covered in sawdust and paint than preening on the red carpet," Sandilands says with pride. With his divorce from Tamara Jaber now going through, Sandilands has not ruled out another marriage and perhaps even children. I am a relationships guy. I like to make a go of it," he says. Everyone wants to be married when they're old. Who else is going to push me around Westfield when I am in the chair?