Melbourne’s Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips did their first ever breakfast show for Nova FM on Friday – and things got off to a hot start.
The duo’s recent sacking from KIIS FM to make way for The Kyle and Jackie O Show in Melbourne appears to be still an open wound for the pair.
Early in the show, Jase lashed out at his former employers as well as his old friend and mentor Kyle Sandilands.
He told listeners he was ‘stung’ over the fact The Jase and Lauren Show was being replaced by a program ‘networking from Sydney’.
‘Melbourne deserves better…It was how it was handled. And not just for us, but everyone that worked on the show,’ he said.
Melbourne ‘s Jase and Lauren did their first ever breakfast show for Nova FM on Friday – and the duo’s recent sacking from KIIS FM to make way for the Kyle and Jackie O Show appears to be still an open wound for the pair. (Both pictured)
Elsewhere in the segment, Jase revealed his hurt over being ousted by ARN, owners of KIIS FM.
‘It was pretty personal for me, on a number of scales,’ he said.
‘I had good friends that were working behind the scenes in my management. I knew people at the old radio station who were quite high up. And yes, it was pretty personal.
‘It was a really s**t feeling last year. It really was.’
Early in the show Hawkins lashed out at his former employers as well as his old friend and mentor Kyle Sandilands. Pictured: Kyle Sandialnds with Jackie ‘O’ Henderson
Lauren appeared to be just as miffed as her on-air partner.
‘I think because we weren’t spoken to about it [the sacking]. It was like we were being spoken about, but no one spoke to us…,’ she said.
‘So we were all a bit like no … Really?’
Meanwhile, Kyle took time out of on his show on Thursday to hammer The Jase and Lauren show and its new start at Nova.
He told listeners he was ‘stung’ over the fact that the Jase and Lauren Show was being replaced by a program ‘networking from Sydney ‘ and Melbourne deserved better.
Describing his old colleagues as delivering the ‘sh**est show in Melbourne, Kyle said he could ‘care less’ and predicted that The Kyle and Jackie O Show would ‘dominate’ ratings in the future.
He also said that Jase and Lauren regularly came in ‘fourth or fifth’ in the ratings, when in fact their breakfast show was number two in the Melbourne survey.
Jase and Lauren recorded their last KIIS FM show on December 1.
In November, Sydney-based radio duo Kyle and Jackie ‘O’ signed a record-breaking $200million, 10-year deal live on-air – keeping them on the airwaves until 2034.
At the time, a spokesperson for ARN confirmed to Daily Mail the deal for the Sydney duo meant their work pals Jase and Lauren were out of a job.
Jase and Lauren had their first show together in 2021, and it had an overwhelmingly positive response.
Nova 100’s current breakfast team, Ben, Liam & Belle, will host a brand new national show, Late Drive, airing weekdays from 6pm to 8pm.
Kyle and Jackie O are set to announce the airdate for their Melbourne launch on March 12.