Kyle Sandilands’ former roommate has made some eyebrow-raising claims about what the shock jock was like to live with.
KIIS FM Melbourne host Jason ‘Labrat’ Hawkins moved in with former best friend Sandilands in the early 2000s, after the shock-jock employed him at his top-rating Kyle And Jackie O Show.
Hawkins, who later had a falling out with Sandilands, aired his dirty laundry last weekend during an acceptance speech at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRA).
Appearing on-stage with radio co-host Lauren Phillips, the presenter unravelled some of Kyle’s very unhealthy habits during their time together.
‘I was 18. [Kyle] did not drink. He never left the house. He just sat there and smoked cones all week and I would just passively get stoned,’ Hawkins told the audience.
Kyle Sandilands ‘ former roommate Jase ‘Labrat’ Hawkins (left) has made some eyebrow-raising claims about what the shock jock, 52, (right) was like to live with
‘Every night at 8pm he would look at me and go, ‘Remember I took you off the streets and gave you a job? Can you ride up the street and get Paddle Pops from the servo?”
Lauren quickly added: ‘I’m sure that was the old Kyle.’
Hawkins lived with Kyle for a time in the early 2000s after the radio veteran poached him from Triple M in Brisbane.
!['I was 18. [Kyle] did not drink. He never left the house. He just sat there and smoked cones all week and I would just passively get stoned,' Hawkins told the audience](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/22/05/76850973-12658249-Jase_pictured_went_on_to_reveal_at_the_Australian_Commercial_Rad-a-102_1697948338825.jpg "Former Housemate of Kyle Sandilands Alleges Radio Shock Jock Refused to Leave House, Engaged in Heavy Marijuana Use, and Consumed Paddle Pops Excessively 5")
‘I was 18. [Kyle] did not drink. He never left the house. He just sat there and smoked cones all week and I would just passively get stoned,’ Hawkins told the audience
However, their long-time friendship could soon be on the rocks as KIIS FM’s The Kyle and Jackie O Show is set to make an expansion into Melbourne.
Kyle and co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson are reportedly preparing to sign a new lucrative deal with their Australian Radio Network (ARN) bosses, and are set to earn a combined $200million over the course of a 10-year contract.
This will mean the radio duo will dominate markets outside their Sydney-based audience and extend their reach into Melbourne for the first time.
Jase’s co-host Lauren Phillips (left) quickly added: ‘I’m sure that was the old Kyle’
But this could land KIIS FM Melbourne breakfast radio hosts Jase and Lauren out of a job.
On Monday, commentator Peter Ford claimed Kyle and Jackie O are ‘replacing’ Jase and Lauren.
And the shakeup could cause major friction between Kyle and Jase, who are friends and once lived together.
‘There’s an interesting little sidebar story here because they will be replacing Jase Hawkins and Lauren Phillips on the breakfast show and Jase and Kyle used to flat together,’ Peter claimed.
‘A couple of weeks ago, Jase rang him and he said there’s no deal in place. But there is and it will be officially be announced in a couple of weeks time.’
It comes as Kyle and co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson are reportedly preparing to sign a new lucrative deal with their Australian Radio Network (ARN) bosses, and are set to earn a combined $200million over the course of a 10-year contract. Sandilands is pictured with co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson in 2005
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