Radio star Lauren Phillips broke down in tears as she reconnected with her former best friend on air on Wednesday.
The Nova FM breakfast presenter, 37, became emotional as she spoke to her friend Tahlia for the first time in six years.
Lauren’s co-host Jase Hawkins surprised her by calling Tahlia live on air.
‘It actually doesn’t feel that long since I’ve seen you but you’ve got a baby, you’ve got this incredible life that it feels weird to not be a part of,’ an emotional Lauren said.
‘I’ve seen it on social media, I feel like I know it, but I just I feel terrible that I haven’t seen you,’ she admitted.
Tahlia went on to say that life got in the way of their friendship and they have ‘both been busy’.
‘We had an extraordinary friendship, and we’ve never had a falling out, but life’s just got busy,’ Lauren added.
Tahlia continued: ‘There’s no one to blame, and there’s no fault, and it’s all perfect, we’ve been brought together in this moment, and it’s beautiful.’
Lauren then revealed her plans to travel interstate to visit Tahlia in the near future.
It comes after Lauren and her co-host Jase revealed what they really thought about leaving their old job as they offered a heartfelt thank you to their fans.
The radio duo celebrated one year of Jase and Lauren for breakfast on the Nova network, after being dumped by KIIS FM in 2023.
‘We just want to thank everyone for listening to our show. It was one year ago today that we were told no one wanted to listen to us on the radio,’ Lauren said on-air during the broadcast on Friday morning.
‘We got shafted a year ago to the day,’ added Jase.
The radio stars were blindsided when their Melbourne breakfast show was axed last year to make way for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s big expansion into the city from Sydney.
‘We love waking up with you in the mornings,’ Lauren continued.
‘It’s been a roller coaster of a year for us. We love being here. This has been the greatest professional year of my life.
‘Thank you to everyone for making this switch and sticking with us.’
‘I think a year ago, if you could have told us we would be here right now doing this, our little minds would have exploded. We wouldn’t have believed it,’ she added.
Kyle and Jackie O took their breakfast radio show to Melbourne in April in a huge multimillion-dollar expansion deal, which triggered the axing of Jase and Lauren’s KIIS FM breakfast show.
At the time, an unapologetic Kyle said he felt indifferent to his competitors being sacked as it ultimately came down to who was attracting the most listeners.
‘No, I don’t care. That’s why we went for Melbourne, we were like, “We’ve given this Jase and Lauren on KIIS FM a good run, it can’t get over fourth in the radio ratings, so we’ll take it”,’ he told news.com.au.
However, Jase and Lauren had the last laugh, with their new show on Nova 100 out-rating The Kyle and Jackie O Show in Melbourne in September.
The comedic chat show took home the coveted number one spot in the 5th radio ratings survey results for 2024 from GFK.
Jase and Lauren’s popular program gained 0.3 points and rose to 9.9 per cent in audience share, giving it a clear lead over rivals The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
Kyle and Jackie O trailed significantly at a 6.1 per cent share, after its premiere in Melbourne on April 29, and was the city’s fifth most listened to breakfast show.
However, Melbourne newcomers Kyle and Jackie O still marked a slight rise in the city’s ratings, from 5.9 to 6.1 per cent.
