Kyle Sandilands took a swipe at radio rival Jase Hawkins on Wednesday morning, calling his former assistant a ‘little sidekick b***h’.

The KIIS FM star, 53, whose multimillion-dollar radio deal put Jase, 43, and his co-host Lauren Phillips out of a job last year, revealed details about how the pair first met.

Kyle said Jase, who was once known professionally as Labby, got his first paycheck because of him and was treated like a ‘slave’ early on in his career.

‘Jase Hawkins, who we used to call Labby, but he wanted his own name up in lights… He was a great little b***h around here, a little sidekick b***h,’ Kyle said.

‘And I met him when he was 16 in Brisbane, he’s not even from Melbourne.’

‘How did you guys meet?’ co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson asked.

Kyle Sandilands, 53, (left with Jackie ‘O’ Henderson) took a swipe at radio rival Jase Hawkins, 43, on Wednesday morning, calling his former assistant a ‘little sidekick b***h

‘Well, I started working at Triple M in Brisbane at the night show and he just started as like an assistant to me after the assistant on the show,’ Kyle explained.

‘He was just answering phones and cutting up things and splicing up tapes… I actually thought he was employed there and I treated him like a slave.

‘Until I realised he was volunteering. That’s when I felt bad and I made sure he got paid, so his first paycheck was thanks to me, but he was a great little worker.

‘I moved to Sydney and then I moved him cause he was a great little worker. So I brought him to Sydney as well and he lived with me for a few years.’

 Kyle then went on to note Jase’s various gigs in radio following their time together, saying he was a fame w***e.

‘Then he wanted to be the big fame w***e himself and he went up to Brisbane, failed. Then went to Melbourne, worked for KIIS, failed,’ Kyle said.

Jase co-hosted the successful Labby, Stav & Abby on B105 in Brisbane and also worked with Kyle and Jackie, 50, at 2DAY FM, hosting the Hot30 Countdown.

However, Jackie went on to note Kyle failed to mention Jase was also a success over in New Zealand where he hosted Jase & PJ with Polly Harding.

The KIIS FM star, whose multimillion dollar radio deal with Jackie ‘O’ Henderson put Jase and his co-host Lauren Phillips out of a job last year, revealed details about how the pair first met

‘Oh, well, no one knows New Zealand. It’s still failure in Australia but people in America would go, “Oh successful in Australia is not really successful,”‘ Kyle said.

‘Anyway, the guy finally got a run and has had some success in Melbourne and he’s very good, don’t get me wrong, I don’t not like the guy.

‘But, you know, really he’s had success because of the woe is me campaign that they run down there. “Oh, we got fired.” You got fired because the show was s***.’

Jase and his co-host Lauren, 42, are currently making it big at Nova and embroiled in a ratings war with Kyle and Jackie in Melbourne.

The pair defected to Nova after KIIS axed their morning show to make way for The Kyle & Jackie O Show’s multimillion-dollar expansion into the Victorian capital.

‘We’ve just got to do our own thing. Let everyone else get caught up in the drama and s*** and we’ll keep doing us and having fun,’ Jase told Daily Mail Australia last year.

Jase and Lauren, who spoke while at the ACRA Awards, also said they were thrilled their program was rating so well in Melbourne.

‘It’s a blessing in disguise. It’s been a year where our heads are spinning,’ Jase said.

Kyle said Jase, who was once known professionally as Labby, got his first paycheck because of him and was treated like a ‘slave’ early on in his career

‘The show didn’t change when we moved to Nova, but we feel more accepted there. It’s been the best,’ he continued.

‘We’ve definitely felt the support of Melbourne, which has been really nice,’ Lauren added.

‘I think back to last year’s awards when we were feeling so uncomfortable and so unsure of what our future was. We sat at the very back table over there,’ she said.

‘We’re really chuffed with the nomination tonight.

‘Not just for us, but we’ve got our whole team here tonight. Quite a few of them have come over to Nova with us so they’ve been on this roller coaster with us.’

The two teams have been battling it out in the Melbourne market with Nova’s Jase & Lauren soundly beating The Kyle & Jackie O Show in the ratings.

However, this year could be a turning point as the KIIS FM show has been steadily gaining market share in recent surveys while Jase & Lauren are dropping.