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Lauren Phillips sips French Champagne at Australian Open launch after getting the axe from her Melbourne radio gig to make way for Kyle and Jackie O


Lauren Phillips is keeping busy after being axed from her KIIS FM's breakfast show to make way for The Kyle and Jackie 'O' show as they expand into the Melbourne market.

On Thursday, the former radio host, 41, pivoted to the social scene and was spotted sipping Piper-Heidsieck at the Australian Open media launch at Melbourne Park. Their audience jumped by 63,000 since the last survey, shooting them straight to the top of Melbourne's leaderboard just behind FOX FM's Fifi Box, Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody. Hawkins and Phillips' newsreader Clint Stanaway said: 'The support and kind words we've received from Melbourne since our last show aired has been pretty overwhelming.

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