Is It Just Me? - GUEST: Sophie Monk 💋

Episode Date: July 18, 2021

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Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. This is very exciting because I've got my podcast husband with me and my television wife, Sophie Munk, is here. Here she is. Look at you cheating on me. I know, right? I've been found out. How are you? Thank you for coming on.

I'm good. Thanks for coming on the show. You were so good on Beauty and the Geek. People were writing to me that I should be your podcast wife. Really? Oh, sorry, Mitch. Am I being ousted here? Yeah, sorry. They did.

They said we should have a podcast. I did actually ask Mitch and he said he's already taken. She did actually. On the rooftop in between takes, like when they were loading Beauties and Geeks in and out of the studio, we would run up to the rooftop, have a coffee. Soph was like, oh, so what's your movements with podcasts? Do you have any extra time in the week? I'm like, oh, Soph, I'm very busy.

I'm so sorry. Yeah. Well, we're killing two birds with one stone today. There you go. It's a shame we couldn't get you in studio today, Soph, with, you know, Sydney lockdown and everything, because I was hoping to get you to sign my physical copy of your single, Inside Outside.

I still have the old CD that I had when I was little. How embarrassing. Oh, I feel like you and my family are the only one that has a copy of that. I didn't do too well. I still know the words, Soph. Of course. What are the lyrics? What are the lyrics?

Inside outside. Turn the beat around, Soph. That's all she knows. No. Is that it? No. Oh, sorry, Soph. Mitch was a little gay boy in the country growing up in Bougainvillea.

Do you know what, though? The CD single, I don't know if you remember, Soph, but it came with, like, a pull-out poster. And because I had a poster of Sophie Monk in a bikini on my wall, my parents were like, oh, maybe he's straight. Well. And it's such a camp photo of me in a bikini anyway. It is so camp.

I'll have to get you to sign it another time. But, hey, I wanted to ask, that's obviously your old music back in the day, but I want to know when there's new music coming because you posted on your Instagram late last year a little teaser of a song that you'd recorded. Yeah, I've got it. Is this it? Is this the song? Yes.

Yeah. It's burlesque vibes, Soph. It's verylesque vibes, Soph. It's very, like, James Bond. Really? Adele? Yeah. Adele? I think you're being a bit generous. No, I said Dell, like a computer. Sounds like it was made on a Dell computer.

Yeah, you misheard me. And so the Instagram post was basically saying, hi, guys, be honest, should I release this? I didn't see one person say anything discouraging you from releasing it, and yet we haven't seen the song yet. When are you getting new music? Because I love this shit. Well, I delete the bad comments anyway.

But I did, I've shot the music video for it. We're just waiting on the final edit to release it. Get out. So it's a very different sound, but it's just, that's where I'm comfy. Is it for fun? Is it just to like pop something out? Well, I'm not going to win an ARIA any time.

I've never won anything in my life. So I think it's just for people if they want to listen to it. I like the vibe it's different yeah i love this vibe it's definitely not inside outside but like no yeah this is such a vibe i'm into it so you're so busy as well what's coming up tv wise so because beauty and the geek is wrapped filming obviously so it's airing now what do you have coming up yep i love islands coming up yeah that's the end of the year. But that's next to life. That's pretty much life.

So I don't know much more than I'm doing it. But just, yeah, try and lock down in between that with the confusing lockdown that's going on. Oh, my God. Isn't it? Where are you? Are you in Brisbane? Were you in Brisbane?

Central Coast, I thought. Yeah, Central Coast now. Yeah. But, yeah. So I'm not, are you confused about the rules a bit? I'm like, so can I go to work or not? So I'm just staying at now. Yeah. But, yeah. So I'm not, are you confused about the rules a bit? I'm like, so can I go to work or not? So I'm just staying at home. Yeah.

Well, if it's work that can't be done from home, I think you're allowed to leave. But, I mean, any excuse to stay home, I reckon. Yeah. It's so bad for the radio show stuff because my radio show is still classed as essential service. So every night I'm doing my stupid games and the only callers I'm getting are nurses because they're the only ones

in their cars. I'm like, stupid games and the only callers I'm getting are nurses because they're the only ones in their cars. I'm like, Sally, what are you doing tonight? She's like, oh, I just ventilated a 19-year-old and I'm on my way home. Oh, no. Shit, it's a heavy day. Look at you though, Mitch. I love how you're still going to work like a frontline worker. I know, I know.

Not good. Oh, Soph. Hey, look, we love you. I think Beauty and the Geek was so fun. How long ago did you guys film that? Oh, when was it? How long was that, Mitch? It would have been.

Two months? Yeah, it would have been about eight weeks. I think it was end of March. End of March we shot that in the studios and we were here for hours, like in that booth just recording. We went delirious by the end. We were like, you can see it in some of the takes. Like I just keep hitting you.

Like I keep grabbing your shoulder because I was physically laughing so hard we had so much fun that day didn't we it was very fun i've heard that tv takes like a lot longer to film than people realize so like is that frustrating having to do tv shoots like that so for you it's there all day for like not much footage that actually gets used yeah oh not when it's about you but when you have to sit let's say do a movie when you're doing a movie and you're sitting in the trailer waiting for your turn that's hard you know because you're just bored but you know it's so entertaining a show like this it doesn't get boring yeah true and you're the host so you know there's more of you coming up like i had my auntie julie and uncle sam like in queensland watching and they're like

oh we'll go get popcorn and keep watching after the ad break. I'm like, oh, no, that's it. I'm done. I'm out. There's not much more of me, maybe in a promo. But it was so great. And you've got your wedding coming up too.

When is that? That's exciting. I haven't booked it yet. We haven't done anything. I think we'll do low key because, yeah, that's exactly right. So, yeah, I think I've just done it from home. Safest way to do it. Yeah, Soph was telling me, guys, that's exactly right. So, yeah, I think I've just done it from home. Safest way to do it. Yeah, Soph was telling me, guys,

that she actually used the prop department from Beauty and the Geek to like set design her engagement party. That is so smart. I'm looking at you on Zoom now and I can tell that your house is beautiful. So, like I would get married there too. Oh, thank you. Oh, yeah, we're lucky. It's not massive.

It's just open and nice, you know. So're lucky it's it's not massive it's just open and nice you know so um just it's safe for us to do it at home just with him and i yeah it's fiance life going good because you're like you're committed now so you're in it for the long yeah it's awesome i think i'm doing his heading but i'm not having him around yeah hey i remember a few years ago back when i was still in high school, I was in the car with mum and she had Star FM Orange tuned into the radio and I heard you talking and I was like, is that the same Sophie Monk that I listened to her music, like inside, outside?

This can't be the same Sophie Monk. You were filling in for Fifi Box at the time. Oh, yeah. And you've done heaps of radio years after that. Is that something that you're just kind of done with radio or could you do that again full time? I love radio, but I love everything too. Breakfast radio is tough.

I think it just, it really messed with me because we had no ratings either. I remember there was a newspaper that read for people that are blind and that got higher ratings than our show. So getting up early to do, you know, shit radio so that early burns you out, you know. Yeah. And Helmsman, you're very the fill-in gal and I'm the fill-in guy.

Like we don't get the show. We just get called up when someone has diarrhoea or a baby. Then we fill in on the show. That's us. That's what we do. I like it that way. The substitute teacher, that's what we like. Yeah, the B side.

Yeah, and doesn't everyone get like a big sigh of relief when they've got a sub teacher? They realise that their teacher's away and they're like, oh, great, this is going to be a loose lesson. Yeah, and no, it's not ratings period either, so there's no pressure on you to have a good show. Now there's one question that I like to ask all of our guests. You are welcome not to answer, but we have a list of things better than drugs and dick

that we're working on gradually. It's kind of like something small in life that you appreciate. Some people might say, you know, a pair of slippers. Or what did Ange Bishop say? Ange Bishop said her water bed, God bless her. Jack Vigin's just gone sober. And so he was saying that things he believes are better than drugs and dick are getting up early, writing a gratitude journal.

Like a nice cool breeze. Wow. Mine would be Jimmy Brings. Jimmy Brings. That's good. No one has said alcohol. Yeah, delivered cold and comes in like, you know, 20 minutes. Yeah, that'd be it.

I actually used Jimmy Brings for the first time not long ago and I thought because it was like delivery service, they would jack up the prices. But no, it was just like going down to the bottle and getting a couple of cheap rosés. Like it was great. Yeah. Without the embarrassment.

Yeah, you can stay in your Ugg boots. They do ciggies too, did you know? You can get cigarettes with Jimmy. Yeah, I do know that. That was a big night when I had the Jimmy Brings bring me cigarettes. I'm not a smoker, but the one time I did Jimmy Brings, I'm like, yeah, I'll get some Malboro Reds. Why not?

They're there. I was so wasted that night. I got a selfie with the guy that brought me cigarettes in the Jimmy Brings thing. Oh, no. Like, Jimmy's here. He's like, no, I'm Stephen, and I'm paid casually. I'm 12.

All right, Soph, well, we love you. We've kept you long enough. Great to have my two media partners. Look at me, polyamorous. Is that what it's called or is it monogamous? Yeah, you're in an open co-host relationship. Open creative relationship. Oh, yeah.

So what is Mitch and I then? Does that make us? The mistresses. Yeah, we're the mistresses, so we actually hate each other and try to poison each other behind our backs, stuff like that. What does that make me? Oh, Jenna. What's Jenna?

The weird cousin. The weird cousin. The weird cousin. I like that. What does that make me? Oh, Jenna. What's Jenna? The weed cousin. The weed cousin. The weed cousin. I like that. That's so funny. The person you have to invite to the wedding that you don't want to. Yeah, that's that to me. It always makes prolonged eye contact with you and you're like,

what is going on here? And they buy you a kettle as a present and you're like, I'm going to the golf course. Yeah. If it's not Smeg, I don't want it. I thought it was a good present. What's wrong with it? Oh, silly.

We'll have to get you into the studio soon, Soph, because we'd love to have you. Oh, totally. I'd love to. Beauty and the Geek, guys, Channel 9, 7.30. Is it back 7.30 Sunday, Soph? Is that when it's on, on Monday, Tuesday? No, it's Sunday 7 and then Monday, Tuesday, 7.30.

Yeah, you've got to make way for a current affair on Monday, Tuesday. That's important. Of course, of course. That's right. Yeah, you've got to make way for a current affair on Monday, Tuesday. That's important. Of course, of course. That's right. Yeah, we're all waiting for Tracy to get off the screen. What a strong lead-in, Tracy Grimshaw. And it's also up on Nine Now if anyone wants to get it on demand, right? Yes, you can.

So if you missed the episode with Churi and Sophie together, there you go, Nine Now. Episode three, have a look. And Sophie, all those geeks and the beauties have followed me. It's so funny, like on Instagram, and they're like, hi. Oh, I know. They love a DM, don't they? They DM me too.

They love a DM. They all seem really sweet. They are gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. It's a brilliant show, Sophie. We love you, and we'll get you on soon in studio, okay? Okay. Love you guys. Thank you.

Love you. Bye, guys. See you. Is it just me? A podcast by a couple of Mitches. Make sure you've hit follow on your podcast app.