Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Bonjour from Stephen Donald!

Episode Date: September 5, 2023

The Rugby World Cup is on the horizon, and rugby legend Stephen Donald know just what it takes to win one. He's been travelling all around France to give us a taste of what the host nation has to offe...rSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This weekend is the Rugby World Cup, it kicks off in France and two ex-rugby legends who have been travelling around the south of France for a TV show that's on Bravo Sunday night called Lost in France, Israel Dagg and Stephen Donald. Yes, and Stephen Donald joins us in the studio now. Thank you for having me. Oh, nice to see you. It looks like an amazing trip that you and Israel Dagg had on TV on Bravo Sunday nights, lost in France how long ago did you guys film this? We filmed it in April thinking that, so me and Izzy packed our singlets and boardies thinking we were
Starting point is 00:00:33 off to have a bit of a Europe summer, just the two of us, we'd gone on a trip, essentially And what did it turn out to be holiday like or was it actually hard work? Well, first of all the singlets and T-shirts were not needed because we got to Paris and started to freeze our you-know-what's off. So it was a lot of work.
Starting point is 00:00:54 You guys know, obviously, in TV, you have to do things a few times over and a few different angles and get the drone up and all the rest of it. But we're experts now on different camera lenses, get the 50mm out, the 600, the wide, the wide. You know all the lingo now. We've got all the lingo. So south of France, you guys are hanging out. And I've got some intel actually from someone on the show.
Starting point is 00:01:13 I want to see if this is true intel or not about things that happened. Apparently the first thing was that you were terrified of ostriches. I'll put a bit of context in this. Okay. So just down, just out of Avignon, there was a wildlife park, amazing wildlife park and there's lions and giraffes and all the rest of it. So we're just cruising through in our little car and that's another gag from the show. They decided to put us in a Fiat for a month.
Starting point is 00:01:39 It was fun for the first half hour. It was fun for the first hour. Sort of humour in it for someone else but not us. But then, yeah, we went to this wildlife park And we're cruising around And I had the window down in the ostrich park When an ostrich is right up close to you You're sitting in a fiat And you're seeing this neck
Starting point is 00:01:57 And this mouth coming at you Like I've never had a wildlife confrontation With a cobra or something But that's what it felt like I'm just panicking trying to get my window up Oh was he sticking his head through the window? Oh yeah I've never had a wildlife confrontation with a cobra or something, but that's what it felt like. I'm just panicking, trying to get my window up. Oh, was he sticking his head through the window? Oh, yes.
Starting point is 00:02:11 And, yeah, I look like a big wuss. I really do. I do not judge you in any way. I'd be the same. Actually, speaking of that, that's my next bit of intel, that you couldn't stay awake in the car as he did all the driving, apparently. You were just sleeping constantly.
Starting point is 00:02:22 Well, you guys know what it's like a rental car. You know, you've got your name on the piece of paper for insurance reasons i just uh i didn't want to risk it but no uh as he did the entire trip driving and i took the opportunities i mean we were doing two three hour drives that as you got that annoyed with me or i don't know if annoyed with me actually showed some love towards me he just went and bought me a pillow and to take because he said well you're gonna sleep i'll get you a pillow for the car as well he just went and bought me a pillow. Oh, that's a lovely gesture. Because he said, well, you're going to sleep, I'll get you a pillow for the car as well. So he went and bought me a nice pillow. So that was a lovely gesture from him, as I actually thought.
Starting point is 00:02:50 So I sympathise. Again, I sympathise with you. I fall asleep all the time. We took a tiny plane from Gisborne to Taranaki in a torrential storm. It was thunder and lightning. Thunder and lightning. You couldn't see anything. Four-seater plane.
Starting point is 00:03:02 Yeah. I'm like, we're going to die. This is it. It's all over. I was just like petrified and he slept. He's like, what else can I do? But I was like, how could you sleep in that situation? You're going down. You don't want to be awake for it, mate. Well, it's funny. I am
Starting point is 00:03:14 completely off topic here. I have a real ability to fall asleep domestically in planes, but internationally terrible. Oh, really? Yeah. You can put me on the New Zealand pencil and I'll fall asleep then and there. Put me on a Big Bird somewhere and I'm like looking at the ceiling.
Starting point is 00:03:27 So you're awake for the whole flight from Auckland to London? Yeah. No problem. Well, no wonder you had to sleep in the car then. How old is he then? You guys might also have a similar thing as well with pallets as well.
Starting point is 00:03:39 Now, apparently, this is my next bit of intel. You know, being a country boy, you're like, oh, you'd be able to eat anything. But I think you struggled, according to this over there in france with some of the maybe the the meat not being cooked more on the raw side yeah yeah i'm certainly a well done well done steak person and when i say steak like i presume where most parts of uh steak comes from but we got over there and obviously you're in france and it's the home of wine and food and and i'm not a wine drinker and I'm not that much of a foodie.
Starting point is 00:04:07 And Izzy's both of those. We were lucky enough, I guess people will probably judge me here. We were lucky enough to get into Michelin star restaurants. We went to two of them. And I'd never been to them in my life and all the rest of it. And it's quite the palaver and they take a long time to bring your food out and all the rest of it. But the main courses, they called it sweet bread. And we're like, oh yeah,
Starting point is 00:04:27 cool, bit of bread. I love my bread. Sweet bread is code. Well, not code. It's what they call brain. Oh, you're eating raw brain? Raw brain. They think they've cooked it, but no, it's raw. The Michelin star chef thinks they've done a great job. And he's coming out and he's wanting to know, you know, in his broken
Starting point is 00:04:44 English, how are you boys Enjoying it Yeah great Thank you At what point did you find out It was brain After I'd eaten it Oh cool
Starting point is 00:04:51 Okay lovely to hang out with you Beaver enjoy your time Over at the World Cup Will do Looking forward to it And you keep safe And thanks for your time Thanks for having us guys

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