Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben doesn't just keep up with the Kardashians, he is one step ahead of them!

Episode Date: April 7, 2022

Rebekah Randell, aka Dawn from Shortland Street is on the show to make Jono's dream come true and help tick something off his bucket list! Kiwi model Tayla Clement shares her story and Ben reveals his Las Vegas wedding!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, it's the 7th of April, it's the podcast. Jono and Ben here, fresh back from getting coffee across the road. Yeah, that's a great life update there for you. Do you know, the other day you put me on the spot on the radio show. You were like, we were talking about how my parents separated when we got into some deep childhood issues for me. Oh, and I said, whose was your favourite house to go stay? Whose house was more, do You know what, my mum

was up on Monday, because my sister had just come back from Aussie, so they were staying. And she was like, I heard that bit on the podcast and I was very pleased to hear you not decide. You said you're putting me in a position here. Because what were we talking about? I don't know, we jumped off it.

Yeah, Ben Affleck, J-Lo and Jennifer Garner. Because she's worried that Ben Affleck, J-Lo and Jennifer Garner. Because she's worried that Ben Affleck and J-Lo have bought a $98 million mansion and that their kids that she has with Ben Affleck are going to enjoy staying there more than in her house. And I said to you,

you know, you grew up in a similar situation with, you know, minus the $98 million mansions. Yeah, I didn't grow up in a ballet mansion. None of my parents had a ballet mansion. Maybe you'd love them more if they did. But yeah, so then I said, well, pick whose is your favourite. And I didn't. I didn't.

I stayed neutral. I was glad that I did because my mum, of all, you know, she'd heard that bit. She's like, listen to that, heard that, and you didn't decide. So that was good. Now, I did that for the comfort of my COVID isolation room, putting you in a very awkward position. I'm sorry about that. But it was, you know, like now it shouldn't matter

because it's like none of them are living in that same house and it was like 20 years ago. But I still couldn't make this decision. No, that's fair enough. It's like choosing a favourite kid. I'm sorry. I didn't do it. So I was just saying my mum was pleased I didn't do it.

I was pleased I didn't do it. But secretly Jenny would have been like, okay. Now we're off air. Yeah, was it my house, right? It was mine, right. It was definitely my house. So today's Thursday, and... Yeah, that's...

Belle Crawford, who's in here, helping us out. Belle, appreciate your help. Oh, thanks. Doing a fine job. It's been really fun. Doing a fine job. You run a podcast. Now, this is a podcast

now your podcast is very successful yeah you've been asking me lots of podcast questions yeah i have i don't know if it's do you need to plug another person's podcast in the middle of your own podcast hey look once they've finished listening to the jonathan bean podcast it's a lovely podcast today if you feel like it no pressure on i heart radio you'll also find my podcast which is called the self-love club if you feel like a little no pressure, on iHeartRadio you'll also find my podcast which is called The Self Love Club. If you feel like a little bit of inspo, listen to some, you know, nice stories. Yeah. So you've got, I mean you've

had one of the Spice Girls on your podcast. Yeah, it's McLean. That's awesome. Can't top it her just yet but yeah, Melanie C was epic. She's been on there. Do you like, a lot of amazing people have been on the podcast. Yes. A lot of people from New Zealand, Australia Some TikTokers these days

Do you have people, you don't have to say names Do you have people you're like, oh that'd be also another dream I'm trying to get this person on I really would love people like your Reese Witherspoons But they're obviously pretty busy running production companies And you know, about to do Legally Blonde 3 I've definitely got my guest wish list But I only try every now and then of those

Because they're pretty tricky ones to get I saw a wonderful video of Reese Witherspoon last night on Instagram another inspiration video when she's like my life completely changed when someone told me that other people's

opinion of you are none of your business and I was like god damn, Reese Witherspoon. That's quite good. She's like, you'll lead a happier life. And yeah, then I told my son the Reese Witherspoon knife joke. You know the one? Oh, yeah.

He didn't know any. He doesn't know her. He didn't know. So there was a lot of explaining that was required. You need the person to know Reese to say, no, no, with a spoon. And you're like, no, it was with a knife. So I had to play both roles in the joke, and he was... Yeah, it probably doesn't really quite work.

Yeah, but a 12-year-old's not the target market. Yeah. Oh, that's good. How long have you been doing your podcast? About three and a half years, coming up four. You're a vet? You're a vet? Do you start your podcast with the date and then say,

I've just got a coffee or something like that? No. So that way, I mean, that's totally fine because you're doing your daily show. But if I did that and they're listening on a different day, it's not really relevant. He's always hung huge question marks over the podcast intro for this podcast. Yeah, I do. It's different with a radio show, though.

This is a radio replay sort of thing. I think that's fine. I often think that's some of our worst bits at the start of the podcast. I enjoy it, don't get me wrong. I like intimate chats before something like that because it's like more banter, you know, and then you get into the actual programme, you know? Yeah, yeah.

But he's always like, it was too long, it waffles us, we've got no direction, we don't plan it. He was just... Well, we plan the show, we do stuff. And then we're like, it's like holding someone up outside a concert and just going,

I know you want to go and see Dua Lipa, but I'm going to perform for you right now. And I hope you're going to sing her out. Don't pick up the phone. Yeah, that's what I think it is. But anyway, enjoy the podcast. It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Made his ambush quiz time again. Oh, the quiz again. You did this yesterday from the day. It was actually quite interesting yesterday. You can play along too in whatever you're in. I don't care what you're in, but you can play along. Whether you're in the shower, in a tuk-tuk or a car at the moment. This is the Daily Quiz from the Herald.

Must give a shout out to the Herald newspaper. I only stumbled across this. How long have we been doing this job? No, this is our third year here in this building, right? No, this content has been sitting in front of us this whole time and we haven't known. You'll lose interest though. I'll give you one more day and you'll lose interest. You're probably right.

There's a prep sheet that gets emailed out every day. The Bulls sheet. It's been emailed out every day since we've been here. So pretty much close to, on the way to three years. Yeah, and I discovered that a couple of weeks ago and boy, I got in a flap. I was like, how long has this been coming to my email? And you're like, every day since we got here. You're like, this is great, this is so

great, look at all this great stuff. Oh, this is great. I'll put this in my routine. And then the next day I was like, how's that bullshit going? And you're like, oh yeah, I've checked out on that now. One day. It's got to look like, you know, this day in history and it's got a lot of facts, but anyway. I thought it was alright, but yeah. No, it is alright. I just, like I say, I need

a greater attention span I think in life, but here we go, the Daily Quiz today. We've got. Yeah, no, it is alright. I just need a greater attention span, I think, in life. But here we go, the Daily Quiz today. We've got some dramatic music there, Bill Crawford. Okay. We can chuck in Ben Boyce. This is a tough one today. Okay. Okay, what poem?

And you can play along too. You can text 4487. You remember you've got one phone a friend option. What poem by Rudyard Kipling begins, You may talk, O gin and beer. Oh, we studied this in school. Is it Gunga Din? A poem by Rudyard Kipling begins, You may talk, O gin and beer. Oh, we studied this in school. Is it Gunga Din?

Gunga Din? Well done. Yes, we studied it in school. There you go. Yeah, well done. In a typical game of rugby league, how many players are on either side? Oh, 13. 13.

It's our year warriors. Here we go. Well done. 2022. Who played the title role in the 2008 movie Milk, directed by Gus Van Zandt. Oh, the guy who's been in the UK. Sean Penn.

Sean Penn. Well done. The most populous city in Italy. It's got 2.8 million. Right. We have to be Roman. Roman. Well done.

Oh, this guy, this is all in a row. Just smashing it. What's the name of the upcoming reality TV series focusing on the personal lives of the Kardashian slash Jenna family? Oh, this is just the Kardashians. It's the Kardashians. Yeah. Disney Plus. Yeah. Belle, you're a big fan? Yeah. Can't wait. Oh, it's just the Kardashians. Yeah, it's the Kardashians. Yeah, well done.

Belle, you're a big fan? Yeah, can't wait. Belle says it every day, you know, thanks to Spy, thanks to the Kardashians. What's the second closest planet to the sun in our solar system? Second closest? Venus.

It's Venus. Yeah, it's Venus. Doing well, guys. Actor and model Camilla Marrone has been dating what famous actress since 2017? Leo Leonardo DiCaprio Once she turns 25 she'll be too old

He'll dump her for another one Yeah She might be getting a bit decrepit now What New Zealand singer-songwriter Recently released her fourth studio album Titled Warm Chris? Oh, Harding Out of the

What's it? Aldous Harding Aldous Harding, yes Aldous Harding. Old as Harding? Old as Harding, yes. Old as Harding. Old as Harding. Well done. Well, you got them all right, 100%. Yeah, well, I read it earlier than the show. I was sitting here for a while.

I wondered why you were so passionate. So you had all the answers? And you like two of those? Well, yeah, I read it before. I was like, oh, the Daily Quiz Johnno talks about. See, this is why I'm still going to be back tomorrow. This is it. Easily cheated.

I should have written the answers down. I apologise to Lordas Harding for not getting it first name correct. Old Harding. Yeah. Oh, well, there we go. That was the beginning and end of that. That was a fun two-day journey, wasn't it? Scrolling through your feed.

All right, he's about to unload a wheelbarrow of news all over your breakfast table. What's been happening in the news, Ben? Well, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, he stepped down from leading the health service. The Director General will finish up in about July this year, the Curve Crusher, as they were calling him. Wait, who's ever called him the Curve Crusher? I've never heard the...

No, the Curve Crusher. No. The Curve. No, I've heard the Curve Crusher, but yeah. Well, something I hadn't actually heard of yesterday. Now, it was the final sort of announcement of the press conference. So Chris Hipkins, he came out. Now, he's called Chippy, right?

And so he was like... Well, we've always called him the Hipper. Yeah, so he goes by the name the Chippy. How Chippy he sounded when he uh the final episode of the 1pm press conference welcome to the first episode of the final season of the ash and chippy show has anyone ever called it the ash and chippy show well he's trying to start a new thing you know well the curve crush is a new one to me as well that's blindside so the ash and chippy show oh so he's saying this is the first episode of the final season of the Ash and Chippy show. Yeah, I love the Ash and Chippy show.

It would be a wonderful commercial radio show. You can imagine Ash and Chippy in the morning. Ash and Chippy, yeah. It's Ash and Chippy in your morning. An Australian radio show, too. Now, Ben, they do say, you know, you remember where you were when moments like this happened. Now, I, next door while I was editing some audio, I stumbled across, and I think it's in there, Bell Crawford, I stumbled across the exact moment

that Ben, you discovered that Ashley Bloomfield was stepping down. Is that, I'll play, I'll point to the cart there, Bell. Which one is it? I didn't know about this one. Maybe if you go to the V-bar there, mate. Just go on there. This is the emotional moment that we found out.

That I was out This is me Microphones rolling Bloomfield's step down Oh Big news Resigning end of July Resigning That was so recorded without my permission.

Core Rocky news. Oh, Bloomfield City. Well, we were in the middle of something else recording yesterday. We were in between. Yeah, and I was just like, oh, this has come. This popped up as the news that I was making. We didn't have time to read Delman to it, right? Oh, Bloomfield City.

Oh, okay. Resigning end of July. He has been the face of the pandemic so many countless hours. I imagine the guys worked for New Zealand. We put him on tea towels. We put him on t-shirts. We even put him on face masks as well, didn't we?

Oh, yeah. And, you know, we bullied him onto TikTok. We had him dancing on the news. He even became like a dance mix, a dance mix remix, didn't he, for all the pill-popping youths who wanted to go to festivals that didn't happen. Take the two shots for some.

Of course, he was there when Chris Hipkins said, spread your legs. And yesterday, Chris Hipkins, on the Ashton Chippy show, he sort of said he was off to do something else, spreading. You have an opportunity to go out and spread your wings. There you go. he did got it right that time, didn't he? And finally

the big question that we all wanted to know was would there be karaoke at his leaving party? Apparently he's a fan of karaoke, Dr Ashley Bloomfield. And so he was asked in the question time if there would be karaoke when he left. Heck yes, and I'll start with, well actually I famously

did a duet with Minister Verrill to Staying Alive. But probably I'll kick off with Friday I'm in Love by The Cure. Oh, there we go. Bluefall. And I imagine he's got a tie around his head when he's doing the karaoke. He'd undo the top button. He'd let it all out. Well, thank you, Ashley Bloomfield, on behalf of New Zealand.

It would have been a tough job. Oh, relentless. I'm assuming he's, what's he going to do? out. Well, thank you, Ashley Bloomfield, on behalf of New Zealand. It would have been a tough job. Relentless. I'm assuming he's, what's he going to do, take up a full-time role of not stressing out 24 hours a day? I'd say so, yeah. So Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, finishing up in July.

And that is Scrolling the F.E. this morning, coming up. Is anyone trading off our names? I'd imagine not, but we'll find out. We'll put it to the test soon on the hits. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits. We talk a lot about the chase, don't we?

In fact, my dad, Kevin Boyce, loves the chase. He watches every night, doesn't he? He does. He does. And you mentioned some news yesterday, Bill, that Anne Hegarty, who's the Duchess? The governess. The governess.

Maybe she could be the Duchess now. Yeah, well, yeah. She has found out she's related to the Queen. Yeah. 19th cousin, Queen Elizabeth II. No less. So you knew all along that you were secretly royalty. So 19th cousin to Queen Elizabeth.

But then she goes on to say that her grandmother was a tremendous liar So she takes everything she said with a pinch of salt She's 19, so you're in the top 20 list But you know, 19th cousin I mean, I'm not even keeping in touch with my first cousins Let alone when you get to 19 down the track She's probably got about as much chance of leading the monarchy as Andrew So you know, she's up there

She might have more chance She probably would, actually, to be honest. And knowing the Queen's age and the demographic for the chase, the Queen's probably more excited about being related to Anne Hegarty than Anne Hegarty is the Queen. Yeah. So we want to know this morning, are you related to anyone famous? And we did a bit of an experiment yesterday after the show.

Yeah. The Boyce surname, that's your surname ben boyce uh i imagine there's hordes of people trading off the fine work you've done for that surname over the years and i was thinking no there's not but you put it to the test yesterday didn't you because after the show you uh rang a boyce yeah this is a boyce in tauranga and just to see if they uh were aware of me and if they've been trading on the fact that they were related to me, Ben Boyce, and it went pretty much how I saw it going. Hello? Hello, have we got hold of the Boyce residence?

You have. In Cambridge? Yeah. Now, are you related to the great broadcaster Ben Boyce? I don't know. Have you heard of Ben Boyce? Yeah. Would you like to be related to Ben Boyce?

It's not a matter of whether you like or not It's a matter of fact isn't it? It is a matter of fact You're right And genealogy I guess Have you ever traded off the fact That you have the same surname as No no never

Never Would you think about it? Why would I do that? Well just he's a He's a it? Why would I do that? Well, just he's a... Who am I talking to? You're talking to Jono from Jono and Ben. Yeah, I'm here as well. Jono's proving a point.

It's nice to meet you. For someone with the same last name as me, I'm Ben Boyce. Nice to meet you. Okay. I was just wondering if anyone... No one's going to trade. I said this to Jono. No one's going to trade off my name.

It's not good enough. Now you've spoken to the great man, what do you think about trading off his name? No, no. There's a lot of voices around, and I wouldn't do that to any of them. Oh, you're right. We're honest.

The voices, see that, Jono? You've got to be related. You can't just say you're related. It's to stitch up. We're honest. The voices, see that, Connor? You've got to be related. You can't just say you're related. It's got to be a matter of fact. Do you like his particular brand of comedy? Don't say that. Beg your pardon? Do you like Ben Boyce's particular brand of comedy?

I can't say I have ever followed them very closely. Are you vacuuming? You just started vacuuming at the same time. No, no. The wife's cooking up a cake. Oh, very nice. Yeah, good. We'll be around.

We'll celebrate. We'll have a big boys reunion with that cake at some stage. Okay. Enjoy the last name. Okay. See ya. Okay, bye. There you go, Ben.

Welcomed in with open arms. With a cake. With a cake. A boys' celebratory cake. Okay, 0800, that, telephone number 4487. Who have you discovered, or who do you already know as one of your relatives? Someone famous? Someone who made an impact on the history books?

We'll do that after Sons of Zion, Love on the Run. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, 629. Jono and Ben. One of the people on The Chase, the game show on TV, has found out she was related to the Queen. Very distant cousin, so we wanted to know this morning, are you related to anyone, folks?

Yeah, Tiani, who did you find out you were related to? Yeah, yeah, it was Lucy Lawless. Lucy? That's pretty cool. Hollywood acting royalty. Yeah. Yeah, I was so surprised. I was like, you've got to be lying.

So how did you discover this? I'm guessing your last name's not Lawless. No, no, it's her grandparents. A couple of cousins removed or something like that, but yeah. Now, apart from early morning radio topics, has this benefited you in any way? Oh, I wish. I do.

I wish. Never had the chance to meet her? No, no, never. I would love to, but... Actually, Oscar, my son, he dines out on John Long, my father-in-law. He said, oh, we're loosely related to the Barretts in the Taranaki region, the Bowdoin Barretts. Not me. Oh, they are.

They are. Yeah, their side of the family. But it's quite You know Quite far removed Right But Oscar my son Dines out on this

Oh really I'm Bowdoin Barrett's I'm Bowdoin Barrett's cousin He says I'm like mate This is Let's try and not get that out there Tell him

Tell everyone Tell everyone I mean Because if you do have a cousin Like Bowdoin Barrett You're going to use that To your advantage. But then there'll be some stage it'll happen.

Did you know, Tiani, there was an old radio station I used to work for and someone acquired the station jacket. It was at The Rock. And they were in Christchurch and they had a rock jacket. But they were going around the whole city saying they were one of the announcers. And they were getting free bar tabs and free dinners and lunches. And, oh, don't worry, mate, we'll give you a plug on the radio and things like that. They dined out on that for about 12 months.

So someone, a restaurateur, phoned up the radio station and was like, hey, XYZ came in here and had a free dinner. We haven't had our plug yet. So you can do it. That's so you can do it that's bad karma Jono learnt his lesson didn't you Jono it was bad karma but great free food for 12 months thank you so much

for your call we appreciate it no worries have a good one Andrea we're talking famous relatives yes who have you got? My grandfather's. Two of them. One was Hitler's private spy and the other one worked as the opposition against my other grandfather.

Oh, jeez. Really? Yeah. So my mum's grandfather's. One was working directly for Hitler? Yeah. And the other one working directly for Hitler. Yeah. And the other one working directly against Hitler. Yeah.

Oh, my goodness. How were the Sunday roasts? Jeez. They probably didn't even have anything to do with each other because apparently they hated each other. Oh, yeah, I can imagine so. Jeez. Oh, yeah.

It's hard to leave work at the door in that scenario, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, at the time, my mum lived in Holland. Well, you're right, John, you talk about people that are vaxxed and anti-vaxxed, but this is taking it to a whole another, you know. If you're pro-Hitler or anti-Hitler, it's a divisive one in the family, isn't it?

Yeah. How did you discover this, obviously, through your mum telling you that her grandparents were working like that? I don't know. We were just in the kitchen one day, and Mum said about family secrets and how she kept it from everybody because she was embarrassed about it. Yeah, I mean, you don't sing it from the rooftops that you've got an association with Hitler, do you?

No, no. I understand where she's coming from. But then it's not you, you know? Yeah, I know. That's what I think. Well, it's not me. No. And we where she's coming from. But then it's not you, you know. Yeah, I know. That's what I think. Well, it's not me. No, no. And we're not related to Hitler.

I mean, imagine how embarrassed if you're part of Hitler's family. Yeah, well, there would be people. I would never tell anybody. No, you wouldn't. You'd definitely change your name. Yes. Your surname to Gitler or something. Yeah.

Andrea, listen, thank you very much for sharing your family's history there. You have a great day. You too. See you, buddy. Thank you. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz.

All right, let's get some gossip all up in you. What's happening, Belle? So this week, of course, Kanye was dropped from performing at the Grammys, and he's also dropped out of Coachella, which starts next weekend, the music festival in the desert. Everyone's getting their outfits lined up. Oh, you'd be rubbing the camera lens, wouldn't you, for the Instagram shots. A lot of great Instagram shots from Coachella.

You've got to have different outfits for each day as well, you know, your festive fits. Yeah. Well, festival organisers have been working tirelessly to secure a replacement act. He was one of the headliners. And they've locked in The Weeknd. And other groups who were being thrown around in the mix were bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But The Weeknd, he's incredible live.

He will be headlining alongside Harry Styles and Billie Eilish. And he's in a wonderful position The Weeknd at the negotiating table because he's like, who else you got? You know, he could start playing that card. I'm available that weekend and the weekend after when you do it, you know? That's why my name's The Weeknd.

So what do you want to pay me? Which weekend? And organisers have said to fully support Kanye in his decision and want him to be feeling happy and healthy and they want him,

yeah, that's all good by them. Do they? Do they fully support him in his decision or are they a little bit like, you've put us in a bit of a position? Surely you'd expect that though, booking Kanye. He's erratic.

Like, you'd expect that. They probably had a backup plan all along, I reckon. One of my favourite Kanye West concert stories was Guy Williams, friend of ours, who went to see him in Sydney. And he got to the stage of the concert where he's like, I'm not going to continue on this concert unless everyone in here stands up. Stand up. Everyone get on your feet. And everyone's like, ah, ah, ah, standing, standing.

And then there was this one gentleman who wasn't standing and it was Irking Kanye. I'm not continuing on until this person here stands up. And then people were trying to yell out to Kanye, he's in a wheelchair. Oh, it's awful. And then eventually the comms got up to the stage where Kanye was. They were like, he's in a wheelchair, Kanye, he can't stand up.

And he's like, oh, well then, damn it. And then just continued on the concert. Did he say sorry? No, I don't think he said sorry. Oh, I mean, it's awful. I mean, it's hard for him. You know, him, the lights would have been in his eyes. And, you know, he said everyone, didn't he? He stuck to his word. Oh, also, I know Ben's hard for him the lights would have been in his eyes and you know he said everyone

didn't he stuck to his word also I know Ben's watched this movie Ryan Reynolds has set a new record with his latest movie on Netflix

it's called The Adam Project you like it? it was a good movie a bit of time travel kind of back to future vibes in it as well he comes back

and meets himself as a 12 year old and stuff it was good the kids enjoyed it it's only been out for three weeks it's a sci-fi flick,

and it's already in the top 10 most popular Netflix original movies. Ranking seventh, of course, it could go higher, and he has now set a record as the only actor with three movies in the top 10, including Red Notice and Six Underground as well. Oh. Netflix is amazing. I mean, all that content is amazing,

but it's kind of like, remember when you used to go to the video store back in the day and you'd just walk around and go, what about this one? What about this one?

Now flicking through Netflix is a little like that. So hard. And you end up watching nothing half an hour later. You watch the trailer for this thing, you're like,

oh yeah, I should watch that. Nah, I don't really feel like that tonight. We were talking yesterday, they're cracking down on the sharing, aren't they?

They've been saying this for years though. They really have been saying it. There's all sorts of people mooching off Netflix accounts. Ben, you've suffered the same fate with your whanau. Yeah, people are mooching off my account. Yeah. You had an account where you couldn't watch something if someone else was watching.

Yeah. Oh, that's annoying. And then some other people were watching it, and I wanted to watch my account. Did you have to call them and go? Yeah, yeah, I did, actually. I won't name the person, but they were like, oh, we're kind of in the middle of a movie now. Probably like 11 bucks a month, mate.

It's not that much money. I want to watch it. Name the person. Oh, no, it's family. Family member. Close family. That's all I'm saying. In the Kardashian streaming April 14th,

only on Star on Disney+. Do they stream off your Star account too on Disney+, mate? Yeah, no, I've kept that one pretty quiet, actually. The Hits, the Jono and pretty quiet actually Taylor Clement she's a 24 year old from New Zealand who's made world news for signing with an international modelling agency Taylor has a rare condition and a truly

inspirational story, she's incredible and she joins us right now, Taylor good morning Hello, how are you? We're good, nice to talk to you Yeah you too, thank you so much for having me It's all good, we were just reading you. Yeah, you too. Thank you so much for having me. It's all good. We were just reading you've hit the big news in the Daily Mail. Daily Mail.

That's when you've hit the big time in Australia. And in the UK as well, too, by the look of it. Yeah. I actually have only just, I literally got a text from my manager over in Australia saying that it's going pretty much everywhere at the moment, which is crazy. It's pretty incredible. Now, if you don't mind, can you tell your story for those who don't know about it on the hits? Yeah, for sure. So my name is Taylor. I'm 24 years old, and I was born with an extremely

rare neurological disorder called Moebius syndrome. So pretty much it's a super rare condition. It only affects one individual in every three to four million. So pretty much it's a super rare condition that only affects one individual in every three to four million. And pretty much it affects my sixth and seventh cranial nerves, which means my eyebrows don't move, my eyes don't track from left to right, and my upper lip doesn't move, which means I can't smile. Hence

the name I've kind of given myself, The Girl Who Can't Smile. And I also like to liken it to free Botox. Free Botox. So it's kind of a facial paralysis of sorts. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Now, you've had surgery over the years to try and correct it,

but it unfortunately hasn't worked. Yeah, well, I definitely used to think it was unfortunate. I don't think that way anymore. I love not being able to smile. It's what makes me me me and I'm so grateful. While a lot of the things I've been through have been quite traumatic, I'm honestly super grateful that it was me that went through it because it's given me a platform and a story to help and inspire and empower others and it's honestly the best thing in the world. It's really cool to be able to use what I've been born with to take it to such a bigger

level and to be an inspiration to people in mainstream media as well because it's what I really needed born with to take it to such a bigger level and to you know be an inspiration for people in mainstream media as well because it's what I really made when I was younger. Yeah well because you were saying you had a bit of a hard time at school with other students and things. Yeah definitely I think school for anyone when you're young is pretty hard like to make friends and everything and I moved around quite a bit with my family when I was younger and I think that is hard for anyone, let alone someone who can't smile or can't move their face properly.

And it started off as just, like, normal bullying and stuff that got, like, 10 million times worse. You know, people would, like, bring plastic bags to school and tell me to put them over my head because they didn't want to see me or that I was contagious or whatever. Oh, mate. I got sheep poo thrown at me,

which was, like, the most New Zealand thing ever. Oh, dude. What a rough time. Yeah. I mean, the sheep and, yeah, got, like, kicked down hills and, like, peaked, like, groups of girls or, like, groups of guys to get, like, pretend to be into me and stuff

and then I'd turn up at the movie theatre and they, like, wouldn't be there. It's quite funny because some of those guys now message me on Instagram trying to go on a date with me and I just don be there. It's quite funny because some of those guys now message me on Instagram trying to go on a date with me and I just don't reply. Good on you. Good on you, Taylor. You sound like such a wonderful young lady.

Now, just out of interest, this modeling agency, do they have any requirement for sort of like an aging middle-aged bald man? You know, they're taking anyone, so I guess you could definitely shoot the shot. Okay, yeah, I'll shoot the shot, yeah. You could be the only one on the second, well, your second New Zealander on their box, John. Yeah, definitely, we could start our own little group. Yeah, cool, okay, well, you just send me the contact dates and I'll fire over my portfolio. Hey, well done. Like I say,

you sound like such a positive, wonderful human being, Taylor. Oh, thank you so much. I know. It's awesome that you're doing this, inspiring so many people, not just in New Zealand but around the world. Now, if people want to follow you on Instagram, where can they find you? It's just at Taylor Clements. So Taylor with an A at the end, not an R.

That must be the bane of your life. Oh, it is. Well, listen, it's been lovely talking with you, and you keep well and much success for the future. I will. Thank you so much for having me, guys. She is incredible. That's Taylor Clement, a really inspirational story.

After 7 o'clock on the show, we're talking holidays. It's back on the agenda for many Kiwis. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits. Over the weekend after the Grammys, Travis Barker, who is the drummer for Blink-182, the band,

and Kourtney Kardashian, who is obviously part of the Kardashians, they got married in Vegas. I do like Travis Barker. He looks like a giant whiteboard that's just been doodled all over, doesn't he? He does. He's got a lot of tattoos, doesn't he? Yeah, he does. He's a very talented drummer and he was her neighbour

previously, did you know? I didn't know that actually. Have you hooked up with your neighbour? Beryl? No, I haven't. There's a bit of flirting going on between me and Beryl but hey, we'll just see how things go at the moment. I know when you see her bloomers hanging off that washing line,

you're like, hmm, could have me a bit of beer. But it's interesting because, yeah, the big news over the weekend that after the Grammys, they flew to Vegas on a private jet, and they got married by Elvis at a chapel. There was a few photos released yesterday. But they've also released that that wasn't an official wedding as such. It sounds like they just went through the ceremony. But it me think i've done this i've been i've been

there before like what do you mean you've been there before like i've not only kept up the kardashians i've beaten them it's probably like 15 years ago that my wife and i amanda were on a contiki through america and um you know we're traveling around we've just been engaged just got engaged a few weeks ago my joke to the contiki was like hey we're going to las vegas on the contiki we're going to get married in. And my joke to the contiki was like, hey, we're going to Las Vegas on the contiki. We're going to get married in Vegas. And everyone in the contiki was like, yeah, this will be great. And my wife's like, well, there's no way that's happening. We're not getting married with a whole bunch of people.

But you're like, this gag's really killing it. Every time I say it, everyone's like, yeah, they cheer me. I feel really good about myself. So let me just keep saying it. So I kept saying this all the way leading up to Vegas. And Amanda, who obviously wasn't my wife at the time, was like, hey, let's not get married in Vegas in front of people that we may or may not see again.

Can I ask a question? Have you seen these people from the Strange Bus ever again? Oh, a couple or two we have. But the others, yeah, we haven't. But they were cheering you on, and that's the main thing. So I was getting a good thing. So anyway, we were going out in Vegas one night as a group to go see this light show

and the guy did really well, who was our tour guide. He parked the bus outside the chapel where I think pretty sure it was the one that Courtney and Travis went in and he went inside. He said, hang on a second, give me five minutes. He went inside, came back out and he was like, hey, guess what guys?

We're a bit early for this light show but there's a wedding about to happen someone's going to get married would you guys like to come in you're allowed if you're quiet you can come in and watch a wedding and everyone's like oh this would be great so we all piled on in there into the chapel and we're like waiting for what was going to happen no one else was in there and then suddenly alvis comes out and starts singing a song and we're like what songs does alvis sing when he comes out for a wedding oh it was oh i think it was nothing but a hound dog was the first song that he came out with yeah yeah I mean it's one of his big bangers so he came out with Elvis impersonator and then he got to the

front and we're like where is the bride and groom to be and then you said could Ben and Amanda please come up and I so went Amanda was looking at me like, did you organize this? I'm like, no, I didn't. But it was all happening. There was a lot going on. And I imagine the chairs were at raucous applause. And so we kind of got dragged up the front there. And I started singing Nothing But a Hound Dog with him.

Nothing But a Hound Dog. Again, I got swept up in the thing. And I could see Amanda looking at me like, if you organize this. And I'm kind of like, I didn't organise this. And it wasn't until midway through the sort of ceremony that he could probably tell that we were both a bit like, this is a little off-putting. You're like, firstly, I can't remember all the words to Hound Dog. But is this how we're going to get married?

And then he went, hey, guys, just to let you know, this is not an official ceremony. We're just going through the routine, but you won't be officially married. Did Elvis drop character then? Just quietly. Yeah, I was just like, hey, hey, hey. Hey guys, don't worry, don't worry, I've got your back. So we asked the thing that, you know, Courtney and Travis obviously went through.

Not the official ceremony, but went through the ceremony. So then we got some great photos with Elvis. We got a little certificate. A little bit of pee in your underpants. Yeah, just a little bit. Midway through, I was like, is this how it's going to happen? Is this going to be our wedding story?

I guess it would have been a heck of a story. What were the looks you were getting from Amanda? Oh, they were. You saw that Jada Pinkett Smith sort of look. Hey Elvis, you take my wife's name out of your mouth. Take it out of your mouth. Scrolling through your feed. It's like when you do a primary school play

isn't it and you have to turn up and you're like you're playing a banker in this play and you borrow dad's suit to perform to their class hey this part of the show is where Ben Boyce's mum Jenny she had dreams of him becoming Jack Tame didn't she

sadly Jenny sometimes dreams don't come true no and here I am now, but telling you about Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran won his High Court copyright battle. Now, he was getting sued, but for basically his song Shape of You sounded, they thought, the original artist, Sammy

Chokri, thought it sounded very similar to a song that he brought out. I think we've got the two together, right, Belle? Yeah. So that was probably the main part that sounded quite similar. And there are some similarities there. You can't deny it. But he has been found not guilty

of plagiarising the song. Well, apparently there's not similarities there. You can deny it. And Ed Sheeran put a message on his Instagram with a few, I think it was some really cool things that he had to say. Whilst we're obviously happy with the result, I feel like claims like this are way too common now

and have become a culture where a claim is made with the idea that a settlement will be cheaper than taking it to court, even if there's no base for the claim. It's really damaging to the songwriting industry. There's only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music. Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify. That's 22 million songs a year and there's only 12 notes that are available. I don't want to take anything away from the pain and hurt suffered from both sides of this case but I just want to say I'm not an entity, I'm not a corporation, I'm a human being, I'm a father, I'm a husband,

I'm a son. Lawsuits are not a pleasant experience and I hope with this ruling it means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided. Yeah, well there you go. Jeez, when someone pulls out that I'm a father, I'm a son, I'm a husband, you're like, oh that's... Well, because you kind of look at each year and you think in some ways, you know. Oh, celebrities. Yeah. You're like, yeah. And you're right, and obviously I think he took this one very personal, you know, like it was, you know, because he, I was surprised he was at the court case. I was surprised he went through the whole thing. He had those weird drawings done of him, the court drawings. Yeah, you think, oh,

he'll just pay the person off and be done with it. But obviously he was on principle. He was like, no, I'll be there every day. Listen, I know you like to pay people to sweep your stuff under the rug, mate. Not Ed Sheeran, okay?

Not Ed Sheeran. He's got moral. And you feel, like, the other side of the court case too, they would have forked out a fortune on lawyers. Unless they got one of those shabby quarter-pointed ones. But otherwise, they're in the hole probably tens of thousands.

Yeah, and just quickly, big news in New Zealand. Dr Ashley Bloomfield stepped down from leading the health service yesterday. Chris Hipkins announced he's sort of in the final 1pm, or the final series of what he called the Ash and Chippy Show. Welcome to the first episode of the final season of the Ash and Chippy Show. No one's caught on that. But if you didn't know that his nickname's Chippy, you'd know who's Chippy. I know, that's what I was thinking.

Ashley Bloomfield, you know, has worked tirelessly through the last couple of years. He deserves a well-needed rest. The face of the pandemic, we put him on T-tails, T-shirts, masks and everything. Jeez, we just bullied him into TikTok videos, dance music remixes, didn't we? And he was probably like, you know, I'm a doctor. I didn't sign up to do TikTok dances to get anyone to put a face mask on. But Ben, yesterday the news broke, didn't it, around about midday. And it's not often you have these intimate recordings.

You played this earlier, though. We were in the middle of something else, and it just popped up on my news thing, and we didn't have a lot of time to reflect on it. Now, this is big news. Just remember, Ashley Bloomfield, he's guided New Zealand. He's been our guiding light through the last two and a half years. And the news comes through, and it's not often you have moments like this

where the microphones are rolling, and I think you'll see the emotion, the raw emotion Bloomfield's stepped down Oh Big news Resigning, end of July Feels like a seat out of the office looks like a guy

Even a sniff in there somewhere as well and that's you know Now that was pulling back know, that's... Now that was pulling back the curtain. You know, that's the electric energy. The charismatic energy that we share between... The love has gone out of our relationship, eh? The banter.

It sounds like... You know what it sounds like? On the radio, they're like, those guys must have a laugh 24-7. You know, it sounds like... It sounds like my parents in the morning when Dad's reading the newspaper. Well, to see Ashley's resigned.

Oh, okay. Big news. Big news. And that is big news this morning. It is. You've got Jono and Ben. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Now, restrictions, of course, are dropping in New Zealand. Holidays are back on the agenda for many Kiwis after a couple of years. And there's been a lot of cheap flights going around. We mentioned yesterday on the show, Jetstar are doing like $139 flights one way to Raro coming up later. $139? Do they even give you like a functioning seatbelt for $139? Am I holding on to the wing of the plane for $139? As you said before, you'd fill up a car. A car would cost more to fill up than that.

You could fly to Raro and back four times for the amount of times it would cost you to drive to the airport and back. Yeah, Air New Zealand is flying direct to New York. That's coming up later in the year. Hawaiian Airlines are coming back in New Zealand. So it's exciting to see that there's a few holidays on the horizon for many Kiwis. Yeah, there's one. And on the horizon for many Kiwis. Yeah, it is.

And I love speaking of Rarotonga, nothing more than when a friend or a colleague who has gone to Rarotonga and they come back with hair braids. Do you love those? Have you done that before, Belle? No, I wasn't one of those rich kids that went on those overseas holidays. Sometimes the office, there's someone in the office, you're like, oh, okay, you've come back with some hair braids with the old, you know,

the colourful beads in there. You're like, that's a good sign you've been on an island getaway, isn't it? Well, you would give hair braids. I don't have the option. No, you don't. We could give you a little extension,

I reckon. A little clip-in. Yeah, a little rat's tail down the end or something. That'd be nice, wouldn't it? Part of the, I want a braided rat's tail. So what I do this morning,

because holidays are back, well, holidays, holiday show and tell. So, I want a braided rat's tail. So what I want to do this morning, because holidays are back, holidays show and tell. So have you got a story, a good one, a bad one, from a holiday? We'd love to hear from you this morning. One of your best holiday stories. I was thinking about this yesterday, and one of the stories that I don't think we've ever talked about on the radio before. You and I were-

Hold on, hold on. You said, why haven't we talked about it on the radio? Did you want to discuss this with me before you did start talking about this? You and I, for work, we went to the Gold Coast. And they have, obviously, the wonderful beach right next to the main town. And we were like, why don't we recreate the Undies Togs ad? Do you remember this one? It was a trumpets ad.

There was a guy, trumpet ice cream ad. There was a guy in Speedos. He was by the beach, have a listen. How far away from the beach do togs become undies? Let's begin. Togs, togs, togs, togs, togs, togs, togs, togs, togs, undies,

undies, undies, undies, undies. If you can't see the water, you're in underpants. Yeah, so we got into Speedos, and we started by the beach. And I'm not a Speedos person, you're in underpants. Yeah, so we got into a Speedos and we started by the beach. That was it. And I'm not a Speedos person. You're not a Speedos person.

No, and my legs, my white thighs. I've actually nicknamed my white thighs. One of them, they're so white, I call one of them Karen. And then the other, Best Foods Mayonnaise. They are white. For a brief day there, while my white thighs were out on the beach, the Gold Coast, I think they had to rebrand it the Goldish Coast. It was disturbing.

So we're in our Speedos by the beach. I wasn't super comfortable even by the beach in your safe spot for Speedos. But I was like, oh, hey, we're here. Not many people were looking at us strangely because at least we're in Speedos by the beach. But then we walked into the township. And it's funny, the further you got, the more people you're like, oh, we're at no place in Speedos in the middle of town.

I mean, once you start walking past the casino and stuff, you're like, this is... I think it was until one of us stopped. We're both like, we need to stop. We both need to stop. We've done some embarrassing things, but even that was too much for us. Okay, so 0800, we're going to open this up. Holiday show and tell. Remember holidays?

Yeah. Going overseas? Well, you can do that now. Yeah, I'd love to. Until the next strain comes along. I'd love to hear from you this morning. So let's not talk about that. Rated M for mildly amusing.

Jono and Ben on The Hits. We're talking holiday show and tell, your best or worst story from a holiday. Now they're back on the menu. Daphne, welcome. You're on the air. Hello. Did, welcome. You're on the air. Hello. Did you ever dream of being on the air? No, I haven't.

No, okay. Well, go back to sleep. Have a dream about it. All my dreams have come true. It's come true. That's right. We're talking holiday memories this morning. What memory would you like to share with us?

Well, I was going to share a memory of we, so I'm half Greek and I live there and I speak Greek. And I went with, we would go back every summer with my family. And I got really burnt one day. And I went to the pharmacy to get sunscreen and I speak Greek and I just didn't speak it. I just asked for it in English and then the pharmacist behind the counter just started mumbling under their breath about stupid foreigners and how they always get burnt and don't know how to be in the sun and um oh so this was in Greek the person Greek yeah sorry he was saying that in Greek he was mumbling under his breath in Greek saying oh like I'm foreigners don't know know how to sit in the sun or protect themselves.

And then I just said in Greek in response to him, I said, oh, I actually understand everything that you're saying. And I've been here many years, and I just need some sunscreen. He must have been, in Greek, he must have been mortified and in English. He must have been mortified. I think he was quite shocked. You're like, oh, no, dear God. I've always dreamed of just doing that,

but I've never had the stick ability to learn another language to be able to do that. It was really weird though, yeah, just hearing someone slag you off in front of your face in a different language. I mean, it's a bit of a gamble anyway

to slag someone off and yeah, what your thing's going to be. Yeah, exactly. That's what I thought. But, yeah, so hopefully he hasn't done that again or mumbled it instead. And can I give a shout-out to your wonderful, and excuse the pronunciation, the tzatziki. Tzatziki. Delicious.

It's good, isn't it? Do you like that? I love it. Yeah. I love it, yeah. It just goes, you can dip, yeah, I could dip myself in there and taste good. Put everything on it. Do you want to dip me in some of that, Ben Boyce?

Do I want to? Oh, look. Yeah, okay. All right. Yeah, we can do it if you want. Just a big job. I always feel like I never get, I never feel satisfied with the amount of it. Yeah, it's delicious, isn't it?

Yeah. I know. I agree. Daphne, it's been an absolute pleasure talking to you. We won't slag you off in any language. Yeah, okay. Thanks. You have a great day. Karen's with us on 0800 HITS.

We're doing a holiday show and tell, Karen. Now, yours involves an Air Force carrier. It does. My husband works for the Air Force, and they do a family and friends trip every now and then that's quite reasonably priced. The plane was going to Texas to get some parts and get a service, and so they were dropping family off in Rarotonga in Hawaii. And friends? Family and friends.

I guess I'm the friend. So we got little first class seats on the way over, which was lovely. What's inside those things? Are you like a Hercules or something? Oh, I don't know. It's grey. It's a plane. I don't know. It's got wings. You're not next to all the cargo though, are you? Like their actual seats and stuff.

No, no. It was lovely seats. It was like a first class, the area we were in. And so we had a nice little holiday. And then on the day we were about to go to the airport, we get this call that the plane is stuck. No, not Air Force, it's usually broken down, but... LAUGHTER And anyway, it was delayed in Hawaii.

So it had got to Hawaii to pick up the crew. And because it's an Air Force plane, it landed in a military airport. And it got stuck because Air Force One was there. And they're not allowed anybody to fly in the flight zone while Obama is in town. Gee, that's a big D-swinger move, isn't it? Yeah. I shall have no plans in there. I was quite happy about that.

So you were stuck in Raro. I was stuck in Raro. My husband wasn't happy about it. He's got a little bit of a Scottish pocket. But, yeah, I got to call in sick. The story was so ridiculous that I got stuck in Raro because of Obama. Because of Obama, who's not in Raro, he's in Hawaii. Sounds like a very convoluted story to explain to your boss, doesn't it?

Yeah, and I imagine your boss is like, well, you know there's other airlines. There's other planes you can get back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, Obama, there's no planes that can go in Hawaii. I'm going to go, I'm going to go. You're like, you're on my way. I'm going to go. I'm going to go. You're like, you're on the way. I'm going to go. That's very funny.

Thank you very much for your call, Karen. Appreciate it. You're welcome. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. All right, let's do it. Our Game of Word Association. We do it every morning at this time.

Your chance to win $5,000. Yeah, we'll get Janice on. Welcome, Morena, from Auckland. Good morning. How are you, Janice? Oh, I'm so good, thank you. You sound like a ray of sunshine. So much sunshine, my pasty white skin's getting burned, Janice.

Now, we're going to go Will Smith. We want to slap some cash, not across your face, but into your bank account. Okay. 5K is a lot of money. What want to slap some cash, not across your face, but into your bank account. Okay. 5K is a lot of money. What are you doing with it, Janice? Oh, I have a bit of a holiday and spoil myself and my family. Doesn't that sound nice? We've been talking a lot about holidays this morning.

They're back on the agenda for many people, which is exciting. Yes, very exciting. Okay. This is the game show The Chase has been chasing. Bradley Walsh has been trying to hunt this down. Who are you sending into the soundproof booth, mate? Ben, please. Ben Boyce. Off like a disobedient little

child to think about his... Look in that mirror. I know it's not a mirror in there, but there's a reflective door over there, Ben. Look at yourself and give it a good long hard look at yourself. Janice. Let's try and win you cash. Okay. It's the first word that comes into your head You know the format don't you and you've got to have your words

Match with Ben's for the $5000 Yes Uncle is word number one Janice Uncle Oh Family Family yeah You don't seem 100% convinced with your answer there.

Well, the first thing that came to my head was Uncle Bob, but I don't think he's going to say Bob. Yeah, no, who's Uncle Bob to anyone? Is he your uncle? It's just a saying that I grew up with, Uncle Bob. Yeah, no, he definitely won't say Uncle Bob. I can put my name to it. We'll go Uncle, Family.

Labrador was the second word this morning, Janice. Dog. Dog. Word number three, light. L-I-G-H-T. Switch. Nice work. Can.

Coming in at number four. Like a tin can? Tin can. Beautiful. And the fifth and final word for Janice to win 5K is cup. Oh, tea? Tea cup? Tea cup, beautiful.

Wonderful game. We had a slow start off the start line, but, jeez, you rammed it home at the end, Janice. Played a rock-solid game, Janice. Ben's come out of the soundproof booth. You know your purple jersey goes with the same colour of the soundproof booth there, Ben. Oh, yeah.

Blend on in. Coordinating with the booth. All right. I feel good. Let's do this. Let's win Janice $5,000. Okay. Yeah.

She wants to go on holiday. Okay. I want you to go on holiday. I want to win you the money. You got this. Uncle is the first word. Auntie. He don't got this, Janice.

Janice just said you got this. And I didn't have this. No. Sorry, Janice. What's your go? That's okay. What's your go? Family.

Family. Yeah. Uncle's, yeah, that's a toughie. We'll go to word number two. We'll just do the dance. Janice, Labrador was the second one. Dog. Light. Switch. Dog. Light.

Switch. Can. Tin. Oh, Janice. And the fifth word was cup. Tea. What a kick in the guts. We were close, but we started badly.

I said we wanted to slap cash into her bank account. You've just... Yeah, I'm sorry, Janice. That's all right. I'll try again. Yeah, good on you. Thanks for listening, Janice. You're a Kiwi hero.

Thank you. Have a good day. All the best. The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben on the hits anne hegarty she's the governess on the tv show the chaser the quiz show and she has just found out that she is related to the queen 19th cousin queen elizabeth the second no less so you knew all along that you were secretly royalty there you go we don't know to ancestry.com i like those ads, Ancestry.

Go to Ancestry.com. Have you ever been to Ancestry? No, I haven't, but it does pop up quite a lot. That and Grammarly pop up quite a lot. Oh, Grammarly. I don't even know what Grammarly, like I've got a rough idea what Grammarly does, but it's enough to annoy me. Yeah. Now, of course, she could be trading. She could have been trading off the fact that

she was related to the Queen for many, many years. Right. 19th cousin inside the top 20. You like a new zealander at an olympics and earlier on the show you put a little bit of a test out there to see if anyone had been trading off my name my last name boyce in new zealand so you rung a boyce at random in cambridge yeah and of course they weren't going to be trading off my name it was humiliating for me the fact that they were like oh yeah where i'm aware of it was lovely, polite, but he was like, well, no, I'm not related to him, so I haven't been trading off the fact. Yeah.

So you hadn't made much of an impact on the boy's name? So now it's time for me to get my revenge. Now, I found a prior in the phone book, a prior at random that I don't think is related to you, but maybe they're going to be trading off your good name. Now, you want to prove that I've brought great shame upon the prior name? Yeah, exactly. That's what you want? Okay.

That's exactly what I want. So let's make a call and mock you, all right? Let's do it. Hello? Hello? Hello? Hi. Oh, it's got a really...

Can you hear that noise? Yeah, it's my line crinkling. Oh, your's got a really... Can you hear that noise? Yeah, it's my line crinkling. Oh, your line is crinkling, yeah. Who are you after? No one likes a crinkly line. Yeah. Sorry, is that the prior residence? Yep.

Any relation to the comedian Jono Pryor? Oh, no. Wish we were. Oh, wish we were. Oh, this is... Oh, Jesus, this is not what I wanted. This is Jono and Ben calling from the... Oh, my God. Hello, Jono.

How are you? Listen, what now? This is backfired horribly. This doesn't work for his brand of comedy where he wanted... Hang up on this. A crinkly line. I can't hear it. I can't hear it.

Sorry. It is a crinkly line, but aren't you fantastic? Oh, yes, I am. hear it. I can't hear it. Sorry. It is a crinkly line, but aren't you fantastic? Oh, yes, I am. Thank you. We tried to claim a relationship, but unfortunately, we couldn't track it. This is what I was going to say, that no other prior would want to claim him, and you've just totally debunked my... Come on.

This is backfired horribly. We would claim him if we could. Listen, I'll claim you as well Let's just claim each other anyway I reckon two Official cousins We never have enough, Cousy Bro That's right We're in the Fano now, mate

We'll be Fano Have I done the prior name proud over the years? You have You're an absolute champion What's your first name? I'm Frida Frida, lovely to meet you. You too.

Lovely to meet you. You're a good cousin, bro. I'm claiming you now. Yeah, I'm claiming you too, Frida. I'm going to put you on our family tree. Oh, this is not how I thought I saw this working. I've even made the family tree bit. Frida, you're an absolute champion.

You go and have a wonderful day. You too. Keep it up. See ya. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben on The Hits. The Hits.

I'm very excited about this, Jono, because we'll be talking about putting together a bucket list. Now, these are things that we wanted to achieve. These are things that listeners want to achieve, and throughout the year, we're going to try and tick some of these items off our bucket list. Yeah, I mean, last week we fired into it too, didn't we? Launching a couple of listener ones.

We gave Nigel's son, who's had a shocking industry. Nathaniel, yeah. Yeah, gave him a PS5. God, oh, he's crying. That is so awesome. Thank you so much. Yeah, that was lovely. It was a lovely moment

But as well as that You also Well we both got to say Some of the things That we wanted to achieve And were on our bucket list And this was you last week Jono talking about yours

I want to make the news I also want to be on Shortland Street And Finally I want to Catch a fish Never caught a fish So those are things That you genuinely want to do

yeah genuinely why are you looking at me with your big goofy face I'm excited look at this big goofy face I'm excited about this because we've been working really hard behind the scenes to try and make one of your dreams come true okay

you ready for this yeah this is big now I want to welcome one it shouldn't come from me it should come from someone else so I want to welcome on to the show this morning. I'm very stoked to have her on here.

Rebecca Randall plays Dawn on Shortland Street. No. Yes, she is. No, you're getting me on Shortland Street. Rebecca, good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. I'm so, so excited to be here.

I never, ever thought I'd be able to make someone's dreams come true, but here I am. Well, I do because, you know, I always say it lot it was every time we interview someone from Sean Street I go I really like the show and they look at me like um yeah they think because you've got a history of taking the piss that's why but a lot of people love the show yeah and it's awesome okay do it Rebecca do you want to tell Jono what we've put together for him okay well well we have been working really hard behind the scenes. This is obviously something you've never done before, but I

was wondering, are you available for a life-changing experience next Wednesday morning? Life-changing experience. What role am I? Are you free? You're definitely free. Yeah, we'll make it work

Okay We are going to have you Go on a fishing charter And catch your first fish That's right You're going to go fishing Yeah Woo

Why did you get Dawn on From Shoreland Street to tell me I see what you've done here What? I just thought it'd be good Yeah, you've led me down the path I just thought it would be good. Yeah. No, you've led me down the path to believe that I was going to get on Shortland Street. I'm making your dreams come true.

I mean, look. It's still a dream, right? Yeah, I know, but it's... Yeah, we couldn't get you on Shortland Street. We tried. We looked at your previous work. Even as a patient deceased, I was like, what about that? They still were like, not sure. He already looks dead.

He looks terminally ill. Yeah, so that's great. We've organized a fishing charter for you to go catch a fish, and I thought it would be nice coming from Rebecca. Thanks so much for letting me share this news. Now, Rebecca, you work in the hospital every day. Can you prescribe me any ointment for this burn? I actually can't.

I forget all the names of all the medicine. Of all the ointments. She might rub tartar sauce into it. Well, there we go. Something smelled fishy. And it turns out the fish that I need to... Well, yes, catching a fish is on my bucket list. It's on your bucket list.

Yeah, but if I was going to... Did you want me to order them? No, you didn't put an order out there. You just said these are some of the things you want to do. Hey, thanks for your time, Rebecca. We really appreciate it. Love your work. No worries.

Enjoy your fishing trip. Put the good word in while you're around Ferndale. I will. I'll talk to my people and get them to talk to your people. Thank you very much. No worries. Bye. There you go.

Next Wednesday, you could catch a fish. You know what wasn't on my bucket list was being pranked by someone from Shortland Street I can't remember writing that maybe I did

maybe I did alright well Jono you've never caught a fish no never caught a fish and I do want to genuinely do it just wasn't as exciting as the other option

so never have you ever caught a fish no so I'll under the hits let's play this with you guys listening right now never have I ever what

what have you never done? Like Jono, never caught a fish, never been on Shortland Street. Probably never will be on Shortland Street. But never have caught a fish. And next week you'll change that, hopefully. Well, I don't have the patience for catching a fish. But I did want to play a patient on Shortland Street. Never have you ever what?

Love your calls and texts. Next, it is the hits. Jono and Ben. We're playing a game of Never Have I Ever because Jono's never caught a fish. And next Wednesday, we get to make his dreams come true. We'll probably try and find a way that you guys can benefit as well too. We'll work on that.

We're working on some things. Yeah, you've been working on all sorts of stuff. Like having Shortland Street people because I also wanted to be on Shortland Street. You did. Acting. Yeah. And you had them phone up and tell me that

I was going to be catching a fish. Yeah. Leading me to believe that maybe I was going to be on Shortland Street. You did. Acting. Yeah. And you had them phone up and tell me that I was going to be catching a fish. Yeah. Leading me to believe that maybe I was going to be on Shortland Street. I see how you may have seen it that way now. But at the time, I just thought it was combining some of your loves together. Yeah, right. And a wonderful moment for you. So we're doing Never Have I Ever.

Ash Bell, Never Have I Ever what? I have never mowed the lawns before. Oh, never at all. Never. Have you had the opportunity to mowed the lawns before. Oh, never at all? Never. Have you had the opportunity to mow the lawns? Yeah, multiple times, but I say it stuffs up my hay fever. Oh, yeah, great.

And are you using this as an excuse because you don't even want to know what mowing the lawns feels like? No, thank you. It's not a hobby for me. No, thank you. But, Jono, you love mowing the lawns, don't you? I find it therapeutic. I couldn't think of anything worse to do. Yeah.

I got AstroTurf at home just, you know, because I couldn't get lawns to grow. That was my problem, so I ended up. So, you know, I don't have to mow the lawns. So the obvious solution was to just lay down a tennis court carpet. Yeah. So maybe that could be an option for you, Ashbell, since you don't even want to know about mowing. Don't even want to engage once with it.

You can put down some AstroTurf. That's a good idea. Or maybe you guys could come mow them for me. We can mow them. We mowed some lawns the other month for our good deeds, didn't we, Ben? That's right. They were big lawns.

They were big lawns. Sounds good. They'd really get away. I don't think they'd mow the lawns either. Have you used your hay fever for any other great things to get out of in life? I did actually use it once to help not move houses because

there was too much pollen outside. This is great. And no one can prove otherwise though. That's the good thing about saying you've got hay fever. It's ideal, isn't it? Have you had the vid yet? Yes, I have, actually. That's another great one.

You get out of all sorts of responsibilities when you've got COVID. I know. It was quite good. Yeah. Apart from having COVID. Yeah, that's the downside of having COVID. Yeah. But hay fever seems like a nice one because you're not sick enough to have to go to your

room. You can sit on the couch. You just don't go outside. You can sit on the couch. You just don't go outside. I can go out and party. I just can't mow the lawn. Yeah, it's great. Can you pick me up from the airport?

Oh, no. Hey, FIFA. Hey, FIFA. Hey, Ashbell, you're an absolute champion. Thank you for your time. Thank you for having me, guys. Josephine.

How's it going? Yeah, not too bad. Never have I ever... Had to pay for Netflix. Oh, I can imagine a lot of New Zealanders are like this. Yeah. Whose Netflix are you mooching off? At the moment, my sister's.

Because you can have... How many profiles can you have on one Netflix account? Four, I think. Yeah, and then you can get more extended ones and stuff, can't you? You can get extensions? I think you can get ones where more people can watch at the same time, because I used to have the old one and then gave my password away to family

and then I'd go on and be like, such and such is watching my, I couldn't watch it, and I'd have to read the way, get off my account, you know? What do you mean, who was such and such? I'm not naming shame certain family members that might have been on my account uh yeah what if that was so they had the account at the same time but you couldn't have two people watching at the same time

and then you have to oh you have to upgrade so you get more am i going to upgrade so someone else in my family can watch netflix or could they just pay for the Netflix? Now Josephine, you see the pain you're putting these people through? Uh, no. No, no I don't. All I see is the great offerings that Netflix has to deliver. Do you know my brother-in-law, Josephine, same thing, Eddie. He's been

mooching off his parents one for many years. And I read an article not good news for you, Josephine, that Netflix are cracking down on this yeah that's the plan right that is unbelievable they're trialling it they're trialling it in Columbia or something at the moment and I text

them this article and I was like dark days are coming bruh and you know what he texts back Josephine what what's your Disney plus password I love that. I'm going to try that with the stuff. Yeah.

That's amazing. That's very funny. Hang on you, Josephine. You have a great day. Awesome. You too. Get fuelled up with the Hits Fuel Grab. You can win your share of thousands of dollars worth of fuel with the Hits Fuel Grab

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How are you guys? Yeah, we're doing well. It's wonderful to have you on. Petrol, it's a thing. And you want some in your tank, we understand. Yeah, it would be amazing. You've been going through a rough time lately, Hayley? Yeah, my little boy, he's four, he got diagnosed with cancer just before Christmas. So we had

to spend Christmas in Auckland, and we've been back and forward a lot ever since, so life's been pretty intense and very different. Sorry to hear that, but producer Bee Humps is just telling us you guys have started a Give A Little page, if anyone wants to help you guys out. Yeah, some of my friends started it. It's amazing. It's just called James' Journey. And yeah, it's just helping us out because I've had to leave my job because it's too,

like I'm a hairdresser, so it's too risky for illnesses, especially with COVID, just trying to keep them as safe as we can. So yeah, it's been amazing. Listen, I hope little James makes it through. And, yeah, go and visit, give a little page. Yeah. James's journey. In the meantime, we'll try and give you some petrol, shall we, Hayley?

That would be awesome. Thank you. Now you know how the game works. You just need to say stop before the fuel tank runs out, before the buzzer, okay? Okay, cool. All right, here we go. $50. $200.

$233. $268. Stop. Oh! Wowee! Well done. That'll get you back to Auckland at least Well you might get halfway to Auckland

Oh yeah maybe a couple of times if I'm lucky $268 Let's see where it would have ran out If you'd played it a little longer $278 Oh my gosh You played the perfect game there Man that was lucky

Well done On a tightrope Hey well listen Lots of love sending out your way To little James and yourself You played the perfect game there. Man, that was lucky. Well done. On a tightrope. Hey, well, listen, lots of love sending out your way to little James and yourself in the whanau, okay? Thank you so much. Thank you so much for playing. Another chance to play, as I said before, 5.20 with Brad and Laura. But next on the show, Jono, you want to be known by a new name. Well, I had the opportunity to commit some fraud yesterday.

Light fraud, you know, stuff, you know. Probably wouldn't go to a white-collar prison for it, but maybe a little bit of home detention or something. And I want to take the opportunity up to commit this fraud, and I'll tell you what it is next. You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Ben, I was making a booking yesterday, a restaurant booking. Now, home of the Johnny Cash Stash. Oh, the Lone Star. Love the Lone Star. Yeah, you do love the Lone Star. Didn't you have a double dinner? I went double Johnny Cash Stash once. I went to the Lone Star with you once.

You had two dinners. Two dinners. I went double chickens, didn't I? That's right. And when you ordered it, because I know that you don't eat lunch during the day and that meal time is your time that you eat. And what would you say? Well, look forward to that.

Well, look forward to that, Professor. There we go. There we go. Sounds good. It's got a ring to it. Professor Fryer. The Professor. You have a great day.

Appreciate it. You too. Take care. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Here's our mate, Belle Crawford, with all the celebrities that are suffering fungal infections this hour.

What's going on, Belle? Well, things all the celebrities that are suffering fungal infections this hour. What's going on, Belle? Well, things are getting pretty serious with Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. You remember when we thought it was just a big PR stunt? They met on the set of Saturday Night Live. We thought maybe they were just friends. Well, it's been going on for quite a long time, and they're in a proper relationship now. I mean, he's given skinny, weedy dudes covered in tattoos hope, hasn't he? Yeah.

Skeet. I mean, Kanye came out with the nickname. Hope, hasn't he? Yeah. Skeet. I mean, Kanye came out with the nickname Skeet, didn't he? Yeah. And that really did gain some traction, Skeet. Well, he even used it himself, didn't he, Pete Davidson? He said, hey, it's Skeet here when he texts Kanye. So, you know, maybe he's okay with it. Yeah, Trump always could get a good nickname going, too, for something. You know, Crooked

Hillary and Sleepy Joe and things. A lot of faults, but his nickname again was on point, yeah. Yeah, and he's even met the kids things. Yeah, they're all false, but his nickname again was on point, yeah. Yeah, and he's even met the kids now. He was hanging out with Northwest, and Kim had this to say about their relationship. I mean, I am a relationship kind of girl, for sure, and I wouldn't be with someone if I didn't plan on spending a lot of my time with them.

Obviously, I want to take my time, but I'm very happy and very content, on spending a lot of my time with them. Obviously, I want to take my time, but I'm very happy and very content, and it's such a good feeling just to be at peace. She's a nice addition to the music in the background, too. Doesn't that sound like The Bachelor or something? I am a relationship kind of girl. Yeah, oh, good.

I'm glad they're happy. That's awesome. Yeah, and Rihanna is already the richest. Happier than you, Ben. Yeah, well, true, yeah. Yeah, okay, yeah, they are. Yeah. And Rihanna's the richest woman in music, and she's now been added to Forbes' annual billionaires list

for the first time. She has an estimated net worth of New Zealand $2.4 billion. Wow, it always sounds better when you translate it into NZD, doesn't it? Yeah, dollars aren't so good. That's incredible. That's through her fashion line, is it? Yeah, and her makeup brand, Fenty Beauty. That's what's really got her over the line.

It's not making songs or Spotify checks, that's for sure. Yeah, well, I was looking at the same thing. Speaking of Kanye, he's now over two, Bill, worth over $2 billion. Wow. And he ran Skeet off the ground. I mean, what a prolific six months for Kanye. The Kardashians streaming April 14 only on Star on Disney+. That is the hits.

There you go, Jono and Ben. The great thing about listening to this show is that the day can only get better from here. Jono and Ben on the hits. That pretty much wraps up our show. The big news, of course, today, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield has stepped down. Chris Hipkins, who said, spread your legs, he got the saying right this time, guys. Do you have an opportunity to go out and spread your wings?

Do you think in his head he was like, don't say it, don't say it, get it right, get it right, and he would have been really relieved when he got it right this time, right? Yeah, well, it was almost like a take two for him. It was redemption, wasn't it? He had the setting. It was the same setup as when the fateful Spread Your Legs comment did come out. Ashley was standing to his left, and he was like, this is the sequel. This is the Spread Your Wings, sorry, sequel.

Don't you start doing that. Hey, have yourself a great Thursday. We'll be back tomorrow. We've got $5,000 up for grabs again. We've got plenty more free fuel, and we've got to work out how Jono's going to catch his first fish. Next week is happening on the Hats. Jono and Ben, brought to you by Resene,

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