Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Do Hilary Barry & Jeremy Wells Despise Each Other IRL?

Episode Date: March 6, 2022

Another #BoomerRumour is spreading, this time about Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells. Do they dislike each other in real life? We caught up with Denise our boomer friend who shared with us what she's heard. We also found what we thought was John Key's mobile number and wanted to see if he would answer. HE DID. WHY WOULD JOHN KEY ANSWER A BLOCKED PHONE CALL!? Finally, we're going to try see if Jono is NZ's worst driver, but we caught up with Janine who is classified as the UK's worst driver. Is she much worse than Jono? You be the judge... Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Birds, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, 7th of March, that's a Monday on the Gregorian calendar. Yeah. Do you want to know, what's the difference between, what different types of calendars are there? I only know the Gregorian. Oh, I don't know, what do you get when you go to Calendar Girls? Do you get, um, sorry, that's a jag that you'd use on me. Has it gotten early? Well done.

They prefer the Gregorian, The girls are calendar girls. You go to buy some calendars. Do you know the best time to buy a calendar is the time after Christmas. You have the place in the mall that sells calendars. Oh, there was a pop-up shop. Yeah, yeah. And then you buy it before Christmas and there's some great calendars there. But then I went there a few days after Christmas.

All calendars. All calendars. Five bucks. All calendars. Wow, that's a lot. And it was like, I think if it might have just ticked on to the new year or whatever it is, but it's still like, you've still got like the best part of 12 months.

I was like, this is amazing. Calendar sales, the ass blows out of the morn the first, doesn't it? It must be, yeah. But I was like, jeez, this is great. Five bucks a calendar. Do you know the Gregorian calendar was invented by Pope Gregory as an alternative replacement to the Julian calendar. There's so many different types of calendars.

There was the American calendar, the Chinese calendar, the British regional year calendar, the Ethiopian calendar, Iranian calendar, Korean calendar. Everyone's got a bloody calendar except for New Zealand. We need our own calendar. Let's not overcomplicate things at the moment. Tibetan calendar. Yeah.

A lot of calendars. I haven't got a calendar hanging on the wall, however. We've got one in the bathroom. Yeah, the toilet seems to be the favourite option. Why would you put a calendar in a toilet? So when you're sitting there, you're like, oh, it's the 12th. Yeah, I guess, yeah. What is the point of it?

I quite like it when I'm brushing my teeth or whatever in the morning, having a look at the calendar, you know, to kind of go, oh, yeah, there's this thing and this thing's coming up and things like that. Do you write on the calendar? Oh, we don't do a lot of that, but just kind of in general. You're like, okay, it's March and such. Oh, you just get your head around the day. You get your head around the days, you know.

You're like, okay, well, yeah. What sort of calendar have you got? I bet you had a comedy one. No, well, the kids got me a LeBron James Space Jam. So my love of Looney Tunes and LeBron James in the calendar. We're at Lola Bunny. Lola Bunny's March at the moment, so she gets her own month.

The poor calendar sales people though, they really must have felt the effects of the cell phone. Oh yeah. Wouldn't they? Yeah, you're right. And computers as well, your calendar's always on, but you know. I like those ones where they're placed in the bathroom and it's just a picture of like a gentle river flowing through a forest you know this is what i want to look at right now yeah this is taking me to a safe place my mum had a good

calendar which i always thought was really good that was just it was basically just the days and people's birthdays and so you wouldn't get the actual it wasn't like year specific so you just go okay that's their birthday so every time you you go, oh, these birthdays are coming up in March on these days. And just the same calendar would live for years and years. So it wasn't like, you know, oh, Jono's birthday is going to be on a Monday this year, but you would know, oh, Jono's birthday is coming up this month, you know. So just ticking over, this is a good idea. Oh, Jenny, she's a smart lady.

You know, that doesn't surprise me. Because you forget everyone's birthdays, really, to be honest. You do. Yeah, you do. I've got a vague idea about people's birthdays. You're like, oh, what's your idea? You're not a birthday guy, though, are you? No, I kind of don't.

But there's some people who are, so you feel bad if you don't, you know. Like Sharon we used to work with. She loves a birthday. She loves a birthday. Yeah. And she'd make a scene about your birthday. I don't like a scene being made. No.

Even though I'm a very narcissistic radio announcer, for some reason I don't like, you know, your morning tea happy birthday sing-along in the office. Yeah, I'm with you. It's long, it's drawn out, no one wants to be there, they just want to come and have a free piece of banana cake and get on with their day. But some people are like, it's birthday week,

I've got a whole week, that's all. I appreciate those people. They'll come along to their party and I'll have a good time celebrating their birthday but I'm not one to make a week out of it turn it into an event when was the last birthday party you had? oh for me?

I do always something with the kids and the family but it's always but not like a everyone come along have a party sort of situation I'd have a party but not for my birthday I'd rather go come over and watch this sports game and we'll have some beers or something. But that would be a party for me.

Sounds depressing, just as you're explaining it. That'd be fun. Oh, not funny. Yeah, you're not coming. Hey, we've got Jeremy Wells today on the podcast because there was a boomer rumor we heard about him and Hilary Barry. Always very nervous, I imagine, when you get a phone call going,

hey, has Jono and Ben heard a rumor about you? Yeah. You never want to hear that on the other end of the phone. I feel like we squashed that rumor, but you can decide for yourself on the podcast. As well as that, we talked to a lady who's been dubbed Britain's worst driver. And she will find out on the podcast. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. Why did you feel like an idiot over the weekend? You haven't told me. You just teased over the song. I did. Well, I out in the podcast. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. Why do you feel like an idiot over the weekend?

You haven't told me. You just teased over the song. I did. Well, I went to the zoo. I haven't been to the zoo in a while. And it was cool going with the family. And they've got this whole new area. I think you were telling me about how there's a whole lot of new sections within the zoo.

Yeah. Which is really cool. But what I didn't realize is there are some areas that are still being in the process of getting built. And they're built, but they haven't got animals in but we spent good 20 to 30 minutes looking through going oh there's supposed to be an emu in here somewhere it wasn't to us on the side going coming awesome 2022 that you're like oh this is where they're going to put animals in here you're like how can I not see a tiger i've always wanted to start a zoo where you have attractions but no animals i thought you were saying that when i was on the weekend

honestly there's a panther in there somewhere are you looking you're looking you can't see you can't prove there's not yeah i've got a sign that says there is a panther yeah so i thought of you over the weekend as we spent 20 minutes looking for an animal that wasn't there i was like how much time do you give each animal that you see as well? Yeah. So if you see monkeys, how long are you giving the monkeys when you're staring at them? You're like, oh, there it is.

Yeah, well, that's true. In a five-minute window? Yeah, sometimes they're more interesting than others. I always feel for the baboons. They've got a lovely cushioning on their behind, haven't they? That was one of the things I noticed again. It's like those things that boomers would take to the rugby, you know, those little seat cushions

like about six centimetres of padding just because the seats are a bit hard after 80 minutes at the rugby well they've kind of

got one of those permanently but it's blazing red too isn't it it's a big red butt do they still have the little meerkat thing where you can go

underground and peek up next to the meerkat nah from COVID purposes you can't go under damn it was the best part of the zoo. I tell you, now it's really good. I think the thing you're referring to is the monkey kingdom that they have.

Giant power poles with wires connecting each power pole, and the monkeys are on top of you climbing along the wire. And I'm like, this is going to go bad one day. Wow. You're going to have to have people catching underneath. Catch a monkey. Yeah, sort of 30 metres in the air.

It's remarkable stuff. That's quite fun. Yeah. Juliet, you moved over the weekend. I did and that was a big old job. I had to do a mad

decluttering. Have we said Juliet's leaving? You've insinuated on the show a little bit. I don't know if we're allowed to or not. For Juliet, it's your news to share.

Yes, we can talk about it. That's fine. We want to ignore it but it's happening. We don't want you to leave. I didn't want to be like this is your news. You tell Yes, we can talk about it. We want to ignore it, but it's happening. We don't want to be like, this is your news. You tell everyone if you want to tell everyone. Which I don't have now. I've dropped the bomb. Yes, no, I'm going overseas.

I'm doing my OE. I'm going to work on a yacht for about a year and then move to London and work in the media over there. Somehow get a job, get whatever I can get. So that's in four weeks time and Ben and me in between now and then are trying to find ways to keep her in New Zealand. That's right. We're going to pin some sort of criminal record

on her. My last day is April 1st so could it be an April Fool's joke? I don't know. I hope so. We're literally going to replace Juliet with three people. She'll be doing three people's jobs. So yeah, moved home in the weekend just to, because I was in a flat beforehand, and so I moved home just to

sort, help admin, save a little bit more money before I go, and man, it's a big job. Like, there is so much. You just clutter. You do so much stuff. Probably take you six months to go through all that stuff, so you maybe want to stay a bit longer. Yeah, that's a good idea. I'm always wanting to get another pandemic out there, just to keep her here in New Zealand when you move though

there's a brief moment when you're moving and you're like should we just leave all this stuff here and start a new life when we move to the new location it's the biggest night we've got a friend Jeremy who's like if you ever need to move you call me he's put his name to that I know, it's the last thing I want to do

I don't want to move my stuff let alone anyone else's next on the show, this is a really awesome thing how want to do is help anyone. I don't want to move my stuff, let alone anyone else's. Next on the show, this is a really awesome thing, how you can help. You feel a bit helpless with what's going on in Ukraine? Well, I'll tell you next how you can actually help. Scrolling through your feed. When it comes to the news, we're first in the morning and last in credibility. What's been happening, Ben?

Well, obviously what's going on in the Ukraine is just really, really hard to watch those sites on the news last night, and you feel very helpless over here in New Zealand, and you know, a lot of people saying, is there any way you can help? Well, there is one way you can help. People around the world are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine not to stay, but to lend their support

and to pay for them. Oh, that's a good idea. Yeah, so people have been booking and paying for immediate Airbnb stays, and over Wednesday and Thursday alone last week, more than 61,000 nights were booked right across Ukraine, grossing nearly $2 million over just those two nights. And New Zealanders are starting to get in on this as well and booking over the last week as well.

So it's really awesome, actually. Yeah, and don't give them a shocking review either. No. It'll be a kick in the guts. Yeah. It was a nightmare sleep. There were bloody missiles going all night long, keeping me awake. So I think it's kind of cool

because the money goes directly to people over there. Yeah, it's good. You do feel helpless in these situations, don't you? And you sort of end up just posting the Ukrainian flag on social media and hoping that's going to do something, which actually we spoke to a Kiwi journalist who's over there. He's like, that actually does help because it keeps it still in the zeitgeist of conversation.

Yeah. Because, see, the news moves on, you know? Right. And you forget about it. There's lots of stuff happening in other countries that we were in the news for a while, and then the news, you're right, moves on. You're like, well, hang on. Remember Afghanistan, the Taliban?

This thing's still going on. Yeah. You know? It's not like it's all over and done with. So, yeah, really awesome way you can support. And there's a new The Batman movie in cinemas right now. And the U.S. screening was forced to stop after an actual bat got into The Batman movie. So the bat was flying around.

And you'd think it would be part of the movie promotion or something. It'd be quite jittery, wouldn't it, a bat inside a movie theatre? Yeah, so they had to stop the movie, turn on the lights and try and get rid of this bat. Someone else pointed out on social media it was a good thing they didn't go see Ant-Man because ants inside the movie would have been probably slightly worse. Where's this movie theatre that a bat can just fly into it? Somewhere in the States, by the look of it. Yeah, but I don't, yeah. It does feel

like a great promotion. It does. But you'd also be watching going, is that a bat? No, it sure is. Is it? You know? You'd think it was part of the actual movie. People are giving bats a wide berth at the moment too, aren't they? Oh yeah. According to the... Not the pet of choice. No, you're right.

There's bats in Australia. Have you been to Australia? I have been to Australia. Their bats are wild. Really? Oh, yeah. Hundreds of them. I think they're sort of protected. Oh, okay.

And they're terrifying on mass bats. Yeah. Aren't they? They're such gross-looking creatures, aren't they? They're like children. Scary on mass. Make me uneasy. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning,

coming up very shortly. Actual news headlines from around the world. Producer Juliet's beat them out. We've got to work out what it is. It's a fun game. That's next on The Hits. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is The B**** News.

We hand you now over to Juliet, who's gone to parts of the internet that you wouldn't wish upon your worst enemy to find these stories, Jew. Yes, and I've beeped out a couple of words. You guys have to guess what the correct headline is. Your first story. One of Australia's richest women is...

I'm going to say she's buying Jeff Bezos' phallic-shaped rocket off him. Because that seems like a sort of movie you'd make if you were rich, right? Yeah, it's a big power play. I'm going to say one of Australia's richest women is Dorothy the Dinosaur. Probably true, actually.

Top the Aussie rich lady. One of Australia's richest women is giving away all of her money. So Melanie Perkins has amassed over $16 million by the age of 34. She started the company Canva, which is basically like an easy online version of Photoshop. And it's very useful. I've used it and I'm like, oh my God, no wonder you've got so much money.

It's amazing. But despite her wealth, she believes that she can live her life quite modestly and is going to give away her wealth over the course of her lifetime to charities and thinks that if she works hard enough, her goal would be to eliminate extreme poverty over the course of her lifetime. She kind of thinks that there's enough good nature in the world, there's enough money in the world, that if we all try, we can actually end some of these issues that are in the world. So good on her. She is being an idiot.

Don't give away your money. What is she doing? She's being a good human. I mean, it's lovely. But it's not important. It's lovely. It's lovely. Okay, would you give away your wealth?

Well, you'd like to think if you're that rich. You'd like to think that. He always says that. I'd like to think. But that gives Bosham some insurance that if he's ever in that position, I said the word a lot. I'd like to think it. The next news story.

Florida driver blames **** for his speeding ticket. I was going to say, Jono Pryor is the world's worst driver. We're having a lot of fun at Jono's driving expense this week. I'm going to say Florida driver blames it on the boogie for his speeding ticket. Florida driver blames Putin for his speeding ticket. Now, I saw this headline and I was like, that is outrageous. But his reason is actually quite justifiable. So he got pulled over by the police and his excuse was,

I just found out that Putin said he's going to launch nuclear thermal war against the world and I was trying to get back to my house to find out what's going on. And I think that's actually kind of valid. Because if he was scared enough, he would be rushing home to figure that out. And mind you, a speeding ticket is probably the last thing you have to worry about if there's going to be a thermonuclear war. Exactly. And the final news story. Dinner in Quebec changes the name of poutine on the menu because...

I'm going to say because no one knows what the heck it is. I'm going to go because that's how a person who can't spell Putin spells Vladimir Putin. Dinner in Quebec changes the name of poutine on the menu because it sounds too much like Putin. Spells Vladimir Putin. Dinner in Quebec changes the name of poutine on the menu because it sounds too much like Putin. Oh, wow, you were right. Yeah. But it's not. No, no.

So why are they changing it? I don't know. It's their yum meal of like fries, cheese and gravy. Oh, yes, I know the one. Yeah, poutine. There's a place just up the road that does that. It's so good. So they're probably thinking, oh, gosh, we't want to be affiliated with poutine in these times.

But it's a very common dish, so. It almost sounds 85% filthy, that word, doesn't it? You say? Yeah. It almost sounds like you're dipping your toes into the pool of filth. Yeah. But there we go. It merged in Quebec, this dish.

Yeah. It's so yum. It is lovely, isn't it? It feels like you're eating a heart attack. Yeah, it is this dish. Yeah, it's so yum. It is lovely, isn't it? It feels like you're eating a heart attack. Yeah, it is. And that's why it's so good. Thank you very much, Juliet, the News and Boots. Hey, next, I've discovered something about pyjamas.

Ben, you're a pyjamas person, aren't you? I don't mind pyjamas. Are you a pyjama person? Yeah, I love pyjamas. If you like pyjamas, you'll be thinking twice next. We'll find out what it is after AJR Bang. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben.

Jono and Ben. Just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben. On the hits. Now I mentioned before I've discovered something about pyjamas that'll make you second guess your wearing of pyjamas. I'm going to front foot this and say I completely oversold that.

Well I'm here now. You got me here. And that was the point of it. It sucked in. I was like, oh, what's it got to say? Well, obviously, not much. Nothing interesting. Nothing interesting. But I was wearing pyjamas last night.

Now, I'm not usually a pyjama person, Ben. I know you like to snuggle up in your jammies, don't you? Yeah, I do. I like the jama bottoms more than the pyjama tops. I normally wear a t-shirt and pyjama bottoms. The pyjama top feels like you've got to be really cold to be wearing the full outfit. The full pizzazz. Are you a full pyjama pizzazz?

The top and bottom? Yeah, I usually am. I mix and match. It's never matching, my top and bottom. It's like socks, isn't it? They always sort of... Yeah. So, the slit, Ben.

Have you discovered the front of your pyjama pants? The little fly situation? Yes. Who uses that? Wait, I'm confused. Is there like a little fly in the pants? It's like a curtain that you can pull back. And it doesn't have a zip.

No zip, no button. Yeah, no button either. It looks like it would present the world's most terrifying puppet show. But I'm like, who is using that thing? Because I know what it's there for. I'm gathering that's what it's there for. Yeah, yeah. Who's doing that?

Well, no one. I had an incident. I think I've told you about this. About nine, ten years old saying goodnight to family and friends at a social occasion. And I thought I was getting a great laugh. I was like, oh, here you go. The old showman voice comes out to say goodnight and didn't realise that something had sort of popped out through the air.

Something else had come out to say goodnight. Through the unnecessary slit. Oh, no. You're right. There is no point whatsoever in that. Well, no, it feels like just with one simple movement, you've solved that problem. Yeah.

You know, to do what you need to do. That's right. You can pull the, yeah. So it's an unusual thing. You know, the other thing that frustrates me sometimes about clothing is pockets that aren't pockets. Why have a pocket that's not a pocket? What do you mean?

What do you mean? Happens a lot on, you know, blazers and things. Oh, I see. Just stay there for show. You can't put your keys in them. not a pocket. What do you mean? Happens a lot on blazers and things. Just there for show. You can't put your keys in them. Show pockets. I know. I think I find those exist on clothes that are cheaper, so they want the look of a

pocket, but they don't want to actually sew the pocket. They don't want to commit to a pocket. Forget about putting anything inside there. They want to say, hey look, I'm showing off my pockets, but no, don't even think about to a pocket. Forget about putting anything inside there. It's not going to happen. They want to say, hey, look, I'm showing off my pockets. But no, don't even think about it. Do you know pockets were introduced by a guy called the Iceman? Badass nickname. Really?

The Iceman. 300 BC. What a nickname. I'm just getting over the nickname. But his name was Otzi. And he invented pockets, which he would hold things in there such as a drill and dried tinder fungus, which I don't know what tinder fungus is and what sort of tinder date you get that from,

but he had it in his pockets. Before 7 o'clock, really sad news over the weekend. Sporting legend sadly passed away. We'll talk more about that next. It is The Hits. You've got Jono and Ben. The Hits, the sporting legend sadly passed away. We'll talk more about that next. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Really sad news over the weekend. One of cricket's greatest ever players, Shane Warne, sadly died at just 52 years old, which is really sad. Suspected heart attack in Thailand. He's regarded as one of the finest cricketers ever to play cricket. 708 test wickets. No Australian's ever got as many wickets as him. And in his very first ball, he got a wicket on his first ball,

and they call it the ball of the century. It was incredible. First ball in test cricket in England for Shane Ward. And he's done it. He started off with the most beautiful delivery. Gatting has absolutely no idea what has happened to it. He still doesn't know. He asked Kenny Parver on the way out.

I think, you know, with Shane Warne, you know, like, I'm a huge cricket fan and, you know, really admired what he could do on the cricket field. But he was one of those people that sort of transcended cricket. You didn't even have to know cricket or like cricket to know who Shane Warne was. He was one of those people you just wanted to watch. And he was sort of a larger-than-life character on and off the field. I really appreciated his commitment to smoking during his entire cricket career.

He loved a cigarette. He loved a beer. He would smoke in the dressing room in between overs. And the cricket board, apparently, I was reading yesterday, they paid him. They were like,

mate, can you stop? It's not a great look. Oh, really? To stop huffing on darts in between overs. And they paid him to stop smoking, which I think he just did secretly in a cupboard.

He's like, I'll take your money. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How's it going with that? But a really interesting guy. I had a chance meeting with Shane Warne once in Wellington. Yeah, we were there for work in Wellington in a hotel. And I got into the lift and Shane Warne was there.

And awkwardly did that New Zealand thing where you're pretending to not think it's Shane Warne, but then secretly trying to look at Shane Warne, you know. And then he introduced himself. He said, G'day, legend. He might not have said legend. That's really cool. And he shook my hand and introduced himself. And he's like, you want a signature, mate?

And I was like, yeah, I'll take a signature. He took my hat off and signed the hat. That's incredible. And I said, good luck. I didn't know what they were going to do. I didn't know if they were playing Or what they were doing But I was offering Maybe he was catching a flight

Good luck for the flight Or anything You don't know what to say to people In that situation do you? That's awesome That's very cool You know lovely guy But that seems like one of the things

I mean it's so sad That he was just 52 years old But he seemed like Just like everyone you hear of Over the weekend It seemed like he had so much time For everyone Including you in a lift

Including me This guy weirdly staring at him quietly in the corner, trying to get a photo of him without him noticing. And also another interesting thing about Shane Warne, he has this one coloured eye is different to the other one. Two different coloured eyes. Wow. Yeah, six out of 5,000 people have that.

Different coloured eyes. Warne. Warne, Warne. What a guy. Yeah, well, you're really sad news. As I said before, you know, he's one of those people that you just wanted to watch. Whenever he'd come on a cricket game, you're just like, oh my goodness, this is going to be, you know,

worth sticking around for. So really, really sad. 52 years old, Shane Warne. R.I.P. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz Now to our hourly update of how much more money the Kardashians are making than the rest of us. Juliet, what's going on?

So Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are the latest celebrities to start up a GoFundMe page to help out with Ukrainian relief. So last week, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds pledged to match up to $1 million in donations. But now Ashton and Milaa mila being born in the ukraine have also pledged to donate up to three million dollars i was born in chernobyl ukraine in 1983 i came to america in 1991 i have always considered myself an american a proud american i love everything that this country has done for myself and my family but today i have never been more proud to be a ukrainian and i've never been more proud to be married to a Ukrainian. The principal challenge right now is logistics.

We need to get housing and we need to get supplies and resources into the area. So Ashton and I have decided to match up to $3 million worth of donations to Airbnb.org and Flexport.org through GoFundMe.org. So I've looked at the page. They're halfway. They've reached about $16 million out of $30 million, which is their goal. And it's quite cool going through and seeing all the donations on the page. Some people are putting $5 in. Some people are putting $500.

That's awesome. But it's, yeah, anything that you can donate, people are just doing that, which is great. I see her family fled the Ukraine when she was 14. Yeah. So she would know exactly what those people are just doing that. I see her family fled the Ukraine when she was 14. Yeah. So she would know exactly what those people are going through. 1.5 million have fled that country in the last week. Yeah. She's incredible, isn't it?

I recently listened to Mila Kunis on Dax Shepard's podcast a couple of weeks ago. It's actually a really interesting chat. She talks about growing up in the Ukraine and how much she remembers of it and what it was like leaving and coming to the united states when her family kind of had no idea what the united states was going to be like um but they did it anyway it's yeah it's very interesting and good on her and she auditioned for that 70s show when she was 14 but she was meant to be 18 and got the gig and the producers didn't find out until they're in too deep yes that's right and that's kind of what started her career, I guess.

And now over the weekend, Kim Kardashian was deemed legally single. And she's now officially removed West from her last name on Instagram. And meanwhile, Kanye posted a poem on divorce on his Instagram, which it looks like he's written. It's basically 30 lines of him saying what divorce feels like. He said divorce feels like full-blown COVID. Divorce feels like your soul's been dragged over coal. Divorce feels slower than paint drying. And you read through all the things that he's comparing it to

and you're like, oh gosh, actually, he's hurting. He was in there till the end though, wasn't he? He was still sending roses on Valentine's Day and everything. I know. Poor guy. You feel for him. You do. But oh well, that's probably for the best. She did not want any part of that.

I hope you'll still send me roses when we're having our divorce, Ben. Yeah, alright. I'll do that. You do. A big truckload of roses. Alright, sweetheart. And finally, Britney Spears. She has called her partner Sam Asghari husband on her Instagram in recent posts, meaning people think that she's now got engaged,

sorry, got married to him. They got engaged just before her conservatorship ended. So everyone's freaking out. Are you married? Are you married? They seem to be on vacation at the moment. So if she's married, that's amazing. Why didn't she tell us? Why didn't she tell the rest of us?

We deserve to know. Oh, we see wedding pics. Don't go off and get married without telling the world. Yeah, exactly. Thank you, Ju. No worries. And that's Spy for more. You can head to thehits.co.nz.

The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. Jono and Ben on The Hits. Found a photo over the weekend. Well, I found an old pamphlet that I was a one-time model in. You were in a pamphlet? What was your pamphlet? Many years ago. And I haven't been able to find this for ages.

It was about wearing bike helmets. Oh, you've spoken about this. Have you got it? But I was the guy that was... I was the guy that put the bike helmet on wrong. So all the ways not to wear the bike helmet, that was me. Were you trying to teach, like, bike helmet safety? Yeah, bike helmet safety.

In one of these photos, he's got the helmet on backwards and covering his entire face. Like, how did you get this gig? Where they're like, this looks like the dumb sort of kid who would put a helmet on backwards. Yes, yeah. How old were you when you did this? I can't remember. I was still at school. I mean, you're a smart guy. I trust you to put a helmet on. This is a stitch on back. Yes, yeah. How old were you when you did this? I can't remember. I was still at school.

I mean, you're a smart guy. I trust you to put a helmet on. This is a stitch-up. Not in the history of helmet wearing have people got it that wrong. You know, like, did they really need a pamphlet

all about putting on helmets wrong? But I was the guy that helped, you know. If I've done my bit, you know, when I look back when my life's over, I'll go,

I helped out a lot of people put their bike helmets on the right way. What's amazing me, we should put this helped out a lot of people put their bike helmets on the right way. What's amazing me, we should put this up on our Instagram, put it up on the Hits Breakfast, Ben's PSA, how to wear a bike helmet. I mean, if you're really needing to know how to wear a bike helmet, you should probably question whether you should be riding a bike. You shouldn't get on a bike.

That's the biggest issue. But what is surprising me about this is somehow Ben is smaller now than he was when he was 14. How does that work? It's shrinking. Did you audition for this? I think I got it off a photo. Like I got it off and they went,

that's the guy. So yeah, they chose me from a photo. So as you say, they chose, they went, we're looking for some idiot. Looks like he couldn't put a helmet on properly. That's our idiot. Where did this pamphlet go? Did it go far and wide?

I think it was, yeah, you see it pop up in a few places, you know, mainly when bikes are sold or other things. Oh, there I am with the helmet on backwards again. I inadvertently was on a pamphlet as well in an advertising campaign, not by choice, for a pilot flying school. That's right, yeah. What? We went, we had a, I can't remember how it happened.

I think we were filming there, weren't we? And you can basically fly a simulator, a flight simulator. Yeah, which stresses me out. Like, I think I crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about three times and mowed into some building in Tokyo. So I wasn't a good pilot. But then there I was with Thumbs Up going, three times and mowed into some building in tokyo uh so i wasn't a good pilot but then uh there i was with thumbs up going uh with an oversized pilot's hat on saying it was really good i think

was your quote i was like because i remember talking to you guys can you come up with something better than this you're like what what it was really good it was really good johnny price says it was really good i've got no place piloting O'Prior says it was really good. I've got no place piloting a plane or fronting a campaign for a piloting a plane place. So we want to know this morning, like the Flight of the Conchords song, when were you a part-time model? You could be a part-time model. Such a good song. Were you a model by choice?

Were you maybe a hand model in an easy buy catalogue? Yeah, we'd love to hear from you. 0800 THE HITS or 4487, a part-time model. Where were you, like me, in a catalogue? Did it happen? Jono and Ben. One year, no rent, no mortgage. The Hits, live free.

With oneroof.co.nz If you want to live free of your rent or mortgage for an entire year, listen out for the songs on The Hits and if you're on 0800 The Hits, the first caller, you can get in the draw for that amazing prize. Let's head to Wahi Rachel. How's the gold mining going in your town?

Oh my goodness, I'm actually on. Yeah, it's going good. A lot of gold. A lot of gold around Waihi. Make gold in them hills. Really? Rachel, you are in the draw. She won't need the gold, though, if she wins this. No.

Don't even bother putting your pot and pan or whatever you take gold mining in the car today. Rachel, you're in this draw. Are you renting? Do you own a house? What's the deal? I'm renting a house, yeah. It would just be amazing. Years worth of rent. What would you do? Do you own a house? What's the deal? I'm renting a house yeah so that would be just so amazing Years worth of rent. What would you do

with that money? Leftover money? I would definitely save it towards my own home. It's a hell of a prize Rach isn't it? Yeah. Well you are in the drawer. Thank you so much for listening. We really appreciate it. Thank you so much. All thanks to oneroof.co.nz Of course

we are looking not only to pay someone's rent or mortgage, but looking for part-time models this morning. You could be a part-time model. When you have to keep your day job. You only damage your side hustle. Ben has brought in a wonderful pamphlet from years gone by where he was modelling on how not to wear a bike helmet. And we'll put it up onits Breakfast social media on Instagram.

It's a wonderful message, Ben, that you're getting across. And who would have thought that confused little boy who didn't know how to put on a helmet would become the national treasure I'm looking at today? Who would have thought? Well, I haven't. Okay, and when have you been a part-time model? Oh, 800 of the Hits.

We'll go to Ryan. You were a part-time model. Many years ago, I had my 21st. And, you know, the inevitable happens. I vomited. But somebody took a photo of me vomiting with both hands stretched out doing the big thumbs up. Is this mid-vomit? Yeah, yeah, mid-vomit.

Somebody took a photo. And then fast forward maybe three or four years, I met this girl. She was a sister of my best friend, and she said, man, you look really familiar, and I can't just place the face. And I took her all night to realize that that photo had made it onto the T-shirt of the Massey University pub crawling T-shirt for that year. Oh, your image was used to promote? To this day, I have never seen that photo, and I'd really like to see it. Oh, you've never seen that? But it's on T-shirts.

Basically, you were the face of that pub crawl that year, and you've never seen it? Never seen it. I'd love to see it. Wow, that's unbelievable. Well, you kind of, how did you feel that you were being used in such a mass advertising form? Oh, pretty cheap. Any talent fees for your appearance on the posters?

No royalties, nothing. Thank you for your call. Appreciate it. Text 4487. Aaron, who was a finger model for Michael Hill Jeweller. Aaron's hands were used to... Oh, the catalogue. The catalogue.

Hell of a job for a hand. And then also Tony, who at his gym, he has a before and after shot. That is on the front door of the gym, the automatic doors. So you can see Tony mid-2020. Tony, say mid-lockdown Tony. And now shredded Tony as well. Every time he walks into the gym. Oh, so good.

Thank you for your calls and texts this morning. 7.15, it is the hits. Jono and Ben, brought to you by... One great way to make the morning commute a little more stressful. Jono and Ben on the hits. I think that Jono might be New Zealand's worst driver, so we're putting him to the test actually over the next couple of days. You've got a driving test for me after the show this morning, you said that you've compiled.

Is this a Ben Boyce legitimate driving test? Yeah, well it's my legit driving test, so that's a wee surprise for you. And as another surprise, I've got a lady on. We've managed to track her down. She's been labelled Britain's worst driver. Her name is Janine. She joins us. How are you?

I'm good. How are you? Good. Now, are you Britain's worst driver? Are we talking to the legend and the myth? I don't think I'm that bad. It's what the papers called me. Like when I spoke about the story,

they kind of billed it as being Britain's most persistent learner. And I was like, yeah, okay, I'll go with that. I'll go with that. And then when the story came out, it became Britain's worst driver. So I've just kind of gone along you've been stitched up in a headline form um yeah so talk us through your driving history when did it all start when did they're trying to get your license all start so i started when i was 17 but i didn't really take to it i would say i'm not the most natural

driver in fact i often joke that i was born to be driven like I don't I started when I was about 17 but I think I gave it up after maybe around 10 15 lessons and I kind of stopped I started up again in about my I think maybe early 20s and then I stopped what actually happened is the story came out in the papers about me a lovely driving instructor contacted me and said that she lived in Wales and said look come to Wales and I'll teach you how to drive she goes she was like I don't believe anybody's unteachable what have I got to lose like let me go try in Wales so I went to try my uh driving test in Wales I failed the first one with her but I'm fairly certain that was nerves so the second time I went up there and I did like a week's intensive course and I was petrified.

I think I must have stalled like three times after I came at the test center. Like I think he told me to turn left and I turned right. It was just one of those horrendous diving tests. So how many years training have you had and how many lessons training until you did get your license? So, all in all, I was learning over 14 years and I believe I've had

around about 300 driving lessons across that time. Wow! So this has cost you quite a lot of pounds, I imagine. I know. When I did the maths, I worked out I could have bought a designer handbag because I'm. I know. When I did the maths, I worked out I could have bought a designer handbag, so I'm gutted. And so you drive now?

Hilariously, I do. And so I drive every day now, which is a real shock probably to everybody who knows me. Any accidents since you've been driving and nothing like that? Thankfully, no. I've had a couple of near misses. Nothing untoward has happened yet it was an absolute stitch up by the media you're not britain's worst driver if anything you're britain's most learned driver yeah

what is it what is it about driving like what what confused are you um so i think i really struggled because when you're learning to drive all my friends were like oh you're gonna like driving is like this epiphany moment like it all just clicks and then it becomes very natural that has never happened for me and I tell any friend who's learning it's a lie right never happened for me I'm very conscious you know people go I drove from a to b I don't even realize how I got there no no i planned the route i knew exactly where i was going if i'm not happy on certain roads like for example hill starts are my absolute nemesis but like i i can do them but they give me some anxiety when i'm on the hill and you're resting there and you're just like come on clutch gas clutch gas clutch gas come on

i'll tell you what one for me is when you have to parallel park, you park in, you back in outside a cafe where people are sitting outside. Oh, forget about that. He literally parks five kilometres away. Yeah. If you can pull into the space, it's just easier. Exactly. You know what? It's not a spectator sport driving, you know, unless you're driving in the Formula One.

But that's not for me either. Well, listen, Ben thinks I'm New Zealand's worst driver, mainly for the fact that I almost nearly run over people. I'm swerving all over the road. I'm erratic. He likes to describe my drive. He's overconfident, whereas you didn't have the confidence at the start. He's the other way, so he's bad through too much confidence. Yeah, so maybe we would make the perfect driving couple.

I think we would. I'd be like, you could just drive. I'll just cover my eyes in the passenger seat. It'll be fine. It'll be fine. Oh, Janine, you sound like an absolute champion of a human being. It was lovely meeting you, lovely talking to you. And I don't think we call her Britain's worst driver anymore.

No. Britain's most careful driver. Thank you very much, Janine. Thank you. Thank you so much. Scrolling through Thank you. Thank you so much. Scrolling through your feed. The biggest news of the day is on Newstalk ZB.

The other stuff is here with us right now. Ben, what's happening, baby? We're looking for a little bit of more quirky news right now, and dating in the era of social media and smartphones has caused it difficult to navigate, but one US woman, she was trying to date online and she had a bit of a horrible experience when the dude she was about to go on a date with sent her a text meant for his friend,

but about her. Oh, dear God. Back to her revealing his true intentions. Now, she's documented the whole thing on TikTok. She says she was speaking to a guy after a number of days matching with him on Bumble. The conversation still, they moved to iMessage.

You know, they're organizing a time to meet. It sounded all good. He seemed excited. She was happy. And then a couple hours later, three hours before they were going to meet,

he accidentally sent her a text intended for his friend alongside a picture of her. He said, nah bro, she's a solid four desperate times call for desperate measures beggars can't be choosers and it went on uh yeah so it kind of went on a bit more she replied back and he went oh sorry that was a meaning to say that about someone else and accidentally attached your picture even still it's like not great

regardless this happened to a friend of ours not that situation but remember he had been on a date and he was in the passenger seat of the car and she was driving and our other friend she text him going how was the date and he said this date is an absolute shambles. Can't believe I wasted my time doing it. Sent the text, but sent it to her, and she was driving the car. And she obviously didn't read her phone, because then he saw her phone go boom, boom. Oh my God, oh my God.

That is when you get your phone, throw it out the window, you move countries and you never return. Throw it out the window. Why'd you do that? I don't know. Or he should have just opened the door and Commando rolled out on the motorway. Talking a little bit about part-time modelling

and when you've been the face of something. Well, Jono, many years ago you were the face of smoke-free. You know, smoking. Known smoking. Yeah, I did a smoke-free campaign. It was to tell the youth not to smoke, but I was smoking the whole time. Oh, that's bad.

I told them I was smoking. Oh, you told them? Yeah. And they still hired you? smoke, but I was smoking the whole time. Oh, that's bad. I told them I was smoking. Oh, you told them? Yeah. And they still hired you? No, my campaign was, geez, I can't wait to give up one day, you know. In the meantime, I'll take this public health money. Well, there's some good news regarding smoking in New Zealand. A new survey has found smoking, particularly teen smoking,

has fallen to a record low. That's good. has found smoking, particularly teen smoking, has fallen to a record low. The goal is basically for New Zealand to be 95% smoke-free by the year 2025. It kills about 5,000 New Zealanders every year. And the rates are really encouraging at the moment. Less people taking up smoking, so that's really good news. Now let's get the vaping numbers, Ben. Well, yeah, that's it.

Put out the vaping numbers. Are the vaping numbers in that press release? At a record high. I don't know. I'd like to think they're all included in one, but you're right. I don't know. And who knows what's in a vape? I don't know.

Don't question it. That's very fun. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. It happens every time. Around about now on the hits, five words, $5,000. We tell you five words, you tell us what pops into your head. A simple game of word association.

If you match all five words with ours, you win five grand. What a way to start the week. I couldn't think of a better way to start the week. The only better way would be finding out that today is actually a public holiday and we don't need to be here. But let's go to the Carpenter Coast Pope. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning.

How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? You sound business. I like it. You're all business. What do you do, Pope? Hope.

That's where you find she was. I was like, oh, yeah. Oh, Hope. Yeah, not the Pope. I thought I said Pope. I haven't had that before on the radio. Someone called me Pope. Yeah, I thought, what's the Pope calling you from the Vatican? I'm a little bit like, what's this guy on about? I understand now, Hope. I've got said Pope. I haven't had that before on the radio, someone calling me Pope. Yeah, I thought, what's the Pope calling you from the Vatican?

I'm a little bit like, what's this guy on about? I understand now, Hope. I've got your hesitation. Well, Hope or Pope, whatever you want to be known as, what would you spend $5,000 on? I would just say I'd probably save a lot of it, to be honest. Yeah, I've got a young son, so he keeps me busy. Yeah, who's appropriately Googling and gargling in the background there.

He currently is, yeah. Nice. All right, well, Hope, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth, Jono, Ben, or Juliet? Ben. Ben, you're going in. And don't forget, you've got to have three negative rat tests to be let out of that self-isolation box.

Hope, let's win you $5,000. Sounds good. All right. The high-pressure music's playing. This means you need to tell me the first word that comes into your head when I say YouTube. Music. Music.

Winston, word number two. Peters. Ambulance. Hospital. Cook. Chef. And moisturiser. Skin.

Skin moisturiser. You did well, Hope. You moisturiser. You did well, Hope. You did well. Juliet, how many did you match? I think I matched three. Yeah, well, if they match all five with Ben's, you are going to win $5,000. We're going to stimulate your economy, Hope.

Now, Ben Boyce, the heavy lifting's on those bony little shoulders of yours, okay? He's jiggling, he's jumping up and down, he's excited. Here we go, Hope. You know what? I'm not going to start with word number one. I'm going to mix things up. I'm going to jump to word number two. What would you say

if I said Winston? Peters. That's what Hope said, too. I see why you started with number two. Yeah, okay. What would you say, I'm going to just jump around the words today, if I said cook? Chef.

Ooh, okay. Am I lulling someone into a false sense of winning? It feels like you're lulling me into a false sense of security. Probably the same for you, Hope. If I came out with ambulance, what would come out of those sweet little chapped lips of yours, Ben Boyce? Siren?

No, it was hospital. Hospital. It was hospital. Hope, I'm sorry. You dip out there. Let's go to word number five, moisturiser. Skin? And YouTube.

Channel. Three out of five, Hopi. Ah, darn. Well, listen, I'm sorry we couldn't do it for you this morning, but I tell you what, you go and look after the Carpenter Coast for us, okay? Yes, I will do. Have a great day. Thanks for listening. You too. Take care. Thanks.

We've got some spy on the way. Yeah, the person that Jeff Bezos wants to take to space next will outrage you. Oh, really? Oh, I don't know. It's total surprise here. We'll find out. I'm not outraged.

Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. All right, here's some stories about famous people that may or may not interest you. Juliet, what's happening? So you would have seen and heard over the weekend that legendary Australian cricketer Shane Warne passed away due to a suspected heart attack. His former fiancée Liz Hurley, who he was with from 2010 to 2013, posted a tribute to him on her Instagram.

She posted a series of photos from when they were together and captioned it, I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever. Rest in peace my beloved Lionheart. That's very sad. I forgot he was engaged to Liz Hurley for a while there. What a character. Shane Warne. It looks like

he looks like someone that you'd go out with on Saturday night and you'd have some explaining to do on Monday morning. It looks like you'd have a fun time with him. Yeah, he did. He looked really funny. He has lots of stories. It's such a shame. What I appreciated about him is that he just owned everything.

Like all of his off-field scandals, he kind of owned. Like his hair loss, for example, he turned that into a money-making venture when he fronted the game. Then when he had a love tryst or whatever, some sort of smooching up all in here, he then released his own line of underwear, Spinner's underwear.

That's right. He was unashamedly, I'm unashamedly, I can't even talk. Unashamedly? Yeah, that's the word I was trying to spit out there, Juliet, thank you. I did see a video someone posted over the weekend of him

who must have been in an interview, and he said, you know, I've made some mistakes in the past. And I'm just human and I'll probably make more. But that's just me. And he was just completely self-confident, self-assured, just knew that he was only human. Yeah. And we spoke about his prolific smoking through his entire career. To the point where the Australian cricket boards paid him to not smoke.

And I think he still keeps smoking. He's a battler, that's right. And Jeff Bezos is planning his next trip to space in his Blue Origin space rocket that we like to compare to a particular part of the male body. And William Shatner was the last celebrity to go up, but the next celebrity who is in talks to go up in that rocket is none other than Pete Davidson.

Oh, Kim's new man. Yeah. It's the only place, one place you can go to avoid Kanye's Instagram account. Very true. Can't bully me in space. Although Kanye would probably find a way. He'd probably have one of those flags on the back of another space rocket going, I kicked Pete off the ground, skid off the ground.

I kicked him out of Earth. That would be the thing, isn't it? Kanye would be the type of guy that, like, if Pete went up to space, Kanye would be like, I don't care what it will take. I will build myself a rocket to go even further. He'll build a bigger penis rocket. Do you know you don't have to train to go on Bezos' rocket?

It's only 14 hours of just, like, some admin. There's no controls in there. I'm gathering it's all controlled from the ground. Oh, really? So if things go wrong, hours of just like some admin. There's no controls in there. I'm gathering it's all controlled from the ground. Oh really? So if things go wrong you're just like... Surrender. Oh wow. They probably just need some health and safety checks right? I think you have to pay to go on it too.

Yeah about $400,000 for a ride on the Bezos space rocket. $400,000? I thought it would be more expensive than that. Or am I just... Just because I feel like going to space is quite a rare thing. $400,000? I thought it would be more expensive than that. Or am I just, just because I feel like going to space is quite a rare thing. $400,000 is a lot of money. I know, but didn't one guy, I think one of the teenagers paid $18 million or something. Well, he got ripped off because tickets are now $400,000.

Maybe I have that wrong. I'm just going off the top of my head. That is your Spy Update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Thank you, Juliet. After 8 o'clock, our boomer with the rumour is back. A boomer rumour last week. We couldn't deny the fact who rumoured about the Queen, but this one, she's got about a favourite two people that are on television. We're going to talk about that after 8 o'clock.

Jono and Ben, brought to you by... The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben, brought to you by... The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben, on the hits. Now every Monday it seems to be we get a rumour from Denise. She's a boomer, it's a boomer rumour. Last week, basically said that the Queen had passed away and they were pretending that she was still alive. We spoke to Gavin Gray, our UK correspondent.

It is incorrect, I'm pretty sure it is incorrect. So Gavin tackled your rumour last week, Denise. Honestly, he's not a good tackler, is he? Because, honestly, he didn't actually say anything, did he? He didn't actually say she wasn't dead, did he?

And nothing since. I mean, what's Gavin Gray on? Well, it sounds like she's back to work. But anyway... What do you mean nothing since. I mean, what's Gavin Gray on? Well, it sounds like she's back to work. But anyway. What do you mean nothing since? It's been in the news saying she's resumed normal duties. No, not my watch. Sorry.

Maybe they're doing like a Weekend at Bernie's situation with her. Maybe. Propping her up. I would say. So, Denise, you text through another rumor, another boomer rumor, this time involving more of a localized one, involving some television talent. Oh, you wouldn through another rumour, another boomer rumour, this time involving more of a localised one, involving some television talent. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. But Hilary, Barry and Jeremy Wells, they don't get on at all.

Did you know that? They did. The duo, the lovable duo, Jeremy and Hilary on Seven Sharp, weeknights on TVNZ1. Well, they're lovable to us, but they hate each other. They actually hate each other. They look like they're lovable, but they can't stand each other so much

that they're recorded in separate studios, would you believe? And then it's edited. It's edited, I tell you. It's true. It's edited, and so it looks like they're together. Jeremy, you can tell he's got tears in his eyes sometimes.

You can tell. I don't know if you watch it. But he's building up to this massive explosion. He's going to rip it all apart. I tell you it's true. What's he going to have, an on-air outbreak? On-air outbreak, it won't be his pimples, I can tell you. It's a blimmin' huge explosion.

He's going to go off like a rocket. It feels like, now listen, that the producers of Seven Sharp, if they did have a situation where their two hosts hated each other and didn't want to be in the same room, they'd go into the trouble every night of editing them together in separate rooms.

It would just seem like a lot of daily admin that no one has time for. Well, I mean, you know, these are well-renowned people we're talking about, but they're precious. You know, they need to be looked after. But they're two of the nicest people that I have ever met in my life, and I feel like there's no reason for me to believe that they don't get on. Oh my goodness, they don't. They hate each other.

I tell you the rumour. It's rife in the community, nationwide All of New Zealand, everyone knows Well someone pulled me aside Ben at At an event and you were there as well You were only a metre and a half away He's like, hey can I have a word with you over here

So he dragged me about a metre and a half away From Ben, he's like, rumour has it You and Ben absolutely despise each other. You can't work together, but you just stay together because you need to pay off your mortgages. And I said, well, she's a hell of a charade to keep up for 10 years. But I tell you what, I haven't heard that rumour. My rumour's based on truth.

She's like, I'm going back to Jeremy and Hilary. Don't try and smokescreen me with some personal content. Stick to the scripts. Never heard of that rumour. No, no, honestly, Jeremy and my plumber, Dwayne, he told me all about it. And how does Dwayne know? Dwayne? Dwayne Pike.

He saw them in the car park fingering at each other. You mean like waggling their finger? Well, I hope she does. Okay. Wagging, wagging. Because if the other thing was happening, well, then there's the opposite of hating each other. Oh, gee.

Anyway. Okay, so Denise, thank you for another ridiculous rumour, but we'll do your due diligence. We'll try and call. We've got numbers for Jeremy Wells and Hilary Barry. We'll try and call one of them and see if we can put this rumour to bed next on the hits. You're essential listening

for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits. We got a rumour from our boomer and we need to find out if it's true or not. We've tracked down Jeremy Wells. You know him from Seven Sharp, of course. Jeremy, sorry for bugging you so early. No, not at all.

Now, Jeremy, we do a thing on the show. It's called Boomer Rumors. And you would know the boomer community rife with their rumors, particularly centered around your Jacinda and Clarks. Yeah, I know, yeah. A lot of rumors. And one has come through from Denise, our resident boomer, about Hilary Barry and yourself.

Yeah. Now, if you wouldn't mind us playing the audio of what Denise has said. But Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells, they don't get on at all. Did you know that? Can't stand each other so much, though, that they're recorded in separate studios, would you believe? And then it's edited. It's edited, I tell they're recorded in separate studios, which is great. And then it's edited.

It's edited. I tell you, it's true. So there we go. A big claim, Gerry. How big is your budget? Denise. Oh, my goodness me. We hate each other.

That couldn't be. Denise, I mean, I've heard a number of rumours over the years about myself, and I've not heard this one. This is completely new to me. Hilary and I, we have a deep, deep, deep love for each other. It's interesting you say that, because then Denise, I think it was a mis-turn of phrase, said that her plumber who was working at TVNZ and saw you and Hilary fingering at each other. Like pointing their finger wagging at each other in the car park. Denise, this is the problem with the boomer community.

They don't realise some of the innuendo, terrible things that they say. I'm surprised. No, it couldn't be further from the truth, Denise. Hilary and I, deep affection for each other we get on like a house on fire so much so that both of our partners are concerned about how well we get on

both on and off screen the chemistry is electric and we did point out to Denise from a production point of view this seems like the world's biggest hurdle to get over every day having to trickily edit you both together. Yeah, well, I'll tell you what. In the past, there's no doubt about it, there's been a number of TVNZ pairings who haven't gone.

We all could start pointing the finger. We could go back over a number of the breakfast combinations over the years. I mean, some of the 6 p.m. news combinations. But in terms of Hillary and I, no. That rumor, whilst fascinating from Denise, is actually false. Oh, there we go. We've cleared it all up. We thought that was the case, Jeremy.

We just wanted to hear it from yourself. Yeah, no, that's a pleasure. And it's so nice to hear from you guys. I mean, I've never heard a rumour that you guys don't get on well I was just saying there was there's never been a rumour

someone pulled me aside at the musical as we were all having a conversation he pulled me away from Ben and he said listen I need to talk to you seriously what have I done

there's a rumour that you detest each other and we're staying together for the kids though that's the main thing It's a loveless relationship Jeremy Oh man I tell you

It'd be a punishing relationship It's been going on and on and on for a long time So you'd be putting up with the punishment Once those kids move out of home Jeremy Wells, love your work And tonight 7 sharp back Jeremy and Hilary on TVNZ1 You have a good day

Thanks you guys, always nice to chat Lovely man, Jeremy and Hilary on TVNZ1 you have a good day. Thanks you guys always nice to chat. Lovely man Jeremy Wells isn't he? If they were the internet you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits. So there's a bit of an issue going on with the show at the moment, a little bit of anxiety hanging over all of our heads

some uncertainty would be fair to say Yeah, now you were away, you were doing the show from home for a probably good four or five days weren't you? Yeah. Doing the show now we do it for probably a good four or five days, weren't you, doing the show? Now, we do it over Zoom. So we can see you through Zoom, and you've got a microphone at home, and we're basically running Jono through a Zoom system. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I had a shocking camera angle, I noticed. You keep getting it. It was like an upshot of under my double chin. Yeah. It was like the ultimate boomer camera angle. It did. I wasn't hitting dim angles that's for certain but i was recording some parts of the show because in case like there was a good moment that i could edit up for the old social media not that we end up using your shot anyway

but i did record some of the show because because of that yeah but we've figured something out yeah we've found out something since then that one of our bosses here, Matt, he sort of just casually dropped it into a meeting we were having. At the beginning of a staff meeting, he said, hey, so just so you know, when Juliet ends the Zoom call from three, four hours of non-stop

broadcasting. Over five days. Over five days. He's like, I get sent a daily transcript. A transcript, word by word, of everything that was said over that period. So there's a system. There's like a bot that goes through and every word that we say. Even off air.

Like, not just on air. The off air stuff is the key. Off air as well? Yes. Yes, it was the off air stuff. Why is this a thing? Everything. I don't know.

We didn't know about it. But after five days, there's a bot that's gone through, typed up everything we said on air, off air, and sends it all to one of our bosses. Why? I don't know. What is the purpose of this? I don't know. Because we say some stuff.

Yeah, we do. I mean, and he said- You really get your go. You replay it in your mind. You're like, dear God, where did we go? I can't even remember. We go to some dark places. I mean, the first thing Matt's doing, and he's going Control-F, find, and he's putting

Matt in. Of course he is. I'd do the same. Yeah, I would do the first thing Matt's doing, and he's going Control-F, find, and he's putting Matt in. Of course he is. I'd do the same. Yeah, I would do the same too. I wouldn't go Control-F Matt. I'd go Control-F Jono, obviously. Now, Matt said, just so you know, I've deleted it all. I haven't listened to it.

Oh, have you? Curiosity kills the cat. Who's got his number? Let's call Matt. And just query if it has been deleted, because I think that would be beneficial for all parties in this room. This is actually our relationship going forward in general. Hello, Matt speaking.

Hey, Matt, Jono, Ben, Juliet's here as well, mate. Hello. It's our legal obligation to tell you you're currently on the radio. Oh, that is good to know. Thank you. I appreciate the heads up. Now, it's our obligation to tell you that we are recording this, obviously. Now, where was the obligation from you to tell us that you were recording everything that was said on the Zoom link? I knew this was going to come and bite me. A word-by-word transcript.

For five days. Screens of pages. Yes, you're right. There were a lot of Zoom recordings, but I apologise for not realising that the transcripts were happening. But I can promise you that with trying to keep the network on the air and two young children, I have many, many, many better things to do than read the inane conversation that goes on. I have to listen to enough inane conversation that you guys do on the air.

Do you really think I want to listen to what you do off the air? Or read it. It's not great. No, you enjoyed the show. that you guys do on the air, do you really think I want to listen to what you do off the air? Or read it. Or read it. It's not great in written form. Now you enjoyed the show, now the books. You didn't do a cheeky sort of Control-F find Matt in the thing, did you? I did a Control-F Matt bald to see if there was any slander around my follicle challenge. No, listen, I'm taking the hit on that front, mate. You don't need to worry about that.

Yeah, no. If there's one thing I can tell you guys for free, there certainly will not be a film adaptation of that franchise. Because we had Peter Jackson online, too. It was a week of radio. John, I work from home. Okay, well, listen, can I just say for the record, this

is a monstrous application to the Zoom program. Yes, I don't understand why anyone spent the time bothering to code that, where it listens to every single thing. Also, I'm sure it probably struggled with the Kiwi accent a little bit. I'd love to see some of the translations

that it did pick up. Don't look at them, but maybe the next one we'll do a test on it. We all know what's happening. So I know you've been probably controlling your thing, Matt Anderson, but you might want to look under Mitt Anderson. It might come up.

You feel sorry for that bot who had to listen to it. The bot's probably like, I resign from, I retire from botting. Thank you, Matty. All good, guys. Won't record you anymore, promise. See you, mate. Hey, next, Sir John Key. He could be on the show.

He doesn't know he could be on the show. We'll do that after Tom Green and a little bit of love. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalks at B. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. It's 8.32.

It is the hits. Jono and Ben. Last week, Dame Valerie Adams retired after an amazing career and we hadn't organised an interview but we did find her phone number and we just thought we'd call her. Didn't expect her to answer but she answered. Yeah, it was a private, because we come through as a private number which raises alarm bells for you, doesn't it Ben Boyce?

It does, I would never answer it. What did you do like in the 90s when everything was a private call? No one knew who was calling. You just had to answer the phone. She answered, Dame Bell. Oh, it's ringing. Oh, here we go. I reckon she's going to answer.

Oh. Hello? Zane Bellery. Yep. It's Jono. Oh, geez, you answered. It's Jono and Ben calling. I'm sorry to interrupt. Oh, okay. Hey. Yep. It's Jono. Oh, geez, you answered. It's Jono and Ben calling. I'm sorry to interrupt.

Oh, okay. Hey. Hey, we didn't expect you to answer. Sorry, we caught you off guard there. Maybe you thought it was another interview. We just wanted to say congratulations on such an amazing career. You're awesome. Thank you. Thank you very much. You're dropping kids off, are you?

I am. Okay. I wish I'd prepared more questions, but we honestly didn't think you'd answer. So, yeah, I just want to say you're awesome. We think you're awesome. You've had an amazing career, and I wish I could say more than that. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. That's fine. And we noticed that you haven't congratulated us on our distinguished career. Congratulations for your upcoming retirement. So caught her at a vulnerable moment.

Obviously, you know, school drop off, et cetera. And so we thought, well, this is the perfect hour to catch people off guard, isn't it? They're getting ready for the day. They're unprepared. They're not expecting a radio station to call them So we thought who else would answer a private number Now we're going to go through the elite of New Zealand Aren't we with this little game

Yeah And we've settled on Sir John Key We've got his number around Don't even know if it's his No Really But will it be him and will he answer I don't know

Former Prime Minister Let's place our bets now Ju you think he's going to answer I don't think he will? I don't know. Former Prime Minister. Let's place our bets now. Ju, you think he's going to answer? I don't think he will. No. I don't hold much faith. No, neither do I. So why are we doing this?

Oh God, it's ringing. It's ringing. Hello, John speaking. Oh, John. Oh, so John Key. Oh, John. Oh, so John Key. It's John Owen Ben calling from the Hits radio station. We didn't expect you to answer. Well, there you go.

How are you going, boys? Oh, not too bad. We're doing a thing called Private Number where we see if people will answer a private number. We're like, Ed, never answer a private number. And you stupidly did. I never normally do, actually. There you go.

Now, how's life? No, no, no. Just a you go. Now, how's life? Just a general catch-up. How's life? Life's pretty good, yeah. I mean, it's kind of interesting times, isn't it? I was just actually, funnily enough, you caught me reading about the situation in Ukraine, which is terrible, actually. But anyway, so that hasn't

been a great part of the week. But yeah, otherwise, I'm doing well. Always wonder, as former Prime Minister, do you sit there watching Jacinda and go, oh, wouldn't have done that? No, no, no. Like everybody else, yeah, you always have your views on things, but no, let them get on with it and do their job for the most part.

Except when I don't. So, John Key, this has been a real surprise. Wish we'd written some more questions for this. We didn't write any because we didn't expect you to answer. I feel like... It's all good. You boys look after yourselves. Don't get arrested or those kind of things.

No, we'll try not to. I feel like we rang you once and you answered when you were Prime Minister and you thought it was Obama calling. That's why you answered. Probably hoped it was Obama calling. And you couldn't end up with a more disappointing result. No, well, that's why you answered. Probably hoped it was Obama calling. And you couldn't end up with a more disappointing result. No, well, that's right. Well, I can think of slightly more disappointing, but not very much more disappointing.

So, John Key, lovely to talk to you. Take care of yourself. Take care. Bye-bye. John Owen Ben, brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946.