Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono Ruins A Live Cross On Breakfast TV!

Episode Date: October 20, 2022

The boys had a really fun show today to wrap up the Heartland tour in Whangarei at the lovely Quay Cafe. Jono made it on to Breakfast TV, the Black Ferns turned up, we talked to Barney and on Tuesday we are chatting to the old James Bond AKA Pierce Brosnan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, welcome. 21st of October, Labour Weekend. Jono and Ben here and Kool and the gang celebrating a long weekend. It's a very exciting long weekend in New Zealand. We've had a lot of fun today. We've been travelling around. It's the last stop in our Heartland Chips tour. And something we're going to get to on the show on Tuesday.

It was quite funny. We're outside and we're in this lovely cafe here in Whangarei in the town basin. And the landline, someone who works at the cafe came over to us and handed us a landline saying there's someone on the phone for you guys that have rung the cafe. Yeah, they've got a complaint. So wherever we go, we're a burden to anyone. Now whatever cafe we're in, that opens up the complaint line on the landline. So someone has tracked us down here at the cafe, given us a call.

There are complaints about, all I heard was a complaint about something that one of you have said. I went, well, that would be Jono. Jono can take this. That's what he literally said. He said, oh, Jono can take this. And walked off, handed me the portable phone that I've been on a landline in years. I was like, well, it definitely was. And now we don't have to give away everything.

That was because we're going to talk to this person on the show on Tuesday. But was it about you, something that you've said? Yes. Okay. Arrest my case. You were right. I feel like a lawyer on one of those things.

They just try and get you to say the thing that you don't want to say. And you step back and you're like, kaboomfah. Was the complaint, Mr. Pryor, about something that you said? Yes. Kaboomfah. It's like the Johnny. Pryor, about something that you said? Yes. Kaboomfah. It's like the Johnny Depp trial.

No further questions, Your Honour. That's it. But you want to go, but yeah, but it was... No, no. It was all me. You were involved in it in no way. Yeah, yeah. And I answered the phone and I said, hello.

She said, which one is this? Jono or Ben? And I said, Jono. She said, good, you're the one I want to talk to. And it was a complaint about something I said about the retirees, the retired community. And a stereotype I cast upon the retired community. She said, I've tried Facebook messaging, haven't replied.

I've tried Instagramming, haven't replied. So this is the only way I can get a hold of you, through the back door, through a landline of a cafe. That's great. Great work from this particular person we're going to catch up with on Tuesday. We'll find out what their complaint was all about. She can hear her grievance. And

she was out to prove me wrong. A point to prove. And I think she has proved you wrong. She has. And well done to her tracking us down. You can get hold of us in multiple facets including cafes that we're at. Toilets, pay phones. You can complain about us through any means. It's a really fun show today for you including cafes that we're at. Toilets, pay phones. You can complain about us through any means.

It's a really fun show today for you on the podcast. Barney the Dinosaur, the voice of Barney the Dinosaur, Bob West, he's awesome. We've talked to him before. He's great. I mean, listening to him just sends you back to your childhood. He is incredible. But it was sad to hear that Barney had been given some death threats and a lot of hate emails and stuff when the show

was on so we talked to him about that. Arjus, email was given out publicly. You never want anyone to do that. But it was awesome to talk to him. Not just about the negative stuff, about some other stuff as well. We had one the Black Ferns, Stacey Fuller joining us as well which was awesome. Yep and Ben made me crash

a live Breakfast TV cross because Breakfast TV were out here reporting ahead of the women's rugby rugby women's World Cup And she gets in prices advertising for the chips out there And you don't mention I mean that that spot that would have been quite a lot TV one that time in the morning You would have paid premium dollar that advertising space. So you got that you got our chips out there Yeah, but the problem with doing that stuff is it all looks like, you'll see it clipped up and you're like, that looks like a funny moment. And it was a funny moment.

Well done. But you don't see the tail end of it. The disappointment from the camera operator. The poor young reporter looked at me and was like, you just ruined my cross. I know. And I'm like, oh, guys. I was thinking, way to kill the vibes, guys.

Well, that's their job and you kind of have interrupted. It's like someone coming on now and interrupting. True. You'd be a little put off. Yeah can get it so apologies to breakfast they've seen the funny side of it they've um they've re uh you know retweeted our stuff as well put on on instagram so all's well that ends well well i hope so well from the wider breakfast team i'm sure there's a few people a camera person a reporter that maybe just still going away going what was all that about we drove all the way to whangarei and some idiot comes running along with two bags of chips in the background.

So yeah, we've had these occasions in the past with our TV show where we've done something similar to that on occasions and then we go up afterwards and say, oh, sorry about that. And one time we did it. You came up and went, sorry about that. And they're like, no, you're not.

You're not sorry. That was exactly what you intended to do. I do love a person that calls you out for not being sorry when you say you're sorry. Yeah. Because you've got no comeback. You're like, yeah, you're right, I'm not. You're right. Yeah, because everything that happened there, that was what you intended to do.

Yeah. So I won't apologize. Like, I can't apologize. Because the apology would just be, you know, it would be baseless, wouldn't it? So I did mean to do it. Yeah. Sorry if it upset anyone. Yeah.

I feel bad. Yeah. But I'm not sorry. I'm sorry if it upset anyone yeah I feel bad yeah but I'm not sorry I'm sorry if it upset anyone it was no intention to upset anyone yeah but you didn't intend

to upset anyone no but what I mean we know if I had actually because we're in a whirlwind we're like breakfast get out of there get out

if I had just taken a breath and gone how will this affect others you know I don't do that I don't do that I need to do that more how will this

if my actions affect others? I didn't think about that. Oh, that's why you got a phone call here to the cafe that we'll deal with on Tuesday as well. Have yourself a wonderful, long weekend.

Enjoy the podcast. One drives like Lewis Hamilton in Hamilton. The other drives like a Nervinanna. We're here this morning in Whangarei at the Quay or

the Quay as The Quay. The Quay, as I said when I had to voice something the other day for it, a little radio promo. Q-U-A-Y. Oh, listen, we've all made that mistake. On the fly. Who hasn't said Quay at some point in their life and felt like an absolute imbecile? And everyone's like, oh, you idiot, it's the Quay. So it is a beautiful, beautiful establishment.

So come down this morning. We've got free coffee until 9 o'clock this morning, making everyone get up early as we go around the country. And someone will pay for $5,000 at 7.45. Yeah, we're going around the country with our Heartland Chips, the extreme crunch. John, I'm being ship salesman. We've got our sales routine down pat because every night we attend, you know, New World or Pack and Save or whatever supermarket,

and we're doing the display. You know, we do the sampling with those people. You know, usually there's this lovely person with an apron on, sort of handing out mini sausages on toothpicks, doing that sort of thing, but we're doing it with chips, little boats of chips, and boy, we've got a great routine going. Ben was even using, last night he grabbed a potato from the produce section, a potato, and he said, we've turned this into this,

comparing the potato to the chip, and we're like, we've done it in a day just for you. Fresh today, freshly cooked. You know, we had it all. I always go, because we're wearing these sort of space suits. They're not suits that you'd wear like you'd see an astronaut wear. They are a suit and tie suit with planets. They're very bright. The solar system.

Yeah, and I will always go, there's a lot going on with the chips, like the suits, and everyone will get a laugh every time. And you get a new crowd. What I love about it is, you know, everyone's a lot going on with the chips, like the suits, and everyone, and they would get a laugh every time. And you get a new crowd. What I love about it is, you know, everyone's a new customer, a new person you can do the same joke on. It's not like radio, and they're like, oh, I've heard that 10 minutes ago. It's great. Producer Behemoth's got a good little one, too, where he's like, two for $5 or four for

$10. He's got his little thing going on. We've all got it. It's our little sales game anyway. Driving from Hamilton yesterday to Whangarei in the hits car, and we're going past all the groundswell, all the tractors and stuff. What, did you see any of it, mate? Because you're pretty much nodding off for most of the trip. Oh, listen, you know, when you drive with me,

I feel like a granddad you've taken out for the day from the retirement village who just wants to be dropped back to the retirement village waiting to die. So out of Hamilton, that's fine. We know you like to catch up on your sleep. As soon as the car's moving, you like to do it. So we're like, hey, you sit in the back. As soon as we left Hamilton, you woke up briefly in Auckland. You're like, oh, we're Auckland.

How are we? We're like, yeah, mate. And then back again. And then you sort of woke up just out of Fargate. I like to black out. I like to black out on a journey because it makes it so much quicker. Yeah, well, you do. Yeah, you're right.

Anyway, a lot of tractors do it. Did you honk? Did you honk? Did you get swept up in the middle? No, we didn't get swept up in the middle. There was a bit of criticism online today from the minister in Parliament saying there wasn't much groundswell for the groundswell. Not as many people out and about for it.

I do like a protest, though. I like driving past and giving a honk of support. What if you don't support the protest? I just get swept up. Lower the vaping age. Honk, honk. Make elderly people illegal. Honk, honk, or honk for whatever.

Right. So you get no support of us. Mate, we're on the hits. We're on the hits. We're neutral. We don't. Yes, you're Matt Anson, one of our Well, mate, we're on the hits. We're on the hits. We're neutral. We don't, yes, you're Matt Anson, one of our bosses. You know, like, hey, we're representing the hits. I don't know where we stand on everything, mate.

So, yeah. We had this discussion. We had this exact discussion. You were asleep. You missed it all. Yeah. That's why we're having this awkward conversation now with you on the radio. Well, it's not that awkward.

We sit with one foot on one side of the fence and one on the other. We're neutral ground. We're the Swiss of radio. Well, it's not that awkward. We sit with one foot on one side of the fence and one on the other. We're neutral ground. We're the Swiss of radio. KZB, you're going to get a hard firm opinion. I don't know what Tova's doing on them bloody, what are they doing? Today? This is the Jono and Ben podcast.

Wall to wall talking, without the niggly popular songs in between. Now, Producer Behumps, we've been travelling all week with Producer Behemoth. He's done a wonderful job of organising everything. We've been going to supermarkets, doing samplings of the Heartland chips, and also organising the broadcasts every morning. He's a busy guy. He's got a lot of stuff on.

We joke about him being like our Colonel Tom Parker. If you've seen the Elvis movie, you'll know what we're talking about. And it's not a joke. He is Colonel Tom Parker. We're on uppers, we're on down know what we're talking about. And it's not a joke. He is. Colonel Tom Parker. We're on uppers, we're on downers, we're doing everything. We are actually very lucky to have him. You do a wonderful job. We appreciate it. And he's so busy, in fact, that we went to the gym and we're like, let's try, you know,

because we're on the road, but let's try and work in a little bit of fitness time when we have a little windows. Yeah. So I was like, hey, let's try and do this. And I witnessed producer B Humps at its finest. I was at the gym and you come in and you're like, good, he's here, he's taking some time out from his busy schedule to be at the gym.

And you must have been in the gym, well, for how long? I reckon 60 seconds. What did you do in the gym? What did you get done? I managed to stretch out my Achilles. Yeah, right. Both Achilles or just one? Just one.

Just one. But it is the sore one, so it was good to get that. Stretch the singular Achilles, yeah. You see, you came on in. I was like, oh, good. Good to see you. I was doing some stuff. Very lightweight, says that.

That's what I mean, very lightweight. And you were like, you're fine. You were replying to a text. You took a call. You did a thing. You replied to an email. And you're like, oh, there's too much going on. I need to go back to work. And you left like, here's your phone, you're replying to a text, you took a call, you did a thing, you replied to an email, and you're like, oh, there's too much going on, I need to go back to work, and you left. And that was it.

So you went in, you walked into a gym, stretched one Achilles, and then decided, you worked out, you worked out that you had work to do out of the gym. Yeah, cleared an email, took a phone call, and I think replied to a text. And, yeah, and I can say that I went to the gym. You probably burnt more calories putting on your gym clothes than you did inside the actual gym that day. Yeah. You know, the experience of just attending the gym,

it gives you the approval of ordering the extra fries for dinner that night. Did I go to the gym today? Yes, I did. Did I do anything? No. What was more painful, having to work or workouts? What hurts more? Oh, look, it's just that, you know, it would be nice to clear the mind and have a good workout.

But then, you know, it's just that time backing up if you're an hour out of the game. Out of the game, mate. You've got to make it up at some point. This is an out-of-the-chip tour game. You're out of the tour game, mate. We apologise in advance. Jeez, sorry. Sorry about that.

Sorry you got roped into this. Jono and Ben. Sorry. On the hits. Now we're taking our chips around the country. Our Heartland chips, extra crunch. They're an out-of-this-world mix of flavours. All together you've got sour cream and chives,

salt and vinegar and maple bacon. That's not three packets. Everyone's like, well, hang on, I'll take the maple bacon. No, don't do that, mate. They're all together you've got sour cream and chives, salt and vinegar, and maple bacon. That's not three packets. Everyone's like, well, hang on, I'll take the maple bacon. No, they're all together. No, don't do that, mate. We've conveniently put them into one packet, and it works. It does? On paper, it doesn't work.

In your mouth, it works, Ben. And the chip game. We've only been in it for a while, but it can get ugly at times. It's a take-no-prisoners game, the chip game. Yeah, because we claim they're out of this world. we sent them literally out of this world and up into space there's an amazing video that hits breakfast on facebook you can check out where they go into space yeah out of this world we launched them but someone uh a well-known kiwi has got a chip on their shoulder so to speak and now chips are left to bad taste in their mouth uh and we'd like to

welcome to the show uh front man from an awesome rock band, Villainy. His name is Neil. Good morning. Yeah, good morning. Thank you for having me as we discuss this atrocity. Yeah, frosty conditions. It is frosty conditions. I mean, we're mates, but we didn't come to you. I mean, it seems like it could work perfectly. You guys have this song called Launch. Yeah, I mean, we really should have lined this up better, shouldn't we? It is the perfect combination.

The music video for a song has a rocket in it. You're firing your chips into space. I think it's a match made in heaven, really. On line two, we had Elton John with Rocket Man. He was keen to get involved, you know. It was. Deboe got in touch from beyond. He was like,

space oddity, guys, space oddity. There were people vying for the official song rights. So many, so many big artists like yourself. And we couldn't decide on just one song. Is that what it was? Yeah. I mean, it feels like we were hiding right under your noses the whole time. Yeah, well, let's hear a little bit now.

I think we've got some of Villainy's launch right now. And if all that I wear is a crown in my hand, some of Villeney's launch right now. Would have worked, actually. Would have worked really well. As the ships were going to space. It's a good song, too. I mean, we called it the launch because it kind of sounds like a rocket going off. Well, 10 years for Villeney, too,

which is a wonderful achievement. You guys are going on a 10th anniversary tour as well around the place as well. Pretty awesome. Would you ever thought you guys would have been 10 years when you first started? You know what? We kind of started it as something fun to do. We had a batch of songs and we went into the studio and put them together and it connected. And yeah, 10 years later, we're still doing it.

I think they kind of say there's one way to keep a band together and that's stay friends and not break up. So we've managed to do that, which is nice. Oh, that's good. Just 10 years, you must be like, geez, where the hell has 10 years gone? I think, you know, we're still talking, so that's good. Oh, that's good. One of our favourite things we've ever done with you, Neil, was a few years ago when we had the TV show, we went around and you guys played, you know, you were a rock band. We turned up at a retirement home and you guys played for the residents there and we thought at the time, you know, obviously it's going to be quite loud, you guys are loud, you're rock and roll, but they loved it. Like at the end of it, we had people honestly grabbing our hands and going, don't leave,

this is the best thing we've had. Ever. Yeah, they loved it, it was awesome. I think that was like wedged in between doing like an ACDC support as well and, you know, I think it's fair to say that the old folks were throttling as hard as the ACDC crowds were, for sure. Yeah. I felt sorry for that sweet old lady.

She was. She was holding Ben's wrist going, don't leave us. This is so great. They loved it. We thought it would be too loud, like, turn it down, turn it down. But they loved it. That's what everyone says to Ben, isn't it? Don't leave us.

Actually, you just mentioned ACDC. Are you guys supportive there? What was it like doing that? I. Actually, you just mentioned ACDC. Are you guys supported there? What was it like doing that? I mean, did you guys talk to them? Did you hang out with them? We didn't meet them at all. We kind of saw them walk on stage and walk off stage. So, yeah, no, I haven't managed to say hello to those legends.

But, no, it was a crazy, crazy experience. You know, like their staging was just out of this world. Was that the one they had to train? Like, I went to an ACD concert and they had like a massive locomotive train that popped up on stage. Yeah, they had to train. The production was mental. Fireworks, the whole thing. Oh, well, Neil, we love catching up with you, mate.

We're sorry that we didn't get your song, Launch, into the launch of our Chips Into Space. But if people want to check it out, they can go to VillainyMusic.com. Launch is going to be everywhere where you get good music, and the Villainy 10th Anniversary Tour is about to get underway at the end of the month. Yeah, mate. We'll hopefully see you down at the power station next Friday for the first show.

Dear Microsoft, can you please make order correct for audio? Jono and Ben on the hits. Who's having the best weekend? Thanks to Karcher, we've got a wet and dry vacuum cleaner up for grabs. The WD6 valued at $399. DIY lovers, it's a must have. So we've got so many vacuum cleaners in the office, it looks like Ben's done another one

of his ram raids. Oh jeez. You've got to stop it. You're a role model for the youth, Ben. I'm not doing anything like that. All right, so we get people on, and then, John O'Prior, you decide how many people or just one gets this fantastic vacuum cleaner wet and dry from Karcher. I'm going to give away two.

Oh, two, great. But, Ben, we're going to take more than two calls. Just take two calls. There's going to be disappointment. There's going to be tears. That's the ugly side of radio competitions. We're going to kick it off with Alicia. Welcome in Rotorua.

Best weekend. Why is it yours, Alicia? Hey, guys. I've got a bit of good quality final time tomorrow with my nephew coming over to stay, and then I'm off to Queenstown for two weeks. I'd love to say that was a holiday, but unfortunately it's work. Work? Work in Queenstown.

Queenstown, that's a good start. Okay, the long weekend too I love Labour Weekend for me I know I joke that I check out earlier than Labour Weekend but Labour Weekend is when I check out for the year we've got a lot going on mate we've got some chips to sell don't expect too much from me until 2023 Ben okay

Alicia that's not a bad start we'll go to line 2 Gay from Whangarei hey Gay morning I've already been out and had a free coffee, a free hot chocolate this morning. You've had one? I did. Oh, you came. I was about to start abusing you

and say, why aren't you at the quay right now? But you can come down for a free coffee. Not right now. I'm working right now. Okay, well, come back again. Come back again. Why are you having a good weekend, Gay? Well, it probably won't be that good a weekend, because I'm probably going to get one day off, and I think I'll be working, you know,

I work six days a week anyway, so it's probably not going to be that good a weekend. I'm going to be on my day off. I'll probably be doing gardening, and I had planned to finish waterblasting the house outside and tidying up. Gay, you're making me depressed. But Gay's just working hard. You are working hard at the moment. I had planned to finish water blasting the house outside and tidying up. I know. The case is working hard.

You are working hard at the moment. So maybe you deserve this thing. I started at four this morning because I had to pick up for the airport, and now I'm doing another pick up for the airport. So, yeah, and I walked the loop. That's where I pick my coffee up. She's labouring on labour weekend. Okay, all right. We'll go to Tiana in Auckland.

Tiana, what are you doing? What are you doing this weekend? Good morning, boys. How are we? Oh, yeah, good. Why is it yours? Why are you having the best weekend? Because I am currently on my way to Tauranga to get a calf tattoo.

Oh, a tattoo? A new tattoo? I am getting a Valkyrie tattoo on the inside of my calf, the whole inside of my calf. Oh, Valkyrie tattoo on the inside of my calf, the whole inside of my calf. Oh, Valkyrie. You're getting like the Tom Cruise war thriller from 2008. Better. What is Valkyrie?

A Valkyrie is like a female god, like a goddess. Oh, that's awesome. And they help the underworld, that kind of thing. So it's going to finish off my leg piece. Oh, well, there you go. Going to get a Valkyrie tattoo. Okay. I've got a new tattoo this week, you know,

the Dwayne the Rock Johnson signature. So, you know, anyway, it's on you, John. I'm not influencing you at all. Okay, Joel, put them all back on. They need to hear this. Alicia, Gay, Tiana, our three finalists. Only two of you will walk away with a Karcher vacuum cleaner. Alicia, I love you.

I love you. But you got Queenstown for two weeks. That's work related. But that's a win, Ben. That's a win. And so that's a fortnight where she won't be able to vacuum. So I'm factoring in the fact that no vacuuming will be done for the next 14 days. So, Gay, Gay, you just made me sad with your weekend.

You're going to get a vacuum cleaner. I know. And Tiana, well done. You get a vacuum cleaner as well. Oh, you guys are wonderful. Alicia, give it to me raw. What do you want to say to me? Abuse me. No, don't. All good, guys. Oh, give it to me raw. What do you want to say to me? Abuse me.

No, don't. Oh, see, that's so lovely. We really appreciate everyone listening to the show. Another chance to win next week. Thanks to Katja. The Jono and Ben Podcast. The world's number one podcast. Please don't check those stats. We're at the Quay.

Come on down and see us. Beautiful. Overlooking the water right now. Free coffee until 9 o'clock this morning. A lot of buzz around town too because the Women's World Cup rugby. A lot of games being played here in Whangarei as well which is awesome. We saw Sir Graham Henry last night. Yeah we did actually. We had a meeting with Sir Graham. Now we had a bit of a

bone to pick with Sir Graham Henry because the last time we did meet with the legend himself. He came in and he was hocking off raffle tickets. We bought a lot of raffle tickets. We bought a lot of raffle tickets. I kept the tickets at home. I'm like, I'm sure Graham's going to let us know if we want a spa.

It was for a spa pool. I asked him, I said, we want a spa. He's like, I don't know, mate. I'm guessing, no, you buy your own spa. Yeah. I said, Graham, we haven't heard about our free spa pool. He's like, I've moved on from that, boys. Anyway, Graham Henry, he's here helping out with the rugby.

Which is awesome. Now, Halloween. I know your kids. My kids are very excited about Halloween. It seems to get bigger and bigger every year in New Zealand, Halloween. It's not too far away, end of the month. Oscar, my son, he's going as a Karen. Yes.

Dressing up as a Karen. I love that. The most frightening of all characters. And I've spoken before about at home, because of doing TV, we've got a life-size dummy. Like a mannequin, but a soft sort of dummy. Life-size at home. We have that in the garage. So the kids, we had like a, you know that Halloween character Michael Myers.

We had that. Oh, the mask. It's got like the hockey mask, isn't it? So we dressed it up, and the kids dressed it up with the overalls and the mask. And we were like, we'll put that. That'll be a Halloween decoration. But at the moment, it gives you a heck of a fright when you have it in the lounge because it's life-size and you put the mask on so i was like i'll put it just sort of tucked away

just around the corner by the door um and i told the family i'm like i'm putting it there no one get a fright this is where it's going to go if you're walking down towards our garage that's where it is and so everyone's like oh cool know. But then we had an electrician come over to help with something. And the memo had been passed on to the electrician. And I'd totally forgotten. I'm like, yeah, mate, the thing is just down there by the staircase. He walked around the corner and goes, oh! And I was like, oh, my goodness.

I got a heck of a fright. Poor guy. Mike Myers, fake knife, everything, just standing there on the... It's a very dark sort of decoration you have there. It is. What about like a spider or something? I know. Or a zombie.

Not a serial murderer. I know. I don't know if we will actually put it out, but I've had problems before with that. Kids' nightmares. With that dummy because someone borrowed it. A friend of ours borrowed that dummy. They wanted to use it for a show.

We used it for TV stunts, running it over, throwing it off things. The last time we were in Whangarei, one of the last times, we threw Kevin, is his name, we threw the dummy off the falls. Yeah, we did. And then we were worried, because he was kind of floating face down. We were worried that someone was going to alert the authorities that someone had drowned. So we had to kind of dive in and fish him out. That's right, yeah.

And so a couple of weeks ago, it was early morning, I was going to work, and I was putting him in the car to give to our friend who wanted to borrow it. And that's not a good sight. Someone was running past as I was putting what looked like a body in the back of the car at like 5 in the morning. Now, we've just notified three instances where this dummy has caused you a lot of grief. And put you in a very precarious position. And still you're going to stick with him. Now there's three in a row right there.

Yeah, maybe not. Just a couple of dads screaming on the sidelines of their kids' sports games. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now Dame Valerie Adams, Olympic legend, just a legend, on and off the track as well. She's got a movie out. It's called More Than Gold. We were lucky enough to see a sneak peek of it. It's awesome.

It tells her story on the track and behind the scenes as well. And Dame Valerie, we are honoured to be joined by her this morning. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Hi, how's it going? Lovely to have you on. Now, Dame Valerie, we must sincerely apologise. Last time we spoke to you, we cold-called you. I think you were in the middle of school drop-off.

School drop-off. You know, in the mornings or something. You answered the phone, and we didn't expect to, so apologies about that. No, that's okay. You know, we do normal people things every day, just like you, most of the time. It is awesome.

We've been lucky enough to see it, see it, and people should go see it, because it's an amazing story. And what I loved was a lot of the old footage, you know, of yourself. Was there anything for you when you saw it, you're like, oh, no, that footage, that, you know, watching that back? Yeah, it was actually quite weird to see. But, you know, just how young I was, how my voice kind of like changed a bit. But the stats and attitude was still there even today.

But just seeing how technically I changed over the years, for example, from Beijing into London, London into Rio, et cetera, et cetera. So that was quite fascinating for me as an athlete to see those changes. It was awesome to have so much archive to share within the film because it makes it more real and it makes it more entertaining, I guess. Well, yeah, no, and it's not only about your illustrious sports career, which, you know, a lot of the public would know about your successes on the sporting field too, Val, but also it's a personal story. As you mentioned at the beginning of this, you're a human.

You do everyday human things and you're an open book when it came to your journey with IVF and your relationships and things. How hard is it to, when you've got that stuff happening in your personal life, how hard is it to focus on your professional life? You know, I guess I got pretty good at compartmentalising a lot of things. I find myself kind of within, I'm at home and I'm within my gates, I kind of deal with my personal stuff and then when I leave and go somewhere, I put on my professional hat and deal what I've got to there you just got to find a way to do it because I didn't want one to impact the

other so I you know I found my mojo I've obviously got a lot of the strength inspired by my mother from a very very young age just through all the trauma and challenges I've had to face very young so it became something that I wasn't going to take no for an answer and I was going to go ahead and do what I got to do to survive on a daily basis. If you have an argument at home, it would be quite useful because then I imagine you'd throw the shot put an extra couple of metres. That's why I have it like that. You are so inspiring to so many New Zealanders.

I thought of something really cool I saw the other night on telly. Your first training shoes are like a trophy at your school, Mangere East School. Yeah, so I have my first pair of training shoes and Southern Cross Campus actually was the school that has it. That's where I went to school and when I came back from the World Youth Championships, the PE teacher wanted it to turn into a trophy.

I guess not knowing what the future would look like for me and to go back and actually see it and it's still there and so many athletes have received this trophy and it still fits, which is awesome, which goes to show that my feet hasn't grown when I was 14 years old. I'm 14 and I'm 38.

You're very tall. At 12 years old, you were 6'3". Yeah. So what size shoe were you rolling with at age 14? 14, I was size 14. Well, Dane, very amazing career, and this movie is incredible. Not just five Olympics you went to, but everything that you went through behind the scenes.

But what do you miss now? What's the one thing you miss about training and performing, and what's the one thing that you don't miss about being a professional athlete? That I don't miss? I don't miss training and I don't miss hurting. But I do miss the people that I competed with and I trained with because it's the friendships that you form within the sport. I'm very grateful that one of my best friends, Kurt Patrick Burrell,

came all the way from Trinidad and Tobago for the premiere of my movie, and her and I competed back in 2002. But this is just kind of the things that sport can bring into one's life. So apart from her and the mates and the people, I actually don't miss training. I don't miss competing. I don't miss anything to do with athletics. Do you miss the cool interviews with Jono and Ben, the cool questions?

Yeah, most of the time. Yeah, yeah. All the fun questions we ask. Oh, Valerie, well, congratulations on the film. It is a magnificent watch. As Ben said, we were lucky enough to see it. And if any New Zealander does anything, go and see this movie. Thank you.

Thank you very much for having me. Wow. Dame Val, what an honour, eh? A great New Zealander. Sits in a club of New Zealanders, Ben, that you'll never be in. I mean, maybe we'd let you fill out the application form. We? I'm in the club, by the way.

We'll see. I'll take your application form. I mean, you can fill it out if you want. You're not going to get in. No, you're not. We won't do it. They've got pranks. They've got puns. Now they just need some actual listeners. Jono and Ben on the hits. Skinny are basically looking for people to voice their radio ads, their TV ads, whatever.

You're just going to lend your voice to Skinny's campaign. There are posters around town, outside cafes. Sometimes the scripts are written on coffee cups or coasters and bars. Do you remember? Yeah, it's amazing that people are just freely calling this number. Back in the day, we used to write numbers on walls, didn't we? It was like Tinder before Tinder. It was taking a big gamble putting your number on a bathroom wall there, Ben Boyce,

and you either got a lot of satisfaction or they'd say, call me for a good time, and then I'd phone Ben, and he'd be like, what do you want to do today? I'll take you to the Botanical Gardens. Yeah, it's a good time, I'll tell you, it's a good time. Get a lovely coffee. You can lend your voice to Skinny's radio ads if you see these around town. Or you can get in touch with us at the hits.

You go to the website, the hits.co.nz, because we are looking for the best voice. If you think you've got the best voice or someone you know has got the best voice, we're going to get them to voice our ad for Skinny that's going to play on the radio. And we've got $5,000 they could win if they're selected as the best voice. $5,000 you could buy yourself a new voice. Yeah. There are some great voices out there. Last night we spoke to someone who wanted to nominate a friend of theirs.

Yeah. Yeah, so that's going to happen from next week. We're going to be doing that. And just to get you in the mood and to make you feel better about the voicing that lay ahead with Skinny, we've managed to dig this old beauty out. Now, this was from, like, the 90s, and it was an infomercial for a restaurant in middle America, we've managed to dig this old beauty out. Now, this was from, like, the 90s,

and it was an infomercial for a restaurant in middle America, and they had this sweet elderly couple there sitting in the restaurant, and they were discussing a pie to the camera, and they were meant to say it was a buttery, flaky crust. And that's all the guy had to say. It was one line. She can just say this one line about this pie. And him and his wife end up bickering over the line and he just can't get it out have a listen the line is baked in a buttery flaky crust baked on a buttery crust

buttery baked in a buttery flavor crust baked in a buttery flavoured crust. Uh, crust. Yeah. Baked in a buttery crispy crust. Flaky. I left flaky out again. Baked in a buttery crispy crust. Is that close?

Jack! Flaky! I thought I said flaky. Baked in a buttery crispy crust. Baked in a buttery flaky crust. Did I screw up again? Yes you did. I did? Baked in a buttery flaky crust. Baked in a buttery flaky crust. Baked in a buttery flaky crust. Bacon and bacon.

And then she screws it up. She doesn't go after bickering. There we go. That's so good. So if you want to lend your voice to Skinny's brand new campaign, take our talent fee, $5,000. Head to the hitstock.co.nz. Skinny will do anything to keep prices low

and customers happy really really cool unique thing they're doing numeracy literacy and idiocy they've nailed one of those things

Jono and Ben on the hits promised me something this long weekend Ben Boyce what's that okay now

what am I you're a notorious you're a wonderful guy don't get me wrong this is what people say when they're going to say something negative they give a compliment up front I is what people say when they're going to say something negative. They give a compliment up front.

I know one of our bosses does this to us all the time. Yep, yep. Now, it's a long weekend, a time of relaxation. And you're a notorious emailer. Now, I've noticed something. I do like an email. With your emailing technique. They can get detailed.

They can get detailed. Oh, yeah. Sometimes I bend your bag on. I'm like, mate, just shorten it. I'll be honest. Sometimes you lose me after the first line or two. Well, sometimes I do notice you reply to an email that I've replied to with exactly. It happened yesterday because we said to someone, I said in a long email, oh, we caught up with

your friend, someone else. And then you reply back going, hey, we caught up with your friend. I'm like, I just said that as part of a long email. But you obviously didn't read it. Yeah, like that was like the second paragraph. And I was like, hey, just so you know, yesterday we saw you said exactly the same thing, but just in a sentence.

So when you die, I'm going to engrave on your stone Ben Boyce Notorious email. Loves an email. Even yesterday, we were waiting for you in the car, B-Hubs. I had to get on fire if I'm on. He's emailing. He saw a problem on his phone, and we were waiting for you in the car. He's like, he's emailing. He saw a problem on his phone

and we were waiting for you on the car. He's like, he's just emailed. Oh, no, because I was midway through an email, mate. And I was like, hey, you know, I'm nine pages deep on an email. Honestly, no one loves emailing more than Ben. So this is what I want you to promise me this weekend. Because what I have noticed too is over the weekend,

you're trying to look publicly. Public weekend, you're trying to look publicly. Publicly, you're trying to look like you're not emailing over the weekend. But I know you're still emailing. But what he's found now is he's found a function on the email where you can schedule them. So he's still emailing over the weekend. He's backlogging them up. Then 8.01, 8.01 a.m. Monday morning, they explode like a dam.

You're part of these emails as well. So for the people getting them, they just get one, but you get like 19 from me. You're right.

Your emails over the weekend, they back up like my digestive system this week, eating nothing but burgers. Because you're right, throughout the weekend I'm like,

but I can't be that person that just like peppers emails all weekend. So you're right. I've found the schedule thing. I've got them all there. And bang, 8 o'clock Monday. 8 o'clock Monday.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. A dozen of them come through. So why don't you now don't email at all. Don't even schedule them this weekend. Just take three days off. Some relaxation. You can do it. Well, hey, I'll try.

I'll try. You've seen a lot of emails this week. You've done well on emails. I have, but I've got to believe more. They just back up the emails, don't they? It's just non-stop, isn't it? I need three days to get through the emails, that's for sure. Experts in giving out inexpert advice.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, thanks so much for hanging out with us this morning. How are you doing? It's a long weekend. We're in Northland at the Quay. And if you'd like to come down, we've got free coffee, breakfast, TV. You're outside doing live crosses. You just got on the back of that one as well.

They're not happy. They're not happy. I got our chips on TV. You did. Good marketing. Price is marketing. We're peddling chips, Ben. I'll do anything.

I've even offered up my body to get rid of these chips. I'll do anything to get rid of them. Now, last night we had a very, well, yesterday afternoon we had a very funny incident. We walked into a restaurant to book for dinner. And the wonderful person behind the counter said, what time would you like to come? Now, Ben, in the most Ben Boyce response ever, said, oh, we'll come at 7, 7.15 or 7.30. And she looked at you blankly and was like, well, which is it? Is it 7, 7.15 or 7.30?

And you're like, oh, okay then. You go, okay then, let's go 7, but we might be 15 minutes late. So she's like, why don't you just look for 7.15? Because I thought about what we had to do afterwards. I was like, let's go 7 o'clock. And I went, oh, we could be 15 minutes late, but let's go 7. And she was like, just book for 7.15. And coincidentally, when we turned up, we were actually 7.30.

She was like, mate, you should have come at 7.30. Oh, so I was instantly laughing, mocking you. Everyone was mocking you, and everyone was having a good old laugh at your expense. Is that a leaf blower out there? What's going on here? And I was i was enjoying the bullying the public bullying don't worry and then she said oh well can i have a first name for the booking yeah and then i gave i said boys and she's like boys that's your first name and i was like oh no no the first name is ben and she's like is that your name and i'm like no that's not my name that's his name and she's like

what's the number and then i gave my number your last name and she's like you guys have had an absolute shocker it was instant karma it was karma for you yeah yeah because you'd be mocking me uh and someone ordered me a big jar of caramelade and so that's what we want to know this morning on 0800 the hits uh karma Karma. When did you have karma? Because sometimes it happens. It does, yeah. Have we got Craig on the phone? I think Craig's already rung through. Now, apparently this is in relation to what I was talking about yesterday, right?

Where I had the aisle seat on a plane, but I was too polite to tell the person who was sitting there. Oh, yeah, and they refused to move. They were like, that's not how I read it. And so you were stuck there. Morning, Craig. What was your karma?

Oh, getting on a plane out of Christchurch, going to Palmerston North, and Guy was in my aisle seat and wouldn't move until I got binhead. And that was all good, so I jumped in the middle. And, yeah, we got about halfway through the flight, and next thing you know, the headlocker came down and the bag come flying and cracked him on top of the head.

Oh jeez. I sort of looked at him and smiled and just said, oh that could have been me. And yeah he pretty much stopped for the rest of the trip at that point. It was priceless. You must have been like those are the moments. Ben you would have liked

that on your journey. Well I wouldn't have liked someone to be scorned on the hip. But you would smile. Give me a word. Yeah, yeah, come on. On the radio, I'm not going to say that. But, you know, you're right. That is very funny.

Thank you very much for your call, mate. Hey, no worries at all. Have a good one, guys. Okay, I went over to the hit telephone number. When Karma came calling, give us a call this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast. You can text 24487 yeah 100 that's our number this is the jonathan band podcast broadcasting this morning from fangare a couple of black ferns down here as well kennedy and stacy from the black ferns as well which is awesome coming to get their free coffee mate they may be professional athletes but they still like free coffee it's awesome the woman's world cup get them behind the black ferns

they are awesome and it's great to see them playing again this weekend. And such a good vibe around Whangarei, isn't there? They're all very excited to have the tournament at the moment, and a lot of the hospitality sector very happy too, Ben, boys. Although the poor hospitality sector, now we're giving away free coffees at the key restaurant, which can't be doing good things, but they're doing an amazing job. This morning we're talking karma.

When it came crawling on 0800 The Hits. Let's get Sarah on. How are you? Hi, guys. Great to have you on. Says karma. What happened? I was waiting for a car park, and I had indicators on and everything,

and a lady came and swiped it from me, but she managed to scrape the whole side of her car on a pole in the car parking building. Oh, so she swooped in. I hate a swooper. Do you confront swoopers, Ben? Well, no. You know me. I don't confront anyone.

Ben likes to park as far away from the location as possible anyway. And so did you laugh? Did you honk? No, no. I just avoided eye contact and drove off and found a small another patch. Well, there you go. There's some karma sutra. Right, I know this is not karma.

No, no, no, no. Thank you for your call. It's a whole other thing. Appreciate it, Sarah. You're going to have a great weekend. Yeah, thank you. Nigel with us on 0800 The Hits. Karma, what happened, Nig?

Hey, you guys. The wife and I had been out for the day. When we came home, we noticed some green paint on our carpet. I'd painted the outside stairs green so of course I got in trouble for spreading the paint. But when we got into the lounge we noticed the china cabinet door was open. In a closer inspection I had a box set of green fitted whiskey miniatures. And two of them had disappeared, along with a few other miniatures we had in the cabinet.

So obviously we'd had a break-in. So I said to the missus, we'd better go and check the rest of the house. So went into the kitchen and checked the freezer. That was all good. I then opened the fridge and I started laughing. She said, what are you laughing at? I said, oh, that Coke bottle's gone.

She said, well, they've got something to mix their drinks with. I said, I hope they enjoy it because that's the marinade I got from the butcher shop yesterday. Karma, instant karma. In the form of a meaty marinade. Love it, Nigel. You go and have a great long weekend. You too, boss. Baldly going where no show has gone before.

How long is it going to take for Ben to make fun of my bald head? Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Barney the Dinosaur, the big purple dinosaur. You'll remember Barney during your childhood. It was an iconic show, and there's a documentary out there right now. It's creating a lot of news because Barney the Dinosaur, particularly the guy who voiced Barney the Dinosaur, is getting some, like he had death threats.

Yeah, the documentary's called I Love You, You Hate Me. Who would hate Barney the Dinosaur? That's what we wanted to know, so we have tracked down the voice of Barney the Dinosaur. His name is Bob West. He is joining us right now over Zoom. Bob, great to see you. Thanks so much for your time.

Great to see you again, too. And hey, before we get started, congratulations on your successful space launch. I mean, that's awesome. Yeah, well, thank you. Thank you, Bob. There was a couple of hairy days there. We couldn't retrieve the GoPros and the package and the payload we had sent to space. But then a farmer found them in his paddock two days later.

So we've got it all. We've got all the footage, got the chips. No one was impaled. It's great. It was a great win for everyone. So the chips are not down. That's good. You know something?

I have been told that you guys put so much flavor and so many flavors into the chips that there is now a global flavor supply chain crisis. Well, yes, we didn't want to bring that up, but yes, you're right. We've taken all the flavor. I'm referring all complaints to your legal department. Yeah, like our flavor Flav from Public Enemy is now just Flav. He had to lose the flavor from his name as well. Hey, now, Bob, there's a new series which is going to be released very shortly,

I Love You, You Hate Me, and it's about your experience uh playing barney the dinosaur and assuming that role and a bit of a dark turn that it took yeah things were um you know where we were uh actually in the studio making the show we didn't really feel a lot of that and of course at the time there was no social media so it didn't blow up around us and right in our faces or anything. And truthfully, you know, watching two hours of people hating on Barney makes you think that there was so much of it. But fortunately, there wasn't all that much. I mean, the proportion of love to hate was really pretty big. Yeah, well, so obviously you explore this in this new documentary,

but so was only a small part of the documentary? Has this been, like, dramatized by the media around the world? Well, the documentary itself focuses on the question of why it is that people, how can people hate on something that's so good and pure and sweet and kind? And I think that's an important question to address, not to get very serious here in our morning show, but it's the kind of thing that we have to talk about we have to find out why people are so angry against something that's so innocent i guess in some ways they probably wouldn't think there was a person you know or a team behind it you know

real people like yourself bob yeah it's funny you say that because one of the uh you know one of the emails that i got i actually got a couple of emails that were like death threats, but they were from junior high kids, you know, the ones that I got. Now, I can't speak for the rest of the cast and crew, but when I would answer back, they would say, well, I'm sorry, I didn't realize there was a real human being on the other end. So, you know, people can get really detached through not just social media, but email as well, you know.

I thought it was a real dinosaur, and I didn't think think dinosaurs had feelings so that's why they ended up doing it. I'm so sorry I didn't mean to you know they told me that you believed and I forgot I'm so sorry to burst that bubble. Now because you're saying this is all happening in an age where social media hadn't taken off yet but your email had been plastered all over the place your personal email. Yeah well was, you know, I was on AOL back when it was actually still cool to be on AOL, which is a long time ago. And nobody bothered me.

You know, it was great. A few years later, there was an author who came out with a book called Email Addresses of the Rich and Famous. And he put my email address in there. Really? And that was how it got out. It's funny because the same author later on became a big advocate

of permission and privacy on the internet. Yeah, it was a wild time in my life, Bob. I got these emails. I was like, hey, surely I can read. He was trying to hog off a book, weren't you? We got Bob West with us. He was the voice of Barney the dinosaur. We've obviously focused on various bodies. It's was the voice of Barney the dinosaur. We've obviously focused on... Who? Hi there, guys.

There's Barney. It's Barney. Barney's there. I was going to say, we wanted to bring some positivity to this interview, this chat, because Barney brought so much joy and love to many kids, thousands and millions of kids around the world. Oh, we had such a good time making our show, and I love my fans. You know what?

While we're here, maybe I could give everybody a great big hug. What do you say? Here we go. There we go. You put Barney quite close to the camera there. We saw a part of Barney that, it was a below the belt Barney there. Now, Bob, we're going to go out and sing along.

Sing a song. Now, what is awkward is we're in the middle of a very busy cafe right now. Yeah, but last time I think we tried to do this, Bob, Bob was like, it doesn't work over Zoom because the timing's off. Yeah, it doesn't. It's either one end has to sing or the other. So let's just get Bob to sing it.

Bob, no one needs to hear Jono and Ben sing Barney the Dinosaur song. It's not that you don't have lovely voices. But I do remember asking you this last time, and you're like, Barney's a solo artist. He's a solo singer. He's a solo singer. He's Beyonce, we're Kelly and Michelle. Yeah. All right, here's a song I think you know.

Want to join with me? Okay. Yes, I do. We do, but we would love to, but we won't. I want to join. Okay, everybody out there, and I'll tell you raw. Okay, here we go. I love you, You love me.

We're a happy family. A great big hug and a kiss from me to you. Won't you say you love me too? I love you. No, you know, you came in too late. Oh, the delay. It's a delay. Hey, Bob, lovely to catch up with you,

and hopefully we'll talk to you again soon. Looking for a pair of below-average husbands? Ta-da! It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Been a big weekend this weekend for Pryor, and it's me. Oh, yeah? Wedding anniversary. Oh, nice.

Yes, wedding anniversary, and I'm forecasting a romantic night in a hotel room. Oh, OK. Probably asleep by about 7.30. Your mate soon as you sit down, you'll fall asleep. We're both exhausted. We'll probably be celebrating it. But Jennifer, you know, she deserves a New Year's Honours,

doesn't she, for sticking it out this long with me. And I've been going through some presents. You know, what do you get for presents, anniversary presents? 16 years. I was 24 when I got married. Definite toy boy situation. Look at me. Scream toy boy, don't I 16 years. I was 24 and I got married. Definite toy boy situation. Look at me. Scream toy boy, don't I? Yeah, congratulations. She wouldn't like

to, she doesn't say it's a toy boy situation. But I've been looking through, there's some fun t-shirts I can get. You make it sound like she was like 50 and you were 24. No, she's only a couple of years older. Yeah, like toy boy. I'm like, oh really? 24, mate, she was

67. She's only two years older. Yeah, like 24. I'm like, oh, really? 24, mate, she was 67. She's only two years old. Some fun T-shirts I can get. One that says Epic Wifey since 2006. Jen would like that one. Epic Wifey. Yeah. One that's got a gaming controller on it that says Level 16 Complete.

These are actual things you can get on it. These are T-shirts. Another one that says 16 years in a row and I still haven't killed him. Oh, jeez. You can get these printed. But there are official ones, the traditional gift. Oh, yeah, do people do that? I don't know.

Well, year one's like paper. Here's a nice piece of A4. Happy anniversary. Yeah. Year three was leather. Here's a gift mask. Yeah. Happy anniversary.

Year four was fruit or flowers. You splash out with an apple or banana, I guess. Year six, a bit more expensive, an iron. Apparently I was sexist when I... Oh, yeah. You get an Iron Man costume, maybe. That might be a bit better. But then leap ahead to the year I'm in now. Year 16, wax. So for a special,

for a very special treat, I booked myself in for a Brazilian. After the show. So it's going to be a wild weekend treat. I booked myself in for a Brazilian. After the show. So it's going to be a wild weekend anyway. Happy anniversary, David. This is the Jono and Ben podcast. We're at the Quay in Whangarei here today. Free coffee till nine o'clock and the Black Ferns are playing in town.

4.45 tomorrow, they're taking on Scotland. Get out there and support the Black Ferns. And one of the Black Ferns we've managed to get on the show with us right now, which is really cool. Stacey Flula, she's one of the stars of the back line. She's won gold at the Sevens in Tokyo as well. Stacey, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast and welcome to the Quay. Yeah, no worries. Our coffee here is absolutely amazing so you've got to get our coffee clicks

for the morning. Yeah, it's even better when it's free, Stacey. Oh, exactly. Thank you, guys. Exciting is this though, you know, because we're excited about the Women's World Cup in New Zealand as well but it must be so exciting to be part of it. It is. It's been building for such a long time. And, you know, the community are really getting behind it. And I know here up north the game's growing. They're supporting women's rugby. So if you're here in Whangarei, make sure you get down to Stadium Tamari. Lots of tickets out there to come watch some quarterly matches.

Yeah, I mean, there's a good buzz around town. Yeah. Hey. Do you feel it? Oh, 100%. And there's a couple of girls in our team who are from up north, and they love it. You know, they cherish that.

The mana they hold behind the game and the support they get, yeah, it's pretty cool. We're all so proud of you as a country. We really are. You're doing so well. Does it hurt? That's my question. It looks sore.

What, training or play games? It just looks like it hurts. Does it hurt? Oh, you know, when it hurts, it just makes you a better player. The passion, it's sore, but you've just got to keep getting back up. You've got to grind, keep grinding through all those tough times. It makes you a better person. Yes, you know.

Because I remember when I played rugby as a kid, they were like, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. The bigger they are, the more it hurts. Yeah, you're right. Honestly. You're damn right about that one. Now, obviously, you know, the World Cup here, it's awesome. There's so many cool things I'm sure you've been part of.

I mean, Rita Ora was here. Yeah. I saw you guys hanging out with 660 the other day. It must be some really surreal moments. Yeah. Taika got to hand out our jerseys to his two daughters. So we have met some pretty cool people. We've had past players come in.

It's been a big theme of ours, you know, the legacy that the Black Ferns have given us. And, you know, we're part of that now. But we have to embrace that. You know, they created this pathway for us so we can continue it and drive the future generations to play women's rugby because it is the best sport in the world. You guys are making big leaps

and bounds. Do you feel it's at a level where it's made some good progress? 100%. We earn money now to play the game and that's pretty cool. Living our dream jobs, get to travel the world. It's a surreal feeling and now young girls are actually looking up to us, they know who the Black Ferns are, I never knew when I was a young girl

who they were but we're so successful and in the sevens as well, not just the fifteens you play both as well and that was so awesome in the Olympics, to see you guys out there. Oh it's just a cool opportunity like I said, travel the world and meet so many cool people, I have my best friends in the game and just like you guys, you get to live it every day and what you do, friends in the game. And, you know, it's just like you guys.

You get to live it every day in what you do, we do as well. And, I don't know, it's just something that I'm real grateful for. It's something you can cherish forever because you never know when it's the last time. Oh, good. It's always lovely to see someone doing what they're here to do. And congratulations on all the success so far. You're going to smash it this weekend. Literally smash them.

We are. We're going to try our best. Put them on the ground.