Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono tries to save Ben's marriage

Episode Date: June 9, 2022

We check in with our 22 predictions for 2022 and so far we're doing well, Briscoes had a sale and Taika and Rita are reportedly engaged. The best smells ahead of our Smellection and Jono uses his marriage counsellor *skills to help Ben and his wife Amanda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10th of June, wow, who would have thought Well, probably me yesterday when you said it was the 9th of June I thought, next podcast is going to be the 10th Yeah, it shouldn't really catch anyone by surprise But you're right, the year's going fast But I feel like you say that, when you're an adult you say that all the time It's an adult cliche Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing that time goes fast, the old year guess?

It's a bad thing, because you always look back You never appreciate time that time goes fast, the older you get. That's a bad thing, because you always look back and, you know, they always look back. You never appreciate time. Someone's at a speech for them when they were leaving work that we heard, and it was the good time. You know how you always talk about the good old days? Everyone's like, oh, the good old days.

And you look back on those favorably, and this person was like, maybe we're in the good old days now, so enjoy them. Yeah, but then it was at the end of it, so that was like, maybe we're in the good old days now, so enjoy them. Yeah, but then it was at the end of it, so that was like, you've had it. Yeah, it was at the end of it.

But yeah, it was actually one of those things and we were like, maybe it was. Maybe these were the good old days. Then we just let them go past. Springsteen does a glory days song, doesn't he? Maybe this is the good old day. The day we're having right now, in 30 years, Bill,

we'll be sitting, I'll be festering away, rotting away in some Ryman. We'll have a jutter at the Ryman, and I'll be next year. Remember the balls of the living, mate? I'll be trying to do activities, and you'll be like, leave me alone. I don't want to move. Mate, there's a thing, I was thinking we'd go on the bus to the mall. Didn't David Seymour do something that could fix this problem? No, but that's the thing.

You've got to appreciate the days you're living at the moment. Yeah. Because if you don't, if you're always looking ahead, you don't get to relish

the moment we're in now. Well, that's the thing. I was reading something before actually that was quite inspiring saying about how you're always like, we'll do it tomorrow,

we'll do it tomorrow, you know. But you only have so many tomorrows. Oh, jeez, that's good. What Instagram account was that from? It was one of those

woke buddy. One of those woke Instagram accounts. But that's jeez, that's good. What Instagram account was that from? It was one of those woke, what are you? One of those woke Instagram accounts. But that's right. But it's good. Why put it off? What if you don't wake up tomorrow? You know, because you always do that. Or do that.

And, you know. Name three things everyone wants to do before the end of their life. Bell. Oh, jeez. That's a big question. Yeah, it's a big question. And I've thrown it on you. Three things. Yeah, the three things. Do and I've thrown it on you. Three things.

Yeah, the three things. Do you have three things you want to do before the end of your life? Can I scale it back to one thing? One thing. I'll tell you what, I want to do a podcast on June the 13th. And I want to hear Jono say it's June the 13th. That's where I want to get to. What do you want to do though?

I'd love to work overseas at some point. Yeah, that'd be cool. Or do your job overseas. Would you like to do that, Bill? Yeah, I've definitely thought about it. I've had opportunities to. It's just hard to know what at some point. Yeah, that'd be cool. Or do your job overseas. Would you like to do that, Bill? Yeah, I've definitely thought about it. I've had opportunities to. It's just hard to know what to do sometimes. I mean, you look at Producer Juliet, who was working with us for a good couple of years

here at the Hits. I mean, she is, she's living her best life. She's working on a super yacht in the Mediterranean right now. And yeah, every picture you see, I'm like, yeah, bloody. Well, especially when it's bleak and cold and horrible here. And then she's off in Ibiza and the Greek islands. Everyone wants what they don't have, though. It's always Instagram life.

Is it real? Is it, you know? That's right. Is it Mediterranean? Is it real? Is it a reminder for me to go and pay for my parking out in the car? This is real life, Ben. Car parking.

That's right. All right. Now, have a great day. Enjoy the podcast. Had a fun one today. We're setting up the Smell Action next week, which is New Zealand's favourite odour as voted by you and there are some beauties coming through.

You can put your vote through on our social media too, the Hits Breakfast and it kicks off Monday. New Zealand's favourite smell. Is it a freshly washed baby? Is it the smell of petrol? I don't know. We'll find out Monday. The great thing about listening to this show is that

the day can only get better from here. Jono and Ben on the hits. You all right? This is Glen 20, because we have things on the microphones called pop socks, just to pull back the curtain. Should I turn your mic off while you put that on? No, it's fine. You're just Glen 20.

Awfully noisy. You never know whose lips have been all over your pop sock. Well, you're meant to keep your own one. That's the thing. Are you using someone? That is your one, but yeah. I know my lips have been on there. I don't know where they've been. Oh, really? The pop sock. Well, you're meant to keep your own one. That's the thing. Are you using someone else's? That is your one, but yeah. I know my lips have been on there. I don't know where they've been.

Oh, really? The pop sock's been sitting on the lips for the last 24 hours. I know where these lips have been. I want a Glen 20 my own. So, yeah, the cash and car went yesterday, which is pretty exciting. Yesterday afternoon, we're going to catch up

with Brogan, who was the winner in about 20 minutes' time, as I said before. That's so life-changing. Oh, amazing. What was it? $18,000 and something. We won't drill down on those details right now.

It's the beginning of the show. We'll get into that later. And a car. Incredible. And the real winner out of this was our phone lines. Phone lines have never been busier. No they're overloaded. People just could not get through. And then producer Behemoths couldn't even answer the calls.

Phone lines had never felt so popular here at the Hits. Now they just go back to being normal, boring phone lines. Where we get two or three calls an hour. If we're lucky. Yeah. I had a moment yesterday. Most of them are wrong numbers. I was pretty excited yesterday because, you know,

big fan of the NBA basketball. So it was on. On Celtics playing? Yeah, Celtics were playing the Warriors in the finals. And, you know, they're not two teams that i'm huge fans of but i'm still you know excited about the finals and so you just support the competition yeah and i was like yesterday afternoon i was busy when it was on so i was like let's i'll wait and watch it at night you know watch it around about six o'clock when i've got all my stuff done and even the kids got involved

they were like they got some old celtics tops they're like i'll support the celtics i'll support the warriors it's cool it's family night were all going to watch the basketball with me. And so I avoided my phone, avoided the computer. I was, I'll go down and get takeaways. We'll make it a nice night. And the stupid thing was I wore my Celtics singlet to get down and get takeaways. And as soon as I walked in, the guy behind me went, great win from the Celtics today. And I was like, oh, you monster.

But, of course, why would he? You know, I'm wearing a Celtics top. Why would he? Yeah, and he's going to go, if he's that passionate about it, surely he's watched it in real time. I know. Surely. But one of those moments, you're like, oh, I can't take that conversation back.

Does that ruin the game for you? Well, a little bit. People get so wound up about spoilers. A little bit. Like, it ruins the surprise. Like, towards the end of the game when things got close, I'm like, well, I know clearly who won there. Unless that guy was fooling me, but why would he do that?

The big thing in movie spoilers, and, you know, the shows on Netflix, whenever you mention anything on the radio about those, sometimes it's like Andy sees dead people and they're like, how could you spoil the Bruce Willis movie from the 90s? Well, yeah, that's a good point. I mean, if you haven't seen that movie by now. It's on you.

It is on you. You know, maybe the basketball. I feel like that was the same day, a couple of hours. A day or two, yeah. But it was on me for wearing a singlet of one of the teams out. Belle, do you get wound up about people ruining spoilers for you? I personally think in this day and age, if you're not watching it when it happens, that's kind of your fault. Yeah. And you've got to get

onto it early. With the internet and everything, you can't get mad about, oh, you ruined that movie or that show for me. And also, especially when we're talking about just things that are in the trailer, it's not really spoiling it. Yeah, and more for you, wandering around in a Celtics. You're not even that passionate about anyone. I know, I wanted to do it, but hey, you're right.

Scrolling through your feed. Now, when we started this program, Ben, a couple of years ago, you naturally assumed the role of the show's in-show, the resident in-show newsreader. I never had the opportunity to audition. Oh, would you like that? No, no. It seems like a huge burden every day. You have to scramble to find news stories.

You're doing a great job. Well, we have other news, but this is news where we like to chat about throughout the show. We do it a couple of times. And one of the things that we've noticed popped up in the news over the last 24 hours, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, last week she was in the US. This week she's headed to Australia for, it looks like,

24 hours to meet the new Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. They had a lovely dinner, and then they exchanged gifts. Now, they bought each other vinyl records. Yes, they bought themselves a collection of vinyl records. Now, he gave her, the Australian Prime Minister, some classics, some Aussie classics, Midnight Oil. Spider Baits and Powderfinger on vinyl. So she got those Aussie classic bands.

Oh, Black Betty. Yeah, so the rock sort ofie classic bands. Oh, Black Betty, ram-ba-dam. Yeah, so the rock sort of vibe. And then Jacinda. Now, she went alt, she went cool. She would have gone, like, shapeshifter? No, she didn't actually, but she is a fan of shapeshifter, from what I understand.

Aldous Harding, The Clean, Red Fountain, and AK-79 as well, to add to his collection as well. So from the Flying Nun collection as well. She's so hip and cool. She's a cool oldie one. Yeah. I couldn't go to any of these concerts myself. I just wouldn't be happy. You just wouldn't go to a concert, that's for sure.

That's the main reason I don't like leaving my house. But, you know, there'd be too much trendiness there for me. I wouldn't blend in. Would you be able to blend in at one of those gigs, Ben? Oh, I don't know. Oldest Harding, who's a fantastic artist. Yeah, I mean, they're all amazing artists. Yeah, don't get me wrong.

So this is more on me. Yeah. Me as a person. Oh, look, I'd give it a go. But I don't know if it's, you know. But maybe with Call of Friends, you know. That would, you know. Just sort of, you know, smoke screen your presence at the gig.

You went to a big punk rock gig, didn't you? Yeah. A few weeks ago. I was taking a long time like that. I was like, I'll go along. didn't you? Yeah, I got taken along to something like that. I was like, I'll go along, and then you get there and you're like, oh, this is, I mean, it was great, but you know. Not your happy place.

Not probably my vibe, but people were loving it. They were loving it. Take them to the Wiggles 10.30 in the morning, though. Yeah, feel blended. That's my happy place. And yesterday, some wild weather around the country, particularly in the Kapiti Coast. A tornado hit about 1pm yesterday.

Wakanau residents reporting it was a crazy weather event. Three or four large pine trees went through roofs. There was about 12 cars damaged by falling trees and debris. A tree went through the roof of a car dealership as well. Thankfully by the looks of it no one got seriously hurt which is good because it's very scary. I by the looks of it, no one got seriously hurt which is good because it's very scary. I saw the picture of it, yeah and it just sort of felt like a meter away from landing on top of a Ferrari

race car. You heard of a Ferrari, Ben? They don't come cheap. The insurance on that would not be good. We should try and talk to the people who own it. Should we call them? The Ferrari? Yeah No no the workshop

Oh okay yeah See how the workshop is Okay Yeah Alright well yeah Should we call them During the ads And then we'll play it

Before 7 o'clock Is it too early To call someone Who owns a workshop? No we'll give it a go They might be up They're either going to answer Or they're not going to answer

Unless they go through The home phone Okay alright we'll call them And we'll see how the roof is Because it looked like A ginormous hole Yeah And it's one of those photos.

Now, producer Behem is like, oh, the media have got this photo. You know, but what's happening around the corner? You know, there's not even anything happening around the corner. He said someone's pool cover blew off. He's like, this will be the only thing. And the media will just keep putting this photo everywhere. There's still a tree through a roof. There's a tree through a roof?

Yeah. How many trees have you had through your roof producer Behubs? Yeah, he's like around the corner there were some leaves blooming in someone's doorway or something.

I was like, yeah, alright. Maybe that happened but a tree went through a roof. Alright, let's talk to them before seven o'clock. Jono and Ben. Yesterday, Cash and Carl was one on Brad and Laura's

show in the afternoon. It was an amazing moment. This is when Brogan guessed correctly how much cash was stashed in the back of the Škoda. Brogan from Wellington with a guess of $18,079.25. You have just won

Cash and Car! Are you okay? Oh my god, no! Oh my god! Anybody want to buy a Suzuki Swift? Are you okay? Oh, my God, no. Oh, my God. Anybody want a bottle of Suzuki Swift? Jeez, it sounded quite like the screams and the bang, bang, bang. It was all go. It was high drama, absolute scenes, and live from Wellington right now,

welcome to New Zealand's breakfast. She's $18,000 richer and driving a better vehicle than the rest of us. Brogan, come on in. Hello. How are you feeling? I mean, has it sunk in that you've won a car, a Skoda Kamek Monte Carlo car, with over $45,000 plus $18,000 and then some money? Honestly, I still think it hasn't sunken properly yet.

Yeah, I don't know. Like, I was at home by myself when it all happened, and, yeah, so I'm off to work today, and we'll see what my workmates think about it. Now, I can hear you're driving a lesser-quality vehicle now. I can just hear it in the background. Yeah, higher emissions. Yeah, higher emissions. Yeah, higher emissions.

What are you going to do? Did you sell the Suzuki Swift? I know you checked a little add-on at the end of your victory. I haven't sold it yet. I still need to get to work. Drive it into the ocean now. Drive it into the Wellington Harbour. Honestly, I will. Don't get me.

How did you know how much money was in there? Because everyone had been guessing for weeks and me. How did you know how much money was in there? Because everyone had been guessing for weeks and weeks. How did you know there was $18,079.25? I got the first four digits quite early on, and I think everyone else's guesses just solidified that for me. And then when I, I don't know, I kind of woke up. I had a dream, and I woke up, and I was like, wait, wait, that must be the number.

So I think it was like three o'clock in the morning and I ended up just Googling and looking up Skoda history and checking all the clues all again. And I was like, oh, that sounds about right. It makes sense. And yeah, I've been trying for weeks on end to get through on the phones. Wow, so it came to you in a dream. It's like a premonition. An epiphany.

Yeah. And then you were weirdly up at three in the morning Googling Škoda facts. That's incredible. Well done. And what are you going to do with the money? Any idea what you're going to do with the $18,000? So it gets me in the exact perfect position that I've been working hard to get to,

to buy a house. So, yeah, it actually, you know, sets it in stone. So, yeah, I'm stoked and completely over the moon. So we gave you a house. Well. Or 30 years of debt. Yeah, yeah'm stoked and completely over the moon. So we gave you a house. Well. Or 30 years of debt. Yeah, yeah. Yay.

And we can come and stay when we're in Wellington. Is that all right? Yeah, yeah, all good. I'll sway, good, good. Got plenty of space. I know you had a lot riding on this, Brogan, and so did I, because the end of yesterday's show, if you cast your mind back, Ben, I offered my resignation.

You did? I said if it's not won today or this afternoon, John O'Prior will hand in his resignation. I put my good name to that. Yeah, you did. I didn't discuss that with the family. No. No, so I was happy you won as well.

Otherwise, it would have been a dark day today for me. Brogan, congratulations. Winner of 2022's Cash and Car. Thank you so much for listening to the station. Thank you, guys. Hey, well done. And thanks again to Škoda for providing that amazing car, thank you so much for listening to the station. Thank you, guys. Well done, and thanks again to Škoda for providing that amazing car, the perfect partner for all of life's adventures. Pretty incredible.

I heard Škoda loved it so much they want to give away all of their cars now. Every car. They're never going to sell another one. They're just going to keep giving it away. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is The B**** News. Hey, this is where we have to guess the story from only hearing the headline it's kind of like when you don't

subscribe to the Herald Premium and all you can do is you can read the headline and the first line of the story then it slowly fades out and goes, if you want to read more pay $4.99 a month. And you're like, what is this? Yeah, and you sort of have to guess the story that's the position we're in right now Or you can pay for premium, it's a heck of a service John O'Brien Wonderful, and it's of have to guess the story. That's the position we're in right now. All you can pay for premium is a heck of a service, John O'Brien.

Wonderful story. And it's not that much, is it? Check us in for it, please. Yeah. I do it. Oh, you should. I do. Okay, I've got two stories for you.

Here is the first one. Auckland couple track down stolen... thanks to internet sleuthing video. I'm going to say the Auckland couple tracked down their stolen watermelon because they were $100 a watermelon the other day, so I'm like, hey, they'll be fetching a lot on the black market. Surely just watermelons are sitting in supermarkets rotting away with $100 price tags attached to them.

I'm going to go Auckland couple tracked down stolen single sock, which went missing, as they all all do thanks to an internet video. Let's find out. Auckland couple tracked down stolen cat thanks to internet sleuthing video. I've stolen cats.

Quite a story behind this too. So an Auckland couple's cat went missing. I'd be so I would actually be beside myself. You've got a cat, don't you? Yeah, she's a little ragdoll.

Her name's Piper. I am far the more obsessed. She's my child. I don't have children yet. So I have a connection with her, you know? So if someone came and stole Piper. I'd be heart...

Like, this is not an invitation. Oh, my God. Please don't steal my cat. Oh, no. I'm just saying, were you thinking about it, Jono? No, I was, kind of. Do you want the honest truth? I was thinking, yeah, well, if I can create a smoke screen here,

because someone who's going to steal your cat wouldn't talk about stealing your cat. You're not going to steal me. There's no stealing of cats going on. Even the thought of it made me freak out. Okay, so this couple, their cat, Frosty,

got stolen, right? And went missing and they were really beside themselves and then strangely they started getting calls and texts from this unknown person

about Frosty wanting to adopt it but they're like, that's weird, Frosty's not for adoption and so the time went by and then they eventually worked out that person was the person who'd taken the cat oh and then they were saying they would like to adopt the cat yeah so they didn't think it was connected and then

eventually they pieced everything together and then the couple like you can i can you can search numbers online and find out where they are and they found where the cat was yeah listen i'm sorry uh it was it was a bad thing. It was a dark time in my life. I thought I could make some money from a cat kidnapping. But apparently pets being stolen is quite the thing. That's horrible. It happens a lot.

Dogs get stolen from front. Because, you know, owners would leave them wandering around the yard and whatever. Like, I get they're expensive and stuff, but just the heartbreak that that brings to people is just awful. But it's a free dog, Bill. No. Let's look at the other side all right pub called police after mum and son complained about portion of i'm a lot like i'm thinking they complained and i'm the son uh they worked in a coal mine in the west coast and they went along there and they couldn't get served because they were they didn't serve minors. And that's why they complained.

Jesus, that was a long runway. It was. I was like, where's he going? Where's he going? Oh, okay. There we go. That's what I reckon. So that's really the story, they complained.

Okay, pub call police after mum and son complained about the portion of sauce in relation to the chips in the bowl. They never equate. They never match up. They never factor in everyone's sauce consumption. Police after mum and son complained about portion of chips. Yeah, you smashed it. Well, basically.

So basically, this is so outrageous. But this couple was so angry about the portion of their chips that they got, you know, really riled up. And the pub had to call in support for them. Oh, the police were called over the chips. Oh, I see. When the chips are down, you call the police. Do you like sharing a bowl of chips with people or do you just like your own bowl of chips? Oh, look, I don't mind

but sometimes I get annoyed when people go, I don't want any and then they have some. I'm like, that's fine. If you want some, just say. We'll order more. Yeah, because I was like, I'm ordering now. Just say you'd like some, and we'll make sure there's enough. Don't be dipping in ones. Yeah, I know what you're saying.

That annoys me. Thanks, Bill. That was the news and beeps this morning. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The start of the year, we decided, being 2022, to make 22 predictions of things that we thought could happen over the year. And then we thought we'd check in every few months to see how well we're going. Yeah, Ben made a bold prediction that I wouldn't be here by the end of the year.

I don't know if that's contractually or deceased. You know, still another six months to go. We'll see how the rest pans out. That didn't make the official 22 list. It was offline. We're just doing a sweepstake around the office. That's offline. Is he going to make it through this year?

But we want to talk about some of the ones, because it's pretty much six months through the year right now, so we thought we'd look back at some of the ones we have got right. Now, yesterday there was big news. Have a listen to this. Firstly, singer Rita Ora and New Zealand movie director Taika Waititi are engaged, as The Sun exclusively revealed. The Smith and Cuttle are clearly on the same wavelength, as apparently they made simultaneous proposals to each other.

Now they're planning a low-key wedding in the summer. Taika and Rita. Taika Waititi and of course Rita Ora, a pop star. They're getting engaged.

That was one of our predictions. That was, I think that was number three on the list and that music was jazzy. Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. Maybe they saw our predictions and went,

hey, what about, you know. No, no, no. Taika sheet us in on his Google calendar. We knew that he was going to propose in this period. But apparently it was a very low-key proposal. They've both got very busy schedules. So they're going to wait till their schedules align,

have a low-key affair, and then have a bigger one later. Oh, nice. I don't know who's spitting the beans on all this. Oh, no. Some gossip, eh? So there we go. They've got one out of the 22. So we got that one.

We got this one as well. I mean, this one, to be fair, we go, they've got one out of the 22. So we got that one, we got this one as well. I mean this one, to be fair, we just wanted to get it runs on the board. It was Briscoe's having a sale. It doesn't get any bigger than this weekend. With up to 60% off all stainless steel cookware and non-stick fry pans. At Briscoe's Royal Long Weekend ends Monday. See online for tea season exclusions. Tea season exclusions, that was last weekend.

Last weekend, we said there was going to season exclusions. That was last weekend. Last weekend. We said there was going to be a sale. There was a sale. 60% off and Briscoe served it up on a platter, which coincidentally is off 40% this weekend. Now, we said the Warriors to make the finals, and we'd like to play this audio. Golden State is going to the finals for the sixth time in the last eight years.

So that's the Golden State Warriors making the NBA Finals. Now, we're going to claim that one. We didn't stipulate which. Well, we kind of did. But now we're taking off the New Zealand Warriors. There's also the under-12 Sydenham Warriors in Crosschurch. They've made the finals too. They're doing really well.

Another one we put in there was to do with the Royals. And we said that Harry and Meghan would make amends with the Royal family. Now, this was a long shot. This was out of nowhere. Now, this was in the peak of them being hated by the family. This is our UK reporter, Gavin Gray, just a couple of days ago talking to us. Solicitors are saying to me that they have been FaceTiming each other and FaceTiming each other's kids, which is obviously very nice. They are, therefore, getting on better.

There we go. He's talking about Harry and Will's FaceTiming each other. They are therefore getting on better. There we go. He's talking about Harry and Wills FaceTiming each other. They're making amends. They are getting on better, but I'm sure Wills and Kate are bitching about them as soon as they hang up from the FaceTime. But for our purposes, they've made amends. And just quickly, another one we predicted as well

after The Power of the Dog, the movie, coming out, we said this person would win an Oscar. And the Oscar goes to... Jane Campion. Aye. We also said that it should then go off the grid and no one would hear from her for another five years. Has anyone heard from Jane Campion since?

She hasn't texted me, Ben. The other one that we got right was Jono to stay bald. At this stage, you're still keeping your hair the same, so thank you. Thank you for living up to it. Rums on the board again. Yeah, but we did make some wild other predictions as well. You're going to see more the same so thank you thank you for living up to it runs on the board again yeah but we did make some wild other predictions

as well you're going to see more at the hits of breakfast the mad butcher to turn vegan you know New Zealand to win 50 good medals at the Commonwealth Games

Karen to become the most popular name of 2022 so some of these may or may not happen still got a lot of years to go though Ben and a lot of stuff

can happen between now and then and will I make it through the big question the sweepstake I say no Spy know what's up Ben. A lot of stuff can happen between now and then. And will I make it through? The big question. The sweepstake, I say no. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz We've trawled through the celebrity sewers and

trenched up some filth to talk about. What's going on, Belle? Well, this is really exciting for Rebel Wilson. She has introduced fans to her new girlfriend, Romana Ograma. And I don't know if I'm saying that right, sorry, but she's taken her like she's told everyone on her Instagram, she said, I thought I was searching for a Disney prince, but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney princess.

Hashtag love is love. That's very kind. Good on her. Good on her. Her partner's name's a fun one to say. Romana, was it? You're making Bell say it again. Agrumor, sorry, maybe I said that wrong. Romana Agrumor. Oh, Romana Agrumor. Ap making Bell say it again Agrumor

Sorry maybe I said that wrong Romana Agrumor Apologies I like to do that Very fancy name Oh there you go In fact great to see her happy Because she gets a bit of stick

Doesn't she? Well yeah Reba Wilson It was pretty She did for a while there Remember there was a whole thing About her age coming out And she was saying a different

And when she lost weight Everyone's like Kind of having a go at her Or people coming out Saying oh she did this diet And she's like kind of having a go at her or people coming out saying, oh, she did this diet. She's like, I didn't. Like, can we stop

commenting on my body? Yeah, no, fair enough. And I mean, she's 21 like me. You know, we're all enjoying our 20s. Yeah. Let's just let people

enjoy their 20s. Exactly, yeah, enjoy their 20s. Let us Gen Z's be, bro. I'm glad Rebel's happy. She did recently say that she was in a happy relationship and they've been together a while.

She actually took her to the Vanity Fair Oscars party and they seem really happy. They look like a really great couple. So I'll show you guys that photo in a sec so you can see. I always wonder in that situation, and, you know, who was her last boyfriend? Yeah. And he's gone,

oh, man, I must have been shocking at being a boyfriend. Oh, you were never. She's gone off, guys. Maybe, but it's probably not about that. I don't know. Have I made it awkward? You've made it a little bit awkward. Just dance with me, guys. It's radio.

Jesus. Don't know if you know how the medium works. We've rounded up the story beautifully. I was reading the next one. I think you come on. I was reading the next one. Yeah, I pushed it too far. I had nothing more. Anyway, Brittany is planning her wedding.

She's getting married next week. Preparations are underway. The big marquee's gone up at her property in LA. And it looks like it's going to be a big set up. Now, her sons aren't going. Are they not? No. It's really sad.

Only about 10 minutes ago, her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, his attorney released a statement saying the boys won't be in attendance. We're happy for Brittany and wish her and Sam all the best going forward. I mean, obviously, we don't know exactly what's going on. It seems a bit mean. Why can't the boys be there? Maybe Brittany's got something else planned. But he wouldn't have the sole decision making.

He hasn't got full custody of the kids, has he? He had quite a bit during the conservatorship, unfortunately, which is pretty unfair on Brittany. Listen, I feel like I'm getting into more territory where I don't know all the details. Sticking my sticky beacon. So, okay, you're her last boyfriend. How would you feel if she's getting married to someone else?

And then she goes, I'm now going to date a woman. How are you feeling? Maybe, married to someone else? And then she goes, I'm now going to date a woman. How are you feeling? Maybe the feminist in me coming out, maybe Kevin's not happy that he's not able to extort her for so much money anymore. Oh, now the conservatorship's over. You thought I made it awkward. And that is Spike.

And get more now at thehats.co.nz. Now there's a bit of a terrible smell, unfortunately, dot nz you're essential listening for non-essential banter Jono and Ben on the hit now there's a bit of a terrible smell unfortunately around East Christchurch has been for the

last few months yeah you're saying even your mum could smell it right yeah she Annie Pryor came up she's like it's terrible because the feces

plant caught fire yeah and so it's just been the smell of you know rotten burnt and it wafts over depending on where the wind's going so your mum can smell that on the other side of Christchurch she smells that caught fire. And so it's just been the smell of rotten, burnt, and it wafts over depending on where the wind's going.

So your mum can smell that on the other side of Christchurch? She smells that. Do you smell what the rock was cooking from over that side? I think it's being overpowered by the smell of something else. I hope that wasn't what the rock was cooking. Yeah, I hope not. Oh, gee, so really fair feeling for those people. They're starting to fix it now, I think. But it's taken so long for them to even start repairing it.

Yeah, so that's one of the worst smells in New Zealand. It's probably taken so long because they've gone around to every contractor, hey, would you mind this gig? And they're like, what's the gig, mate?

And you're like, oh, all past things. Yeah, so that's the worst smell. That's one of the worst smells that you can smell. But we want to focus on the good things, the good smells.

And yesterday we threw it out there because next week we want to have a smell action. Yeah, this is where we're going to vote for Aotearoa's most loved smell. And it could be anything. Here's a couple that came through late yesterday.

What are you putting forward, Tess? Oh, freshly mown grass. Oh, lawn clippings and the freshly mown grass. It's good. They should do a perfume called compost. Oh, compost doesn't sound quite as good as you know it does. Morena, guys. I think cat.

I pick up my pussy cats and I stick my nose into their necks and I say, oh, you guys smell so good. Mmm, teetering there, really, on that one. Yeah, so we'll put Lord Clippings in it. I feel like I love puppies and cats, but I always feel they smell a little bit urine-like at an early age. They've had flea treatment as well. Thanks for your... I like the cat entry, but I don't know if it's going to make the knock-off tournament next week.

But this is what we want to do. We want to open it up. 0800 the hits. What is your most loved smell? And a lot of it. I was actually reading an article yesterday, Ben Boyd. I was reading a Harvard study, mainly so I could say I was reading a Harvard study in public. But it was the association of smell. So when you smell something, it's coming to the part of the brain that's also where you taste, too. The reaction to how you feel when you taste something. So it's creating the same, you know, we have food that you love.

It's kind of like a memory or a nostalgia feeling or something sometimes. and apparently when you taste foods you're not tasting the taste of the food that's your smell really enjoying the flavor of the food apparently you can do an experiment where you eat food hold your nose and all you'll taste is sweetness you won't taste the flavor of the food wow yeah because i had it the other day i went into like a locker like a locker room where there was like the rugby smell of the liniment. And that took me back. It was the smell of playing rugby and getting smashed out on the field as a little kid. So much liniment.

And what does the liniment do? Does anyone actually ask that question over the years? No. It's a great odour for the club room. But you're right. I put some on as a rugby player. Did it help your performance? No.

One day I forgot to wash my hands afterwards and they rubbed my eyes going out onto the, and I spent the first 20 minutes of the rugby game just like crying and looking at it.

I was like, why is he crying? The world's most emotional rugby player. It's like, guys, can we talk about our feelings? You know, so some that have come through too because we've chatted this out

on social media. Now it seems like such a wild thing, running a smell action, but it's going off. It is. It's going off. Play-Doh. Oh, yeah. Play-Doh, which they've made mistakenly smell so delicious,

yet so unedible. So 4487 is the text, or 0800 the hits. Give us a call or text right now. We've got Hell Pizza up for grabs. We're going to give some away. You can get the best damn pizza in this lifetime on XDelivered with beer and wine at the moment. So we'll give away some of those.

Your best smell, your favourite smell, what should be in our round-robin competition? Yeah, we're making the shortlist right now. Call New Zealand's Breakfast. You can text 24487. Jono and Ben. Wild weather around the country, so a good weekend to sit inside and reflect on your favourite smell.

Because we're having a smell election next week. We're putting all the best... Don't reflect all weekend. Give it five or ten minutes maybe. But right now we'd love to know what is your favourite smell? This is going off. This is popping off on the text machine. It's blowing up baby. The most popular thing we've ever done. So we're going to decide on New Zealand's

most loved smell next week. One that I thought of driving into work today is the smell of hot electronics. You know, like if you get a DVD player or your PlayStation, if it's running hot, it smells comforting and toxic

at the same time. Like a hot phone. A fine line between well, that's working hard. So 0800, that's telephone number. A lot of texts coming through for freshly cut wood Oh yeah Yeah freshly cut with the smell of environmental damage

Very satisfying apparently Now we're going to kick it off with Sean Welcome to the show from Auckland Sean you're on New Zealand's Breakfast The smell action What do you want to chuck in there mate? I was just thinking of like the fresh baby smell When a baby's born

Of your own child you know And you've got that beautiful smell of your own child. It smells good after a good bathing as well. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Freshly washed baby. Yeah, we agree. It doesn't last long, though.

It doesn't last long. No, and then you pick up someone else's baby like six months later, you're like, oh, there's that fresh baby smell again. Yeah, yeah, definitely. We got into a hole yesterday, Sean, of declaring our love publicly for the smell of freshly washed babies. We did. It was an odd conversation. But I'm glad you agree with us because it does smell amazing.

Oh, it does. It does. I work for a vegetarian restaurant and the amazing food that comes out of there is just beautiful as well. Okay. Vegetarian restaurants and freshly washed babies. Well, thank you for your call, baby. All right.

We'll put the freshly washed baby on the list. All right. Let's get Paulina on from New Plymouth. What do you want to chuck in the smell action next week, Paulina? Hi, how are you? Yeah, good, mate. What are you putting forward, buddy? My favorite smell is a good old glossy magazine or a new book.

I'd really like to get in those places. Yeah, the new book's got a lovely smell, isn't it? A glossy magazine turned out. I know the smell you mean. Are you burying your face into Vogue in the supermarket aisle? Yeah, I'm one of those creeps. She says, isn't ladies

sniffing magazines? Yeah, I have a lot of workmates that are like, what are you up to? My husband is the same, so we're both sniffers of the magazines. We're both proud magazines. Hey, out of all the things you can be, that's not a bad one, you know? That's fine.

There's worse vices. Yeah, yeah, exactly. That is brilliant, Paulina. Someone's text through, really appreciate your call, mate. Send her out some Elpizza, that'd be great. Yeah, someone's text through, Lynx Africa.

Oh, yeah. Lynx Africa, you know, and on the same level, maybe your cool charms. For guys wearing Lynx Africa, red flag. But as a teenage boy. Oh yeah, as a teenager, but if they're still wearing it now,

like grow up. Nothing quite like the smell of the Lynx Africa mixed with weird teenage boy hormones. Yeah, true. Just gorgeous. Josh, you're on. Welcome. Another one from New Plymouth. Hello, boys. How lovely to have you on the show.

Josh, what are you putting forward for the smell action? I love the smell of a good old Speedway, but a burning ethanol, a burning fires, burning rubber. Just burning a giant hole in the ozone layer. I love it. We went out there to the Medi-Medi Speedway, and she's at the start.

By the end, it gets a bit overwhelming by the end, though. We spent an entire day. We're talking 12, 14 hours at the Burnout Nationals, Josh. And I feel like I need a lung transplant. Soft, mate. Soft. Too soft. I do have very soft lungs.

People love it, though. They do love it. It was a fun day and then we came home and we were just our faces and bodies were just covered in burnt tyre

just bits of rubber stuck to us it was a fun day though thank you so much Josh we'll put burning rubber in there and we'll take one last one Brenda

the smell action what are you chucking forward mate? freshly baked bread oh yeah beautiful fresh scones bread oh it all smells good that's great that's a great suggestion Freshly baked bread. Oh, yeah. Beautiful. Fresh scones, bread. Oh, it all smells good.

That's great. That's a great suggestion. We'll put that in the list. And on Monday, we'll start to see which is New Zealand's favourite smell. Well, we've got a long weekend ahead of us compiling this list, Ben Boyce. I know. It's a great option. Now I feel what the pressure of the tournament directors at Wimbledon feel like.

Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. Because she's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes.

And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT.

No. Such a gossipy old nana, aren't I? NT, come on in from Hollywood. How are you, mate? I'm good. How are you? Oh, it's great to have you on, buddy. I forgot to ask you this on Tuesday when we spoke to you.

Jacinda Ardern, our Prime Minister, she was in your country last week, visited the White House visited biden it was the biggest news to ever happen over here did it was it even reported on in america i knew that look i i at least know who your prime minister is you know so i would say and i think that just into artem i i think that the whole world kind of fell in love with her a little bit during the pandemic. But it's just not one of those. There's so many leaders that come to the White House. It doesn't make the news because we just have different things that we focus on in our news cycle rather than, oh, some leader visited or something like that. No, listen, you could just say we're insignificant.

That's all we want you to say. We know it. No, no, not at all. Like I said, I think that Jacinda Ardern is great. Well, we've been frothing over her visit to the White House ever since. Now, NTR, Will Smith, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith came out on Red Table Talk and said she hopes these two educated, fully grown men will be able to make up one day. Do you think that's going to happen?

And will it happen on Red Table Talk? If it does happen, it will happen on Red Table Talk. What's in it for Chris Rock? He was slapped in front of a worldwide audience or whatever. Maybe if Will Smith agreed to be slapped back, then Chris Rock would be with. Eye for an eye. This is great. You could sell it as like a UFC style event.

One slap, that's it. Sell tickets to it. Do you think, has Will Smith ever, do you know if he's reached out to Chris Rock behind the scenes? I doubt it. I doubt it because he's had his chances and I think Chris Rock would say something. Chris Rock, you know, he's performing stand-up almost every night. And for sure he would mention it. I doubt it because he's had his chances. And I think Chris Rock would say something. Chris Rock, you know, he's performing stand-up almost every night.

And for sure he would mention it in one of his stand-ups if Will Smith reached out. Now, they could turn it in to something very humorous. They could have, you know, taking my slap suggestion. They could have, you know, Will Smith standing there, Chris Rock slaps him, and then Will Smith gets to slap Chris Rock, and then Chris Rock slaps him back. They could make it into something that's really, really funny, and, you know, it could go very viral. They could do something like that. That's something that Chris Rock would have to say, all right, you know, I forgive you. Let's turn it into something that people are talking about, and that we can also use to our advantage, and not just

have your wife, Jada, try and make bank off of this with Red Table Talk. Yeah, no. Have you come across Will Smith? Yeah, you know, there's very few people that I haven't come across. Do I know him? No. Because he seemed,

and we were talking about this the other day, do you reckon that's been the biggest scandal, biggest celebrity scandal of recent time? Yeah, I mean, because it was just so upfront and everybody was talking about it. Because speaking of the US, we didn't really get to see the slap like other places. So on our social media,

we actually had to get feed from like Australian TV or Japanese TV to actually see the slap. What did they, did they edit it out, did they? Because it's on the delay. Has it changed? Because obviously there was the MTV TV and Movie Awards this week. Has it changed the way that award shows the MTV TV and Movie Awards this week Has it changed the way that award shows are run in America?

I don't think so You know, you have to realize And I'm sure that, you know, your listeners are smart enough But the MTV Movie Awards are fake awards I hope everybody knows that What? You are only going if you know you're going to win an award Or you're getting to sing or whatever

But J-Lo cried J-Lo cried J-Lo cried. J-Lo cried. J-Lo cried. She cried when she got her award. You know, she's a better actress than we give her credit for. Listen, are you saying those tears were fake tears? I'm surprised that with the amount of work that she's had done to her face that she was able to actually...

Oh, hey, hey, hey. Bell Crawford, our producer's going, no, no. We don't body shame around here, Indy. I know it's you. She doesn't. I do. I'm all about it. No, I'm not body shaming at all.

I would never body shame. It's something that she got done by a doctor. It's not natural. So that's not really body shame. True, that's many of us. I know it's an ugly ground, but still. Yeah, Indy, you're an absolute champion. Thank you so much for taking time,

and we'll catch up with you next week, buddy. Sounds great. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, cash and car had been running for a few weeks on The Hits to win a brand-new Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo car worth over $45,000 and a whole lot of cash in the back of the boot, and yesterday it was guessed correctly by Brogan. Brogan from Wellington with a guess of $18,079.25.

You have just won Cash and Car! So much screaming, so much screaming. It's like a Justin Bieber concert in there. What a wonderful moment, though. And Cash Keeper Alex joins us now. You must be glad that monkey's off your back, Alex. Yeah, I'm very, very happy, and I'm so stoked for Brogan. It was such an amazing moment yesterday when Brogan won.

Were you picking it? Were you thinking it was going to happen yesterday afternoon? I just had a feeling just because of how close the guesses were around the whole day. So for the 8 a.m., the 11 a.m., and the 3 p.m., I was like, damn, you guys are getting close. And then Brogan was just the one to seal the deal. I put my resignation on the line. I said, listen, if it's not won today, I will resign.

Yeah, maybe Brogan was a plant that you paid to keep you dry. I'll pay you $18,000. Life and kids are going to leave me. Yeah. So let's go through quickly some of the clues. Maybe Brogan was a plant that you paid to keep you dry. I'll pay you $18,000. Life and kids are going to leave me. Yeah. So let's go through quickly some of the clues. Could you go over some clues? What do they actually mean?

So the first one we started on was that it was more than last year, which is easy. That was more than $15,981. And then clue two was, which stumped a lot of people, was the paleontology is his passion and career but do any of the others really care and I think people thought I'm a lot smarter than I am because they thought too deep into it

someone was like it has to be Ross, it has to be pivot backwards or it has to be his birthday, times to buy, it was nuts but it really just meant that there was a five in the number because there's five other friends. Oh, I see.

Ross Geller, the paleo. Oh, jeez. Oh, God, guys. Did you not get... To be honest, I paid no attention to the clues. It's good to hear them now, though. Definitely got that, that's for sure. Once you realise you can't win, it's easy to cheat. Yeah, yeah.

The Škoda sure has nice alloy wheels. They have 18-inch alloys, and that meant it was in the 18,000s. Gotcha. Then there was the, I'm an odd number, take away one litre and I become even, which is seven. Because if you take away the S, it becomes even.

And then... Oh! Guys, come on! I love it when you're like, oh! We would be the worst detectives in the world. This never would have gone if you were the two trying to put it together. Like if the criminal handed himself in at the end and was like, guys, you haven't caught me, but this is how it happened. We'd just go, oh!

Of course, of course. Then Tanya from Gisborne had the closest guess on the 1st of June, which, sorry, Tanya, her guess was $18,075.55. So she's still a few dollars away. And then we knew it was in the 18,000s as a five and a seven. And then just on Tuesday, we said that the remaining numbers were in the Škoda's history on their website and that was the nine

and the two. And I would have got away with it if it weren't for you. Well that makes a lot of sense now. At the time it didn't make any, and Alex I think the most important thing is our relationship has flourished, our professional relationship has flourished, where relationship has flourished where

oh you know it's not at a point where you probably have my cell phone number or i have yours or you know but you know we'll acknowledge each other in the office now yeah yeah i don't know where it's going to fall now we're back to acquaintances yeah i think so yeah frolics yeah frolics yeah friends and colleagues hey alex you did such an amazing job as cash keeper keeping that secret and also giving out the clues so thanks so much for that you what, if you ever want anyone to keep tight-lipped about your net worth, then Cash Keeper Alex, she's the one. I might be the opposite now. I'm just going to be an open book and telling everyone's secrets.

Loose-lipped Alex. Yes. Incredible. Well done again to Brogan. And thanks so much to Škoda for that amazing car we gave away yesterday with $18,000 and something in the boot. Five words for 5k. You're just five words away from $5,000.

Your chance to win $5,000. We do it every morning on The Hit. So can we match five words with your five words to make you win all that cash? No, no. Brogan won cash and car yesterday and the winning doesn't stop there. Potentially it stops here if you don't match five words with us but it could continue on. Amy we'll get you on from Auckland. More data?

How are you Amy? Alright mate? Yeah good thank you. How about yourself? I'm doing well. I understand it's a very exciting day in your households. Oh yes very busy. What's happening? My eldest turns five and he's got his last day at daycare today.

School on Monday, eh? School on Monday, yep. That's super exciting. I know. Is he pumped? He is. He's a little upset, but he's also excited. I remember my first day at school, Annie Pryor walking me in and leaving me at the gate.

I started crying. I thought I hid under a dress. It's not a great look. Your first impression is hiding under a dress. Amy, we need to match five words with you, okay? So you can send your son to daycare with $5,000. Be the favourite kid at school.

Who are you going to send into the soundproof booth this morning? John O'Plee. Alright, let's do it are you going to send into the soundproof booth this morning? Jono, please. All right, let's do it. He's heading across to the soundproof booth, and Amy, here is your first word this morning. It is Hasselhoff. Hasselhoff. Hasselhoff.

I'll come back to that one. Yeah, okay. I was thinking that there's probably only one option I could think of with that one, or two with actor, but we'll come back with that one. Cond, okay. I was thinking that there's probably only one option I can think of with that one to do with active but we'll come back with that one. Condensed.

Condensed. That's word number two. Condensed. Condensed milk. Yeah, that's a good one. It seems a good option. Scent. S-E-N-T

with an S at the top. Scent. Scent. Yeah, scent as in S-E-N-T. S as in S-E-N-T. Scent. Oh, scent.

So not the money version of it. Yeah. The other one. Posted. Posted. Post, yeah. Post or posted, what would you like? Post, I'll go with post.

Post, good option. Native. Native is word number four. Native. Tree. Native tree. Exactly what I was thinking. Blanket is word number five.

Blanket. Warm. Warm blanket. And Hasselhoff. David. Yeah, that's the option. I can't think of any other options for that one. We'll get Jono back out of the soundproof booth.

I think you play a really good game. I'm going to play a quick game. I'm going to be wild, wet, and windy like the weather. That's how I'm feeling today. Wild, wet, and windy. Jeez, okay. First word we said to Amy this morning was Hasselhoff. David.

Yeah, David Hasselhoff. Yeah. Yeah, well done. Condensed was word number two. Condensed milk. Yeah, okay. Scent with an S. S- milk. Yeah, okay. Scent with an S. S-E-N-T.

Scent. Scent parcel? You're so close along the same lines. Post. Amy, listen. We didn't match on word Tinder. It's not going to work out. I'm not going to take you home to mum.

Let's go to the final two words, see how you would have gone. Native. Forest. Tree. You're along the same lines. Very close. And blanket was the final one. Bed.

Or blanket, yeah. Oh, Amy, I have been a huge disappointment, but that should come as no surprise. You're all right. Thank you so much. Wish your son the best of luck for his first day at school and have a great birthday party tomorrow, okay? Thank you.

It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now Ben, yesterday you did, you brought something to the table and as a close friend of many, many years. What's going on? It concerned me.

Now if I can take you back to previously on Jono and Ben, this time yesterday, about your wife who phoned you over an incident regarding her wedding ring. She'd just hit her wedding ring on the side of a bench and hit quite hard, and it cracked.

Cracked down the thing, and she was like, is this a bad omen? And I'm like, well, it's probably a bad sign that I thought I paid quite a lot for the ring, and it's probably a bad sign that I thought I paid quite a lot for the ring. And it's maybe a little cheaper than I thought the ring was. Probably a shocking sign that your husband's a tight ass. And I was like, all right, we'll Google it. And it says, if your wedding ring breaks, then it's sometimes thought to foreshadow the breaking up of a marriage.

Oh, no. So I couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't sleep last night. And you know I am a marriage counsellor. I have that on my Instagram profile. Jono Pryor, marriage counsellor. Got some very high profile clients. What are you doing?

And I know you had a profile, so I can help you. And you might have heard the familiar breath just moments earlier. You were breathing quite heavily there. Ben's wife Amanda, come on down. Hi. It was a sigh. It wasn't an exasperated sigh. She's like, what am I being involved in? Marriage counsellor. Marriage counsellor. Very high profile clients.

I've dealt with Jennifer Lopez in all eight of her engagements. She's ended up with one of them. It's a hit rate. It's a good hit rate. One out of eight ain't bad. Amanda, has the ring been repaired? Is it on your finger at the moment? No.

It hasn't been repaired yet, has it? I've been in ISO, so no, it's still cracked. What does that mean? Okay, well, listen, I was worried too. I didn't get any sleep. So this is just simple question asking and answering to find out if there are more than just cracks in rings, if there are cracks in the marriage. Okay, here we go.

So first question. Amanda, you can answer these. Does your husband, Ben, give you more than one piece of his extra sugar-free bubble mint chewing gum when you ask for it? More than one piece. Oh, hey, hey. Never. Never.

Here we go. He allocates one piece. That's all you need. That's all you need. That's all you need. It's all you need. I have one. It's a one-piece-only policy. Interesting.

Amanda, Amanda, Amanda, when you had your anniversary, did or did not your husband purchase you a frying pan? Oh, but that is part of other gifts. Yes, he did. A frying pan. Oh, man. Frying a pan. Interesting. The dentist died.

Okay. You're swaying the jury. It's a simple question. Simple question. Next question. When you go to dinner with friends, does your husband insist on making things awkward at the end by itemizing what everyone has eaten and insisting that everyone pays for what they ordered.

Over to you, Amanda. You're making yourself really bad. Yeah, maybe sometimes. Sometimes? Okay, this is something else. Next question. Does your husband have an abundance of children's paraphernalia around the house? Oh my God, it's ridiculous.

Yes, come and clear it out. Funko Pop figurines, Simpsons figurines, Avengers figures. Oh, this is not a good character. He's just a big child. In regards to the closet space, does your husband's clothing take up 85% of the shared cupboards? Yes. Yes. Okay.

Shoes. He's got over 100 t-shirts. Anybody want a t-shirt? You can come and get it. He's giving away my stuff now. Just chill it. And Amanda, I mean, you fronted this, Amanda, saying that you were in isolation.

Just the final question. While you were locked in isolation, did your husband attend the rugby inside a corporate box? Yes, I sat at home cooking my children's dinner. He's out playing around at the rugby in a corporate box. Okay, all right, we've heard enough. Thanks, Amanda. Thanks so much.

We'll get them working. I'll let the audience draw their own conclusions, but I think we're due for a couple more sessions. Same time again next week, I guess. We'll be back. All right, we'll see you both. There's a little bit of hope there. And not afraid to use the F word.

Be family, friendly, fun. Jono and Ben on the hits. Jeez, rough weather out there right around the country. Yesterday in Kapiti, wasn't it? Yeah, a tree through the roof of a house. Today's not looking much better and, you know, good day to bunker down because my family's been in isolation this week, as it's happened to many families around New Zealand,

with one of my kids being sick. And my mum, her grandma, sent a lovely card, you know, to wish her all the best and to say she was thinking of it, which is lovely. But you're not a fan of the gift card. You're not a fan of the card. You like gift cards, sorry, but the card. I'm not a huge fan of cards. Birthday cards.

But this wasn't for me. Condolence cards. No. They take up space. They're a waste of money. But on this occasion, I was like, hey, it's nice. It's lovely. She's thinking of seeing us.

Would you have preferred an email? Well, it wasn't for me. But, yeah, if it was for me, I'd be just as happy with the text. But it was nice. You've got this lovely card. And I read the card and I was like, oh, that's lovely. But then I thought, well, if I read it out,

I want to read it out and say how lovely it is. And then I want you to read it out because the words, it's funny how words on paper can, if you read in a different voice or put a different tone behind it, it can change the whole meaning. Well, so what are you after here like give me some artistic direction what do you want me to do for you i want you just to channel you're in a creepy self okay you know a sadistic pervert sort of yeah i guess if you want to go along those lines it's fine if that's your character that you want to play for this yeah i'm just trying to get me i'll go method

oh yeah so this is the lovely card i'll read read it first and then i'll hear how you sound so this is for um i really wish i could give you a big hug i'd wrap both my arms around you so tight i'd never let go then i'd start telling you how amazing you are it's not like my hug or ramblings would solve anything they would make me feel better i love you and i just want you to know so that's lovely it's a lovely message inside the card and i was like that's lovely. It's a lovely message inside the card. And I was like, that's lovely. That is a sweet card. And did Sienna appreciate it? She did. She thought it was lovely. She thought it felt really cool that someone had thought of her during isolation. She was like,

this is great. Oh, that's lovely. Hit the music bell. Same message. I really wish I could give you a big hug. I'd wrap both me arms around you so tight. I'd wrap both me arms around you so tight I'd never let you go

Then I'd start telling you how amazing you are I regret this It's not that my hugging and ramblings would solve anything but at least they'd make me feel better

I love you and I just want you to know would solve anything but at least they'd make me feel better. I love you and I just want you to know. Yeah, so that worked out even worse than I thought in my head. Yeah, this is all on you, Ben. Yeah, I'm honest with the party. That wasn't my idea.

I'm so sorry. I was just fulfilling a role. You know, don't hate the character. There's a real person behind this character. Wow, okay. We'll wrap it up there.

Coffee breath. Jono and Ben on the hits. At his last frequencies, Callum Scott, where are you now? Jono and Ben, 8.23 on a bit of a wet day right around the country. Very excited. Next week we're launching Jono and Ben's Smell Action. It's New Zealand's favourite

odour, favourite smell. It's very obscure, don't worry, we know that. But everyone loves it. You talk about some of your favourite smells, we had some great suggestions coming through, 3443 on text. Did you just make up a text number? Yeah, I think so, 4487. I gave the old edge one there for a second.

You can text them though. They'll be like, why am I getting texts about your brain just does that. Anyway, I think the smell's coming through. Things like KFC, things like bacon cooking is a lovely one. Lawn clippings as well. Play-Doh. Jeez.

Text them all through the edge. Yeah, they'd love to see them. And also a great text here. I just love the smell of a sweaty horse. 4487. I've never come across a sweaty horse. I've never come across a sweaty horse. I'd love to smell a sweaty horse. I don't know if I saw a sweaty horse.

The first thing I would do is shove my nose in it. But apparently they smell amazing, the sweaty horses. We said, oh, we'd love to talk to you about your fascination with sweaty horses. And she said, sorry, I can't. I'll be too busy smelling my horse. So we'll put Sweaty Horse in the mix. We're just compiling a bit of a short list. The tournament kicks off Monday. She said, sorry, I can't. I'll be too busy smelling my horse. We'll put a sweaty horse in the mix. We're just compiling a bit of a short list.

The tournament kicks off Monday. Jo, you're on from Tauranga. Welcome. Hello. Cool to talk to you guys. Lovely to talk to you. You smelled a sweaty horse before, Jo? I have, actually.

Absolutely. And I kind of agree with her. It's a nice smell. What is it? Could you describe the odour of a sweaty horse? Well, I suppose it is hard, but it's actually just because you just know how much they've worked. It's just the hair and just obviously the oils with it.

It's a nice smell, but yeah, it's quite acquired, I would call it. I mean, a leather saddle as well would smell quite nice. But anyway, this is not... Oh, yeah, that's true. Well, if it's anything like the smell of a sweaty Ben, then it would be magnificent. Jo, what are you putting forward for the smell action? Hey, look, mine is really obscure as well. I really like the smell of silage.

Oh, silage. Gotcha. Yes, yes. So we used to rent off the cottage farm cottage, and they would make it. And I just love that smell like and even now if I'm biking in the country like I just love it when I

smell it so yeah it's a bit obscure but I yeah. Loves the grass so this is the grass that's just been turned into hay bales Yeah all of that That made me quite rashy I remember I'd go visit my cousins on their farm in Rangiora when I was a child.

The old city slicker on the farm. And I was quite rashy in the hay. Yeah, full body rash stuff. Ugly. Ugly stuff. The smell of that rash was not pretty. We'll chuck it in the mix. Love your suggestion, alright? Thanks guys, you're awesome. We've got another one here too.

Angela, we'll get you on from Auckland. What's giving you a nosegasm, Angela? You're awesome. We've got another one here too. Angela, we'll get you on from Auckland. What's giving you a nosegasm, Angela? Hello. Sorry. Thank you. Oh, there's a lot going on. Sorry, I'm at work. That's all okay.

Are you serving a customer? No, no, my boss is coming. Oh, sorry. What's your favorite smell? Hold on, boss. I'm talking about my favorite smells on the radio. This is important. All right?

This is important. Oh, no, no, no. We were actually, me and my partner were talking about the smells that we liked on our way to work. And I mentioned donuts. And then we both just sighed and looked at each other and said, no, Subway. Subway. Yes.

Subway's a great smell. It's a beauty. I don't know what the smell is, but it's kind of... It makes you bake bread. Yeah. You'd put that in the same category as KFC. Walking past a KFC. Yeah, I love it.

It's in the mix. Thank you so much. Oh, Andrew, the hits. You can text us on any number that I make up as well. 2986. Give us a text this morning. New Zealand's breakfast. Your favourite smell.

We're going to shortlist them over the weekend, and the smell action kicks off Monday. We're looking for New Zealand's best smell. It's a random thing to do, but once you start thinking about it, everyone's got an opinion on what they love to smell. You know, it's kicking off next week and

who is going to win? Is it going to be freshly washed baby taking on unleadedaded Petrol? Or the smell of rain hitting the tar seal? This has come through quite a lot, right? Multiple times. This would probably be the hot favourite, I imagine. Hot asphalt or tar when the rain hits it?

I would say at least 30 votes for that. Unprompted, Ben? I haven't prompted them, have you? No, because when you talk about it, you're like, oh, it does have a distinct smell. But it's not one that I instantly go, oh, that's amazing. But so many people love it. Belle Crawford, you're a big fan of the rain on the tar seal. Oh, yeah, huge fan.

I like it. It brings back memories, you know, when you're at school or like on the netball court or something. Speaking of which, school. Schools have a very distinct odor, don't they? Children en masse have an odor. I don't know if it's a good one. Yeah. But it's an odor.

Every primary school smells exactly the same. We're going to get Alexia on from Auckland. How are you, Alexia? All right? Hi, I'm good, yep. Welcome to the smell action. This is the play, what do you call this? Pool play. Pool play round. Yeah, before we decide on our finalists for next week. What are you putting forward? I'm putting forward Lynx Africa. Oh, wow. The smell of Africa. The original, one of the original Lynx smells. Yeah. Now, we did a show, we spoke about this an hour ago. You sort of associate it with hormonal teenage boys.

Is that taking you back there or? Yeah, I met my husband when I was 16. He was 17 and he still wears it today, 23 years later. He's a grown man still wearing Lynx Africa. Love it. Jeez, you guys have been together a long time. Yeah, we have. After skateboarding and everything, he'd put it on so he didn't smell all sweaty and gross.

Oh, beautiful. The mix of a sweaty skateboarder and Lynx Africa. Yeah, maybe it's that. Someone else is actually texting sort of on the opposite side of the fence there saying, this is from Leon, can I put my vote in for cool charm? It reminds me of girls that wouldn't talk to me. The watermelon cool charm was one of the best ones back in the day. Like everyone, you know, don't you?

Yeah, Alexia's on board with watermelon. Are you still wearing watermelon cool charm, Alexia? No, I'm not. No, youia's on board with watermelon water. Are you still wearing watermelon cool charm, Alexia? No, I'm not. No, you've moved on. Love it. Thank you. Links Africa, it's come through a couple of times. We'll get back on from Napier.

The smell action kicks off next week. What are you putting forward, Bec? Sorry? What are you chucking forward there, mate? The blue Vs. Oh, yeah, like tropical flavour, aren't they? Yeah, they had a distinct smell, didn't they? Yeah, don't go green.

You've got to go light blue. How many Vs are you pumping back a day, Bec? I've cut down a lot. I've been a good girl. Yeah, right. At your worst, what was it? About four a day. Oh, about four.

Sucking back on four a week. No one's getting more stuff done than you, that's for sure. Well, you know, when you've got three kids, and you know, you've got to go here, there,

and everywhere, you've got to be up, I mean, you know. What kind of do you think? Like we said, but it's probably like coffee is to me, you know.

You almost want to put it on like an IV drip, just mainline V into your veins, good on your back. I would love that. I think we're getting into some health issues here. I think so, but I mean, you know, that's the norm, isn't it? Love you, Bec. We're going to put Light Blue V in the mix, mate.

Thank you very much for your call. Thank you. See you, buddy. Have a great weekend. Cassandra, Porirua, how's that this morning? Morning. Great to have you on. What are you putting forward?

So we live in Porirua, and we've got the Whitaker's Chocolate Factory. So when we drive in the same suburb that it's in, and they're cooking chocolate, me and my kids will wind our windows down and just sit down and get out the window. Breathe it in, kids. Carbon monoxide on the motorway and chocolate. Cooking chocolate. It's amazing.

I love it. I want to experience that. Next time we're down that way, let's do that, John. Yeah, okay. We're going to put that forward, Cassandra. A very specific one for those that live around the area. Yes, I can imagine they'll be very passionate. Good on you.

But Whitaker's is iconic to New Zealand, so you know. Yeah, damn right. You're going to have a great weekend, okay? It's going to be big next week. Big week. Strap yourselves in, Ben. Biggest weekend radio we've ever done. I know, the smell action.

It's happening Monday morning. Get amongst it. Breakfast with John and Ben. Wild know, the smell action. It's happening Monday morning. Get amongst it. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. Wild weather around the country this weekend. Hail, grape-sized hail is what they're predicting in some areas. That's big hail. Thunderstorms, severe gales and Harbour Bridge restrictions. Just some of the highlights for this weekend.

Let's look at the entertainment news. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. All right, off to the most important news of the day Now which Kardashian has indigestion at the moment? No Kardashian updates for you which will make some people very happy

I know it's a mixed bag there but very exciting news for Rebel Wilson She has introduced fans to her new girlfriend It's so exciting for her They've been dating for a while They met through a mutual friend who's known both of them for about five years She was on and off the celebrity dating app Raya for a while Oh, met through a mutual friend who's known both of them for about five years. She was on and off

the celebrity dating app Raya for a while. Oh, we've spoken about that before. All the big famous people have got their own special Tinder. Yeah.

You know, they can send their own pictures. Shannon Tatum was on it. Matthew Perry was on it. All sorts. A friend of mine in Australia is in the entertainment space. She uses it.

Yeah, you see, it's crazy. John is on it, which is weird, but anyway. Anyway, we won't. I've sent my genitals to many famous people. So yeah, she posted on her Instagram,

I thought I was searching for a Disney prince, but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney princess. Hashtag love is love. They look so happy together. Good on them. I just got lost in an article of 29 amusing facts about Rebel Wilson.

One of them was amusing. The other 28 were... I didn't hear you laugh once when you read it. No, no. They were factual. They were interesting. Don't get me amusing. The other 28 were... I didn't hear you laugh once when you were reading. No, no. They were factual. They were interesting. Don't get me wrong. She's so intelligent. 99.3% she got on her high school exam

in Australia, which gets you into uni. She then studied law. She's a lawyer, but never practiced it. But she could. You want her to start doing... She wanted to defend you in court, Ben, for all of your shocking crimes? Rebel Wilson could do it for you. She could do it. Yeah, that's impressive. And at the beginning of her acting career,

she was struggling to earn money. She had a side hustle. And she had appeared in a film, but the film she was in was playing at the movie theatre that she was working at. So people would come out of the movie and she'd be serving them popcorn and then cleaning up all the filth on the floor

after they left the movie theatre. The movie she was just in, Ben. Told you it wasn't that amusing. No, but it was interesting. You're right. Also, big day. Britney is getting married today in America. They've set up all the weddings.

It's just like a normal wedding, except it's Britney Spears and it's not normal. But they've got the marquee all set up on her property. Everything's going up. It'll be an intimate wedding. 60 guests. a few celebrities. She is pretty, like, keeps to herself a lot. But people like Paris Hilton, Selena Gomez, Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna will all be there.

People who have vocally supported her over the years. But unfortunately, her two sons won't be. And her ex, Kayfid, Kevin Federline, has released a statement saying that they're happy for her, but they won't be there. That's a shame then, all that. Well, they're 15 and 16, so I guess they made that decision themselves. Because they have sheer custody of the children, Kevin

and her, I was just reading. So maybe they were like, you know, 15, 16, do you want to be dragged along to a bloody adult wedding, mate? But if it's your mum, you know, you probably want to head along. I feel, you know, sorry for her for not having her kids there, but also feel sorry for the person that has to be the wedding singer. Imagine performing at the wedding and you're like,

oh, this is Britney Spears' wedding. I better be good. It's performing at someone who is a successful singer. You'd go DJ. DJ's a safe option. DJ wouldn't get too nervous, would they? No, you're right. Just play the Macarena for Aunty Susan.

Play a Britney Spears song. Well, I mean, you've got Madonna there, and Paris Hilton's done a couple of DJ songs. Maybe she could do it, you know? Maybe it's one of those occasions, like my mate Andy, who always says I invited him to my wedding, and he was great. He filmed stuff.

And then I was like, oh, hey, mate, while you're here, can you hold the camera? Maybe that's the situation with Paris Hilton. Did you have an ulterior motive for Andy's invite to your wedding? Well, no, I was always going to invite him. It was just convenient he could film and edit. It was great that he could do that as well. So maybe that's what Paris, Paris will be doing the decks on the day.

He'll be like, hey, you get up there. Hey, that's spy. Thanks very much, Belle. You can get more now at thehits.co.nz. Have yourself a wonderful weekend. It sounds wet and horrible out there. We're back on Monday with a hundy Monday. Every caller that gets on the show wins a hundred bucks.

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