Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: 'Kourtney Kardashian' pranks Ben

Episode Date: May 11, 2022

Jono had a small operation, find out how 'Kourtney Kardashian' helped to prank Ben, we find out if you're more generous than Jono and catch up with our Hollywood insider Enty for more on the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial and what J Lo is really like.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey guys, welcome to the podcast. Welcome, it's a Thursday today. Ben, how you going, alright? I'm going alright, I'm going alright. Something I've noticed about Crawford, if we can bring you in here right now, is you do daily vlogs. Vlogs.

Vlogs, sorry, on your Instagram. So what does that require you taking a little video per day of how long? Putting it all together. Quite quick, so I make them on TikTok. I just share them over on Instagram, which probably Instagram will punish me for because it's just, you know, you have to make them twice. Yeah, you just take little videos.

So my phone's full of little videos throughout the day. It's a couple of second clips. And then I make a vlog and I try to keep them under a minute. I reckon 40 something seconds, 50 seconds. And so that would sum up what, a day in the life of you? Yeah, a day in the life. Sometimes I'd put a few days in one if it's a bit boring the life of you or like a few days yeah a day in the life or sometimes I'd put a few days

in one if it's a bit boring maybe it's like about a podcast I've recorded or like I bought something like people love

a haul on TikTok a haul? like a haul as in a shopping haul like you show them the makeup it's not just like here's my haul

no no no what door is that it's the bedroom this is the Balmoral Community Hall oh yeah that's a good haul

so it depends what it's about, really. But try to keep them short. But you can do longer ones. People still watch them. So, yeah. There was a friend of ours, Johnny, does a second a day, doesn't he? There's an app he was showing us.

One second. So it's really cool. It's basically an app. And you choose each day which is your one second video you go in. And at the end of the month, he gets the whole month compiled into a whole little thing. And it's just like one second. But it's really cool. You see random shots of what he's filming, his baby, all sorts of stuff.

That's how impatient we've become. We're like, I want to see one second of your day. Well, some of my videos are much shorter. If I do one that's synced with a song or a sound, they can be less than 10 seconds. But you know, we talked about this off the radio the other day. You go to show someone something online. You're like, hey, watch this clip. And as soon as an ad plays, it feels like a lot.

That is the most painful 30 seconds, especially the ones that are embedded on news websites. And I get they've got to turn over a dollar. But I don't want to watch. Play the company game, mate. Hey, I will play the company game, Ben. But I tell you what, watching 30 seconds of a Bunnings commercial before a funny clip of Jacinda Ardern I want to watch and show Ben

is the most painful 30 seconds I'll ever experience. Especially for me, while coming over and I'm like, oh, Johnny's going to show me the clip. Oh, I'm lingering behind him now as we both sit together and watch this clip. Yeah, and you're like, oh, should I come back? And I'm like, no, no, no, it's only 30 seconds. We'll just listen to how many petrol line trimmers they're selling this weekend. The other thing, too, is buffering. When you go to play a funny video and then

the Wi-Fi ends up buffering. Don't you just? But we've become, that's the thing, we take this stuff for granted. There was a time where you had to get a dial up internet, remember? It took you like 29 minutes to get onto the internet. Yeah, that's true. Make that funny noise. And your mum would be like

get off the internet, I need to use the phone. But I'm talking to my friends on MSN, get off the internet, I need to use the phone. But I'm talking to my friends on MSN. Get off the internet. But yeah, that was, yeah. And now we're just like,

oh, I can't be bothered waiting five seconds at the beginning of a YouTube pre-roll. Now we're talking while the show was on, just off the air again, about shows that you just watched on TV. Because they were on, and that was the only thing on. You just watched it.

And then, you know, now you've got just so many the only thing on. You just watched it. And now you've got just so many choices. MASH. The Bill. I love The Bill. I don't know why. That was too. I love the footsteps. But that's all. I was like, oh, the bloody Bill's on here.

I liked it. But it was like a long opening sequence of just police shoe footsteps. Yeah, so good. Yeah, Bill, I'll tell you what I really did love. It was quite a niche show as well.

Star Jay Ligaya, New Zealand actor, Water Rats. Oh, I was just thinking of that. That was like that and Blue Heel is like the Aussie ones, right? Yeah, Water Rats

was about a... Yeah, that was huge. Who's got... It was Goldstein in Water Rats. From Aussie ones, right? Yeah, Water Rats was about a... Yeah, it was huge. Was Goldstein in Water Rats? From the ASB ads. Was he in Water Rats? Well, Goldstein, jeez, he had a good wicket with ASB for about 10 years, didn't he? He did. Yeah.

Okay, Water Rats. Yeah, that was the cops, obviously, on the water, wasn't it? Yeah, in Sydney, the Sydney Harbour. What if it was when they were gone on land? They were screwed, mate. I love an Aussie drama show. Out of our jurisdiction. We don't do anything on land.

Yeah, Aussie drama. They do a good drama over in Aussie. Were you a McLeod's Daughters fan? A little bit, yeah. Gilmore Girls, you know. Maybe a bit of Dawson's Creek. Full House. Full House, yeah.

Bit of Judge Judy at 5.30. We just sang shows there. You started with Australia drama. Now you're just doing shows. I'm sorry. I was just talking about what I would watch. Just shows. I was like, there's Full House and Australia show. No, it's all right. I was just talking about what I would watch. I was like, this full house and Australia show. Sorry, I kind of went off topic.

What was Offspring? The one about the family. Yeah, Home and Away I stuck with for many years. Yeah, you did. You really persisted with that, didn't you? Neighbours, R.I.P. Yeah, Neighbours is a... That's what I've got with Aussie.

We vaguely... We sort of bounced around all sorts. Yes, sorry, gave you a little bit more. Naming shows. Just naming shows. We kind of remember. Hey, can I name a show? Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

That's on the podcast today. We thought we had, well, I thought we had a big interview. Kourtney Kardashian. And Jono couldn't make the time, so I was like, okay, cool. I'd love to do it. It'd be amazing. And what happened today was a vicious prank, uncalled for, on me. And you'll get to experience all its awkwardness.

The person who did this, Andrea Lopez, she is incredible. You wouldn't tell the difference. We probably could have actually just lied to everyone and said we had Kourtney Kardashian. Exactly. So don't miss that on the podcast this morning. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Jono and Ben on the podcast this morning. It is that. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of.

Jono and Ben on the hits. How's everyone doing, Ben? I'm doing all right, Sus. I spilled a whole lot of sugar on the kitchen bench and floor this morning before I went to leave. And I don't even have sugar. The thing was I just knocked a container that had, and I was like, oh, this is not what you want to clean.

And the only thing I could think of was ants. Ants are going to come into the house, so I cleaned it up. A lot of, well, usually you clear up white powder with your nose, don't you? That's as usual. That's a new record for slander on me. It was a seven-minute scene to the show. First time I've even talked today. Bang.

Straight away, bang. Out of the gate. How are you, Belle Crawford? Good, thanks. Didn't spill any white substances this morning. She never lets it go to waste. I'm going to start sending some up to the lawyers at work. Yeah, no.

See, it's slander. Can I sue him? Can I sue my co-host? That'd be a great little story arc. Great marketing. For all the slander that you've done over the years. Pretty tense studio environment, though. I imagine.

It'd be like the Johnny Depp trial. I can take you to court. But then we're still having to put on a happy face for radio every morning. That's right. With this underbelly of this case. You know, yesterday I had a very minor operation. I got a thing cut out of my head, Bell Crawford. Oh, you sure?

You want to see it this morning? I showed Ben in the lift. Look at this. You have biopsy, right? Yeah, look at him. Oh, my gosh. That's actually a substantial scar. It's on the top of his head it's quite a big

scar yeah i had to get a mole removed it's bcc so they're not bad but i've got them all over my body very moly moly moly man he's so justin bieber wanted to re-record his song holy to moly we should put a photo of that up that's a decent size yeah i showed the kids i made them because i had a hat on yeah uh and i showed the kids just before they ate dinner last night they're like i needed this hole in the head like i needed a hole in the head it was because they had a um john was the doctor lovely guy but they had a nursing student in there as well oh yeah and uh she was wonderful but she was standing and she was having to put gauze on it and swab it, you know, when he was cutting it with a scalpel and stuff.

And she was like, oh, I've never seen anything like this in my life. Those were exact words. You're like, that's my head. Yeah, and you can't see, obviously, what they're doing. But you just feel like a trickle of blood going down your forehead. Anyway. Did they give you a bitle of blood going down your forehead. Anyway. Does it give you a bit of anesthetic? Yeah, local.

But that wears off eventually. You look more cooler, though. Do I look like a UFC fighter or something? Yeah. I mean, like, from the very top of your head up. Jeez, he's a dangerous guy. You know, below you probably don't look quite like a UFC fighter, but hey. He looks more like a criminal now, you know.

Bit of an out of shape UFC fighter. Past his prime. We'll take a photo of it. And if you want to watch it, if you want to start your morning looking at my ugly scar, then you can. Got some bio oil for that. Yeah, he said put bio on it. And Ben Panthan apparently is good for scarring. Oh, nice.

Yeah. So there we go. Again, I keep saying it, just put bi on And Ben Panthen apparently is good for scarring Oh nice So there we go Again I keep saying it just put sunscreen on kids It's my only message if I could pass on one thing If I die Ben you just put that on my grave site He said to put on sunscreen kids John O'Brien He was a wise man Who defamed his co-host every day it's everywhere

it is putting more money into Fleetwood Max bank account isn't it it is the hits you got Jono and Ben

saying the other day we need to sorry Bill saying the other day Ben we need to jump ahead because everyone's

redoing Fleetwood Max songs we need to get on the next one go your own way or something the Jono and Ben remix

it's a race to the finish line on those Fleetwood Mac remixes. You're right. Rhiannon. Rhiannon's another goodie. Yeah, we could do that. Let's beat them to the chase, baby. All right.

Scrolling through your feed. All right. If you snooze, you lose with this news, mainly because it's on before the majority of the country's awake. But what's happening, Ben? Well, say goodbye to the iPod, guys. After 20 years, the iPod is going to be discontinued by

Apple, the iconic iPod, and you understand why. Obviously, smartphones do the job of what the iPod once did. The news that floored me was the iPod was still being made. I didn't realise it was still in existence. They had a few new versions of it, but they really stopped

the sales a few years ago, and the last sales will be, you know, they'll still be able to buy it until it's all gone, the stocks have gone. But I remember having my first one, and it was like one gig, and it could hold like 200 something songs. Oh, yeah. But then you had to download the songs onto this program, then drag the songs from your computer into your iPod.

And then it'd fill up, and you're like, oh, I've got to get rid of that song. It's a tough choice, but I felt like Simon Cowell on a talent show. But you're gone. You're out, mate. Yeah, sorry, Backstreet Boys. You haven't made the cut. It's like when you had

that 100-person limited a wedding. There was the cut-off. Well, there you go. There's two old guys remembering old technology. Did you have an iPod, Bell Crawford? Yeah, I did.

There was a shuffle, too. Shuffles, yeah. All the knock-off MP3s and you'd drag the song and then you'd call them something like, I don't know, what's the song that's shuffle too? The shuffles, yeah. All the knock-off MP3s and you'd drag the song in and you'd call them something like, I don't know, what's the song that's in front of me? Katy Perry, Teenage Dream. It'd be like teenage underscore dream.

What would you put an underscore in? I don't know, it's how you name songs. Do you remember? Yeah, well, no. I can't remember putting underscores in. You'd drag them over from LimeWire. Oh, yeah, LimeWire. Give the family computer a virus.

What was the other one? Napster. Oh, yeah. LimeWire. Give the family computer a virus. What was the other one? Napster. Oh, yeah. Napster was a good one too, wasn't it? Well, yeah. Isn't it amazing how quickly technology progresses though? I mean, how old is the iPod? Well, it's been around for 20 years.

20 years. So in 20 years, you imagine the transition between that and where we are now. That's phenomenal. Yeah. And I hear that they are streaks ahead with what they could release. It's just we're all too basic to receive. Dum-dums.

Yeah, we are. It would just blow our minds like the earth would implode. We can morph to space. Yeah. And a lot of cost of living news has been around lately and it's seen a bit of supermarket wars.

Now, last week we reported that Countdown revealed it was freezing its prices for 500 items for three months over winter. So the prices weren't going to go up as of last week. Now, these were what they deemed the winter essentials, weren't they? Yeah. Now, Foodstuff has responded. Now, Foodstuff, the owners of New World Pack and Save Foursquare, they've said they're reducing their prices to 2021 levels. So basically about 10% for some of those essential items.

So they're going back to the future of prices. So it's your move, Countdown. Yeah. Your move. But I heard a really good point this morning as I might have been listening to another radio station on the way to work saying how well the supermarkets have been doing over the last little while.

No one's made probably more profit than the supermarkets. So really, they're probably still making a profit. This is a lovely thing to do. It's not a charity. They wouldn't be doing it if they couldn't financially afford to do it. I mean, it's good that they are. Don't get me wrong. No, well, I'm getting you wrong.

I know what you're saying here. You're like these money-hungry supermarkets here, too good for too long. But no, it was a lovely gesture. You're just kidding. Well, yeah. I'm very confused by your answer. Well, I'm just worried that, you know, sometimes packets they might want to sponsor the radio show.

We'd love to be involved in that. We would take the stick man on board. Exactly. And that is what's making news in New Zealand and around the world. And because we're talking about the cost of living, why not head into a pricey like it is Jono and Ben on the hits. There is a cost of living crisis. Kiwi's feeling the pinch in their back pocket. like it as Jono and Ben on the hits. Driving to BP, it's pricey. Knew I should have bought one of Elon Musk's EVs. Guy behind the counter says, you gotta pay.

Even though we got the cost of living crisis. The word crisis does apply. Yeah, it's pricey like a Keltex on the forecourt. Got that nozzle in my tank, draining money from my bank. Nine buck cabbage in the car, two. One cheese, twelve dollars, damn, I got out. Call it a crisis. Call it an emergency. A shock. The word crisis does apply.

Coffee breath. Jono and Ben on the hits. James Roque, very funny comedian. We worked with him for many years on Jono and Ben. You would have seen him on Seven Days and A Judge on The Masked Singer as well. And he's got a comedy special out tonight on TV3 at 8.30. I'm Filipino, man, but I grew up here in New Zealand. Like, I remember when I first moved to New Zealand,

everyone looked at my culture like it was weird. It probably didn't help that we had TV shows here like Fairfactor. It really sucks to find out that a food you loved eating as a child is a challenge on Fairfactor. And he joins us right now on 0800 The Hits. Good morning, James. How's things going? Hey, thanks for having me, boys. How are you?

We're doing all right. Very excited. You've got a comedy special on TV. I do. Oh, man, it's wild. Yeah, it's coming out tonight. It's called Boy Mestizo. It's on three and on three now. 8.30 p.m. after seven days.

I'm super hyped. So when you film a comedy special, it's just one show, right? But you would do the show multiple times. So is there more pressure on this one recording? That night you're like, oh, this is the one. This is going on TV. No. So we actually recorded two shows back-to-back at Q Theatre.

And essentially, and this is a bit of a peek behind the curtain, but what we do, and this is common practice for anyone who films a stand-up special, is you wear the same clothes to both shows and you take the best bits from both and you combine it into a super special. Genius. But how smelly are your clothes at the end of show two?

In Credna. The second show, I'm just like a sweaty mess. The other trick that we used to do that you were part of, John or Ben, because you worked with us for many years on the show, not only doing segments, but also helping us at the start, what was called warm up the crowd. And you would always go, hey, what we're going to do is get you into the laughing spirit.

Put on a few pretend laughs, see how we go. And we would take those laughs and use those laughs when our jokes died in the edit. Yeah, I mean, I always feel really sorry for TV audiences. By the end of the night, you've made them clap to the point where their hands are swollen to sort of Mickey Mouse size, aren't they, by the end of the night? Yeah, every time, I remember doing a warm-up for the show for Joe and Ben, and I would feel, by the time it was like the fifth part of the night, and I'd be like, can you guys clap any louder?

And they're like, no, please, release us from this hell. I haven't seen my family in a week. What do you do on stage? I imagine it could be a very vulnerable situation you put yourself in. Do people ever heckle? What's the best heckle for an audience member? Because you have to really back yourself in your heckling game. I don't know if I could do that. If I had to choose one, obviously, like, my advice is always just don't do it

because the person up on stage is a professional and will rip you a new butthole if you try. Yeah. But if you were to do it, I don't mind, like, the supportive one, the weird supportive, like, you're doing really well, or that's a crack up. Well, that would throw the comedian, because they're like, what? A supportive hiccup, because you can't really clap back,

because they've said something nice. Keep it up. Keep saying words. You can't be mean to someone who's being supportive to you. James, another question. Do you tell, when people ask you who haven't met you before, you're in a barbecue or something, and they ask you what you do, do you tell them your profession?

I don't know. It depends. I get a read on them first. I get a read if the question's going to be followed with, oh, you do comedy skits. I've actually got a few you could use. If it's followed by that, then I will just be like, I'm an accountant.

It just kills the conversation. The worst one is, oh, you're a comedian, are you? Tell me a joke. Oh, yeah. Speaking of people giving you ideas, when we first started doing John O'Byrne, I'll be like, same as you, I'll be like, oh, I don't want your ideas. By the end of it, I was like, please, any idea, please, what have you got?

Oh, yeah. By the time you've bled yourself dry of any idea, you're like, I don't want your ideas. By the end of it, I was like, please, any idea. Please, what have you got? Oh, yeah. By the time you've bled yourself dry of any idea, you're like, I'll take anything. Yeah. You're still in that good stage of your career where you don't have to, but in five years, you'll be begging those barbecue people for jokes.

Oh, James, well done, man. Congratulations. Huge milestone in your career, having a live stand-up special airing on TV. I'm sure it's a very proud moment for yourself. Thanks, man. Yeah, it's a huge one, especially because we don't have a massive culture of having specials here in New Zealand.

There's a handful of us that have done it, but I think hopefully that can change because I think the comedic talent in New Zealand is world class, and so I want more of us to get that moment. That's on three tonight so you can catch James Roque and we won't probably see you for another ten years. You'll go off to Netflix and we'll catch you on the way back down, okay mate?

Yeah. Look man, I'll never forget my first boys. Good on you James. You're a good one bud. Thanks fellas. Have a good one. He's awesome. James Roque tonight on TV3. Actually, James Roque, comedian, doesn't tell people what he does for a job. Very selective.

And why not open up the phone lines this morning? 0800 THE HITS or 4487. Why don't you tell people what you do for a job? What does it lead to? We'll find out next on 0800 THE HITS. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding when are the both of you jonah and ben on the hits we're talking this morning about why you don't tell

people what you do for a job or what that leads to yeah we just had a comedian called james on the show was it james corden if you missed it just think it was uh and he doesn't like to share that he does stand-up comedy uh when he's at a barbecue or something because people try to force their jokes upon him. They try and get him to tell jokes. Do you say what you do for a job, Ben? Sometimes. I just say I work in radio. I work in radio because it could be anything.

I could be out there cooking sausages on the street. It was mentioned yesterday that you get embarrassed when people say, I know you from somewhere. Your face looks familiar. I don't know why you feel like such an idiot. And you don't want to go. Say, oh, well, you might have seen me on TV. Like Troy McClure off The Simpsons.

You may know me from such shows as. Are you embarrassed about the job or you're embarrassed about the content you make doing the job? What is the embarrassment like? The embarrassment is just really from looking like, oh, that old mate toby was on tv you know that's what yeah go around hey you might have seen me on tv you know but then you end up in a weird fade out situation and impersonating someone else going oh i've just he goes i've just got one of those faces yeah yeah what do they go you don't want that douchebag off the tv what would they say then what would you say yeah that's me. That'd be fine.

If they bring it up, that's fine. Well, let's go to the phones. If you're hiding jobs from people when you're in social settings, Bree, what is it for you? We run a home kill. Oh, why do you want to tell people that? A lot of people don't really like the gruesome side of it. Yeah, I can imagine so.

It's hard for them to, you know, respond to that. Some people don't like it whatsoever and they don't eat meat or, yeah. No, I can totally get how that would be awkward. I was even talking the other day about duck shooting, people saying the weekend. That polarises a lot of people, you know? So what's your alternative occupation when people ask you and you're like, oh, they're not going to like the fact

that I eat some cows every now and then? I teach early childhood as well. Oh, there you go. Yeah, just early childhood teacher, yeah. And Moonlight is a home kill operator at night. Love your work, Brady. You have a great one. Thank you.

So Sam on the phone, welcome from Marlborough. Sam, why don't you tell people what you do for a job? I work in a vineyard doing machine operations, so just trimming, mowing, all that type of thing. And you keep it a secret because? I keep it a secret because we usually get our wine allowance, so we have all these options of alcohol that we can purchase every month and telling people that they just want free alcohol

and everything like that. See, if you tell me what I did for a job, you said I work in a vineyard, my first question isn't going to be, can I have some free wine? Oh, you would be surprised. There's a lot of people doing it around here. Yeah, and so what, okay,

so you can't say you work at a winery. How do you bluff your way through a chat? Oh, I tell them on the carpet cleaner. Okay. But then do you bluff your way through your chat oh i tell them on the carpet cleaner okay but then do you get into a hot conversations about a lot i've got again wine i got white stains on the carpet you know it kind of leads off conversation nobody's interested in talking about carpet you know see that's if you tell me you're a carpet cleaner i'll be like mate can you come around do my carpets that would be my favorite you have to hire a rug doctor come around hey good on you you're good on your sam really appreciate it horatio welcome how are you i'm good mate good good good

you don't tell me what you do for a job um i'm a teacher it's a good job great profession my wife's a teacher why don't you bring it up does it come with a lot of questions. Well, yeah. People always go, oh, the kids nowadays, and you don't want to get into it because once you start, you can't stop. Oh, yeah. I would say the kids nowadays. Oh, the kids nowadays.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I see, yeah. All their TikTok-ing and all their vaping. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They only know the tip of the iceberg, mate, so it gets worse.

So I just tell them I'm a port-a-potty cleaner. Oh, port-a-potty cleaner. Yeah, but still I'd be like, oh, the kids nowadays. Yeah. Do you get questioned about port-a-potty cleaning? Oh, no. The conversation starts and stops immediately. Yeah, pretty much, especially if it's over dinner.

Yeah, right. We cleaned. We did a couple of hours cleaning Port-a-Luz, didn't we, for high pull? For high pull, yeah. Yeah. Have you gotten over it yet? Yeah, Ben got a little bit of splash back in his mouth. It was very uneasy.

Good on you, Horatio. Well, you go and teach those kids good and tell them how good they've got it, all right? Yeah, yeah. Otherwise, I'll end up a potty potty cleaner. See you, mate. See you. Bell Crawford gone to the darkest corners of the internet to retrieve this information.

I'm afraid we're going to have to burn a computer after the show, the stuff you've seen, Bell. But what's happening in Spy? Incognito mode over here. Now, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's neighbour has spoken out about what it was like in their apartment block. And also because Amber's lawyers are claiming that James Franco lived in the building and that's why he was in the lift. Have a listen to the neighbor speak. It's a very special building.

A lot of artists live here, but we all know each other. We have our own coffee shop that we drink wine and coffee. We have our own Facebook group, you know, between us. And it's just like all know each other we have our own coffee shop that we drink wine and coffee we have our own facebook group you know between us and it's just like everyone knows each other's business the thing about the james franco i'm like i lived there before they lived there you think i would know if he moved in 100 he didn't yeah oh well is that for you in that facebook groups like the other apartments in new ze New Zealand Go such and such left rubbish out Who's having a party on Sunday night Your blinds aren't the same colour as ours

Yeah it'd be like one of those things 4B's still playing music My brother and his sister My brother and his sister My brother and his girlfriend Live in an apartment in Wellington And they're not allowed to put Like any washing on the deck

On the balconies You're not even allowed to have it by the window Really because it's like an eyesore for the apartment Yeah you're not allowed to put any washing on the deck, on the balconies. You're not even allowed to have it by the window. Really? Because it's like an eyesore for the apartment. Yeah, you're not allowed to have your rack in the sunshine. And you're trying to dry washing in Wellington's heart. It takes weeks. Yeah, well, I used to live in an apartment. It's funny when you put a group of humans in such close proximity with each other

and you really realise how much you hate other human beings. Yeah. Our neighbour would go out and he would party and have some pre-drinks but then he would go out and he would just leave his music on and it'll just be like and he wouldn't come he was a party like he was he would be gone friday back sunday night all weekend that's the thing we had a person downstairs when i was in the apartment she would listen to with one Janet Jackson CD, which was a fine CD at first,

but at the end I was like, I've got to buy her some more music because it's like the same CD. I got to know it through the walls. Would you play it from start to finish? Yeah, yeah. Every song, even the B-sides. She loved that Janet Jackson CD.

It was a great album, but jeez. And also actor Andrew Garfield was on a talk show and his brother was in the audience and they gave him a standing ovation. Have a listen to this. My brother is a doctor and I'm merely an actor. So there's a good reason for him to have lost all his hair. He's a pulmonary doctor.

He's a lung doctor. So for the last two years, this Mother Hubbard has been saving people's lives. Yeah, pretty nice. Oh, that's cute. But hey, was he Spider-Man? No. Andrew Garfield was.

Oh, was Andrew Garfield Spider-Man? Yeah, he was Spider-Man. Yeah, after Tobey Maguire, he was the second Spider-Man before Tom Holland, yeah. Oh, there was talk of one of the Spider-Mans having a prop bottom, wasn't there? In the tight suit. Oh, yeah. And no one ever knew which one it was.

Because it's kind of cool, no, spoiler alert, when they get together in the new, all three of them are in the new Spider-Man movie. They all pop up from the multi-universes

and that's quite cool. Marvel's out of control. It's gone to a point where you're like, this is, I can't even get my head around what's happening. My son's obsessed with Marvel.

He takes me along and he has to kind of talk through the movie and explain to the old man what's happening here. I's obsessed with Marvel. He takes me along, and he has to kind of talk through the movie and explain to the old man what's happening here. I still don't understand it. How can all three of them be in the same place? It's a multi-universe, mate. It's like the Doctor Strange thing.

It's the multiverse thing. It's all happening. They're all Spider-Mans in different universes. Yeah. Think about that. You can't get your head around it, can you? I can't. I can't.

I can't get this big bald head around it. And that is Spy. You can get more now at thehits.co.nz. The Hits. Have a listen to this. Hi, New Zealand. This is Kourtney Kardashian chatting exclusively on The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben. That's right.

Now, unfortunately, I couldn't make the interview. I had an appointment. Now, it came through Monday night, didn't it, that you were going to be doing the interview on Wednesday? Yeah. And I said, oh, sorry, I had an appointment. I had to get my head cut, didn't I? I used to get a mole removed from my head.

So it's just been with Kourtney Kardashian. Now, if you could name a Kardashian that wasn't Kim, Kylie Kendall, Crystal, Chloe which one would you like to speak to? Any of them would be amazing I'm very excited about this because we'd never they don't normally do interviews with this part of the world so I was like wow I'm going to be talking to Kourtney Kardashian

this is pretty awesome this is definitely going to get you a news headline so I prepared my questions, got it all sorted and it didn't quite work out how I'd planned. You'll hear the full thing after 8 o'clock this morning. Have a listen to this. Travis Barker, I mean, you guys seem so happy together. It's great to see you together.

I imagine as a boyfriend, he takes care of all the small things. Yeah. You know, I'm so sorry. It's just you said Travis. Yeah. What? Are you okay? Are you okay?

No, yeah. No, I'm fine. Sorry. It's just we, like, we just had a really big fight this morning, and it was just, yeah, no, it's fine. I'm so sorry. I mean, it's not yeah no it's fine i'm so sorry i mean it's not like yeah i'm sorry i just had a really hard day oh i'm sorry to hear that i'm so i'm so how did corny kardashian help me prank ben you will find out 10 past eight this morning that's so awkward and it was so awkward for me this lady was crying uh yeah 10 past eight this morning. Listen to that, it's so awkward. It was so awkward for me.

This lady was crying. Yeah, 10 past 8 this morning. You don't want to miss this. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. The supermarket war's going on. We mentioned it earlier.

Pack and Save and New World are among the stores reducing 110 items to 2021 levels just to try and combat some of the cost of remember 2021 yeah they were good times well packet safe's taking you back there yeah but speaking of having to earn money for things in your life we want to know on 0800 the hat so what you got paid to do the more unusual things that you got paid to do because i was thinking my mum uh jenny used to pay me to not do something yeah you mentioned this and I don't quite believe it. Now, we need to put Jenny on the payroll. We have spoken to her.

You haven't spoken to your mum so much. I know. In the last five days, we've had her on about five times, every show she's been on. You haven't spoken to her that much in 20 years. Yeah, she's driving all around the country at the moment. That's what she does. Aimlessly.

Who knows why, but she joins us right now. Jenny, good morning, Mum. Where are you? Oh, God, I managed to get to the wonderful W. Aimlessly. Who knows why, but she joins us right now. Jenny, good morning, Mum. Where are you? Oh, God, I managed to get to the wonderful Wairarapa. Oh, wow. Yeah, would you have taken a trip? You were like saying, I might be back at yours on Friday back in Auckland. I mean, is that still on the cards or where are you heading?

Well, everything's possible. Have you got zero plan about where you're navigating to? Well, sort of a plan. I thought maybe I would catch up with you wonderful men at some stage later on in the week. Oh, you're going to swing by? Yeah, you're going to swing. It's just wherever the day takes Jenny. Yeah, it's true.

And the weather. Well, I don't know about the weather down here. It's not as good as up north. So you're just driving around the country. Hey, we're talking today on the radio about unusual things you were paid to do. And it just popped into my mind that you used to pay me during my high school years

for not smoking. You're right, I did. And I had no interest in it. I was one of the few teenagers that had no interest in smoking. How much were you pocketing for not smoking? It was 50 bucks. 50 bucks a year.

It was great because, you know, you were like, I don't want my son getting hooked on that. So I was like, this is great. Ironically, I could have spent it on cigarettes and it would have been a great scam, but I didn't. No, you were wonderful. But I, yeah, I was, yeah, I just thought that might be a little bit of an incentive not to partake. Yeah, right.

Hey, well, it worked. Bribery, cash bribery. Well, you know, Jenny, I did end up smoking. With $50 of suede, it probably... Would you have pushed it to $100? Barter system. I actually got paid to do an anti-smoking campaign, so I got paid not to smoke as well.

But I couldn't stop. I was still smoking. You were still smoking at the time you did it. Oh, well, that's what happens. I must admit. That is what happens. That is what happens. Anyway, no one's smoking now.

Yeah. Good, good. I'm pleased to hear that. Did you pay? I'm doing other worse things like tattooing and stuff like that. That's your next thing. How much would you pay him to stop tattooing, Jenny? You didn't pay me to stop tattooing, did you? That was your downfall. I should have stuff like that. That's your next thing. How much would you pay him to stop tattooing, Jenny? You didn't pay me to stop tattooing, did you?

That was your downfall. I should have thought about that. I didn't. Earring was the other one. I remember you were... Ah, yes. What year was that? You were like, we'll talk about it when...

What age? I don't... No, I was about 14. You grew that long fringe. And that annoyed me. Well, yeah, because I remember the thing was, and Mum was like, well, I thought she said I could get one at 14. She says, we'll talk about it when we're 14.

So as soon as I turned 14, I was off. Yeah, great delay tactic from the parents there. We'll talk about it. Which means then I'll delay it for another four years after that. That's what one kid said to me. They're like, when you say, oh, think about it, it means no, but you just don't want to tell us now. I'm like, yeah, you're right.

But then I understood he got a big Pirates earring from Pascoe's, Jenny. Oh, yeah, but Dad took that back. That was over in the Carpenter Coast. He took that back to Pascoe's, yeah. I put one in the other night. My daughters hadn't put one in for 15 years at least, and it still went through. The hole's still there.

Oh, my God. Really? I reckon let's get him back on the earrings. I felt so self-conscious putting it on. I'm not an earring person. Some people it looks great on, not me. I don't know. Let's get him back on the earrings.

Fair enough. Shall we run into work tomorrow? You do. You do. It might interfere with your earphones. Yeah, okay. It'll be Jono and the guy with your earphones. Yeah, okay. It'll be Jono and the guy with the earring. I like it.

Thanks, Jenny. Okay, then. Bye. See you. It's okay. So what have you been paid to do? You can text 24487, much like Ben was paid to not smoke from his mother. Has anyone ever answered those spam ads?

You know, work from home earns $75 a day. Do they work? Maybe they do. We'd love to hear from you. The most unusual things you were paid to do. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits. We want to know what you were paid.

The unusual things you were paid to do. I mean, Lady Gaga was paid to make an 80s throwback ballad, you know, like an epic song for Top Gun. We'll probably do that unusual given her vocation as a singer. Sorry, I was just trying to relate that. I mean, it was a good job. It's not what she normally would do, you know? So she's like, hey, this is something I'm doing.

I see where you were heading with the segue. All right, you do your example then. No, I clicked accidentally on something about three weeks ago, which was like, earn $300 a week by doing nothing. And I thought, well, I think I'm already doing that for a job. For not earning the same. And I clicked on it, but it was a medical trial. Ah.

And I'm thinking, I mean, Ben, you've seen this body. Nothing left to lose. It could be a viable revenue stream. Has anyone been paid to do a medical trial? I mean, Ben, you've seen this body. Nothing left to lose. It could be a viable revenue stream. Has anyone been paid to do a medical trial? I mean, you're sure I might grow some testicles on my elbow or something, but I'm willing to risk it for $300 a week. Some people you talk to, they do it.

They have to sign a lot of waivers. Yeah. Hopefully things work out all right. Feels like a good occupation for a Dunedin student, doesn't it? Yeah. So we're talking what you've been paid to do. Tanita, you're on the radio. Morning, guys.

Dream come true. Dream come true. Something like that. Yeah, life goal, bucket list stuff. Absolutely. Yeah, now, Tanita, we're just talking about what you got paid to do. Things that you generally wouldn't usually get paid for. What was it for you? It was remembering my

mum's birthday, which was also my parents' wedding anniversary. So this is for who? For what purpose? By my dad. How much was your dad paying your annual salary to remember your mum's birthday and wedding anniversary?

It depended on how late I left it. If it was the same afternoon, then maybe five bucks. But if I remembered the day before or earlier than that, then it was averagely 10. Well, thank God no one taught your dad about a calendar. Yeah. Because then you wouldn't have got paid. Oh, it stopped a couple of years ago

when he worked out he could load it into his phone. Oh, so you're still getting paid up until recently. This is a great year. This is a yearly income. A couple of years back, yeah. Why was he so bad at remembering birthdays and anniversaries? I don't know. I think it was just more of a make sure he remembers

instead of being on the way home and being like, oh, I need to find something. Some husbands, they're date husbands. You know, they remember the date. Sometimes they go crazy. Like, oh, the first time, you know, I looked at you in the eyes and all these crazy little anniversaries. I know both Ben and myself, we've forgotten in the past and that's a dark day.

Are you in a relationship now, Tanita? I am. Have you fallen a relationship now, Tanita? I am. Have you fallen victim to a forgotten date? I've been the one that's forgotten it. Oh, you have, yeah. Anniversary. I have. Yeah, it's hard work.

It's hard. There's so many dates to remember. There's a lot of days going on. The worst one is too is when you get handed the present and you're like, oh dear God. It's not my birthday. Oh, it's not my birthday. So that like, oh dear God. It's not my birthday. It's not my birthday. So that means, oh, yeah.

That's a moment of realisation. Oh, well, you go and have a great day, Sunita. Glad we can make your dreams coming true for appearing on the radio. Thanks, guys. We'll send you the audio. We'll send you the audio so you can play it on your deathbed. Awesome. Have a good one, mate.

Thanks, guys. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Alleged, quote, inappropriate behavior. Exposing scandals. The ongoing defamation lawsuit. Digging the dirt. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. His identity is a secret.

But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. And it's always good to have NT join us from Hollywood. Good morning. Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing well, buddy. The Johnny Depp trial, which continues on.

Feels like it's never going to end. It's not going to end because they're off all this week. So you guys have nothing to watch on television. I'm sorry. Oh, they get a week off? They have a week off. The judge has some kind of conference that they're going to. So that's interesting because Amber, right, Amber had heard the end of her direct testimony on last Friday.

So now the jury, supposedly they're not looking at the Internet or anything online. Right. Well, believe them. But so they have a whole week where they're just going to have to think about what Amber has said. There's no cross-examination. There's nothing like that on their mind. They're just thinking about all of the things that Amber said. So that's going to kind of percolate with them. And then we're going to come back next week, and then Johnny Depp's lawyers will cross-examine her. She is very specific about some certain things.

You know, like I said before, this is not good for either one of them. However, I think that Johnny Depp rehabilitated his image enough in the eyes of his fans. It's obvious that he has a lot of fans when you get millions and millions of signatures to get Amber Heard out of Aquaman. Because she's not a good person, but either is he. And it's really, to see this kind of thing play out, I guess, in front of everybody. And one of the things that I took away from this last week with Amber was

just the stories about Johnny, not even about any of the abuse or anything like that, but things like that he was in trouble with the, you know, child support services because he let his 14-year-old daughter introducing her to pot when she was 13 or 14. It just kind of shows that this kind of decadence and vice that Hollywood has and everybody in the whole world is getting to see it.

And that's kind of unnecessary to the trial as well, or I guess it's calling out his character. Yeah, that's a lot of that, and I'm so glad you brought that up because the only thing that we care about is, is Johnny, did he commit domestic violence? That's the only answer. That's the only answer we need.

We don't need to know that he passed out all the time. We don't need to know about Lily Rose Depp. We don't need to know that he missed a birthday. We don't need to know about the poop in the bed. Right? We just need to know, did he hit her? Did he ever do that? Yes or no? And that's the question. Well, they were getting a lot of mileage out of the poop on the bed, right? You just need to know, did he hit her? Did he ever do that? Yes or no?

And that's the question. Well, we're getting a lot of mileage out of the poop on the bed, though, aren't we? Yeah. Yes, we are. Joined by our Hollywood insider, Auntie. Now, Auntie, we're talking about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. They're engaged again. But you were saying over email when we mentioned this that she's not a nice person.

I'm not saying she's not nice. It's just she's demanding. Ah. Yeah, right. Yeah. She not a nice person. I'm not saying she's not nice. I'm saying she's demanding. Ah. Yeah, right. Yeah. She deserves to be demanding. I like Taylor. Look, I've known Jennifer Lopez for a very, very long time.

Is she a diva? Yes. Is she demanding? Yes. But at the end of the day, do I like her? Yes. She's perfectly fine. She's just a person that has been a really big star for a long time and lets the diva kind of take over her life,

which is not unlike many, many other actors and actresses who just live in a world. Because if you're on a movie set, I mean, you guys did a show for a while. You know, if you're on a set and you have assistants and things, they do everything for you. You don't have to lift a finger. You're God while you're on set, right? And so you get into this life where everything is just, oh my gosh, you know, you're

the talent. I'm here to serve you and serve you and serve you. And after many years of that, you kind of just take that for granted. Yeah. But it's not reality., but it's not reality. No, it's not reality, but it becomes their reality. Which reminds me, someone's got dry cleaning to pick up for us after the show. Yeah.

Oh, Indy, you're an absolute champion. Really do appreciate your time, and we'll catch up with you next week. Hey, love it. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. That is of association we played every morning on the show yesterday we had a winner it was pretty incredible it was really incredible little 12 year old uh who i thought five thousand dollars at 12 years old it's almost like you've become a millionaire have we got that audio bell selena and mum janine here is the fifth word.

Okay. Super. Man. Oh my god! Oh my god! Selena and Janine, and they're taking that money. You know when you hear the NBA players go, we're going to Disneyland.

They're literally going to Disneyland. Yeah, they've got family in the States. They're going to go off and see. So that could be you today winning $5,000. Louie, you're coming in here with an air of confidence. A fresh off a hot win yesterday, Ben, boys. Larissa, welcome from Auckland. How are you?

I'm good, thank you. How are you? Oh, good. It's great to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. You've just dropped the kids at school and you're off to work. What do you do for a job? Oh, I work as a learning technologist at AUT. A what technologist?

Learning. Learning technologist. Oh, good on you. Follow-up questions, Jono? I have zero. Zero follow-up questions. Maybe you could learn me about what a learning technician does. I'd love to take Jono through what you do.

But anyway, let's decide who you want to send into the soundproof booth. Do you want Jono or Ben? Jono. All right, Larissa, let's do it. Let's do it. Let's see if you can connect five words. We did it yesterday. It can be done again.

That's the beauty of this game. All right. He is in there. He can't hear what's going on. The first word is question. Question. Mark? Question mark. It's a good answer. first word is question. Question. Mark? Question Mark. That's a good answer.

Wig is word number two. W-I-G. Wig. Wig. Hair? Yeah, hair. Oh, you're playing a good game so far. Kardashian is the third word. Kardashian. I know it's Kim Kardashian. Kim?

Yeah, Kim. Also, we have got Courtney, a prank with him. But he may be... Anyway, Kim's the one I would have probably have said. She's the main one. Yeah, so yeah. Kim. Okay, Kim. Yeah.

Sunset is word number four. Sunset. Sunrise. Sunrise. And act is the final word this morning. Act. Act as in ACT? Yep, ACT, yep.

There's a lot of them. Yeah. You've got politics. You've also got, as far as acting goes, you've got movies. There's a lot. There's a lot. Act. Drama.

Drama. All right. Hey, you played a really good game this morning. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth, and we'll see if we can match five words with you. All right. Hey, you played a really good game this morning. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth, and we'll see if we can match five words with you. All right, Larissa, did you play a really good game this morning? I just said that. Did you just say that?

Let's hope, yeah. I like saying that, but she played a good game. All right, Larissa, let's do it. On your way to work. It's $5,000, a lot of money. What's it going towards? Towards my house deposit. Oh, that is a great investment.

Sensible. Get on that housing ladder. Exactly. Alright. First word this morning was question. Mark. Oh, well done. Correct. Wig. Hair. Yeah. Oh, Larissa, well done. We're doing well, baby. Two down.

Kardashian. Kardashian. Now, don't think so much about our we're doing well baby two down Kardashian Kardashian now don't think so much about our shows don't think about what's coming up at ten past eight okay don't think about that

no don't think about that what would I think about well I don't know I just said don't think about that the parking maybe outside or something but yeah don't think about that

okay would I think about another member of the Kardashians well yeah it's a lot easier if I give you clues isn't it that's right did you think about another member of the Kardashians? It's a lot easier if I give you clues, isn't it? That's right.

Did you think about another member of the Kardashians? The most popular member? Well, it's hard to say. No one's going to say any more. We've said too much. Okay, Kim. There you go. Hey, well done, Larissa. You're learning me good telepathically.

All right. No more help for these next two. $5,000 on the line. Sunset is word number four. Sunset Boulevard. Oh! Think of that. Sunrise.

Oh, you did the opposite, Larray. Well, hey, listen, you're the one who technically learns people, so you would have been right. So I'm sorry, mate. I'll let you down. Final word this morning, which had a few options, was act. A-C-T. Party.

Oh, act party, yeah. Drama we went for. Larr Oh, act party. Drama. We went for it. Larissa, you played, as we said, you played a good game, but unfortunately it didn't quite work out today. That's all right. I can always try later. Yeah, you can. Now, what time do you start work?

Well, nine. Nine. Great. Ten past eight. Make sure you join us because we've got Kourtney Kardashian on the show, okay? You're right. Yep, I do. Yeah, but it's not quite what you say, what it seems.

We'll explain more. Scrolling through your feed. We don't do heavy news, mainly because Ben Boyce weighs 43kg, so we can only deal in the light stuff. But what is happening, mate? Oh, well, a duck that became famous last year for joining in the New York Marathon, an actual duck, an adorable duck, had joined in and waddled along with the runners last year.

It's back again. Wrinkle the Duck is its name. It's a well-trained pet duck. And over the weekend, the duck ran a marathon in Long Island. Waddled along. Now, when it said ran a marathon, I was like, oh, my God, I ran a marathon. But I looked into it more. It was the kids' marathon, which was one kilometre.

So technically not a marathon. But it was still called the marathon. Why is it called a marathon? I don't know. The marathon's 42 kilometres. Yeah, it's a one-game marathon. So we're near. You're bagging a duck right now.

It took 18 minutes for it to waddle along. Very cute. It's got little signature red padded shoes. It puts its little feet in those shoes and it sort of waddled along and loved it. And it got first place in the duck category because it was the only duck but fortunately

it is duck shooting season so it had a bit of a grim end to it no it didn't it did it unexpected two from boys there it did it but no he's all good

he's all good he loves it he will be back for more he loves it that duck loves it he loves it imagine if you came behind though you placed behind

the duck you'd be like this duck was just waddling along. I need to pick up my training regime. I've always wanted to do a marathon. Oh, a duck's beaten you to it. Yeah, well, I'd like to do a marathon that was a kilometre long as well. And then everyone tell me it was a marathon. And I thought you'd like this one, Jono.

A woman in Brazil was given birth in the most bogan way of all time. She welcomed in her son at a Metallica concert just as they were playing Enter Sandman. Now she's a tattoo artist. She was 39 weeks pregnant and she attended the Metallica concert. She had contractions at the start of the concert.

She's like, no, I've waited since the pandemic for this. I had my tickets in 2019 and got cancelled. I'm going to stick it out. It feels like priorities were all around the wrong way here, but yes. And just towards the end of the concert, as they started playing Into Sandman, she was like, oh, I need some medical assistance. Fortunately, there was some there, and she had the baby. It wasn't Exit Light, it was Exit Baby.

Yeah, just as they were playing Into Sandman, the baby was born. The baby and mum were all doing well. And there's a little story that Metallica have even shared on their Instagram as well. That is touching. Yeah. I remember when Gemma, my wife, was pregnant, we took her heavily pregnant body to Green Day. Played at Green Day. Oh, yeah.

Very loud. Very loud for a baby inside to go, what the hell is going on outside? I don't think I want to come out of here. It's nicer inside. Well, this baby did pop out in Metallica. You've been to a Metallica concert? No. No, I haven't think I want to come out of here It's nicer inside Well this baby did pop out In Metallica You've been to a Metallica concert? No No I haven't

No I wouldn't imagine you I can't imagine No it's probably not Yeah You know Yeah I appreciate what they do Appreciate what they do

Yeah I don't know if it's Oh g'day mate What are you doing here? You're a lost boy I've got a lost child over here. Can you imagine Ben Boyce moshing? Like headbanging.

Have you moshed? You know, I've got into stuff. I dance around. I do enjoy dancing at concerts and stuff. I enjoy the odd dance. If I'm there and I'm amongst it, I'll get involved. He'd be a bopper. He'd be bopping up.

Get it up. Here we go. Why not? The great thing about listening to this show is that the day can only get better from here. Jono and Ben on the hits. Check this out. Hi, New Zealand. This is Kourtney Kardashian chatting exclusively on the hits breakfast with Jono and Ben.

That's right. It's happening. Fortunately, I couldn't make the interview, otherwise it's a prearranged appointment that I had to attend. Convenient, convenient. You just ran it on your own. And we'll be up front. There was a hoodwinking. Ben got hoodwinked.

I did. I didn't see this one coming as well because it was very, very convincing and it went to some really, really awkward places. Here's a wee snippet travis barker i mean you guys seem so happy together it's great to see you together i imagine as a boyfriend he takes care of all the small things yeah i'm so sorry it's just you you said Travis and... Yeah. What? Are you... Are you okay?

No, yeah. No, I'm fine. Sorry. It's just... We, like, we just had a really big fight this morning and it was just... Yeah, no, it's fine. I'm so sorry.

I mean, it's not. Like, yeah. I'm sorry. I just had a really hard day. Oh, I'm sorry to hear fine. I'm so sorry. I mean, it's not. Like, yeah. I'm sorry. I just had a really hard day. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry. There we go. I was just gutted that she didn't appreciate my Blink-182,

all the small things. Did anyone appreciate it? I was like waiting for a laugh. And then it was like, oh, I'm going to cry. It wasn't that bad. But it wasn't obviously, oh, geez. It was a very, very awkward three minutes of my life. It wasn't that bad. But it wasn't obviously, oh, geez. It was a very, very awkward three minutes of my life or something.

Well, you've always said, you know, I've always wanted to keep up with the Kardashians. Well, you caught up with the Kardashians. How do you feel now? It was brutal. You've caught them. It was really brutal. We'll explain everything.

Stick around. It is the Hats. The Hats. Cash and car. Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Skoda's boot and drive it home be all yours right now. A Škoda car, brand new car, and thousands of dollars in the back of that car. You've just got to guess the exact cash amount, and only cash keeper Alex knows what it is.

He's a truck driver by day, and by night he's a sleeping truck driver. It's Andrew from the Hawke's Bay. How are you, mate? Yeah, good, thank you. Lovely to have you on, Andrew. We've got cashkeeper Alex with us, the only one responsible here at the station to hold on to the figure and not let her loose lips sink this ship. Alex, do people come up to you on the street?

What's the street talk? Are they coming up trying to harass you for the figure? I've gone into hiding. I think that's the best way to combat this, is just disappear. She has, because she's coming to us via witchcraft. The microphone at a hidden location right now. We've put her into like an FBI operation. Like an informant that we try to hide from somebody.

But I tell you what, Andrew, I know you drive trucks, but you'd be a better class of motorist than this Škoda, my friend. Yeah, nice. You'd be driving down, driving around, looking down your nose at all those other motorists who won't be as good as you, so we'll hand you over to Alex to have your stab, okay? Thank you.

Andrew, what is your guess for how much cash is in the back of that car? I'm going to stab in the dark. I'll go $16,995.40. Cool. That actually sounds like an amount that a car would be, you know, when you hear on ads. Yeah. $16,995.

So, Andrew from the Hawke's Bay with a guess of $16,995. So Andrew from the Hawke's Bay with a guess of $16,995.40. That is incorrect. I'm sorry. Never mind. Oh, Andrew, you're taking it like a true gentleman. Even in the eyes of defeat, he is a gentleman. Now, I like the way he did say $16,995. On sale now.

All the cars have got to go. $16,995. On sale now. All the cars have got to go. 16995. This week only. Well, the good thing is that we've knocked another number out. It can't be that number, but we aren't getting any higher or lower. That's not kicking in just yet. Do you want to give us a little something something there, Alex?

Lips. Sorry, I've just got to go. I think this microphone might be cutting out. No, it's not cutting out. It's definitely not. We can still hear you. You put your fingers on the microphone. Even on Zoom. Okay, another's not cutting out. It's definitely not. We can still hear you. You put your fingers on the microphone. Even on Zoom. Okay, another chance for you to have a stab.

11 o'clock this morning. Don't forget you can download the iHeartRadio app. There's a little microphone icon on there. Push that. Give us your guess. Give us your name and number, and Alex could be calling you in a couple of hours. It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Keeping Up With The Kardashians is back on for this 20thI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben, on the hits. Keeping Up With The Kardashians is back on for this 20th series, which is incredible. We've been trying to get an interview as has the rest of the world, right? Yeah, and miraculously, one came through this week. Now,

to bring you into the scene, Ben has been saying to producer B-Hubs, let's get a Kardashian on, let's get a Kardashian on. It'll be so awesome for the show. Yeah, and we couldn't get a Kardashian on, but what we could track down was the world's premier Kourtney Kardashian impersonator. Now, this came through to you, Ben, on Monday.

Yeah, it was like, do you want to do an interview with Kourtney tomorrow? Well, I'd love to. And then you had an appointment and you're like, I'm so sorry, I can't change it. Yeah. But my appointment was with the world's premier Kourtney Kardashian impersonator on Zoom. So we set her up and we're just like, hey, Andrea's her name, Andrea Lopez.

Said, hey, Ben's going to do this interview. Just make it the most awkward thing you can imagine. Cry, get angry, don't understand him, you name it. I was nervous about doing this interview because it's not every day you get to talk to one of the Kardashians. I prepared some questions. But you didn't. No, I didn't. You talked to an

affordable Kardashian. Yeah, and you made me even more nervous because, geez, it went so, so awkward. Have a listen. Hi, this is Alison from Hulu Promotions. Hi. So sorry, running behind schedule. Oh, no worries.

Hey, it's Belle calling from the Hits. I've got Ben here for his interview with Kourtney Kardashian. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Give me a couple moments. I'm going to go grab her. Kind of running on tight schedule. We're trying to get a lot of promotions out here. So just five minutes, five to eight minutes would be great.

All right? Awesome. Awesome. Thank you very much for this. Appreciate this. No problem. Of course. All right. Give me just like five much for this. Appreciate this. No problem. Of course. All right.

Give me just like five seconds. Thank you. Hi. Oh, Courtney. Hey, Courtney. So nice to talk to you. I'm Ben from John Owen Ben in New Zealand. Oh, my God.

I love your accent, Brian. Yeah. I love your accent as well. It's so funny. We just don't hear people like that in Calabasas. It's just... Yeah. I mean, so like where in New Zealand are you guys?

I'm based in Auckland here at the Hits Radio Station. Yeah. I'm sorry. What was that? I just... Oh, sorry. Yeah, the New Zealand accent is not always the best. I'm in Auckland. Sorry. It's kind? Oh, sorry. Yeah, the New Zealand accent is not always the best. I'm in Auckland.

Sorry, it's kind of hard to understand. Auckland, near the top of the country. Oh, the top. That's where I like to be. All right. We're getting some exclusives right now. Now, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, incredible 280 episodes over that. What's the secret to getting to 20 episodes 20 series sorry

yes no it's fine you're just confused a little bit um okay sorry no i just i'm not i just can't answer that right and yeah i mean i was driving into work this morning and I saw you on a billboard in New Zealand. Is it crazy to think that you are on a billboard in a country across the world? I mean, you couldn't walk down the streets without being recognized, right? I mean, wait, so you're telling me that you saw me in New Zealand? Yeah, on a billboard, yeah. Was the billboard, like, attractive? I feel like I'm just,

I cannot believe that I'm in New Zealand. Like, I didn't approve of that. Oh, but no, when it was from publicity for your show, it wasn't just, yeah, that was publicity for Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Yeah.

Yeah. Travis Barker, I mean, you guys seem so happy together. It's great to see you together. I imagine as a boyfriend, he takes care of all the small things. I'm so sorry. It's just you said Travis. Yeah.

What? Are you okay? No, yeah. No, I'm fine. I'm sorry. are you okay no yeah no i'm fine sorry it's just we like we just had a really big fight this morning and it was just yeah no it's fine i'm so sorry i mean it's not like yeah i'm sorry i just had a really hard day oh i'm sorry to hear that i'm so i'm sorry i won't i just thought it was a happy thing to bring up and i was like because i know they said no personal questions i cannot do this interview

anymore like i'm i'm dying oh no don't oh you like sign me up for this i don't even understand him what show is this like i did not know Hello, hello. Sorry, are you talking to me or are you talking to someone else? I'm sorry. I thought this was muted. I didn't mean to offend you there. I was just talking about something that I thought was obviously – I'm sorry. I didn't want to get things off to the right – on the wrong foot there,

so sorry. Yeah. Well, hey, maybe you won't't after that but would you love to come to new zealand sometime you know we'd love to have you here i just i mean no probably not i like can't even answer that right now no i like i'm so sorry you're the worst you're the worst i cannot do any more interviews. Cut it off. Like, I'm done.

Is she gone? Yeah. No, I'm... I'm so sorry. I'm just like half crying. I'm PMSing. Travis is crazy. I can barely understand you.

Like, I'm tired. Are you... Okay. Yeah. Well, I'm tired. Are you? Okay. Yeah. Well, let's talk about something else. Yeah. You endorsed a product in New Zealand a while back. A skincare line.

Yeah. So, yeah. That was my product? Oh, my God. I'm impressed that you know that. Well, I was trying to research the... Am I late for the Kourtney Kardashian interview? Are you anything to do...

What is going on? This is Andrea Lopez. Who said... She's the world's premier Kourtney Kardashian impersonator. Oh my goodness. He's just not Kourtney Kardashian. Hi, Ben. How are you?

I'm going a little better now knowing that it was you, and I haven't offended one of the most famous people on the planet. I knew I got you when we got the skincare line jumbled up. I didn't even know what I was saying for a while. No. You threw me. When you started crying about i was like oh god oh god oh god and after that i was like just end it i respect the crap that you did

oh well thank you and i respect the uh the fact that you pranked me really well uh that's good there you go that was ended in respect oh geez you respected her i was... It ended in respect. Oh, jeez. You respected her, I was respected. I lost all my respect for you, that's for sure. I feel so, so, so sorry that you wasted so much time preparing for that interview. But then the other part of me is like, well, if it didn't come off, I would have wasted so much time organising Andrea. Yeah. So someone was going to waste time. Someone was going to lose and unfortunately it was you.

We're going to have a video of that epic prank. The Kourtney Kardashian prank will be up on the Hits Breakfast Facebook and Instagram later today. The problem is if one actually does come through, I've created a bit of a Pinocchio situation here. Yeah, exactly. It is the Hits. You've got Jono and Ben, 824. Warning. Contained stodgy parenting advice. Jono and Ben on the Hits.

Now, Jono, you want to know about some people's acts of generosity. Normally, people talk about when other people did generous things for them so oh 800 the hits have you got any yeah you want to talk about yourself yeah the topic is are you more generous than Jono if you actually want to do a succinct version of what I'm after being oh 800 the hits or do you know someone who's more generous than Jono that did something generous for you because that's normally how it works when people go oh someone did something for me i want to say rather than i did this but anyway you tell your story so ben you know my fascination with wash world we can go and wash your car in a race against time it's uh you know you bought you buy these little tokens you put them in the thing and it counts down from you know 10 minutes or something

and it's just a soapy foamy stressful mess just washing your car. Now, the kind gentleman at Washworld came along, he was just talking to me, and he put a couple of extra tokens in, which boosted my time limit up. Oh, so he was the one? Hold on, you've let me finish my story. I know where this is going, so he's the... So, I had a few extra minutes left Four and a half minutes left on my time By the time I completed my washing at Washworld

I went and found another person Said hey mate, you washed your car yet? He said nah, four and a half minutes free Over there On Washworld's dollar, not your dollar I thought you were going around the office Telling everyone it was you That was the act of generosity guys Well in a detail, the guy doesn't know where it came from I thought you'd be going around the office telling everyone it was you that was active generosity, guys.

Oh, and a detail. The guy doesn't know where he came from. All he knows is some generous guy has offered him free four and a half minutes. So that's why I'm opening up. Are you more generous than Jono? Or the guy who hurt the person at Washburn. Oh, I'd have to hit the telephone. I've already got a call through.

Kelly, good morning. Hi there. What a day to be on air, eh? Oh, it's absolutely beautiful out there. Yeah, lovely. Now, Kelly, are you more generous than me? I was at Washworld yesterday. The clock was counting down.

I had finished my washing at Washworld. There was still four and a half minutes left. I went and found another patron and said, hey, four and a half minutes on that bay over there. Which is nice, but he keeps bringing it up. Like, this is for someone else to bring up, not for you to go around going, oh, you gave four and a half minutes of wash. Well, the person I gave the four and a half minutes to is never going to call up and bring it up. They might do. So, Kelly, are you more generous than that?

Well, I don't know if I am, but that sounds pretty awesome. I would have loved being that person with the four and a half minutes. Four and a half, three minutes of washing, mate. On me. I would have been happy with that. That's nice. You're the Kellywood of life, but you just don't take it anyway. We've talked about this.

Now, I understand someone did something for you. It was pretty generous. Yeah, yeah, they did. Well, we pulled up on the side of the road with all the kids in the back of the people mover. And my husband actually got out and he noticed he was just popping into one of the shops and he noticed that one of the tyres were flat. We got all the kids out on the side of the road and he pulled out the gear to start changing the tyre. And then just randomly this guy pulls in behind us.

I mean, he was a young guy, probably in his early 20s, jumps out of his car and says to my husband, I'll do that for you. Just takes everything off him and off he goes, changes the tyre, jumps back in his car and left, just like a bit of a Superman, really. Isn't that lovely? What a true, that's the sort of guy who'd give you four and a half minutes at wash yeah but he's not the sort of person that would ring up the radio station go guess what i just did you know you just take that compliment take

the nice feeling and go with it yeah but it's lovely that someone did that it was all kelly you might appreciate this because you uh you were the recipient of that good deed remember ben we had to meet somewhere in a park for work at night. And do you remember this? Sounds like, yeah, definitely work related. Yeah, yeah. It was just, you know, leave the wives at home. I think I do remember.

This is where we were meeting by the fountain. Correct. We had to meet by the fountain, Kelly. And a lady had actually driven into the curb. She had a flat tire. And I was like, don't worry, I will help you change this. It's the one thing my dad taught me. You'll always know how to change a tire.

So what I did is I got the tire off, but then the wheel had been bent and I couldn't put the tire back on. So there was pressure for us to go filming. And so then I had to go, hey, sorry, I can't get your wheel back on. But I've got to go. So I've kind of looked like I'm trying to help. So she's like, what? So you've ripped my wheel off.

I can't drive anywhere. And now you can't put it back on. And so I just left her there. Hey, Kelly, you're a good sport. You're going to have a great day. Wonderful. Thank you. You too. See you, mate. All right. The keepies coming through. Acts of generosity. Kelly you're a good sport you're going to have a great day wonderful thank you you too

see you mate alright the keepies coming through acts of generosity maybe you want to say you did it but probably not you want to put it to someone else are you more generous than Jono why won't you roll with the title of the topic

I don't like the title of the hit it is the hits we've got Adele oh my god 8.36 the hits hey I would well Jono is bringing it up

like you gave someone four minutes at Washworld four and a half don't undersell it that I just discovered that the person at Washworld

had given you so really it wasn't from the kindness of your heart have you heard of paying at Fordbend okay it's a new thing

that we're all doing nowadays post COVID pay at Ford generosity although you've talked it down you're saying this is not an act of generosity

and it's not worthy of coming on the radio. Did you get a lovely moment at the time, though? Did the person, this person, like, oh, wow, that's... Yeah. Oh, good. I didn't say how I retrieved the four and a half minutes. No, but you still got a nice moment.

I took the credit. Got a couple of toots as well. Hug, hug. You know, a friendly hug, hug. Oh, nice. Yeah. That's good. Brittany, welcome.

How are you? I'm good. Thank you. How are you? Yeah, doing really good. Brittany, welcome. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, doing really well. Just doing a topic. Are you more generous than Jono? After I gave... Well, people don't want to ring up and go,

oh, I did this thing, but anyway. Yeah, gave four and a half minutes to just a complete stranger at Washworld. Four and a half minutes on the clock. Actually, when you think about it, by the time they got in their car and moved us back... That's right, and time's gone, but anyway. What did you do, Brittany? Well, I tried to put some gas in my mum's car for her.

Because, you know, putting gas in your car is one of those jobs that no one wants to do. And it's always, there's never a good time to do it. No, exactly. So I thought, well, since I've got your car, I'll fill it up for you to help you out. So I went to the gas station, went to start it all and I went to pick up the nozzle to put it into the car but the previous person before me

must have done, you know how you can lock it? Oh yeah, you lock the handle, yeah. Well it must have not have unlocked, it must have been faulty, so even though it was upright it was fine, but as soon as I went to drop it into the hole of the car to put the petrol in, it was fine. But as soon as I went to drop it into the hole of the car to put the petrol in, it flew everywhere.

And because it was so powerful, I couldn't control the hose. So I was literally chasing this hose around. The car was covered in gas. So gas is just like that scene from what's on screen. It was gas all over the floor, the ground. Spraying petrol all over the floor. It was honestly, and no one would help me.

It's a highly flammable situation. No one to know of. Still, there's this young girl trying to pull up in mum's car. They're like, whoa, whoa. And then anyway, so I used all the money I had, so I couldn't put any gas in the car.

So I got back and tried to tell mum about the good deed I'd done, and she was just like, oh, well, you know, it is what it is. And I rung the petrol people to be like, hey, can I get a refund? Because no gas actually went into the car. And they got back to me two days later, and I'm like, oh, we had a ball watching that video. So they refunded me. Oh, that's good. I'm actually waiting for it to end up for social TV. So they refunded me. Oh, that's good.

I'm actually waiting for it to end up on social media. You know how you see those funny videos and I'm just waiting for the day it does. That was definitely

sitting around in a group email. I love it. Oh, Brittany, thank you so much. The good day, the thought was there. The thought was there.

But unfortunately, the petrol wasn't where it needed to be. But you go and have a great day. You too. Thank you so much. Spy. Know what's up have a great day. You too. Thank you so much. Celebrity gossip is what gets her out of bed in the morning.

That and an obnoxious alarm clock. Belle Crawford, what's happening? Actress Selma Blair has opened up about her alcoholism and how now she's battling with MS in a new memoir she's written. And she was drinking when she was a child. Have a listen to this. Yeah, my first drunk when I was seven. I had my first drinks, you know, much younger.

You drank through elementary school, middle school, high school, college. How did you do it? I mean, how did you function? It was hard, but maybe it was easier. Maybe I would have never survived without a drink. Seven years old. That is wild. But mind you, you hear of kids ram raiding. Seven years old. That is wild. But mind you, you hear of kids ram raiding at seven years old now.

Scary, scary. That is wild. Also, Luke Hemsworth has been trolling his brother Chris online. Just a little joke. They have gags, and he posted a photo of them on set in Sydney, and he said it's great to mentor young actors. Here I am giving tips to an up-and-coming young fella whose name escapes me at the moment,

but I'm sure he'll have no trouble. Hang in there, pal, but make sure you have a trade qualification to fall back on. He's got a good trade qualification. He's got a hammer. He'll be good out there on the building site, Thor. No, I tell you what, if there's problems where they're delayed on building sites,

Thor would fix that in an instant, wouldn't he? And it feels like that burning back Luke would just be too much bullying from Chris Hemmingsworth to Luke. Thanks, Bill. And that is Spy Entertainment News. Get more of the hits on Coach Wooden's ears. Why did we make that so awkward?

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