Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Did we push our producer too far?

Episode Date: April 27, 2026

On today’s show:  Producer Troy attempts to match the record‑breaking London Marathon pace…  The team realises they horribly overstayed their welcome at Megan house! Ben attends Armageddon dressed as a pear and terrifies a bus stop Megan misses the dawn parade after a parenting meltdown with the kids Jono forgets his Netball hosting gig... Dear Megan... My 22‑year‑old daughter is dating a 50‑year‑old man! Jono survives 24 hours of brutally awkward silence hosting a 14‑year‑old  Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast on Tuesday, short week, this week after a long weekend. It does feel nice, isn't it? Four days to plow on through. Actually, producer Troy, can we get you on? You're about to hear on the podcast at some point.

Producer Troy trying to reach the pace of the marathon record, which was broken over the weekend at the London Marathon. Now, we figured out through, thanks to AI, 21.2 kilometres per hour non-stop for an hour 59. Now you'd imagine the guy who broke the record would dip a little and run faster at other times. I don't know how it works,

but producer Troy, we send you to the gym. And what did you get up to? I've got up to 20, and then I kind of hit an accident and had to stop. 20? An accident sounds like, yeah, like did something to you. Did you shoot yourself, mate? That's what it sounds like.

It does sound like, yeah. I did. figuratively and literally, I shat myself. You'll hear the, audio, it's very good, it's very funny, but like 20 kilometres an hour is incredible effort from you. That's probably the fastest I've ever run in my life. Anything above 15 is wild.

Yeah. On the gym, I don't go above the 10 setting, which I think is probably around like 11Ks an hour, maybe 12. Yeah. This was, yeah, this was double that and like my legs barely had a chance to hit the ground before I had to pick up the next. Wow. Yeah, it was crazy.

It's almost like they're floating. Yeah. Yeah. Like, if it's on eight, I'm sprinting. Yeah. But that person, like, I've got short legs. That other person's got, like, in their defense, like, when your defense has got long legs.

So, like, a stride is like, you know. That's incredible, though, I. Like, Maddie's here on the podcast, he said that he's, he got really happy with his time. And it was half. Yeah, so if you get under, anything under two hours for a half marathon, you're stoked.

Yeah. For half. For half. For a full marathon in under two hours. I can't believe that he would keep that pace up for two hours. That is. Is it all mental? If you just, okay, I'm,

I'm going to just go sprint for two hours. Is that easier than saying I'm going to run a marathon under two hours? Look, if I just go as fast as I can't for two hours. Get it done quickly. Oh, my God. Maybe that's the way you trick yourself into it, rather than just go, I've got a marathon today. So Sebastian is the dude we're talking about,

but I feel sorry for that other guy who also broke the record, but his time wasn't as good as Sebastian. It's no one's talking about him. Well, shout out to him, whatever his name. I'll make it, you can, you know, who's, who's, Who's he? Let's give him some love because I've been 100 to 2 hours

and never been done before. They both had bloody trampoline strapped to their feet too, those new shoes. Listen, let's not talk down their efforts. They've just run a pair of those shoes and I'll see what I can do. Sebastian Sawa and then

Good luck. Yomif Cal Kedgelcha. He'll appreciate the airtime. Amazing from her. Yomif and Sebastian. Good on you guys.

And you'll hear producer Troy trying to do it today on the podcast. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Friday, heading into the weekend. If you're with us, it was a big day. We'd be wanting to take the protective wrapping of the plastic off Megan's fridge for a long time now. And we got to do it on Friday.

What an auspicious occasion. Producer Troy, former trumpeter. Got warmed his lips up again and made the fanfare, gave it the fanfare it deserved. Porta home strong. Book that man for a dawn service, I say. I propose we get a show trumpet. All those in favour say aye.

I know. I think it's great. That's great. We can use it at all occasions, do you know? The novelty of it will never wear off. And then you got to peel your fridge, Megan. Four years in the making. the plastic fridge.

It's not coming off clean. It's not as easy as I thought. It is wrapped around the inside of the door which doesn't give it a good yank. It's quite stuck on there. Satisfying. I'm going to help. That was a good one. The noises you guys were making.

Yeah, I loved it. It was very satisfying. Finally exposed that fridge for what it was meant to be. And it's living his best life. It's beautiful. I had a lot of comments over the weekend from people being like, thank God. What kind of monster are you? Yeah.

So we've set the fridge free. I mean, it's still in your house. It looks amazing. Yeah. 10 o'clock. So, yeah, after the show, show finishes, 10 o'clock. Okay, then we just sort of... We did a little bit of planning for the following week, you know, we got around, you know.

Show Edmund. Then we just found ourselves sitting in one of Megan's 10 loungers, relaxing, weren't we, post-show? Lays it on the couch. You had some cooking show that was playing at the, you know? And then your husband arrived home. He had done the morning drop-off with the kids and gone to the gym, and he walked in the door, wonderful Andrew and went, oh, you're still here. And I thought nothing of it at the time.

So, yeah, we are, mate. Hopper, come on in. Come on in. Now, he then assumed the role, which I've seen a few times when you go to someone's house for a dinner party or something, sort of standing in the kitchen but leaning on the bench. Yeah. You know? Yeah.

Well, there was no seats, though. And it felt more like, well, he could have squeed, but it was more of a temporary position, right? It was one of those. I'm not getting comfortable because... Well, I also don't think you wanted to come near you because he was, you know, smelly. Yeah, true. He probably needed a shower and things like that. Yeah, right, yeah.

Now, the kitchen lean for me, that's a universal maneuver. That's like you've got five minutes tops left in this current environment. Then you need to leave. Okay, then it took us way too long. Probably I'd say 30, 40 minutes after the kitchen lean, Ben, he was still kitchen leaning. Yeah, yeah. We really overstayed our welcome, didn't we? Well, if I wanted you gone, I would have got up and started, like, cleaning the kitchen.

Is that your usual maneuver, is it? Yeah. Well, the kitchen was already clean. Yeah. Yeah, I'd run out of options. He was still there. So you could re-clean the kitchen. And then a bit of a realization dawned over the three of us.

Producer Troy was there as well. We're like, oh, we have really overstayed our welcome. And so off we went. And I could tell, Andy, he didn't disagree, Andrew. No, no, no, no, stay longer. And then driving home, I was like, well, you guys, you're in the trenches. It's not often you get a few hours to yourself. No, it's actually not.

We hardly see each other at the moment. And we took up a lot of your time. So apologies. You must just lingering. So that's what I want to know this morning. Like you were meant to stay to one point like us, probably around 10 o'clock. 10.05. Yeah.

And then you ended up staying a lot longer. Like an hour and a half. So yeah, who's overstayed their welcome at their place? Maybe it was you or maybe it was someone staying at your place. Sometimes you hear those stories that are meant to sleep on the couch for one or two nights. Six months later they're still there. Yeah. And it gets awkward.

And it's usually one of the, you know, if there's a couple there, it's usually one of their friends. Yeah. They're like, you've got to get rid of you. Family member. Yeah. I'm rid of them now. Yeah. So I'll wait a hundred of the hats.

We'll play this game, okay? You tell us how long they were meant to stay for, and we'll try and guess how long they overstayed their welcome. Yeah. We'll try and find you a prize as well. Do you reckon? We can get years. Someone who stayed for years.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. And now we're at your house on Friday. We peeled their protective plastic off your fridge. We've done all that. We've done the radio show. We did a little bit of planning for the following week, and then we sort of sat there.

Lingered. Like a bad smell. We just hanging around. And then, Eventually, we could feel the silent couple communication going on between you and Andrew. There are eyes, eyes where he was sort of going, you brought them in here, you get rid of them. Now, we can feel the eyes. No, I kind of take it as a compliment when people want to hang around.

Yeah, but you're a kid free, you're home, you know, the two of you together. Who knows what on earth you two were going to get up to? Sleep. Yeah, sleep or making sure the pantry is pristine and well-organized. Because, geez it is. All labels. Face forwarding. Uh, forward facing, something.

Sarah, we're going to play a game right now. Uh, how long did they overstay the welcome? So you just tell us initially how long they had pitched to stay, Sarah? So it was me. I was staying with my brand new boyfriend for a week before I moved into my own house. One week. Okay. I'm going to ask questions.

No, I think we just guess, right? Oh, okay. Just guess. I'm going to say, uh, your brand new boyfriend for a week, five months. Oh, five months. Okay. What do you? I would say a month, okay?

I'm going to say she never left. So I've been there six and a half years. Oh, she never left. We're now married for the last four. Oh, wow. So it all worked out there, okay. They're putting up with you now? Yeah, it's probably me putting up with him.

And so, you know, shout out to the poor place you were meant to move into. Are they still looking for someone to fill that room? No, I actually bought the house So I ended up selling it 11 months later Oh, right Oh, that's great news So you just How long was it before you moved in with him?

Did you know him? I think it was like four days Wow Oh my God Wow Zero to 100 really But it's worked out Hey well thank you very much

For playing our little game Thank you so much Have a good day Appreciate it Hey now I know we just mentioned And my auntie was meant to move in For a couple of weeks

she stayed for over 20 years. That is wild. And then there was a follow-up text, rent-free. Oh, great. Rent-free. Two decades. Two weeks into two decades. But like, at what point, if you let them stay for free,

at what point are you going to say, hey, now I need you to pay. Especially when it's family. I mean, I don't know what their relationship situation was, but there were definitely some whispered conversations going on in bedroom. Maybe she was doing other stuff, you know, cooking clean and that sort of stuff. I hope so.

Janeo, welcome to how long did they overstay? They're welcome. What was the initial period of stay that was sold to you? Overnight. Overnight. Okay, one night. Okay, I'm going to say two weeks. Nope.

Can I ask the question, Jane? Who is this person in relation to you? My grandson. Oh, blood and flesh. Okay. Overnight, I'm going to go a month and a half. I'm going to say a year. Okay.

Well, that's a long time. Yeah. How long? It's been two years. Two years! And he's still there? He's still there. He loves it.

He loves it. Be honest, Jane. Do you love it as well? Yes, but he's a pig. He's a pig. Is he paying rent, Jane? Oh, good God, no. How much does he eat?

A lot. But he'd be loving it. This is great. I've got a great deal. Absolutely Oh and you'll always remember these years Jane Well I'm hoping he will

Yeah It's a good memories You'll remember them until you get Alzheimer's But he'll remember them for a lot longer No you sound like a lot of fun John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits

Over the weekend plenty of happening around the country We talked about the Christchurch Stadium Opening up which was awesome The Warriors in Wellington It was Armageddon The Pop Culture Expo that was happening over three days.

A.NZ Netball, you went along to, I was meant to go there, completely forgot to go, feel like an absolute schmuck. Yeah. So, a big weekend. Yeah, well, actually, I went along to Armageddon.

And if you haven't been before, it's really cool. Like, it's, you know, everything, pop culture, as far as whether we're into Pokemon, whether it thinks are Harry Potter, Lord of the Writerings.

What are you doing, Megan, what are you doing? No, it's cool. What I really love about it is so many people are themselves there. You know, there's probably all these groups of people from around the place,

and if you're into anime or into Harry Potter, you find your people there and people all dress up and it's really cool. Oh, yeah, that's your bag, baby. Well, that was the thing, and we're going to go along for a little bit because my niece and that were going along to meet the people from the rookie, the TV show, and so we're meeting up with them and my kids are like, you're going to dress up. And I was like, ah, you know, I hadn't planned to dress up.

I wasn't prepared. This is your place, though. I wasn't prepared. I wasn't prepared for dressing up. I hadn't thought about the costume. If you had given me three weeks. Just going to the garage. Well, yeah, and that was the thing.

I was like, no, I'm not dressing up. Then I was in the garage before going and I was like, oh, there's costumes here. Don't you egg surprise. Oh, oh, there's costumes. Was there anything appropriate? Yeah, that was the thing. But I found a pear costume, like the fruit, the pear that I had in the garage. And God knows why I've got a peer costume in the garage.

But I went, oh, this could be the gag that I do that I wasn't going to dress up. But then it was peer pressure. That was my gap. I was like, great. But then the problem with the peer is it has no relation to the pop culture that's being displayed. This is my problem. I got a little moment with my daughters. They're like, oh, yeah.

dressed up okay god yeah okay whatever dad and then we walked around peters as a pear you can tell and even if it was lovely but still going why is citrus to appear people coming up going are your avocado am i no not not in season for avocado yeah they were like unsure and why it was and it was they're trying to go what show has got a pear in it i was sure why do you just walk around and be like i got peer pressured yeah i was trying to when i explained the joke i could it was fine it wasn't a great joke to start on I was trying to explain the joke, but then afterwards we left and we were racing back home before I went to the netboard.

And I was sitting in the car, still dressed as a pair. My wife was driving. Why? Because I didn't have trying to get the tights and stuff on underneath. I hadn't got changed. And so my wife's driving, the family in the back, and we stopped just by Armageddon where all these people were by a bus stop. There was a traffic light. And my wife's, you know, she's a teacher. And she was like, oh, there's one of my ex-students out there.

So she starts tooting the horn waving. but I think because of the sunlight and stuff they could not see Amanda and my wife all these kids could see and a full bus stop was me weirdly as a pearly like smiling because I don't know which kid it is and all these kids are like looking like real stranger danger vibes

and they're sitting there as well wife's turning and waving and I'm like don't give in to peer pressure guys but I'm sitting there going I don't know what kid it is but everyone weirdly I'm like a little waves because you're dresses and pear People looking like, oh, what is this creepy guy doing?

Dresses appear and also who's toting and waving at who. So, yeah. Jeez, it was awkward. It felt like, you know when the lights feel like they take forever? That was one of those moments. It was like, hurry up. I was like, man, just run this red light. Was going there without a costume ever, ever an option?

Well, I was, originally that was my plan. Hey, I, um, are you peer-presaged yourself and did it? I said, I'm a pair-pression. Both of us. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The HECD, the world record for the marathon. Was beaten 1 hour, 59 and 30 seconds. That was first place.

Second place also beat the two-hour record as well. But just not getting as much lip service. But still congratulations to that person. And first and second you said had the same shoes. Yeah, the Adidas shoes as well. Kenya's Sebastian Swawe was the person who won the race. and incredible under two hours for the first time ever in the history of marathons. And those shoes sold out, now selling online.

Like almost two grand. 1,900, but it's not going to be, can I just say, if you're into running, it's not going to be a great $2,000 investment. Yeah. It's not automatically going to make you run. It'd be great if they did. We'd all love it. But this was the event happening over the weekend.

History in the making. Under two hours. Nobody's ever done this. They said it couldn't be done. Sebastian Solway is going to break the two-hour mark. He's going to win the London Marathon in incredible style. An historic performance. There we go.

It is amazing. It's just a sprint pretty much for two hours. The other guy will be so gusses. He's like, I did it too, guys. I did it too. We've figured out 21.2 kilometres per hour you have to be running consistently to get that time. Now he probably dips and goes faster than that, I imagine. He is quite tall, so he's got a big stride.

But for like us, that's sprinting the whole time. And then we looked into the 100 metre sprinters. They can get up to, you know, at top speed for a couple of seconds between 43 and 45 kilometres now. Wow. It's incredible. Yeah. We just take it for granted this sort of stuff. And tell you who we don't take for granted.

Producer Troy. Geez, the gym is heaving it this time of the morning. Can you hear us, Troy? I can, I can. Yeah, it is so busy. He's in Les Mills, the peak of physical perfection of Altairewa. You're actually a member of Les Mills, Troy. I am.

I go three or four times a week. The people know me. They say, do you want the usual? And I say, yes, please. What's the usual? I don't know. I just thought it was down called. It's like, entry?

Yeah. I go to the usual. The entry to the gym? Do you help you later? I don't know. One gym, please. Okay, so you need to make your way to the treadmills. Hopefully there's one free this morning.

It sounds very busy and then see if you can get up to that speed. Yeah, there's a few wannabe Sebastian Sarways here this morning. We're going to have to wait for a treadmill, I think. So I'll swipe in now and I'll go and limber up and then we'll try and get his pace. All we don't, just how close you can get to 21.2 kilometres an hour. As part of NJME's health and safety program, I'd like to say, do you consensually agree to this radio stunt? I think legally I have to, to my contrast.

How fast will Troy get? Can he get anywhere near 20 kilometres an hour? We'll be back with this very noisy gymnasium. This happened at the London Marathon. Under two hours, nobody has ever done this. They said it couldn't be done. Sebastian Soey is going to break the two-hour mark. He's going to win the London Marathon.

Crazy scenes. Sorry, one hour, 59 and 30 seconds for a marathon. 42 kilometres, is it? Now, we want to just put it into perspective how fast it was. I mean, you know, see if every person could do that particular pace, even just for a few seconds that place. Yeah. 21.2 kilometres per hour.

We're joined by the stations... Every person. Every person. Maddie McLean. Marathon. Maddie, welcome. I can't. I just... It baffles me. It blows my mind. It has put it in perspective, because you've run many marathons. What are you averaging it?

No, no, no, no. I've done two full marathons. That's many. That's enough. That's meant more than me. What are those medals for that I've looked at? I'm mostly doing harm. Oh, okay. Not quite as impressive now. Can I tell you that 1L 59 is a very impressive

half marathon time. Most people are stoked if they can do a sub two hour half marathon. Wow. That's what I thought, yeah, because I was thinking you were talking about a half time.

No. I did the Christchurch marathon a few weeks ago. It was very, very stoked with my three hour 46 time and he's done one hour 59. So nearly two hours

faster than me. Wow. Wow. And so what are you averaging when you're running? Like what's... I was doing about five minutes, just as a five minute case. So every K, yeah, it took me about five minutes. He's doing it in about two minutes 50. Wow. Wild, wild, mate. Absolutely wild. Do you know what speed you run at on your Strava app? Does it tell you that? I could probably figure it out. It's, look, I'm happy with my time. I can't even imagine how someone could run that bar. Well, we can. For that period of time.

Okay. Producer Troy right now, live at Les Mills Gym. Thank you, Maddie. You're on the treadmill? Yes, good morning. I'm on the treadmill. I'm warming half. I'm at 5Ks an hour. Just a light little, brisk walk. Okay, now this is live radio at its finest. Who knows what could happen? Don't push yourself. I'm just saying, don't go

crazy. Like, if you feel you're starting to lose balance, full time. But if you fall off, that'll be a great video. Cheezky. Tell us to turn the music down. It's quite loud. in there, isn't it? Well, you one's got the headphones on anyway. Okay, yeah, there's that big red stop button

if you need to hit up, the emergency button, okay. Yeah, I've got the safety tag around my wrist, so if I fall off the back, it'll stop. Producer Troy, let's start taking it up to 21.2 kilometers an hour and on the treadmill. Here we go. Okay, let's start with eight. Eight, and I'm jogging.

I'm jogging at eight. Okay. Okay, I'm going to go up to ten. Okay, we're at ten. Ten's good. Ten's pretty fast. Yeah, ten's fast. Ten's comfortable.

I'm okay with 10. Okay, let's go up to 12. All right. Can you come in a half? And I am running. Can you commentate how far your leg's going? They're probably, if I was being chased by someone, this is as fast as I'd go. So if the police were after you, this is you're running from the police up pace.

Okay, all right, keep pushing it. Let's get up to 14, 14. Okay, no, we're at 15 now. 15, I'd say it's the pace. Brze, there was a bomb going off behind me and I had to run to save my life. Wow. Wow. So this is as fast as you could run really.

Okay, I'm at 16. Oh, top speed. What the fuck? Can we go higher? Another 5Ks to go, Troy. 17.6. He's not even there. He's not even at London Marathon World River Base.

We're at 19. Ninete, go, Troy! Let's go, Troy! Oh, we're at 20! Troy! Troy? Was that the emergency thing popping? Troy!

Are you okay? Are you alright? You're right? Is this radio drama or is this? Yeah, are you okay? We had a little slip. Are you all right? Yeah, yeah, just give me a couple minutes.

Felt very long, I thought. Yeah, it was, yeah, good weather too for a lot of the country. For once as well, those cold frosty starts, beautiful day. Did you get to a dorm parade? Don't even talk to me about it. That was your part of your plan. You had it all planned out, didn't you? Did two voice breaks on it.

Yeah, I was nasty's going to, my son's going to wear all the medals, are going to take him along. Go to plan. I had an absolute meltdown. Because I had been planning that for ages. I bought fashion this cute little, like, pea coat, and he was going to wear his great, great grandad's medals. I planned it.

Everyone knew about it. That morning, Sunday morning, my husband's, like, sleeping in because he'd done a show the night before. I was like, okay, no assistance here. So I'm trying to hustle the children. My daughter is refusing to get out of her pajamas, and my son would not even get dressed. So I was just, like, having a meltdown. I was like, okay, try the calm approach. And I was like, guys, do you want to?

I'll make you a special. breakfast after it. I was trying everything. It's an early start for the kids, isn't it? And then I was like, I can't even drag them kicking and screaming because it's not the vibe. Yeah, I mean, you don't want them kicking off at the dorm parade. No. So apologies to the...

I was like, oh, this is really important to me. But the kids don't care. Yeah. Next year. Yeah, when they're older, they will. Yeah, well, yeah. And, listen, while you're apologising to the diggers, I'm apologising to being boys. Oh my God.

I had the world. bigger shocker. The radio station's associated with the ANZ Netball Premiership. So as part of it, we're inserted as the three-quarter time filler content. Megan, you can make it you're otherwise looking after your kids.

I thought it was all very convenient though. Long three-day weekend. Megan, two days before, was like, I can't make it now. Oh, yeah. Well, no, because I got the... I was like, okay, we're one down. We're one down. Then, honestly, if I could have left the house and been with you. And then the email comes through,

I'm sure John and Ben can handle it. That was email coming through. Yeah. And then Sunday. Didn't you send back a cheeky email being like, did you know what? We probably can't. Yeah, he did say that. I was looking at that before.

He was like, and you were right. Oh, right. Yeah. I completely forgot about it. Didn't even look at my phone calendar on Sunday. Didn't even look at my phone calendar all weekend. And then I was outside, mowing the lawns, farting around in the garden. You know, and I even said to myself, I was like, this is a great day when I finished

it. It's so much stuff done product. activity at an all time high. I was patting myself on the back mentally. And I walk inside and my wife has just awoken from a nap. She's watching the news. The netball's on. She goes, weren't you meant to be at that?

And oh, God. Like, just the range of emotions you go through in about 60 seconds. Denial, anger, frustration. A little bit of arousal. And then my heart sank and I just see Ben has text my phone saying, just pulling up to the car park, mate now. Sorry, I'm running a bit late. Well, I was like, any tips for car parking?

Clearly he didn't have any tips at all. Because I was like, I was trying to find a park. I was very busy. Oh, God, I'm so sorry. I was watching it because it was on TV, obviously, and I said to the kids, come and watch John-O and Ben. They're going to do like this side. And I'm like, I don't know if you're going to be it.

And I'm like, I don't know if you're there. Wonderful play for a three-day weekend from both of you guys. I was like, oh, yeah. Everyone's like, you're the only one working here, you're smuck. And it was like, they prank you both. And prank you. I'm like, yeah, well played. John O'O.

Well played. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm really embarrassed about that. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Now, Megan, you and your lady fingers

experience something for the first time over the weekend. Yeah, you guys are a bit further along in your parenting career than me. So I wanted to talk you through this. I had a first. My son is five and he's just started going to school. So there's a lot more kids there, a lot more parents and they.

Influence. A lot of influence. I met one of his schoolmates at that. the net boy actually. Did you? Yeah, and the mum and she got at school and they're like,

and how do you know bastard? I had to try to explain to the little five year old I was like, mum and I work with the anyway. Was the kid interested?

Well, started off. It was her question and then she lost interest midway through, I think this is the same the same people I'm about to talk about.

I know who you're talking about. So this is the first time this has happened after school that one of the moms was like, can we have bashing over for like a playday? And I was like, Oh, yeah.

And it's really sweet. It's a sweet little suburban neighborhood. So the people live four houses down. You did a bit of... And I was like, cute. Yeah, great. Did a Ricky on the house, did you? No shoes dangling from the power lines.

Well, in my mind, I was like, we have not... He's not had a play date where we haven't been there. So, like, leaving him at someone's house. So I was like, oh, okay. So we went home, got him changed. And, of course, we could just walk down the road. But then I'm panicking. I'm walking down the road and I'm like, take you.

shoes off when you get into the door. Make sure you use your manners. Please and thank you. Remember if you're offered anything, you say yes, please or no thank you. I'm like giving him like a real crash course and menace course. I'm like, be nice. If you're not nice, they want you to come back. And I was like panicking, panicking. And he's like, okay, mom, you need to chill out. So when I took him there, I walked away and I was like, this is free babysitting. This is incredible. But scary at the same time. He was with someone else for like three hours. Do you think you've cracked the code now? Just hand them around to houses all through the neighbourhood.

And they're all just like a few houses down. You've made it, mate. Great. Well, we went home and we were like, well, one of them's just gone for free. Why don't we drop the other one off at another house? Who, any takers, they've taken the easy one. But this is amazing, but also like terrifying at the same time. Leaving them at home for the first time too.

When they get to that age. They're going to burn a house down. That's a, that's an area. You're like, okay, bye. You go, they've been the first time doing that as well, when they're at the age that they can do that, you're like, okay. And then the first time

they drive away in a car by themselves. And they... That's going to be used to. Yeah, yeah. But they're not faced by it. No, they're not. They're ready for it.

It's definitely all in our heads. Yeah, exactly. Well, if it was the same people that I met, they said, Bass is lovely, just the most lovely, loveliest kid. Yeah, she got a great report card. Sorry.

And I was like, oh. If anything, he was too polite. Yeah. Keep going, overusing manners. Boy, do you want him back? You can have them any time. Well, congratulations. Yeah, thanks.

Thanks. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. T.M. Megan. All right. Someone is slanted your DMs. Yes, this is an age gap situation. It reads, my daughter has been in her current relationship for just over a year now.

But my issue is, she's dating a 50-year-old man as she is only 22. Woo! I've been quiet, not necessarily overly. supportive but kept my mouth shut because I honestly didn't think it would last this long. He has two kids from a previous relationship and don't get me wrong, I'm not judging this man. He deserves to find love again. But with a 22 year old, he is just holding her back from experiencing life, especially in her young 20s. What should I do?

It's a tough one. And, you know, it's not an icky relationship. You know, there's many age gaps in relationships. you know, sometimes sometimes they can be a bit, you know, a lot of questions can hang over those. I mean, it's a big age gap, but you're right, there's nothing to sinister behind,

you know, you're like, oh, okay. There's no grooming this going on. And there's no relationship between the man and the family. They've just met each other, obviously, these two. Yeah, it seems like it, yeah. Crazy, crazy. I tell, but it's just, the big thing is different stages of life

is what I always think about that gap. You know, like. But that's not your issue to worry about. I guess so. Yeah, sure, and some people don't go through. the same stage of life. Some people are very mature 20 year old. That's the thing.

Like I've got an age gap of 10 years, which probably is, I mean, did I not tell you? What I thought we'd have brought that up a few times. Are you a younger older? You're the younger one, right? Oh, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, wow. That's surprising information.

But people love to stick their nose in, take the piss. Different stages of life? Yeah, but I just think like, sometimes, Sometimes your relationship transcends age, you know? And you meet in the middle somehow. And also, you can't do anything about it. Like, what are you wanting to do? Break them up?

Like, what are you? It's her life. It is, yeah. She's chosen that man. And there's nothing you can do it. You can't pick your kids. I know, but for you, obviously, a smaller gap. What's it like for you having to take blood thinners when Andrew's doing pre-drinks and stuff

when he's going out to festivals and things? Make sure you've got your quickies and stuff for later. Get a bit of a heartburn. Just popping pills, you're popping. Look, I'm kind of torn on this one because I kind of look, stemming back, I'm like everyone, you know, you do you, don't, yuck other people's y'am, if they're happy, they're happy. But having, yeah, you've got two daughters.

Who are approaching this age. I'd be like, I don't know how comfortable I would be if this was my daughter. You know, and that was the thing. I'd be probably nothing I could do to stop it, but I wouldn't be super comfortable. He'd come around for family dinner. He's four years older than you, you might. Yeah, I'm like. God.

Oh God. Do you call him? Yeah. Oh yeah, a lot older than you. Yeah. Interesting dynamic. We, our friend of ours, this is crazy. Her friend started dating their mate's dad.

In the friend group. And so then the dad was like coming out as one of the boy friends. I don't know. I don't know what I just said that. But she said that really, they had not come to terms with it, the friend group. But it had been like four or five years. this pretty stable relationship. Yeah.

So, hey, it happens. People fall in love. Age is just a number until it gets illegal. That's what I say. Well, someone has said, I quite like this, although I've never heard it before.

Someone said on our Facebook page, it's better to be an old man's sweetheart than a young man's slave. Okay, all right. 100 of the Hits. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

Okay, today's dear Megan is from a mum, and she is concerned that her 22-year-old daughter is dating a fifth. year old man. She sounds like the age thing is the only problem she has. She hasn't given any details about anything else

and she reckoned she's holding her back at such a young stage in life. So some comments on our Facebook page, someone has said literally that if you have nothing other than his age that is making you feel uneasy, just take a chill pill mum. Your daughter is an adult and can make her own decisions. Well they are two consenting adults.

So you mentioned old old DiCaprio? What's he running now? Well, yeah, I don't know. He's in his early 50s and so and often would, the jokes always that he dates people in their 20s. Yeah, once they get to 25 doesn't he

get rid of them? Feels different when Leonardo DiCaprio. See, for some reason we accept that. No one's questioning. He's a Hollywood movie star. He's made it a habit now. So he's just his personality. So I had hired with the hits.

What would you do if this was your friend and they were concerned about their daughter? Alison, happy New Year to you. Thank you, Gary. Now, we understand your mates going through this exact same scenario with her daughter. Yeah, she has. We go for walks and she moans about it. But I get back quite because he treats her daughter really well.

He adores her. He's not under drugs. He's not alcoholic. He hasn't got any criminal records. He provides for his other family. Jeez, you've done a full background check on the guy, haven't you? Oh, she's told me all this. I'm sort of like, well, what's your problem?

Yeah. You know, like, you know, he ups, he upsets up your daughter. and treats her well and there's no other concerns provides for his family it's, yeah Has he got kids from a previous relationship, Alison? Do you know that?

Gossip for us? He's got two. And where are they in relation to her age-wise? They are coming up to be teenagers so they're not, yes, they're probably like that's not the same person as it. This girl's 25. All right. Maybe your friends are like Allison's not listening to me.

I'm going to have to go to the bloody radio. Allison keeps telling me I'm banging on about it when we go for a walk. All right, well thank you, let them be. That's her theory. Any more messages on Facebook then, Megan? No, a lot of people are saying, look, it's our job as mums to make sure that our daughter is happy. If there's nothing else that is ringing alarms for you, just leave her be. Someone said, have you seen the pool of guys around her age nowadays to choose from?

You might change your mind. And I guess If she was wanting to go overseas He might be in a more financially stable position To do an overseas trip with you know And not have to live out of hostels And you know Go on buses with smelly people

You wouldn't be casting aspersions on her now would you Oh I'm just saying mate I'm just saying It's fact of life You're more financially stable at 50 than you are 20 Holly Happy New Year to you What do you want to say on this issue

So I can kind of relate Because I was the daughter My mum was complaining about the age difference How old was the person you were dating? I was 20 and he was 32 Okay so not crazy You know Megan, you just Just informed us

That she's apparently dating someone younger than her Or married to someone younger than her We were 10 years So not far off you Okay so what happened there? So we were together for 18. years but it wasn't a good relationship. So as long as he's treating her well and there's no other problems, it shouldn't be anyone's

business. Yeah. Even if the mum, and the mum, I guess, has got to, yeah. Well, your mum's just, she just wants the best for her daughter. So it's not malicious, but yeah, thank you for your call. What are we saying to this person? You know, I understand, but your job as a mum is to look after them and stand beside them, not push them into anything, you know?

So make sure she's happy. That's all you can ask for. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. Now, I probably sat in the most awkward silence, I think, over a 24-hour period on Friday. My mate's son had to come and stay. Because they're down the line, he was here for a rugby exchange sort of thing with another school. So they, he was going to bill it. But then my mate was like, oh, can he just stay with you?

You know? And I was like, yeah, of course, of course, what I didn't factor in. And I've asked my friend if I could talk about this on the radio. Was the kids 14? Okay? We're just talking about a big age gap. Like the, what have I got in common with a 14 year old? Now, my son, he was away for the night.

So the commonality of conversation was gone. Ah, got you. So just me and this kid. Well, what would you talk to your son about? Yeah. How is school, mate? And you'd go good. And be like, okay, mate, you're going to have a great day.

You know, the syllables become less and less the older. they become, which is fine. So, yeah, this poor child was sitting on the couch, and he arrived in the afternoon. Now, he's not gone till the morning. Okay, so I'm working hard, because he's not leading the conversation. That's fine.

He's 14. But as radio hosts, we hate dead air. Silence. Silence. Dead air. And there was a lot of it. So, you know, I'm firing off questions. What position do you play, mate? Oh, yeah, halfback.

No follow-up. No follow-up. Do you like rugby? Yeah, I like rugby. Of course he does. He plays rugby. Your line of questioning sucks at the moment. I was working hard. We'd cover it off all the...

How long was the trip? How was it driving? We're covering off a wide range of topics. This is over a half hour period. Then it just reached the... This was in the Friday afternoon, just reached Death Lee. We're just both sitting on the couch. I turn on the TV.

I was like, should we watch see if there's some rugby on TV. Rugby's you already. It's your own. I guess you know that's the thing you're not. And I could tell he was just like, can someone teleport me to tomorrow morning. I was thinking the same thing. I kept saying to him, hey, you know, the spare room's all made up. You can just go chill in the room.

I was trying to push him. Oh, yeah, right. So, yeah, there's a device. There's five devices. Do something. Yeah. Can I pitch to you, you spoke to this poor kid for half an hour. Like, you love chewing people's ear.

And so you'd spoken to him for half an hour. Did you ever just think to like leave him with the TV? Like, you could have just walked away? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was cleaning stuff, imaginary stuff out there. I'd just go clean this thing out there that didn't need cleaning. It was making up stuff to clean. Clean that, there's a bird out there on the tree.

I might give that a wash. He's like, probably thinking, when is this old mate going to leave me alone? I just wanted to, like, chill. I had to drop him off at 10am, but I woke him up at 8 o'clock. I was like, bro, we've got to go. We've got to get you there nice and you. You don't want to miss the rugby game, mate. How long was the car ride?

That was 20 minutes, silent. Silent. I could tell him. He was so relieved when he walked out of that car. He was like, thank God. I never have to see that guy ever again in my life. He was interviewed by Graham Norton. So, yeah, I'm not going to be starting up a billeting program any time soon, guys.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Imposter game is something where we started last week. Fun little game where there's a secret word, and one of us doesn't know the word. they are the imposter and they have to bluff their way through pretending they know the word without actually knowing it and trying to formulate a plan to working out the word at the same time

it's quite hard when you're the imposter. It is very hard. Like I haven't been the imposter yet but man it must be so hard. Although you get a clue word don't you? Yeah, on the app that we'll have to infuse that. Yeah, so if you want to know the word because obviously we're not going to mention it, you can just text word to 4487

and we'll bounce you back the word right now. Producer Grace is tapping out of the game after she was... She's sulking. She's like, I can't lie. I can't lie to you guys. She can't. She is a terrible imposter, which is a lovely trait, Grace.

She kind of politely nods and smiles and is very confused. So she has resigned from the game. Producer Troy now stepping in. So one of the four of us is the imposter. It could be me. Producer Grace has had a look at the word, and I'm about to check on the app right now what the word is. And whether I'm the imposter or not. Okay, I'm going to pass it over to the next player.

Have a look. Okay, that's heading my way. Hold to reveal. Okay, next player. And we each got to say a word afterwards that relates to that particular word. Without being too close, I guess, in some ways. I've handed it over. Yeah, text word to 4487 if you want to know what the word is.

And you can try and figure out who is playing the role of imposter. Now, why doesn't Troy kick things off? Okay. Prodisey Troy. I'm going to say life. Life. Okay. Oh, yeah.

I'm going to say, so my kids want to think about it. Think about it. That's what they say after everyone. I'm going to say farm. Yep. What am I going to say? Okay, so we've had very, very different things. Began.

Oval? Okay. Should we do another round? Yeah, that's a one. Okay. You can text, Paul for eight seven. If you want to know what the word is, just text word and you can figure out which of us is lying. Breakfast.

Okay. Jono. think about it think about it think about it think about it you see breakfast I'd also say

lunch oh okay okay what about Megan what are you going to say um animal okay so okay

well let's put it in there if you think yeah yeah I think well I thought I knew who the imposter was but maybe I don't now John O'Ben and Megan the podcast The Hats

Playing the imposter game there's a secret word one of us is the imposter, trying to bluff their way through it, thinking that they know the word. We're trying to work out who the imposter is, and the imposter's trying to work out what the word is. And you can join in as well if you want to figure out or know what the word is. Text word to 4487 and try and decipher.

It's quite fun. Which I don't know who it is, to be honest. Yeah, I thought I did and now I don't. And that could be me bluffing at the same time. I could be the imposter. I reckon I know who it is. Okay, all right. So we're going to do one more round.

4487, if you want to know the word beforehand, we'll reveal very shortly we'll start with you producer joy crack okay protein box round to megan think about it think about it think about it think about it think about it think about it think about it me about poach oh so we're really confused to be honest i thought it was megan i did too i was sure it was megan now i'm not sure if if it is mcgan she's caught on the word really well uh sue with us on o800 the hits well well well sue Happy New Year. Happy New Year to you, too.

Now you've been playing along. You think you've figured out what the word is, Sue. Yeah. So I do. I think I know what the word is. Without texting through? 4487, you've worked it out. What's the word?

I think it's egg. Yeah, it's eggs. Who gave it away? Who's a clue? All of them together, like, well, the last round was really obvious when it was poach and things. But even before that, it was, you know, the cracks, the box Jono's head

Nice So Sue now you've listened to all of us Play the game I don't know who it is Who's the imposter? I think it's Jono I think it's Megan

Okay I'm gonna go I'm gonna stick with Megan I'm gonna sit with Megan I might be wrong I think she's figured it out I'm going with Megan because of the very first round When Jono said round ish

And then she went over Well I was just trying to fix his She might fix his clue So I am going to say I am not the imposter. Okay. Are you? I'm not the imposter.

So it's either producer Troy or Megan. Okay. Who was it? I'm the imposter. You did really well. By the end of it, you worked out obviously with the wooded. Yeah. Well, I don't know.

Because when you said poachs, I was like, oh, wow. I was gutted that you said not quite round because my hint was oval. And I was like, damn it. So there we go. Well, fun game. We'll do that again next Tuesday. So this has been a treat talking to you going. Have a wonderful week, okay?

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. We had a guest in the studio last week. Yeah. Famous guests. Yeah, Melissa O'Neill. She's one of the lead characters of the TV show The Rookie, which is the biggest show in New Zealand on TVNZ Plus. Hugely popular.

She was at Armageddon over the weekend. My sister went along with her family to, they lined up. They said hundreds and hundreds of people lying out for photos, and they did a big Q&A session as well at Armageddon. It's a very, very popular show. And then they started singing this song. On stage, got the whole crowd singing to Armageddon.

Is that the cast of the Rookie? Yeah, yeah. Oh, how good. Yeah, a couple people from the Rookie as well on stage at Armageddon over the weekend as well. So, awesome to have her in the country. Now, she popped in a couple of days before the weekend. It was in the studio. And having a great time in New Zealand.

Yeah, it's a place that she'd always dreamed. of going to. Yeah. It was a textbook interview. Yeah, we had a great time. Had a bit of a laugh. There was an awkward thing we didn't put to where we tried calling a cafe that they had visited and the lady put us on hold and didn't answer and it was long and then

Melissa was like, well, this is just going to get edited out. She was right. I was like, I regret every part of this, Melissa, I'm sorry. So it was a little bit of awkward ending towards the interview. End of the interview. Had some photos and stuff. She actually popped back to get some photos and do some videos because people around the office wanted some videos.

Yeah. She was very nice and very accommodating. Everything was going great. And then I opened my mouth. Old awkward John O'Roy. I just said to her, I said, do you like forests? Have you been to a forest? Have you been to a forest?

Have you been to a forest? Have you been to a forest? There's no other, like, reference. That's nothing. Out of the blue, you say, Have you been to a forest? Yeah, we hadn't been talking about forests. No, no, at all.

Not even in the interview. In hindsight, could come across a, quite creepy. Yeah, have you been to a forest? I could see the fear and confusion in her eyes. Yeah, and she was like, have I been to a forest? In my lifetime, yes. She's like, I do like nature.

Yeah. She was really trying to help you out. Yeah, and the backstory as I had seen on her Instagram, she'd had a photo with a couple of trees. Yeah. I don't think this was in New Zealand, though. This was overseas. No, so then I was like, oh, I saw you're standing next to a tree.

Again, creepy. What? She should backstory this and go, hey, I saw on your Instagram that you were in a forest. That's great now. Where was that? Yeah, I'll take that into the next conversation. Just to give context to the people. Yeah, really.

And then the TV and Z lady was like, I think that might be the strangest question. I've heard one human ever ask another human being. So I apologize to Melissa and Television New Zealand as well for that. We left on a sour note. It was all going to go. I'm not going to lie, I was quite embarrassed. She had been to a forest though, which was the good thing. She had.

Yeah. So that's great. Have you been to a forest? Have you? You just need some context, Jono. It's up there to when, like you ask someone if they like donuts. That's right. Yeah.

Do you like donuts? What's your favourite donut? And they're like, we were talking about donuts. We weren't doing that. It was like, yeah. I just need to, uh, I might go mute now. Once we finish doing interviews and stuff, I'll turn the mics off. I won't say anything, all right?

It's lovely to meet you. Have a great day. Maybe that's, uh. That would have to suffice. Won't even do that. Johno Ben and Megan. The podcast. That.

Megan, we just wanted to confront you and producer Troy. There was a show that's playing on the television. It was kind of like a, it was all mute, but it was kind of like a cooking show from what I could gather. And these were, it felt like it was a spin-off of Master Chef Australia. There was a whole lot of people making different recipes and stuff, right? Some of the judges and then some of the people who have been in Master Chef, they were just making like easy kitchen creations. Yeah, now you're easy, just a little passive-aggressive dig there. I was like it wasn't like master chef.

It was a cooking show. It was a cooking show, Megan. They had cameras, they had ingredients. No, just when we say master chef, you're thinking like, you know, fancy. But it was, you know, everyday dinner ideas. Yeah, right. So, you know, producer Troy and Megan, probably the two show foodies. They love cooking.

You make great food. Don't get me wrong. Both of you make great food. But, geez, you're really judgmental viewers of other people cooking. Yeah. Didn't you find that? Yeah. Yeah.

All the way, this is a little bit of all the way. This is a little bit of audio. It needs like some honey or something. Hey. I think so. She's just trying to integrate this granola brand. You've got to put the granola on it. How can we use granola in a way that's not just with milk?

And then it was like, oh, there's too much salt. Not enough salt. No, that'd be very bland. That beef flavour doesn't look deep enough. We're getting all the feedback. He's just touched the chicken. Where's he's putting his hands? I'll probably wash them, but that's not exciting television,

watching someone wash their hands in between touches. He was wiping them on a teetail. And she made like, well, what is essentially a ratatouille but she put salami slices into it. And me and Troy weren't happy with that. No, you weren't happy with any of it. No, none of it. What's you making? Oh, I would not serve that to even my dog.

No, I exaggerated that bit. But you watch it like it was sport. You were commentating on it like it was sport. Yeah. So this is what we want to open up this morning. I 800 of the hits, four, four, three, seven. What's a show you just can't sit down and watch? because you're too stressed out.

I imagine the Warriors for you then. Yeah, I get pretty involved in the Warriors. You know, sports teams that I want to win. I probably get up. I do a lot of, my kids say I clap really loudly when something good happens. Do you? I'm a loud clapper. And a lot of standing up right.

If it gets really tense, they know I'll get right by the TV. They're like, okay, standing up right. Standing up in the lounge, fully like standing right up by the TV. Oh my gosh. If it's really close, that's somehow it's more stressful watching it on television than it is at the stadium. At the stadium, yeah. Because you're not getting all the close-up angles and, yeah.

One show I can't watch, and it's also related to cooking, is that show The Bear. Everyone's like, you've got to go watch that show, The Beer. It's about this bloody stressed out guy trying to run a restaurant, and it was, my anxiety levels went up. Have you watched The Beer? I've watched a little bit about my wife's wife's. I love that show, but the thing is, it is very much like a kitchen. It's not like dramatized.

It's very stressful. intense. It's like a hostage situation. Yeah, like the camera shots all moving and stuff and they're trying to make these meals and stuff and they're about he's outside having a siggy and he's like he's stressed and he's back in there again. I'm like oh, the prophets aren't good cause. I was like, I don't need this in my life.

John O'Ben and Megan The podcast. The Hits. I had a lot of fun watching producer Troy and Megan who love cooking. Love cooking. Watching a show where people were making food and they could not help but critique the whole time.

honey or something. You know, that's not going to be a, what an earth is she making? Where she put in that salami? Plain ricotta on toast. And then with some figs, I was like, you need some honey or something. You need to flavour the ricotta. So this was the live commentary we were getting watched there. But we did a cook-off competition with you.

We were all to make Massaman, thanks to briskos and the pressure cooker. And I remember you just keep saying about our beef, the flavours aren't deep enough. The flavours are just not deep enough. No, it was a very Like, there's supposed to be a depth of flavour With like, yeah, especially Thai It's like sweet and spicy and yeah So can you watch cooking shows in general or?

No, I do, I like Master Chef Yeah, but you like making comments at the same time, don't you? My kitchen rules, no, it grates me Because they're, yeah But then they're not given enough time to do stuff One of the shows that are, well, I can't watch Because it stresses me as maths math yeah i can't watch that

and a lot of the time it ends up because if you're watching it as a couple you'll get the old you do that you know I'd rather remove myself from any chance of that conversation we watch it we think oh my god we're actually okay yeah you do well

that's another great thing about it too it doesn't make you feel good brandon what show can't you watch because it stresses you out oh the show that I just can't watch Shortland Street does it stress you out too much Shortland Street Yeah, yeah, you just sort of like, you just feel like everyone's making bad decisions. You're like, this affair's not going to end well, guys.

Yeah, it's one of those shows you kind of go, oh no, oh no, they're doing that, they're going to end up there. Make better choices. Yeah, exactly, exactly. I love that. We always say that about country music songs. Like if they just removed alcohol from the equation, they'd have nothing to sing about. Nothing to sing about. It's the thing that, if they remove bad decision making from short,

Golden Street, there wouldn't be anything to watch, Brendan. Pretty much, pretty much. I appreciate you, cool, mate. Thank you so much. Shows that stress you out, Sharon, and Christchurch, Happy New Year. Happy New Year. What is it for you?

Oh, those dog shows where, you know, they're adopting the dogs, and then they say sometime later, and some of the dogs they don't keep, and it makes me cry. Oh, yeah, look, what's it called? What's that one called, the Dog House? Yeah, yeah. We only want happy endings. Just don't tell us.

love it when they go and then and then they call the dog and the dog comes running out and it's like aw oh that's uh shan's reliving it in real time yeah you're right oh how do you're talking a lot of oh yeah maybe just like everyone ended up happily adopted the end exactly that's what you want don't know if you guys have seen that movie you've seen grown-ups the movie it's like adam sand know and it's a movie and it's a movie that's a movie you know it's not a great movie but it's my mate's favorite movie because he doesn't like, you know, things are getting tense in movies. You know how there's always that bit we're like, oh no, oh no. He's like, that movie, nothing really happened.

He's like, I love this movie because there's no real major drama points. There's no conflict. He's like, it's great. I've watched it so many times because I don't get any anxiety. No, you need the conflict to get the resolution. He's like, no, grown up for me. It was, okay, interesting theory. It was a big critique of the movie on Rotten Tomatoes, but it's a huge win for him.

John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Friday was a historic day, Megan, for about five years. We've wanted to take the plastic wrapping, protective coating off your fridge. You've left it on there, right, since you had the fridge? I have, yeah. It was to protect it from my children who like to run things into the fridge, hands on the fridge, everything crashing into the fridge.

So I was just trying to protect it. I mean, it's served a purpose. And you're rightfully so. I mean, the fridge door takes a real battering. And it was just under fray, though. That was the frustrating thing. on all four corners, on all four doors. The plaster was giving up on sticking to the fridge.

And so on Friday, it was a bit of it like a gender reveal, wasn't it? We peeled off the sticker, and producer Troy took time out of his busy schedule to record some parody intros. You make me feel. You make me feel like a refrigerator. Oh my God, like that's rare. What a do you do if someone see that, did you? It's supposed to be like a love song.

You make me peel like a refrigerator. And Troy really, he really inserted his musical skills on Friday because he also played the trumpet fanfare for the big pealing as well. A little shaky. Pulls it back. We were pretty excited about it We're in tuxedo Megan was in a fridge costume

And then we got to finally Peel the plastic off the fridge The plastic fridge It's not coming off clean It's not as easy as I thought It is wrapped around the inside of the door Which doesn't give it a good yank It's quite stuck on there

Satisfying I'm gonna help Oh Oh geez it felt good All that build up was worth it Yeah It was not disappointing at all.

And a lot of people on the comments were like, that's the most satisfying thing of you heard on radio. You know, like, so many people hit me up over the weekend. It was like, the pictures of your fridge was disgusting. But also the peeling of it.

So satisfying. Very satisfying. Still happy with it? Yeah, is it all right? The fridge is okay. So, yeah. I are very impressed with the finish because it's a matte finish,

which I never knew because it had to stick around. No idea. Even my husband came home and he was like, oh, it's Matt. He was really happy with it. Wow. Yeah, kind of matched with the kitchen wall. Yeah, my son came home from school and he was like, wow, the fridge looks so great, so much better now.

And then my daughter splenched her hands all over it. Oh, you get the greasy handmarks there. Yeah, but no dense. No dance. No dance. Well, speaking of your kids, the night before, you recorded them. A little bit of a message. And they're going to have breakfast here, and we're going to record, we're going to do the whole show here. My miss, General.

You like Jono? Yeah. What about Ben? Yeah? I like both of them. Ah, what about Troy? Mom, can you send them? Can you send that video to them?

Yes. Who's your favourite? Johnor or Ben? Me? Yeah. And what about you? Who's your favourite? John or Ben?

Ben. Now the thing is, the next morning, Aya, your sweet little daughter, Kay. Me? She's like, who you're asking me? You're like, yeah, the only one that I've been asking the question. She is honestly so sassy.

Me. You started the whole, the whole conversation. I was also looking at her. Br, I'm looking at you. Then we turned up the next morning. She had no idea who we were. You're like, which one is Jono? She's like, I don't know.

And I was like, which one's your favourite? And she would just look to me like, I'm the same person, aren't they? To be honest, she's like, I was just saying some stuff for you. You were filming me. I thought I needed to bring you some content. She came home in the afternoon after daycare, and she's like, we shone all been.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.