Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: How I Ended Up with a Cockpit in My Backyard!

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

On today’s show: Is this a sign Megan shouldn't iron anymore? Jono got scammed! Well... you’ll be surprised by what he actually got “scammed” by. How a listener ended up with a sheriff's office in her backyard! Why Jono was humped by Megan’s dog... Ben’s daughter believes she belongs at the radio awards — and we agree! Dear Megan: A co-parent writes in — their ex is trash-talking them to other school parents! 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 team. Welcome to the podcast, Megan. You've got what I think was a great ironing hack or a housework hack, kind of backfired, we're going to hear very shortly. Yeah, it did.

I'd literally just in the past week taken up ironing. Like, first time I've used my iron ever. It has backfired. Yeah, it's a time-consuming activity, isn't it, ironing? But you just say your friend really enjoys the process. Yeah, you'll hear what his hack is as well and how he gets out of other housework by doing it, which is quite genius.

If you're going to line all the household chores up, you go, oh, yeah, I'll take that one. For the reasons being, you're like, oh, I get what he, yeah, I get why he's doing it. I think that's why I suddenly enjoyed it so much. My mum loves it too. Puts a cup of tea on, puts a show on, watches like The Crown or something.

Yeah, good choice. When you're getting stuff done while you're also enjoying it. Productive. Smart. So you hear about that and how Jono almost got scammed, or he thought he got scammed. Well, that's coming up in the next five on the podcast. Yeah.

Jono, Ben and Megan got scammed. Well, that's coming up in the next five on the podcast. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. So, Megan, you've had a sign from the cleaning gods. A near-death experience again for me. I have multiple of these. Yeah. I have just taken up ironing because it's kind of cathartic.

Just now? Yeah. Never ironed. No. I used to do it as like a chore that people would pay me for when I was a teenager. Who decided our clothes needed to be wrinkle-free? If no one invented that, and we all just went through life going, oh, I'm comfortable with these wrinkled clothes, then no one would have any issues.

But then it gets into people's heads and anxiety, I'm sure. I think it's quite cathartic. So I've taken it up, I even was ironing my sheets partly to get away from my husband's singing the Australian anthem but I at the weekend got a whole bunch of our clothes, I was ironing t-shirts

I even ironed my four year old son's undies and I was like this has gone too far one of my mates loves it, he's like it's the best housekeeping job to do because you can like you look like you're watching stuff you're watching shows you watch sport whatever it is but you're doing something at the same time he's like do it for two hours or his wife's like cleaning the toilets and the bathrooms he's like I'm doing the ironing she's like thanks so much for doing all the ironing yes yes do you know what I also found I watch the full game yes you can watch TV, but your partner can't tell you to do something because you're like, I'm doing a chore.

Yeah. You make the kids dinner. I'm ironing. No one wants to do the ironing. But I'm watching TV. Yeah. It's a great hack. So I've just got into it.

Sounds really lame. Sounds really lame. But like I said, I had an iron and an ironing board for years and I'm cranking the ironing I was doing it for about an hour and I'm not even joking you the the iron went bang and I saw a little fireball come out the cord and it blew up and it's like you haven't used me for 10 years it burnt my wrist so I quickly unplugged it and put it outside. And the smell, I literally blew up my iron. And so you've retired from ironing. Yeah, I was like, that's a sign from the gods.

One and done. Even the iron was like, I'm ironing children's underpants here. This is a huge waste of towing resource. I think you can watch Formula One on TV. Yeah, I took a photo of my blown up iron. I can put it on our HitSocials. Hit Breakfast Socials. Oh, that's breakfast.

I packed it in. Ironing days are over. What is the most ludicrous thing you've ironed? I reckon you're going to beat miniature underpants. Tiny little four year old Sonic the Hedgehog undies. Thank you for ironing my undies though Megan, I appreciate it.

You dropped your washing off again today, did you? Yeah, thank you. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. I wanted to know just quickly the most random thing that you're ironing after Megan spent a long time over the weekend. Blew up my iron. Yeah. She's ironing that hard. Out-ironed the iron.

Brett, great to have you on the New Zealand's Breakfast this morning. How are you, mate? Yeah, not too bad. Yourself? Yeah, we're doing well. Good. I didn't think anything could get stranger than... Sonic the Hedgehog undies of my four-year-olds.

Did you do it inside and outside or just do a big press on top? No, just outside but then I fold it and iron it again. You fold the underpants? Yeah. Well, not anymore. I don't iron them anymore because my iron's gone. What was the strangest thing you ironed, Brett? Well, back when I was a kid,

the early mid-60s, my grandmother used to get me to iron the money before it went to the bank. Oh, so before she's given it back to them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They had a couple of butcher shops in Mangere, and my job when I stayed there was to iron the money so that the bank had nice crisp notes when she went there. That's very thoughtful. Very thoughtful. Literal money laundering, we're saying.

And so would she pay you in money that you were ironing? I can't remember. No. Probably not. It's her job. You'd be worried that you were going to burn the money. You'd have to get the setting just right, wouldn't you? I was paper money back then, so.

Even worse. Put it on the silk setting and you'll be right. I just lost a hundred bucks, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, well, thank you. That is the most random thing that has come through on the text machine. Hey, good on you. Yeah.

Well, that's the old banking system, wasn't it? Yeah. And speaking of the new banking system, I've got to share this with you. So you know when sometimes you look through your account and you can see random withdrawals that I didn't have any idea where they came from. So it was random was it PH Holdings.

So I'm like, Jen, my wife, we're going through this last night, looking through the forensic, financial forensic investigators going through it. There's another PH Holdings. There's 68 there. Oh, there's 80 there. There's 45 here. All random denominations.

And I was thinking, where is this coming from? Like, I have no idea. And it just goes on and on and on. And I'm thinking, the card's been skimmed. Right. And they're doing a really smart play of just taking out little amounts that you might. Little amounts that you may not notice, yeah. Which starts to happen, right?

And boy, oh boy, the accusations were flying. I was like, I went into this shop down the road. They're now closed. You know what they did? They went and took everyone's details. They were international scammers. So I was like, I'm calling the bank. Getting to the bottom of this.

So I phone the ASB. I was like, this is wild. I think I'm about to uncover an international scamming syndicate here. She's like, okay, what's happened? I was like, PH Holdings. Can you see that on the screen? She's like, I can see, okay, what's happened? I was like, PH Holdings. Can you see that on the screen? She's like, I can see, yeah, PH Holdings. And I was like, how many transactions?

She's like, oh, there's dozens. Dozens over years. I said, years? Years. I was like, do you have insurance to pay for the scam thing? And she's like, yeah, we do cover it. Can you just hold there for a second? So I'm going to hold for about 30 seconds.

She comes back. She's like, do you like pizza? I was like, this is an odd question to lead in. Odd question to lead in with. With this, you know, investigation, scam investigation. I was like. We know that you go to the pizza joint a lot. Who doesn't like pizza?

Well, you were happy to talk about how he knows his delivery guy by name. And she goes, PH Holdings, it's Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut. I was like, oh, this is humbling. This is really humbling. On two levels. Hundreds of transactions over years. Over years.

And false accusations, all sorts of stuff going on. And then also to see the total of what you spend on pizza. Sometimes once or twice. Twice a week sometimes. You're like, add up the totals. That's what I want back. None of it makes sense. It's definitely got to be a scam.

I hate how you go through your transactions and they use a random name. You're like, what is that? Well, I mean, to be fair, I mean, it went too far, but you're right. And it would be a lot more embarrassing for me just reading it that just said Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut. At least there's a little bit of discretion there. And you start accusing your wife, where are you going on a Friday night? Oh, yeah, I tell you what, everything was flying.

Everything was flying. But there we go, it's just an overconsumption of pizza. So case closed. Yesterday we got... John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits Megan you got called

Passed for 19 they thought In a photo shoot the other day Yes my makeup artist Made a very nice comment And one photo she said Oh you look 19 Yeah lighting was involved Makeup

Conditions were perfect And ever since that day Ben and I have been Trying to cut you down Like the tall poppy choppers we are It's been very tough, actually. You definitely look the youngest. That's been the general consensus.

We sent you out to get ID as well. Yeah, but that's not always the case. Dare I say, Tom Cruise, 62 years old. You put him up next to a normal. Tom Cruise in here next to me. You're like, oh, there's Tom Cruise having a fight with Joe Biden. You guys are not Tom Cruising. No, we're definitely not Tom Cruising.

So we wanted some help to maybe to find out how we could be a Tom Cruising, you know, and maybe there's some options going overseas. Yeah, and well, Vicky joins us. A bit of a Turkish trip. Good morning. Good morning. How are you? Yeah, we're doing well.

Lovely to have you on. Thank you. Someone who's been overseas gave yourself a bit of a spruce up, we understand, in Turkey. I did. I did. I went over to Turkey and had implants, dental implants. Dental implants?

Yes. And how much, like, again, if you're paying here compared to what you're paying there, what was the saving? Are we talking double the price or three times or what? I probably saved myself at least $50,000. Wow. Lee, I was not expecting that. Were you nervous about doing it?

Because obviously you save a lot of money, but to go over to a country that's not New Zealand, to go over there and do this, I mean, how were you feeling through that whole process? No, I couldn't wait to have something done. My teeth were just unbearable. No confidence, covered my mouth when I spoke, didn't smile in photos.

Terrible teeth. Right, and so you obviously got a quote here, and it wasn't feathered in my bubble. No, I didn't get a quote here. I didn't even bother because I'd actually got a quote in Australia like about five years ago, which was that was $52,000, and now that's up to $80,000. So I thought, oh, my God, what's it going to be here?

So I didn't bother. How is that even affordable for anyone? It's not, is it? Well, I know a lot of people in Australia which draw super do it. Oh, their retirement money. There are circumstances they can draw out their super, but I don't know about here. I don't know how it works here.

Were you worried about the language barrier over there, like maybe you'd end up with implants somewhere else? My teeth are still shocking, but jeez, I've got a beautiful Brazilian butt lift. But I've got no kidney. That all ran smoothly. This is why it's so cheap. Yeah, that was all good? That was fine.

I wasn't worried one bit. Everything. Just coming back on the glow-up express on that plane. Everyone just feeling top-notch. They didn't try and upsell you? Was there a catalogue when you were there? Were they trying to sell you, you know, like a boob job or?

Not at all. Hopefully the dentist wasn't. He's like, what are you here for? You look like you did it with a new pair of breasts. And a nose by the look of it. Thank you so much for sharing, Vicky. You have a wonderful day. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. You've got crazy news out of East Auckland. Yeah, so there's a fighter jet, like a full fighter jet parked in an East Auckland lawn in the backyard. Now, this has been spotted from Google Maps, so it's clearly visible on that.

It's a half-moon bay. They don't know whose property it is and why it's there, but it's like, yeah, it looks like it's something visible on that. And Half Moon Bay, they don't know whose property it is and why it's there but it's like, yeah, it looks like it's something from the 80s, a fighter jet from the 80s, a naval fighter jet. It's the full fighter jet.

It's like a jump jet, eh? Isn't those ones from Top Gun, original Top Gun? I think they literally can jump. Maybe Maverick came over, had a big night, forgot he parked his fighter jet. Pretty cool thing to have in the backyard though, right?

It looks like a Top Gun jet. You mean one that sort of takes off by just going straight up instead of... How did they get it in there? Well, they reckon, yeah, so they reckon, without talking to the owner obviously, because they haven't done that, they reckon it's originally from the north of England. In 2015, it was reported it had been sold in New Zealand.

And, yeah, and somehow it's ended up in the backyard of someone's property. Is it a Harrier jump jet? Is that what it is? You're asking me a question. Yes, I think so. Yeah, it is. It's a Top Gun plane. You ask me a lot of questions.

Okay, well, now I'm intrigued. I'm intrigued about the plane. Ask Miles when you say nice to meet you. Do you know what sort of jet this is, Miles? As a fan of mowing the lawns, it looks like a nightmare to mow the lawns around, because it would get the long grass underneath the wheels. Yeah, around, around, around. Yeah.

Yeah, it would be. I don't imagine it's something you could kind of like a wheelie bin, you can move forward and move back. No. It's to sort of mow around it. You know when you're like like all i've got in my backyard is a moss laden trampoline so i kind of pull that away mow under the tramp you know that sort of thing yeah what do you got in your backyard you still got that crazy cow yeah i've got a like a life-size uh fiberglass cow that every year i'm like you know this summer i'm gonna do because it's it's it's from a tv show

that i did many years ago when we're sneaking beer into stadiums and we snuck like a little keg inside this hollow cow into Waikato Stadium. And we got the beer in in the end and then we ended up with a cow, a five-glass cow. I was like, oh, I guess I'll just take it home and put it in the backyard. And it looks awesome, but it's all cracked. It's a nice feature.

You should do it. Now, for a guy who likes to knock stuff off his to-do list, I'm surprised. I know. It's a big job though and I'm not a real handy person. Donate it to Morrinsville. They like cows.

Yeah, they like all their cows. You know, like their fibreglass cows. Hey, two loungers, what have you got in your back? What have you got in your backyard? Nothing. You just had a lovely backyard, to be honest. I was trying to be nosy. You had a little thing, was it like a lovely backyard, to be honest. I was trying to be

nosy. You had a little thing. Was it like a little sink area type thing outside? They call it a mud kitchen. Like it's an outside kitchen for the kids. Oh, is that what it is? Yeah. That's clever. What did you think it was? I don't know. You always make yourself a scratch and stuff. I was like, I don't know.

Probably washing your figs in the backyard or something. I don't know what you do out there. No, it's a toy kitchen for the kids. It even makes your own dirt. It's functional though. The taps work and stuff. I was like, I don't know. Probably washing your figs in the backyard or something. I don't know what you do out there. No, it's a toy kitchen for the kids. It even makes her own dirt. It's functional though. The taps work and everything. Oh, that's cool.

Okay, so Megan's got a kitchen in the backyard. I've got a moss-laden trampoline. Ben's got a cow. Can we beat those? Probably, probably. Okay, the most interesting thing hiding away in your backyard.

Can you beat a fighter jet? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hat. It's been spotted on Google Maps, a full fighter jet. Is it a Harrier fighter jet? That's one of the questions I've been getting. A Harrier jump jet.

From Megan all morning about the jet. It's like a Top Gun one. It's like a Top Gun plane. It takes off vertically. So it's got the boosters. Well, that's very cool. Yeah, it goes whoop. Very cool.

In a backyard here in New Zealand. Up until now, it's been a nondescript backyard, but frighteningly, over the commercial break, Megan has managed to track down the address. I know the exact, I'm not going to say. I know the exact address, and I know how much the house is worth. It's a very big section. It's definitely a wealthy family.

Oh, of course it is. Why do they have a fighter jet in the backyard? Pretty cool. I guess if you could. If you live in pay packet to pay packet, you're not like, I'm going to invest in a fighter jet, are you? So it's got to have some spare cash floating around. What do they do with it?

Because it's right at the back of the section. I really want to go and see it. Great thing. If you're a kid, imagine being able to play in that. So cool. It'd be awesome. Okay, well, listen, hopefully we can take the show there and have a look at it.

Do a bit more digging. So, 800, that's the most exciting thing in your backyard. Now, Trish, we just heard from you. You've got, like, a sheriff's office? Office, yeah, yeah. So, when my son was four, he's 27 now, he won a sheriff's office through the Milky Bar Kid. So, they had to, it's a playhouse.

So, they had to bring the truck in And drop off all this wood I had to hire Mr Hubby They paid for it And he constructed it So it's a sheriff's house And it's got a little mezzanine floor Oh wow

So you won it through a Milky Bar competition To be honest a sheriff's house in the backyard Seems like a huge burden And you know what They said once it's there you've just got to leave it there You can't take it away competitions. To be honest, a sheriff's house in the backyard seems like a huge burden. And you know what? They said once it's there, you've just got to leave it there. You can't take it away. So it's a two-story job, is it? Yeah, yeah, it is.

It's a little kids' playhouse, but it's got a little mezzanine floor where you can go up the steps and lie there, I don't know, or whatever. Does anyone use it if there's trouble at home? You're like, I'm going out to the sheriff's house. Yeah, yeah, the dog house out there. But, you know, because I used to love playing in there,

and then my daughter said, oh, we're going to have a sleepover in there, and I'm like, oh, okay then. So I had a sleepover out there. Oh, did they? The sheriff's house? That's cool. That's great. Crazy.

There's an assistant police commissioner maybe looking for a job, so as long as you've got a strong Wi-Fi connection, he'll be there. Where is he? There's an assistant police commissioner maybe looking for a job. As long as you've got a strong Wi-Fi connection, he'll be there. You have a good one, Trish. Thanks very much. See you, mate. Trish, we'll give you the tickets to the brand new Mission Impossible movie. Let's get Chris on.

Craziest thing in your backyard, Chris. G'day. I've got a Boeing 767 cockpit section. Really? How? Drinking too much and going on trade meetings. I love it. That'll do it.

That'll do it. If you don't mind me prying into your private life, how much did you wake up and discover you'd paid for this cockpit? Well, it was meant

to be only $150. But when I went to go and pick it Well, it was meant to be only $150, but when I went to go and pick it up, it was basically an inconvenience for the guy, and he gave it to me. That's pretty cool. So how did you get it home? Oh, I flapped that trailer all the way from central Auckland, got it back to my home in the Waikato,

and the straps had all come loose by the time I got home. Lucky it didn't fall off. Jeez. And what is it used for now in your backyard? It just sits there and I look at it and thinking, why the heck did I drink that night? I can imagine it's quite big too. Yeah, it weighs about half a tonne. Oh, my God.

Have you ever gone, shall we adjourn to the cockpit? Yeah, yeah. We've had many conversations about what are we going to do with this? Shall we turn it into a bar? Yes. That'd be cool. It's sat there for about two years so far.

It's too tall to get into the garage. Chris, can you do us a favour? Can you take a photo of it and we'll put it up on the Hits Breakfast? Yeah, yeah. Honest? Yeah, yeah. We'll send that through.

We'll put it up on the social. Please turn it into a bar. That's so cool. Really cool. Hey, appreciate you phoning through. We'll put that up on the social. Please turn it into a bar. That's so cool. Really cool. Appreciate you phoning through. Windows and everything. Wow. Appreciate your calling, mate.

Have a great day. The cockpit sounds like an interesting name for a bar, though, doesn't it? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I forgot to mention, we did go to your house on Friday and completely forgot to acknowledge. Was this a lounge one or lounge two?

I can't remember what's the name. Well, I feel like you've picked holes in everything. The two lounges, the sticker still on the fridge. What could be left? Oh, the sticker on the fridge. I really want to peel that off. We've got to get to the sticker on the fridge. We were only there for an hour or so.

Jeez, we really peeled back your household. Couldn't peel off the sticker on the fridge, though. No, yeah. Lovely place. That is a lovely place. What did you forget to mention? Your dog, Leo. Oh, yeah.

I would say probably one of the most pelvis-y dogs I've come across. He really is. He's a lover, not a fighter, Leo, isn't he? For a 10-year-old, too. He's not a puppy. It's interesting, because our dog, really, he's given up, like a lot of us

in marriages and relationships. At the start, he was very thrusty. Now he's just like... There's no point. Last couple of years he's like, I'm too tired. I've been working too hard. My back. I wish I saw a lot of parents, people could relate to this thing right now, but your dog

same age as my dog, he's a lot more thrustier. Yeah, and he has been like that since birth. But he's been fixed or whatever you call it. He's had his snow. Yeah, I'd hate to see him in full flight. It'd be all over the show. And doesn't discriminate.

Has humped a chihuahua and has tried to hump a husky until it growled at him. And a child, you said? Ben's dog did a child too. Yeah, my niece. When she was younger, she was crawling around, I guess, at that height. You can see what happened there.

She was laughing. I'm like, oh, I'm height. I can see what happened there. She was laughing. I'm like, oh, well, I'm glad you see the funny side of this. Well, mine was a toddler, and my dog actually pushed the toddler over. Oh, really? It was a little bit, yeah. Well, anyway, I was trying to have a conversation, an adult conversation with Producer Grace, and Leo just hops up on the couch and just nuzzling into my crotch.

And it happened, you know, it goes for a certain period of time and you're like, well, this needs to be acknowledged now. That's how dogs say hello though, right? Yeah. It was like he's, you know, trying to dig for truffles or something down there. You know, you see those dogs in France. He was really giving it his all. Yeah, so sort of at about the 15 second mark, I kind of had to acknowledge with Grace what was going on because I could tell

it was rattling her. Rattling me. Does your crotch they got into on the... Well, I don't know. Probably multiple. Anyone that'll let them.

Yeah. But then I'm like, oh, if I... There's obviously an owner now. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It's attracting them.

That's the embarrassing bit. That is the embarrassing part. You meet someone's dog and they like, you know, nuzzle your bits and you're like, okay,

cut it out. What happens if they get a bit thrusty on you? Do you say that as a compliment? I don't know. Still got it, guys. Anyway, it's the most action

my crotch has had for a while, so I'll take that win. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Speaking of my daughters, actually, you know,

there's some big news at the moment about whether the social media gets banned for under-16s. You know, Christopher Luxen, the Prime Minister, is on the case right now looking into it. And, you know, he was on the case of getting rid of cell phones in schools not too long ago. Who's policing that one? How's that going?

The teachers are policing it, you know, at the moment. But I think for the general consensus, maybe it's gone all right. But then there's still some sneaky ways around it with kids. There's always ways around it, especially in that world. That's what their computer is. They've got computers sitting in front of them, a lot of them. But my daughter, when it all came out, my daughter came into the radio studio. She was very passionate about a cell phone.

Staying in schools, my daughter CNN, so she had a debate with the prime minister she tried to fight the good fight for her generation didn't she yeah but that's just to be good to also uh explain everything this was a day before it was all about it was all gonna happen you're right it was too late but anyway she debated it and in the end chris voluxen had this to say whenever we need it and you don't need it why don't instead of an outright ban we use something that kiwis are known for innovation innovation i even ended up i even think you pulled out just because i said so you know the ultimate boss of arguments when you're a parent great argument but no yeah well they're actually a bit of audio now that's not something

we normally talk about but um it's relates to the story that got nominated for a radio award the radio and podcast award right for their like pristine the the the number one award the pristine of all the most tremendous of all the awards sounds like the donald trump award which is not something we do yeah but think of a better award but yeah like a bit of audio from the year and i was telling my daughter uh seeing her Please don't call it that It's not But yeah Like a bit of audio From the year And I was telling my daughter Sienna about it

I was like Oh guess what You were nominated for a Trumpy Yeah It's not a Trumpy But anyway And she's like Great

Do I get to go And so now we're having This debate at home I was waiting for this Because I was like Technically She is No not technically

She is nominated Her name is on the award. I.R. Ben. Yeah, this is the bit I'm having. You're not really nominated. She was the main part of that break, along with Luxo. This is her argument. She's like, you wouldn't have had this moment if it wasn't for me.

She's right. She's right. She's 100% right. Zina, I'm on your side. In that logic, we should also be getting a ticket for Luxo as well. So he can come up and accept his Trumpy. So now I'm getting a lot of pressure at home and I'm going but the radio and podcast

awards now, it's great for the industry but I'm like, you know, do you really want to come along? Dad doesn't want you at his party. Do you really want to come along? What's happened though, what I've found out that her friend's dad works in the film industry. She went to like the Oscars or the Emmys or something. I'm like well, you know it film industry she went to like the oscars or the

emmys or something i'm like well you know it's not going to be like the oscars or the she might actually be bitterly disappointed that's what i think it's essentially the port-a-loo of award ceremonies it goes really feral yeah i don't know but i think it's a great idea if you come along and so your dad has to parent at the same time as to look after his daughter on his big night of the year. I was like, well, if you do, maybe you just come to the ceremony

and we're out the door after this. No, no, she's going to have the whole experience. I don't want her to think less of me. She was like, yeah. So I'm getting this, I'm having this conversation. What a great thing it would be to do with your daughter. That's what she keeps saying to me.

She earned it. Why are you saying this? So I'll keep you posted on this. Well done, Brad Pitt, on winning the Academy Award. Now it's time to go home. Yeah, we know you did all the heavy lifting, but now it's time. That's the same thing. She's got to experience the whole ceremony. Also, on that note, we're definitely getting in touch

with Luxo and inviting them. Oh, we'll invite them along. We should, actually. Okay, well, he can look after Sienna. They're both nominated. They're the reason for it. Nothing. We should actually. Okay, well he can look after Sarah. They're both nominated. They're the reason for it. I like that. Nothing to do with us. You two, you're the nominees.

You guys hang out with each other. Have a great night. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. TM Megan. Megan.

Hello. We weekly slide in with their personal issues into your DMs and we tackle them on the radio. This is a really good one this morning. I think a lot of people can relate to this one. It's a co-parenting weekly slide in with their personal issues into your dms and we tackle them on the radio this is a really good one this morning i think a lot of people can relate to this one it's a co-parenting

issue it's a really good one terrible for the people involved yeah i share custody of my children with my ex-husband it ended pretty badly with faults on both sides and while co-parenting has never been perfect we've managed to keep things civil for the kids sake. Recently though some of the parents at school have been treating me differently and generally not being very friendly. I know they've been play dates with my ex-husband and it seems pretty obvious he's been telling his side of the story and it is clearly ruining my relationship with the other parents. not only does this hurt me personally but I worry about how this gossip might affect my kids we live in a small community and

I've always tried to maintain a good relationship with the school and the other parents what should I do do I try and share my side of the breakup with one of the other parents geez that would be frustrating frustrating knowing that someone's going around talking smack about you and everyone's gobbling it up like sausages and you haven't said your part. Michelle Obama. I was going to say Michelle Obama. When they go low, we go high. But the high road is hard.

I know. Sometimes when they go low, you go even lower. It's quite satisfying. Very satisfying Michelle But I think Short term satisfaction You know You'll feel bad

In the long run The high road Is a long term You know It's a hard one too Like you know To go talk to someone And go hey

There's been stuff Said about me How do you start that Yeah how do you start That conversation Without sounding petty Yeah and does that Change the whole

Narrative as well You know Yeah that's That's the problem. If you don't say anything, everyone will continue to gossip. If you do say something, you're kicking off an issue. And then they'll be like, guess what he did? He came over and said... You're like, this is all our dirty laundry aired in the schoolyard.

I don't think I've ever met anyone in the history of breaking up with another human being that hasn't said their ex is crazy. I know a few. I know a few that get on really well. Oh, do you? And it's really, I'm really impressed. As someone who had parents who broke up and there was a lot of difficulty,

I respect that. My sister's really great with her relationship as well because, you know, she went through it as a kid. So, yeah, I think it's good. It can be done. It can be done. I don't think my ex is crazy. I just think we were incompatible. It's not what. It can be done. I don't think my ex is crazy. I just think we were incompatible.

It's not what you're saying off of you. I don't have kids with him because that would be like... Yeah, that's a whole other thing. It must be so hard knowing that your relationship is broken down for whatever reason, but having to maintain it for the kids. Yeah. And there's always two parties that take part in a breakup. Who's sung that great song?

Posty. Post Malone. Sing it. Oh, jeez, it was a good one. I don't know what song you mean. Morgan Wallen. Yeah. You know, they're talking about it takes two people to break.

What's that one? Yeah, I know. It's a good song. It's a good song. You guys do more talking. I'll try and find that song. It's a great song. It's stuck in your memory forever.

Yeah. It kind of sums it all song. It's a great song. It's stuck in your memory forever. Yeah. No, it's good. It kind of sums it all up. There's two parties. We're big fans of the Mel Robbins let them theory as well. If people are going to talk smack about you, let them. So you just have to let them, but then it's hard, though, too, when you feel like you've got a good defense. Yeah.

Well, maybe there's someone out there going through the same situation right now and can help out this poor person. Because it's not a nice situation to be in. No, it's not. It's got messy, and it's got even messier with this situation. Here it is. He's saying you're also at fault. Yeah.

You made me drink the bloody bottle from the shelf. It's all your fault. 4487 on the text, 0800 the hits. Yeah, let us know. What would you do in this co-parenting situation? Someone's talking smack, your ex is talking smack behind your back to the other parents. Do you have your right to get your side of the story out to these random people at school? Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Hey, dear Megan, there's an interesting one. Dear Megan. Someone is still into your DMs again. They've had a relationship breakup and now there's a lot of bad things being said about them.

Yeah, co-parenting situation and the ex-husband is talking to the parents at school and now the parents are standoffish. So she thinks it's quite obvious he's bad-mouthing her, telling his side of the story. She's even said there were faults on both sides, but now she wants to know, does she need to telling his side of the story. She's even said there were faults on both sides, but now she wants to know, does she need to tell her side of the story?

Yeah. It's always good to take your personal stuff to the court of public opinion, and also radio as well to solve this issue. But a lot of feedback coming in about just staying quiet, staying classy, straightening your crown. Sez said, this is on Hit's Breakfast Facebook page, not a word to them but a definite word and reminder to him

regarding boundaries, including discussions around your marriage breakdown. It's a big no-no when it can potentially affect your kids down the line. Could she take an ad out in the school newsletter and go, Hey, here's all my things. He forgot to pick the kids up from there. Forgot to take the bins out. You know, she can list what's going on yeah i mean that's one what yeah and this lady's your best friend what are you telling her me sorry yes sorry i created a hypothetical situation she's not actually your best friend uh but just pretend she is what are you saying um oh yeah I agree with the other person.

It's most definitely taking the higher ground and saying nothing and waiting for people to kind of come to you. And obviously these people are not Meg's friends because otherwise true friends would actually come to you and have this discussion. It really sucks. But the more you add into it, the bigger it gets. And your drama becomes other people's drama.

Yeah, that's a really good summary, Anne. And at the end of the day, most people who hear this stuff hear it and go, oh, that's interesting and move on, where it is affecting you and weighing on you the whole time. The higher ground's so hard, though. But Shell on Facebook is agreeing with you, Anne. She said, if they're not adult enough to realise there's more than one side to a story

and no one has the gall to ask you for your side, then are they really worth your time? That's a good point. There's a great saying also someone's put on our Facebook page as well in relation to this. Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots. And they said it's a great saying.

They found ages ago. It's so true and it helps you out. So true. I am one of those people. You have to be so mature growing up about it. I hear gossip. I spread it. And I am one of those people.

I'm an idiot. You know a funny story. There was a friend of mine who was on like a football WhatsApp group. And he was going, they were having comms. Him and his ex were having comms, him and his ex were having comms, and going back and forth and it was getting a little bit spicy on a Friday night about who was going to drop the kids off at football and take the kids to football the next morning.

Yes. And it sort of ended up back and forth, back and forth, ended up with her going, get your hussy girlfriend to take her like you did last time. And he was like, what about your idiot boyfriend? What about your super mum? And then they found out because someone joined the group chat

and said, hey, you two, just so you know, you're on the kids' WhatsApp group chat. Not your personal group chat. So it was all playing out on a Friday night at the popcorn. Sandra, what are you saying? Okay, I just want to say I listened to the stories.

Now, that first lady that said, go to him. It's now too late. You already spilled the beans. So I say, if you drop it at one of the parents, it will go around the rest of the parents. So all you drop to one parent is, we are two partners that split up. On both sides there's dirty laundry. But I will not spill

my dirty laundry in the public. And you can now judge who you want to believe. That's really good advice. You should start like a cult or a church or something. You're so powerful when you speak, Sandra. Yeah, I just want to ask a quick question.

Megan from where is Andrew in South Africa? We can take this bloody offline. Both in West, just out of Cape Town. I know, because my husband actually, they had a dick that his parents or grandparents had. Yeah, I feel like you guys can have a conversation. I'm going to pull this out. You guys can have a conversation. I love this South African community. This is great. You guys can I'm going to pull this down you guys can have

a conversation this is great this is great you guys can connect you can go out and have some biltong or something like that

or whatever you want to do my husband now he's yeah no we'll take this off love you please bye

bye Sandra you're so good I guess that's the general consensus as hard as it is you've got to take the high road take the high ground

feed the positive wolf. Stay positive. Ignore them. If they're going to talk to you like that, they're not worth your time.