Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono Tricked into Illegal Parking

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

FULL SHOW: Uncovering The Mystery of The Beautiful Women at Megan’s HouseOn today’s show: The little manipulations that keep our relationships moving… We chat to Anthony Capaldi after the Grid Walk mix-up, where he was mistaken for his brother Lewis! Producer Troy relives the moment he was bullied live on NZ X Factor. The sneaky old lady who stitched Jono up with an illegal park. Megan’s hilarious reaction every time a new song she loves drops Being your own DIY doctor after Ben had to fix his own teeth! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh Cookies, he delicious dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Hey, welcome to the podcast, where we've got a real fun one for you, including on the podcast, Lewis Capote's brother.

I feel weird saying Lewis Capote's brother, Anthony Capote. Yeah, you could say Anthony Capote, and then go, Lewis Capote's brother. I mean, Anthony Cabaldi is great. He was a very, very funny person to chat to. He's an actor, and he's made news this week

hanging out with Lewis Capote at the Singapore Grand Prix, right? Yeah, and you'll hear what happened. the video is very funny of what happened at the Grand Prix but we talked to him he was a lovely guy he's an actor by trade

Anthony Capaldi we spoke once to Miley Cyrus's lesser known brother as well I mean less than known to the world Trace Cyrus No

it was another Cyrus It was Bracen Bracin Cyrus Yeah Bracin Cyrus Do you know Bracin Cyrus No less than Not less than to the family though

They know They know made him there's probably no favourites oh actually you know their family's got some anyway i'll like i've got some issues they've got some stuff going on is there issues yeah i think well some of them don't talk yeah oh that's so maybe they do have favorites because you do say in most families you don't have favorites but maybe they do i don't think mily and billy no billy ray billy ray talk much they don't talk no i don't think so anymore which is sad hey yeah you know what that gives me what what i know what he's going to say i know what he's going to say

you know what he's going to say work it out it's a mily song no No, well, I'm thinking, am I wrong and saying it's not a... You know, me, we've worked to get it to all. It's giving him a... Akey, breaky heart. Oh, it's a Billy Ray song. It's good for my time. Yeah, it was an old man's song.

It's been doing with achy breaky up. It's been a long week. It's been a long week, yeah. Yeah, I got there. I got there pretty quick. You did too quickly. I was like, damn. You guys are so insane.

He knows my shitty jokes too well. I thought that would have been a race to it. 13 the 12 of us, go, oh, no, I can pick up. I'm new to the relationship. I'm still learning. Yeah, well, you'll get that. Give it another 12 months. Well, enjoy the podcast.

We kick things off with a bit of, you know, light manipulation and what you're getting away with. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. Over the last few weeks, a few things that I've been told to turn up to by my wife, a few look, appointments, and drop-offs, pickups, etc. and she knows I am notoriously a bit of a shambles when it comes to getting out of the door, leaving everything to the last minute, really, you know, five to 15 minutes late for most things. So what she started doing is telling me that a particular event starts 15 minutes earlier than it does. So I've been turning up, you know, 10 minutes, probably a little bit late even for the gaslighting time,

but 10 minutes earlier than the thing actually starts. I'm like, she is gaslighting me into punctuality. Yeah. Manipulate, some very light manipulation. Full credit to her, that's good. I do that at the family all the time. Like when I only have three, you know, my three, the girls, the daughters and my wife, it's like, we need to go somewhere. I'm like, we're leaving at six knowing that seven is when we need to leave.

Are you working an hour? I will sometimes, I'll be sort of going back and back and out. Now sometimes I'll go, yeah, we're going to be out of the door by six guys. And then they're still fluffing it. Come on, guys. and then just to give myself that buffer, you know? So you're not stressing. Yeah, so I'm not stressing, you know.

They're stressing because, oh, no. Like, really, if they know that we actually have to leave by seven, that's fine. Are you doing some, like, manipulation to Andrew? He does it to me, I think, because I don't think I'm a messy person, but I'm definitely messier than him. He's a lot like Benny's very tiny, he's very, you know, to-do list and everything. So he will just quietly kind of around the house, he'll be like, oh, if only I had the time to do.

do this and he'll list off things and I'm like do you know what I'm going to do I'm going to go and do that to make his day feel better and then he's manipulated me into doing things if only I had the time first oh I just need to remind me to get around to cleaning the floor or something I'll be like I'm going to clean the floor yeah he's subliminally put you

into it's good I was thinking you should all turn he should turn the clocks back you should turn the clocks back in the house oh yeah you're really that's nexus the trouble is with the manipulation that your wife's doing to you is that you're kind of cotton onto it. Yeah, that's the problem.

It's like when you set your clock too fast, you know that you've got that buffer. Yeah. Now, producer Troy, Neve, your partner has, you've been cotton on to something over the last month or so. I think so. I think this is what she's doing. She's telling me, hey, my friend's just coming around in about 20 minutes, a quick tidy of the house.

So I'll go in this frantic will and throwing things in bins and putting things in drawers. And then after about 10 minutes, you go, oh, they're actually a bit busy they can't come around now so done that twice yeah that could be good light manipulation right yeah

you've never met these people but you vacuumed the house with them twice all ready to go yeah I like it it's smart it's smart

it's smart to her it's very smart gas lit into domestic productivity well done okay oh wait on to that should we do this how are you

just a light bit of manipulation yeah how are you doing they can be with colleagues family members friends yeah it's always a classic

gas light like um oh I bought this ages ago. When you wear something, I brought this top. And I can't wait for my husband and be like, is this new? You're like, no. I mean, this has got ages. That's a good one.

I feel like I've fallen for that one many times. I'm pretty sure that's not, yeah. You seem like the A-hole, because you haven't noticed my top. Oh, I've got one like it. And they're like, no, no, we don't. I'm like, pretty sure you do. And I reckon I'm getting gasoline up there. Yeah, I'm like, go ahead.

But anyway. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Oh, just talking about, light manipulation that you're doing in your house. told of I think I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that my wife's telling me that events, functions, whatever appointments are 15 minutes earlier than they actually are of cotton onto it. Just to get me there on time, Ben, you're working an hour ahead with your family. So I've been sort of, yeah, playing around with the timings over the last couple of years.

And now-tuning them? An hour feels quite good sometimes. And they haven't cottoned onto this at all? No, just, well, yes, they kind of do. The other one I do, someone's just text through that as well I would say the Uber's outside. Oh God, that. And that gets everyone in a real frantic headache. And then you're like, oh, no, he's just a couple of minutes away. But that's a real defiant.

Get it moving. That's a real get it. So yeah, panic state. Is that you're like, okay, we've got five minutes now. Because I do go around to everyone. I'm like, I'm about to order the Uber. Are you ready? Yep, everyone.

And then sometimes they're like, oh, I've just got to change my thing. And I'm like, no, you had that chance. So, yeah. I do feel for you with three women, you know? Yeah. Yeah. And someone who likes to be on time. Yeah, there's prep time.

There's prep time. Yeah. A lot of me going, yeah, all good. Anyway, that's not enough about me. Troy, Patricia Troy, say he thinks he's being gaslit into cleaning. His partner, Neves, saying, we've got friends coming over in half an hour.

That's genius. That's genius. And so he panics and he's clean. He's vacuuming. He's wiping things. Oh, 800, that's telephone number. Light manipulation. Ryan, you feel you've been manipulated.

Yeah, yeah. About a month or so ago, my... partner said, oh, it looks like we're going to have to pay somebody to get that bathroom done, aren't we? And I'm like, wait, wait, what? She's like, well, it's still stuck in the 1980s with the avocado green, and I'm going to order somebody in to do it. And I'm like, I looked at the prices as somewhere between 25 and 45 grand,

and I said, oh, I guess I better get started on that. Oh, right. Yeah, good. That's good. That's a great play. I didn't realize how much work there was, in it, to be fair. Have you finished it? No, definitely not.

When did you start it? My days off, I spent with the headphones on and just building things and destroying things and buying timber products, got to put a new floor down. Oh, my God, you're going deep. How long have you been at it? It's been about a month on my days off. Oh, you should have got someone in. I see the end of it, like, we're say 25 grand on.

I mean, the plumber's doing all the plumbing, so that's good enough. but I reckon I can get a new four-wheel drive out of this. Okay. He's a long play, eh? Thanks about you. You've actually done the manipulating in the end. Well done. Someone saying on the text, I say to my husband, oh, I think I'll make a cupper. He says, I'll make one for you.

And it works 80% of the time. So that's pretty good, pretty good odds. Yeah, that's good odds. A popular one coming through, too, on 4487. I got it on sale. You won't believe how much I saved. That's how you start when you buy something new. I did that literally the other day

when I bought three pairs of shoes. I was like, but do you know how much I saved? Like, it started at this price. Yeah. Do you know how much you would have saved, not even buying the shoes? That's the thing, right? You're right. Catherine, morning to you.

Good morning. Great to have you on. Light manipulation. What's your tactic? Well, so mine was the make the cup of tea. I think I'm going to make a cup of tea after a hard day's work or on a weekend. And he'll just go, oh, look, I'll make you one. So that works about 80% of the time.

I'm winning. Do you a text. There were texts I read it. That's a great play, yeah. The other 20% is he like, I know what you're up to. Yeah, I think he just ignores. Have you tried it with other things? Like, oh, I think I should make dinner.

Oh, sometimes it works. Or the bathroom needs cleaning. I guess I'll have to do that a little bit later on. Oh, I'll do it. He's a really good cleaner. The I guess I'll have to do that is the great sentence, isn't it? Yeah, it is. So for all are you out there, there you go.

No, good on you, Catherine. Good tips, good tip. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hit. Yeah, and him and his brother, Anthony, they made world headlines this week for one of the funniest moments on the internet all week

from the Silverfield, from the Singapore Grand Prix. Yeah, so they were walking down pit lane looking at all the Formula One cars. Oh, the grid, just correct you. The grid, sorry. Sorry, my bad. I should probably just hand this over to the Formula One. What were they doing, Megan?

So all the celebrities are anywhere wrong when the cars are lining up on the grid. Martin Brundle goes along and he talks to a lot of the celebrities who are on the grid. And he was obviously told that Lewis Capaldi was out there. So he was looking for him. Lewis, wonderful to see you. Sorry, you're his brother. Sorry.

It was a great moment. And then Lewis went to shake Martin's hand at the end and got rejected as well. So he shook his own hand. He's awkward all around. And we have Anthony Capote, Lewis's brother. on the phone now. Hello. Hello.

We're doing all right. You hear us all right? You can see us? Yes, all good. Lovely to meet you, mate. You're back from Singapore. I'm shafford. I'm quite stay awake.

Thank you so much for doing it. Now, we want to talk us through the moment because we know you're a big F1 fan. You've got Martin Brundle, he comes over, he's a legend in F1, and he's going around talking to people, and he comes over and talks to you. What did you feel like at that moment? You're like, oh, this is exciting. Oh, I was like, oh, Martin obviously wants to meet me, and then I realized they said, Lewis. Yeah, one time you're like, step aside, Lewis, I got this one.

Martin wants to talk to me. That still must have been a mess of the moment. Oh, it was incredible. I was captivated by all the cars, and I was filming everything. And then as I've turned around, Martin Brundel was there. And I just kind of froze. Oh, this is awkward. And then as he went, Lewis, I went, all right, sorry, I'm not him.

to be fair though you could have probably run with it have you ever thought about being like yeah no I didn't know what he was now Lewis was behind you and Martin ended up interviewing the Capaldi that he was after but then at the end he turns away Lewis goes in for a handshake and Brundle's turned around him and left him hanging

so he has to end up shaking his own hand what was Lewis saying to you after that I didn't even know that happened And then I saw the actual video of it And I went Oh, I'm so happy I didn't try and shake his hand I would have melted Well, I love the fact

You've embraced this whole thing You put out videos on your TikTok You've seen people saying Calling you Timu Louis Capaldi as well And you've embraced that Everyone loves Timu I tell you, that It's affordable

It's reliable Exactly Yeah I'm a big Formula One fan. I see you've got a McLaren hat. Are you a McLaren boy? Yeah. I love the team. I started supporting them at the start last year. And then they've done really well. So I'm not saying there's a correlation. Maybe, yeah. Who else did you see you got

to do the grid walk, which is pretty epic, and that's where all the celebrities hang out? Who else did you see, like, celebrity-wise, on the grid? I met the new Superman. You met who's heard? The new Superman? Yeah, David. David, the new Superman Oh, from the new movie Yeah David the new Superman

David Dave When he came up I'm sure that Superman Yeah, that's awesome Are you a fan of Liam Lawson The New Zealander

Who We are fully behind as a nation He's the backbone Of New Zealand at the moment I mean After the Lee would read They're doing pretty well It must make you feel really happy

Beating the guy That took a seat Yeah I know Don't get it Liam you're an actor are you yes wow that's awesome what sort of acting do you are you on tv or stage or currently i've got a little part in i swear coming out of october 10th awesome been just doing dix of auditions yeah good on you mate where do you live oh glasgow

oh right over in scotland there i could give my address i know specifically street address this is exactly where i am we really want to narrow things down to be honest actually because we know Lewis is coming to New Zealand to New Zealand end in November, December. Look, hey, you should tag along. We'd love to meet you. We'd love to hang out. Get him to bring you along to New Zealand.

Grasped his cocktails and tagging along. Hop in the suitcase. Hey, well, listen, lovely to meet you, mate. Thank you so much for having best. This is incredible. No, it's awesome. Thanks to joining her. And how's Lewis going health-wise?

He's doing well, mate? Yeah, he's doing brilliant. He's very happy. He's now just ready to come back. He's pleasant goodies. And he just love it. That's his favorite thing, obviously. Yeah.

Oh, that's awesome. Good to hear. We're happy to hear that. Yeah, stoked to have, I was such chat to you. And as you say, yeah, tell them to bring you over here.

We'd love to hang out with you if you come to New Zealand. I'll try it. I'll beg them. I've never been. That's right. We'll take you on tour. Forget about his tour.

He's got his own tour. So don't worry about that. We'll take you on tour around the country. I'll just talk about F1 and people will be like, who's this guy. No, I'd love that. Yeah, it was great. We'll get Liam Lawson, we'll do it, we'll make it a thing.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. After the show, about that show and reality shows in New Zealand, and producer Troy, who's been with us for a few months now, and we're slowly getting to know you and your history, a very rich history. You do, yeah, it's, yeah, many layers to Troy from the West Coast. Because you applied to go on the chase. I did, unsuccessful. Unsuccessful.

You said you wrote an application, you're like, this is bulletproof. Yeah, I thought, because you think from the producer's mindset, They want a story to tell And I'm like, oh, you know, I'm a West Coast boy I've started in the, basically in the mines Started from the bottom now I'm here Can rub some coal on my hands for you? Yeah.

So that didn't work, but you actually went on, you told us yesterday, you went on X Factor New Zealand. Now back in the day, you know, did a few series. It was a huge show. Yep, 2014, I think. So how old were you when you went on X Factor? 17, I think. Right.

So you and your friend did it. Now, you didn't actually make the cut of the TV show but it left the lasting impression on. you and your friend and kind of sadly has left the lasting impression we got to the live show i think might have been sky city they were filming it at and so we've got you know backstage is this the audition shows where they do the montage of people getting through to the boot camp sort of thing yeah okay what was your song we did an acoustic version of brittany spears toxic okay nice choice yeah did you go in there going you know like what were your thoughts going

into you think oh we're the novelty uh this will be a bit of a laugh act or do you think no actually we know we're pretty good okay cool what we did you have a name for the two of you? Runaway Betty. I like that. What do the producers say to you backstage as you're waiting, like. Oh, you guys look the part?

Yeah? And you're just like in a giant pen with all the other acts, are you? Yeah, in a big waiting room. Dominic Bowden comes around and shakes your hand. Oh, wow. And then they say, are you ready now? Come to the stage?

You must be nervous, like a young person. TV cameras, judges. Who were the judges at that time? It was Willie Moon, Natalia kills. Oh, yeah, Stan Walker and Mel from All Saints, Sammel. Yes. We chase Willie. Moon and Natalia Kills out of New Zealand

with a pitchfork after they roasted that poor guy, didn't we? Joe Irvine, yeah, I remember. How did you kite, though? What happened? We also got a bit of a roasting. Oh, did you? Yeah, we got out in front of the live audience, played our song, and then... Give us a rendition. No. No, toxic. It was kind of like a folk version.

It was like, jing-jing-jing-d-d-d-teast. It's a nice take on it. Yeah. How old were you when you were seeing this? 17. Yeah, no. What did they say? Well, we got a verse in, and they went, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. Oh, oh.

It's 50-50 Yeah, either this is going to be This is the greatest thing We've ever heard you straight through Or like this is terrible And I think Yeah, Natalia kills leans forward It goes

Your voices just don't work They sound honestly disgusting together Oh jeez That's brutal And we both had the foresight To be like If we react We'll get on TV

As the crying teenagers So just take it Walk off stage And You gave them nothing We gave them nothing We said okay Thank you

All right No Fair enough, thank you. We walked off stage, burst into tears. Oh, and never sung again. And you see your friends are the same. She hasn't sung again. Hasn't no, yes.

Oh, that's really sad. That's terrible. That's terrible. That's really awful. This was them Natalia kills Willie Moon going in on Joe Irvine. Do you not have any value or respect for originality? You're a laughing stop. It's like Norman Bates dressing up in his mother's clothing. It's just a little bit creepy and I feel like you're going to stitch someone's skin to.

your face and then kill everybody in the audience now because he was dressed as a suit Joe Irvine the contestant which was he looked similar I guess in some ways to Willie Moon but you know Natalia was like you're copying my husband because he's the first person to wear a suit and but then we watched the video yesterday and Don Bowden the host

is exactly the same in his suit with the same haircut it's like well how can he do that and not being called out oh I'm sorry about that experience for you yeah yeah it was actually quite nice Stan tried to soften the blow and he goes maybe try again next year individually Did your voices sound disgusting together, though? I didn't think so.

Maybe we can put you guys back together and take you on tour or something. Let's do that. Find Katie. Katie's somewhere in Selwyn, the redemption tour. We'll see. We'll work behind the scene and see we get the band back together.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Bill's coming through too. You mentioned yesterday the Bay Corp one. Traffic bills pile up. I've got a text, which I thought was a scam text. Jonathan Pryor, your Auckland Transport Infringement balance is overdue.

We ask you settle it by clicking this link, Baycorp.co.com.com.com. I'm like, I am not falling for that scam. No, shut up. That's not what you said. You said yesterday. Yesterday, you're like, oh, they've sent me a text. I've got to click her. And I was like, don't click it. No, I didn't click it. But then they sent a letter in the mail too. Oh, so you think it's legit. Well, no, just very thorough scamming, I think. Very thomas. Oh, they've got into trouble putting a letter, finding your address, that's the thing. He was like, full-blown going to click it. He's like, oh, God, I've got to play this thing. I was like, don't click it, babes. Well, it's, yeah, the text looked fake

until then you see your full name, your address, and no scammer's going to call me Jonathan. I reckon, and do you know, I'm going to get another one because yesterday, and this is a great lesson in not being a caring member of society, okay? So I pull into, I had to get some dog foods for the dog, pull into the pet store car park and it's packed so I get the last remaining car park.

Right. Now, as I'm getting out of my car, see a sweet elderly lady and a bloody yaris. Okay. You know, always driving a yaris or a swift, aren't they? She's got her dog. Only their head just poking up. Just see the top of their head.

My wife's theory is you never want to be stuck behind a car with someone and you can't see their head over the headrest. So she's got a dog in the front seat. And I can imagine this dog is, you know, replaced some, you know, companionship in her life. I've really done a full deep life. I had, I had, I can imagine your family's overseas. They forget to call her. So this dog is her life.

And she's like, she can't find a car park. And I'm like, listen, I'm going in just whipping. in getting some dog food 45 second transaction. You take my car, a car park, and I pulled out. You take my car. It's all yours old lady. You lost your husband. Have this car. So then I

go out onto the berm on the main street. I've half parked on the berm and yellow lines. Grant a double criminal offense. I know what I'm doing. Okay? Sweet old lady goes into the car park. I go into Anna, mate. She's got to wash your dog, by the way, so I'm like, you're in there for longer. Yeah, right. Get the dog food. I get stuck behind another

old person at the counter given the entire backstory of their dog to the person behind the counter you know what a 45 second transaction turns into a four or five minute so then i walk out bloody council cars there with the lights on with my car i'm there the sweet old yaris lady still unloading her washing material to go wash your dog and so she's watching this play out i'm like this is your ticket lady this is your ticket she doesn't ask you to park on the boom no no no This is one new old lady. Yeah, you're right, Megan. You're right.

She didn't say, go out there in the legally park. Just because you're doing a good deed doesn't mean you'd then get to do something illegal. You always say privilege again. I was telling the parking guy. I was like, mate, the old lady over there. She didn't have a car. Your white privilege is showing you put it away. In his eyes, he couldn't care.

I just drove eyes. He's like, here's your dick. I don't want it. You got my license plate. Send it to me. Some more privilege for you. Post it. Post it.

Post it. Then text me 12 times and I still won't pay it. John Ovenin and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. No, I said I didn't love Taylor Swift's new album, but there is one particular song that's got me in a chokehold. Right.

Can't stop listening to Cancel by Taylor Swift. It's canceled. Except. Sounds like Lord. Yeah, it's very similar. Yeah. Very similar vibe to Lord. Yeah.

But this is what I do with music. So this song, all week since the song, has been released. I haven't listened to anything else. So I listen, my drive is half an hour each way to get to work to get home. Do you listen to this non-stop? Non-stop. So that's at least an hour every day that I listen to that song. And so you'll do this with songs that you love and then how long will that last? Depends. That could last two weeks. So I'm a week deep now. You love bomb songs. And then what happens after two weeks? You're like, I'm done with it. And then I rest it. But you know you can like you can still love it and it can pop back up every single.

I know, but I just get obsessed. I've done it with, like, a few. I did it with Somba, his song recently. I did it with One, a Lady Gaga song from her new album. I've done it with that Rosei Bruno Ma song, Appeter. I smashed that for about two weeks. You're not listening to me. It sounds like you're doing a ritual.

But yesterday, I drove around. I literally probably would have been in my car for two hours yesterday, and it was the only song I listened to. Must know that all the words, yeah? Yeah. Sing along if you know the words. You thought that it would be. okay at first

you're the only one that does this maybe you're the only one that does this I'm just interested to find out if anyone else does the same as you just listens to the same song on repeat over and over again Don't stop it Well no you get to listen to it an hour

drive home this afternoon I don't think Not hearing this song I think you're filling that bucket up nicely After 8 o'clock We'll just play this non-stop John O'Benn and Megan The podcast

The Hats And as it went away with the family for a couple of weeks and I was saying to the kids that navigating, you know, being overseas and anyone that's been, you know, lucky enough to go overseas for anywhere, you know, you're a tourist and you're trying to work your way around. But we're talking to the kids about how when my wife and I traveled in our 20s, we, you know, didn't have phones like we did today. We have the lonely planet. I don't know if people remember the lonely planet. Oh my God, yeah. The encyclopedia book that you travel around with, like carry around and that would have maps and recommendations that everyone had it. It was the Encyclopedia Britannica of the travel game.

And we had one going around. I feel like everyone had it in Port. I don't know if Lonely Planet is to a business or what. RIP Lonely Planet. There was no trip advisor. Yeah. It was like, and the kids were like, what? You carried around this thing and be like, yeah, that's what we were doing.

You know, nowadays, you know, chat GPT, a game was amazing. Yeah, true. Go away, you're like, I'm in France. I want to get from here to there and they'll like take this train metro change there. Do this thing. You're like, cool. Did it basically book your whole it? Organize it, sorry?

Yeah, help you out. But I just wanted to say that. If you see anyone in New Zealand, like it's a tourist or whatever, it's really, really cool if you can help them out. Like if they look lost, because we had that happen to us a couple of times, and it really does mean a lot. When you're a little bit lost and you're looking around, and someone comes over and goes, oh, sorry, can I help you with that? You know, it means a lot. And I imagine there's people around the country right now that are, you know, traveling from overseas. If you can, go up and help them out if they look like they need some help.

I did that once. And someone asked for directions. And I was like, down there, second on your right. And then as they walked off, I was like, uh-oh. I've set them in completely the opposite direction. And that's what you don't want to do, right? And it was purely by accident. And I was like, oh, they're too far, gone.

They'll figure out in about an hour when they arrived there. But we had a really lovely moment. We were, like, looking out over, it was in the Greek Islands. It was lovely cliff top, you know, with those amazing buildings, there were the domes and the white buildings and stuff. And we're up there with a whole lot of other tourists. And my daughter's sunglasses fell off her head. It was a little bit windy over this cliff top and landed about a meter down on the sort of shrub bush thing.

and it was down the cliff and she was like Indy was a bit like oh I love those glasses even though they're cheap shit I was like I reckon I could jump down and my wife's like you're not Were you gonna go dangle off a cliff? I was like I reckon I could

I could do what I could get down I get the glasses Yeah so many news stories about people tourists Yeah I know and that's what my wife said What was he doing? You're saving some sunglasses from glass in this Cheap speed dealers Yeah so my wife's like you're not going to do that

But then another tourist came out and goes I know what you should do And I was like oh okay So that guy over there's got a selfie stick. I'm like, okay, well, let's get him over there. I'm like, okay, sweet, he was not, it was like, that loses over there's got a selfie stick.

It was like, I reckon we could use a selfie stick and try and hook the glasses up. Oh, genius. And get it back on. And I was like, great. So we had to go over and confront this other guy. And he helped out. Oh, and another stranger. Another stranger.

He helped out. And then we got about 20, 30 people all like watching around as this guy extended a selfie stick over the cliff and sort of like, it was like one of those games at the arcade, you know, the claw game. Yeah, claw machine. You pick it up. And then he would go, yeah, and they would drop. Oh, great entertainment.

It was about five, ten minutes. We'll watch, you can pick it up. Oh, he got it. And then he got a little closer, got it. And then he finally got it. And everyone like, what a hero. Grout of applause for this guy.

A guy I'll never see again. I love those moments when you're traveling, when all the strangers come together for a common year. Where was he from? It might have been from, like, France or something. Oh, what a legend. There was a little bit of a language barrier at the start where I was like, hey, the selfie stick, you put it over.

Yeah, and he was like, but he did it and came through. He would regale that tale for years to come. It looked like such a legend of that moment too, but I would have looked like more of a legend if I jumped down on that cliff. But, no, my wife was like... He also might not have made it. Yeah, true. You know the selfie stick.

Yeah, okay, we mock it. We mock the selfie stick. You do, but it's really useful, isn't it? Actually, I prefer to just hand my phone to strangers and watch them fumble around for 10 minutes. And I hope they're not going to run off with it. Yeah, yeah. That's the thing.

John O'Neon and Megan, the podcast. The hits. No, Ronaldo has been named football's first billionaire a net worth of over a billion dollars, they reckon he's got throughout his career. He's done all right for himself. Isn't he like the most or one of the most followed people on social media? Yeah, I think he's right up there at the moment. Yeah, I reckon even with endorsements alone, you know, just he's fine, guys.

He's fine. Don't worry about him. He's not doing what I was doing before the holiday. Now, I've got some, a lot of people have that wires under their teeth to sort of keep their teeth in place after they have sort of braces or embezzal. and things like that. So I've got a top one and a bottom one that goes inside my mouth inside. So you don't see it from front.

They're like permanently glues there. Yeah, they are. And they're there. But one had sort of started to, the little metal wire started to fray. And before I went away, it was starting to cut and it cut, you know, every time I talk, a tongue, it would start bleeding, it would start sore and stuff. And I was trying to book into the dentist and we're all going away and they couldn't do it before I left.

And so I was like, you know what? I'm just going to have to take matters into my own hands. What a legend. My wife's like, what are you doing? I'm like, I don't know, but I went to a store. I've got hands and matters are going to be in them. Yeah, and so it was just a little tiny bit of wire that was sticking up, but enough to cause a cuts. But as soon as there's anything in your mouth, your tongue can't stop playing with it as well.

You're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. If you're talking, time I'd eat, it just like start bleeding in the cut. And so I was like, so I bought a nail file from like a chemist warehouse and I went home. And no one in the family wanted to help. So I had to go in and shape, you know, like, and sort of file down. You did this, your DIY industry yourself. In the bathroom of myself, like some sort of prisoner sort of like using a sort of file. To escape, file down the bars

This time I was filing down my tooth as well So it seemed to work It's got rid of that thing as well But you know I forgot all about it I must have put it back in my backpack When I got overseas to London I was like oh This in my backpack didn't

Like a long sort of nail metal nail fire Was still in my bag You could have taken a whole plain hostage To nail file I mean I would have liked to see you try Taking medicine to my own hands And they're like what do you want us to get rid of our cuticles and buy things back.

Anyone who wants some filing them up here, C1A. I'm going to buy out of your nails to the cuticle. Come see me. But yeah, there must be many people that have done sort of DIY doctor, you know, doctor, dentist's up for home stuff as well. Oh, listen, honestly,

moments like these, heroes like you, make you wonder how much money we could all save if we just did it ourselves, you know? It's not the best idea. Sure, we'd lose a few good people on the way. But, you know, I think it would all balance out in the end and it would win for the money. The majority, the battler.

I don't think so. Especially not dental work. Yeah. The health system would collapse. There'd be like a surgical aisle in Bunnings. What are you doing today, sir? Open heart surgery. Angle Griners, you know, aisle four, grab yourself one.

Good luck. I mean, you're like watching the program botched, right? Yeah. Yeah. You know, so, you can, you know, we'd really give a lot of fodder to botched. Exactly. Oh, 800 of the hits then. Have you done a DIY surgery?

DIY doctoring? Yeah, surgery's quite far. Doctory. I took out my appendix and stuff like that. I mean, that would be impressive if you had to. Well, the Stanley knife and a can do attitude. Number eight wire. That's what this country builds on.

Okay, so yeah, what have you done? Does it count when my friend pierced her own belly button? Yeah, that's great. Put, like, ice in your belly button and wait, and then you just get, I don't recommend because it got infected. Nothing sexy than an infected belly button. Anything you get a professional to do, that's what we want right now. that you've done yourself.

Just got, just numbed it and then got a pin and stabbed it through. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. This clip is resurfaced from her on the Graham Norton show, talking about English sports, particularly one of my favorite sports, cricket. I know what cricket is. I know it's, like, relatively violent and there was this episode of friends where Ross is dating an English girl and she, her friends, her mates.

This happened. Her mates get into a cricket match and he tries to play and he just breaks all the bones in his body. It's wild. Wasn't that rugby? That was rugby. I've never heard anyone describe cricket as quite violent. Yeah, anyway, we are talking about when you took matters into your own hands

when it comes to doctor or dental work and some people are renegades. Like I said, this is a great cost-saving exercise. Sometimes you can just go to YouTube. You can do it yourself. No. It costs saving initially, but then you're going to have to get someone to fix it. That's the problem, right? Yeah.

There is those horrific stories of, like, that bot show you were talking about. I remember a lady, bloody, injecting cement filler into her butt cheeks. Oh, really? Yeah, for a BBL. Cheaper initially. Yeah. And then horrifically. Until your butt is like a rock hard, like a pavement, like a footpath.

Yeah. Morning to you, Elaine. Hello. DIY Doctor Ing. What did you do? It was dentist for me. I had some braces, and we went away for a long weekend, nice relaxing time. And the first day we're there, a bit of the wire on my braces has worked its way loose.

And like you were saying earlier, your tongue just wants to play with it, won't leave it alone. And it started to hurt. And I thought, right, I don't think I can wait until Monday. Because we're away from home, we didn't have any tools or anything we could use. So we went to one of those DIY shops, and we're sitting in. the car park and I'm sitting in the passenger seat with my head back my husband's got these pliers and he's trying to you know turn it in so that it will you know not not be sharp anymore and then he couldn't see so he got because it's dark in my mouth and we're in the car and so he's

got his torch out on his phone so then we've got dry as torch and then he couldn't see because I was in the passenger seat so then he's kind of almost climbing on top of me to actually get to see what he was. He's not very dark in this mouth of yours. It was and it was like you know if anyone's looking now they're thinking he's going to kill me or something. Yeah what were you doing it in the car part? Were you going to return the pliers? No, it was just it was so

I thought I don't care you do it just get it done. Is he straddling you in the passenger seat? Not quite but not that far off. And then it just it wasn't working so in the end I sell stuff this. And so I got the end of the wire, and I pulled the whole thing out. Oh, did you? I do not care anymore.

And then because I pulled the one side out, the other side wouldn't sit in because they're all interconnected. So I had to pull all that stuff off as well. So I had no braces on the bottom of my mouth. Just rip the braces out of your teeth. Wow. Got one left on the top and nothing on the bottom. And then I had to go to the dentist and she said, oh, DIY dentistry, eh? Well, that's going to be a nice career for you, isn't it?

And another double charge, too, for the dentist there. Elaine, that is a brilliant story. Really do appreciate it. Mike, morning to you. Morning to you. You did some DIY doctoring, Michael. Yes, so they had a bit of a toothache one night, and it was really bad. I ran up the dentist that day, and they said I couldn't get in for three days because it was a Friday.

Anyway, the pain was that bad. I put a screwdriver in the sense by tooth and cracked it. And once I felt it cracked, the pain was just about gone, and so I pulled it out with a ployers. Of course, the missiles wasn't happy because I let blood in the handbasin. Oh, hold on you put your screw, you put a screwdriver into your tooth to snap it in half. Yeah, man, like the pain was that intense to tell you're either going to cry or just lose the blood, you know, but I... Oh, and then got the pliers out. Once I pulled was out, the pain was instantly gone.

Was instantly fixed or... Was instantly fixed or... Once you pulled it out, was the pain gone, did you say? Oh, there you go, like the pain was just instantly gone. Oh, there you go. Oh, geez, okay. It's a harrowing story. We're like, what happened at the end?

Is he okay? Is he still alive? We'll never know. Well, we're talking to them. Oh, okay, right, we will know. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Morning at his Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual campaign helping Kiwis understand what boosts their well-being and improves

the mental health. It's really great we're having these conversations and here at the Hits this week. Well, we knew this was coming up. producer grace you wanted to put out a post to do with each of us talking about our ways of things that we can do to boost our mood yes i planned like three two three weeks ahead when your first week on holiday i planned our socials and i do i do you think i should read out this text message i said it so pretty straight can i just say this is a pretty straightforward request yeah from you grace well i want to say first i want to say ben is my fave he was on holiday

and i asked for certain things a blurb and a photo ben got it to me straight away the next day Megan, no, you be quiet, you be quiet. This isn't hate on Jonathan, this is hate on both of you. I said, hello dear colleagues, Ben is officially my favour as he sent me his mental health social stuff the day I asked, which was two weeks ago. Get it off the list, guys, this is two weeks later. Jono, you may be thinking, well, I sent you, sent Grace, my mental health stuff, you would be incorrect. You sent me a video when I asked for a photo and a blur. I've seen a great video from a hotel room, a lonely man in a hotel room in Palmerston North.

And then pretty much it's just me being like, less gentle reminder get your get it together. and then Jono replied with Hey Grace I have sent my mental health stuff I sent you a video I know that's not what you asked for Just get Jet Shibby T to transcribe it Okay Well that's what I asked And then he said you know what's good for my mental health

Not being bullied by our producer And I was I was literally 14 days after I asked Donna And not just Jonah Megan Pappars don't This is how he doesn't even replying to this She was off the grid And I said what about the mental health of your producer Jono who doesn't want a video

It was a lot for me It took three weeks I did eventually send you exactly what you wanted. Yeah, treat a mean, keep him. It was like a raunchy pick of you and your husband in the pool. Yeah, it was a bit much, Megan. Well, I initially said, she was like, send me a picture of what improves your mental health. I was like, well, I can send you my pills.

That's handy. I can send you an erotic picture of me of my husband or my antidepressants. What do you want? I picked Andrew, obviously. Yeah. I mean, I got you what you wanted in the end. After 14 days. on holiday, and I saw you for all those 14 days.

I know, but you made us give it to you like last week. That's not even meant to have all the weanist week. I was waiting to... No, shut up, Megan. I asked you. Guys, can I just say this is not a great habit for mental out of the week as week. No, no. I'm just going to look at Ben.

Thank you, Ben. Thank you. You're so great, Ben. But the important thing is, we're talking about. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. We used to hear over the last couple of weeks that Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, after 19 years of marriage have gone their separate ways.

Are we allowed to John? I'm into speculation. The world has. What's the speculation? No, I feel like I could do it with Jono and Ben will be like, we don't know, we don't know. I have read lots of people. It feels like, yeah, as I'm reading this article, it's like the public is desperate to know what went wrong. It's like, well, why?

It's not our business, really. The public should just get along with their own lives. Yeah. I will, but I just. Are you going to, what are you speculating on? No, did you see that movie, Baby Girl? This is in the article as well. Fantastic movie.

Apparently that was the final straw and called him. the article that fact that she, Nicole Kidman. It was very raunchy movie and he was like, people were going to ridicule me. I was like, I did not spey your thought, Keith Urban when I was watching Nicole Gibman in that movie. Because she's having scenes with a younger person and that, you know? Maybe that's why I loved it so much. Yeah.

Urban wasn't on board with it. According to this article, final straw. Who's this article? Who's the person saying this? Is it from Keith Urban? He hasn't said that. He hasn't said that. Great movie though. Anyway, that was the final straw and I'm going to tell this random reporter. Anyway.

I say it anyway when someone A couple spits up In 19 years Now I want to just discuss the scat There's two categories of texter I find You got the Formulated, well thought out

All ideas in one message Textor And then you got the Scattergun Textor Now three months ago I texted our friend And former workmate Guy Williams

He got his show New Zealand's day on Netflix Literally Oh no four months ago I said oh congratulations On getting your show on Netflix Heard nothing And I didn't think anything of it

Right. Boom. Yesterday. Text pops back. Cheers, Jono, Capitals, lo! Four months later, thanks. And then, bang, in a series of another seven messages in a row, just non-stop pinging. Sorry for the Slaver Pie.

I messed up as usual. Hope you're effing amazing. I heard you guys down at school holiday. That's so stoked. I'm so stoked you got a school holiday. That's not the radio I know. They never usually let us go on holiday, lull. So it's all in separate messages.

It's all in separate messages. Yeah, people like that. It is a barrage of chaos, the Scattergun text said. Now, as these were coming through, Megan, you said, this is your technique. Yeah, because you were like, God, they just kept coming. I was like, that's how I text. Each thought is a different text. Like, instead of going, I don't do full stops and start a new sentence.

That's a new text. Right. I'll just, like, scattergun. And I'm also notorious for not texting back. Do you let someone real, like, because of that instance, Johnny, from Wark and C, hasn't really replied to about five or six texts. Because you don't know, because they're just vomiting all their thoughts out in a series of me. And you go, do I jump in now? Yeah, sometimes you go to Typer and then something like, then one comes through, you're like, damn it, I haven't got that one else.

And then they have to reply to the second thought, and I'm like, I've got chuck another one in. And then sometimes you have to do that thing where you go back up and you reply, and that comes down with their, so I'm replying to that message. I get that all the time. Yeah. All the time. I do find, like, because I was normally of the habit of, like, sending one message and stuff. But if you've got two thoughts or two questions or things within it, you'd better to break them out.

Because otherwise someone will just go thumbs up or yep. And you're like, but you haven't answered this, you know? Like you haven't answered the things that I want. As they're coming through, it's like it feels like you're being texted by someone who's being chased by the police. They're sending everything in a panic. You're right, though, because I don't text back for a long time. And then I'm like, right, I've got several points to get through.

I've got a moment to do it, so I'll just scatter it. Do you know what, without a word of a lie? I think Guy Williams must be done on a text day because I haven't heard from him for months either and he was texting me like on that same day yeah I said this is four months late how many of these are you clearing out yeah so I think I was on the list

I hadn't text but he was just all of a sudden he's texting me about yeah Barrettary text so it was nice so yeah she must have taken at least 12 hours to get through four months of text admin there's one 12 maybe me and guys should text each other

oh it'd be chaos it'd be like watching fireworks No one knows when it ends. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. You guys, ever say that saying, like, future, you know, future Megan will deal with that or future Ben will deal with that? Well, I feel like this week has been future Ben, you know, like the week that I've put stuff off, because we've been away for a couple of weeks. Oh, that's not like you. Yeah, well, because we've been away.

And so, you know, so much stuff when we come back of, you know, this week has just been like, there's been operations, it's been dentist appointments, all catch up with lots of stuff going on. And something that I agreed to before I went away on holiday, there's. It was really lovely. Like a breakfast show, a TV show in Chicago, got in touch. And they said, oh, we love your videos. You do with your kids. Would you like to talk live on the TV show? I was like, yeah, sweet.

And then I said, I'm going away for a couple of weeks. Can I do it when I come back? And they went, yeah, love to. And then the lady messaged me, he goes, all the time difference is a bit, is a bit funny. Had you not looked at the world clock? No, I kind of had. It was busy before going away.

And I went, it means you probably have to get up at 1.30 in the morning and do it at 2 o'clock on Zoom. And I was before, the week away I'm holiday, I was like, oh, I'd deal with that when I come back. Future me will worry about that. No worries, I can do that. Those are not ideal Zoom conditions. No, and then... Last night was the night.

Oh, God. And I was like, whew, the alarm went off. First thing, I went to the kids. Kids, you want to be involved in this interview? They're like, yeah, what time? I said, 1.30, they went no. And so it was just... No way, you're on your own, buddy.

You agreed to this. And so last night, alarm went off. Yeah, about 1.30 in the morning. And then I'm like, well, I guess it's a Zoom. on TV so I better have a shower and get dressed and make myself look kind of presentable and then did the to be honest it feels like I don't know what I said it was a bit

of a blur I think five minutes you know flies by I'm like I don't know hopefully it was all right and then you sort of shut the laptop at 2 o'clock you're like okay well now what did you get back to sleep? A couple of hours until your alarm goes off but you're showered and you've just been yelling but yes exactly I'm sort of like work myself

up and then the same time I'm like okay now I can get back to sleep but you're in showbiz mode Yeah, exactly. Oh, my God. Your body's not ready to go back to sleep. You're like, now you get, two more hours, back to sleep, ready to go. She's that radio now, guys.

Yeah. Should have called us. You did email, you did work, didn't you, for two hours? Well, I tried to go to sleep. Maybe not since 1.30. No, well, no, I tried. I tried to go back to sleep. Now's my chance.

And then about an hour into it, I'm like, oh, it's not going to happen. So I'll just get up and start the day. So we'll see how they go. You should have zoom them back. You want to any more content? Do you guys? Do some New Zealand news? Yeah.

I know, so... Wait, we need to find this interview. So sometimes you're like... I don't think it was like... I don't think it was a train wreck or anything, but I'll find it, yeah, we'll see if I can track it down on the next week. But you know what? It was just a bit of a blur.

Like, you know, sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and you're like, oh yeah, I vaguely remember that. Also, what part of the house were you in? In the lounge, just yelling. You want to be loud, too, yeah. Yeah. I know. For like five minutes.

Definitely not 1.30 in the morning. And then, yeah, so anyway, so sometimes future you have, that has to deal with stuff and it's all my own fault you need a war medal all my own fault John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits At the end of the month we're playing handball for 24 hours

to raise money for Kids Can a wonderful organisation that helps out Kiwi Kids in need You can text kids to 933 to make an instant $3 donation or visit KidsCampbell.org.nz But we said we're going to book Eden Park for it and we've got the big boss of Eden Park joining us Nick Thorntner

Good morning. Morning, how are you? We're doing all right. Good. Yeah, we're very excited. and are a little nervous about the fact that we've got Eden Park for 24 hours of handball. How good, hey?

We're hoping it doesn't count as one of the big events that you have, one of the concerts. I'm getting our ice bars ready. We've got our glamping domes. We're all set to go. It's all set to go, okay. We'll send out little flyers to the neighbours go, hey, this doesn't count as one.

Hopefully we're not going to be too rowdy. There's going to be no real noise, but 24 hours. I mean, it's an amazing facility, Eden Park. We've been lucky enough to go around some of the tunnels, some behind the scenes. They've got beautiful artwork and photos everywhere. It really is incredible. All the nooks and crannies of Eden Park. It really is.

It's a blank canvas of creativity. We're very proud. We go from an all-blacks test to monster trucks and monster trucks to fundraisers and everything in between. You've really done a brilliant job there. It sounds like I'm kissing your ass here. Well, you have. We are, though, because, you know, you're giving us a stadium. We haven't quite got to.

to the booking fee cost, yeah, but anyway, we'll get to it later. But now you've done such a brilliant job, and you're always so accommodating. Anytime we want to do anything there, you and your team are always so helpful, but what we have found is probably one of the more interesting features. There's like a secret hidden nightclub bar, hidden under the grandstands. That's right, the black door. It's exclusive. I don't know how you guys got in there.

Yeah, no, it wasn't during work hours. Yeah, it wasn't open. We weren't allowed to use it. We were just shown it. Well, I think what we should do, given we're trying to raise a million dollars, we've got to do something with the black door on the occasion. So let's get creative, let's do a fundraiser, using that space. We'll get some guests into that area, see if we can contribute also to the telly.

So between now we've got a month, let's work on an idea. And I'm sure we could raise some funds as a result of that area. So wait, are we allowed to be in there? No, we're not allowed. No, no, no, you're going to have that. We'll have a bouncer on the door. People will be outside. So why don't we do?

This is the concept. Maybe we get you guys, we do a lunch, up to 10 people, and we try and find a way to raise some funds after or during the event. Oh, that sounds incredible. Yeah, I mean, it really is amazing. What's, who's been the most, well, the coolest memory they have, the person that you've met over your time at Eden Park, because you've had sports stars,

you know, world leaders, amazing musicians? Yeah, every day there's a different opportunity. I remember Sasha Nadella, Microsoft's CEO. He grew up in Hyderabad, and he always aspired to be an Indian cricketer. So he was in New Zealand for a day, and he wanted to spend it at Eden Park. And I was given 15 minutes to spend with him. Now, he went to the bathroom, and his advisor said,

you got now 10. Oh, yeah, like, this doesn't count as my 15. Hurry up, mate. Because wheeze breakers are entering into my time. But what ended up happening, I'd organise Martin Guppel and Paul Munro. And we took him down to the turf shed and I said, here's your chance. Well, about 45 minutes later, he'd gone completely rogue playing cricket. So a bit like those schoolyard cricket games, he was trying to bowl out two of our best ever cricketers.

Oh, that's incredible. You really threw his schedule out that day. Certainly did. And actually, you, I was really looking last night. There's a YouTube story on yourself saying, Nick Sauntner, the best Aussie rules player to never play in the AFL. There's a whole YouTube video on you. You're a gunned Aussie rules player back in the day.

Yeah, well, in New Zealand, unfortunately, kick-to-kick isn't something they do in the schoolyard, but in Melbourne that would be something I would have done every lunchtime, and I was fortunate enough to play 300 games of NFL football, and, yeah, it was an amazing chapter of my life. Now, instead of playing for Sandringham, I work in Sandringham, and I feel very honoured to be the custodia of our national stadium. Geez, they love it. They love a tight, tight shawton, NFL, don't they?

I'm not sure if it'd suit my physique today, but thirdly, previously. What are you both talking about? You could have defended me, surely. I was about to. Hey, I didn't laugh, Nick. I didn't laugh. Thank you. Thank you.

Yeah, at least we've got one supportive. Sorry, sorry, yeah. We're all middle-aged men. We know what it's like. Hey, Nick, well, once again, thank you so much for, being accommodating, hosting us for 24 hours, all for kids can, trying to raise a million dollars,

24 hours of handball at Eden Park, and we look forward to seeing you again later this month. Thanks so much, guys. Appreciate your time.