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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations.
It is a cold one, the coldest morning of the year and it seems like we could have some power cuts around the country this morning.
A warning from the electricity companies that we shouldn't be using as much power because it could go...
Between 7 and 9am, if you could just restrict the coldest part of the day.
Yeah, I know. You could just not turn on your
heaters. When I left the house this morning
I just cut the cable to the
grid so my family, they'll just wake up in
complete pitchback darkness. Doing
our part. Everyone's got to play the game like the team
of 5 million. Says you in
Auckland. What do you say to the people in the south
that are like freezing? Play the game, guys.
Play the game. Christchurch this morning, apparently, according to MetService,
a negative 5.8, which felt like negative 8.
Because of the wind chill as well, these southerly winds across the country.
Is anyone listening right now from Christchurch?
0800 the hits.
Let's get you on live.
You can give us a weather report if you're out in the elements.
That's Arctic. get you on live you can give us a weather report if you're out in the elements that's arctic
I always do wonder
if you hit like
from minus five
anything deeper
does it just feel
the same coldness
like do you reach
a point where you're like
well this is freezing
you can't get any more
freezing
yeah
surely
because would you notice
the difference between
minus five and minus twenty
I think you would right I feel like I can't remember if it ever got to minus five and minus 20? I think you would, right?
I can't remember if it ever got to minus five when I lived in Christchurch.
I definitely got snow, but...
And why are we running out of power anyway?
What's the big thing about it?
Listen to Hosking.
He's blaming it on Jacinda.
Poor old Jacinda's like, jeez, I retired about two years ago, mate.
I'm still getting it.
Still having a jab at it.
But Marie, you're on from Christchurch.
How are you?
Freezing.
Freezing.
We're talking what, minus four, but it feels like minus eight.
Oh, definitely.
Have you got the heaters on?
I'm in my car on my way to work, so it's cranking.
Oh, yeah.
Actually, that's a good hack, right, because that's not on the grid.
Get in your cars and turn the heater on, yeah. Actually, that's a good hack, right? Because that's not on the grid. Get in your cars and turn the heater on, yeah.
Yeah, that's great.
Get those fossil fuels burning.
What's the high in Christchurch today?
Have we figured that out?
We'll have a look at the...
You might get to a balmy minus two.
Oh, yay.
You don't work outside, do you, Marie?
No, no.
I'm definitely an indoor girl.
13 degrees is the height of that crushage.
Tropical.
I hope you've got your shorts, Murray.
Yeah, exactly.
I'll go to the beach.
Was there much to scratch off your car this morning?
Was it frosty?
I went out about 15 minutes early, turned it on,
and yeah, definitely a thick layer was on there, though.
Oh, that's good.
You just warmed the car.
That's genius.
So you're getting it all cosy and lovely.
Hey, well, you keep warm out there and have a wonderful weekend, Marie.
Will do, you too.
Thanks.
Actually, Marie, every caller this morning gets on the air, gets this.
This is a boarding call for those travelling to Rarotonga.
Every caller on air this morning is in the draw.
Call 0800 THE HITS now.
Yeah, you are in the draw.
Oh, my God, that's amazing.
So thank you very much.
Big difference, I imagine, from Christchurch and Rarotonga.
28 in Rarotonga.
Yeah, so you're in the draw.
Thanks so much for calling this morning.
Good luck with the call.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
The Hits morning call.
Tarara Tonga.
Every caller on here this morning is in the draw.
It's a pretty cool thing we're doing all morning this morning.
You can get in the draw for the competition that's given away this afternoon.
Some people had said Monday, but not me.
Not you.
I've always said today's the day you're going to be winning that competition this afternoon.
We're going to go to Tauranga.
Veronica, how's it going, mate?
Freezing cold.
Freezing cold is the general theme of the day.
Well, I tell you what, you could be turning that freezing cold into barmy and hot and rarotonga.
You're in the draw there.
Thank you.
You know what Ben's daughters thought when they heard us say you're in the
draw that we had a literal set of draws
that we would put people in. They were like, where's the draw?
And I was like, what? Where you keep all the prizes?
And you put me with nothing.
An actual draw you just put out.
You're in the draw, mate. Maybe that's for an initiator
though. Back in the day, you're in the draw
and people put names in the draw.
Veronica, who would you take over to
the island with you?
My husband, I guess.
My child.
I guess.
I guess.
If you have to.
You could take a hotter version of your husband.
I have to, right?
You don't have to.
It's up to you.
You don't have to.
I mean, if you want your relationships to survive, then maybe you do.
It might be a bit weird when you're like, hey, I don't want to take you.
Yeah, probably you do. It depends how tense you want it on're like, hey, I don't want to take you. Yeah, probably you do.
It depends how tense you want it on your return.
Hey, good on you, Veronica in the draw.
Xanthi, we'll go to you.
Welcome.
How are you, Xanth?
I'm good.
How are you?
Lovely to have you on this morning.
Whereabouts are you calling from?
I'm from Wellington,
and I deserve to be in the draw
because my heat pump finally gave out yesterday.
Oh, no.
The worst time for the heat pump to give out.
Well, we're not allowed to use it anyway.
Apparently it'll shut down all the power.
So thank you for your contribution.
Do I turn the radio station off after seven?
What happens?
Yeah, no.
What do you do?
You're wrapped in 900 blankets, are you, Xanthi?
Yep.
I think from 7 to 9 a.m. I'll be turning a shade of blue.
Well, you're in the draw, Farara Tonga.
Good luck, eh, mate?
Oh, thank you so much.
Good on you.
We'll take one more.
Christina.
Christina.
Christina.
Christina, Jono, Ben, Megan, we're all here.
Morning.
There's a bit of a roll call.
Christina, you're in the draw for Aratonga.
Who's going to go with you?
My amazing husband and my kids.
Oh, there you go.
Well, the odds of you being disappointed probably outweigh the elation,
but you're in the draw anyway.
Hey, you've got to be in to win, and you're in.
This afternoon, Matty and PJ will give that trip away.
But throughout the morning, every caller we get on the air on 0800 The Hits
will get in the draw.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
Dogs, dogs, dogs.
Undies.
And it's my, my, my.
There's chips.
Chips.
Friday Flashback.
What would you like Taylor to do with that information?
Would you like her to get posted?
I want her to re-record it.
Right, so get Posty back in the studio.
How many?
A couple of verses?
What do you want from her?
He's not doing anything.
Get back in there.
Bring her back.
Bring her back.
Yeah, it's probably a bit late now, right?
Someone pass this memo on to Taylor Swift and her team.
Friday flashback, I'd like to look back at a simpler time,
you know, when years, years gone by.
Times were different, particularly in the 80s,
where direct driving was a thing.
You could do it.
I was looking in New Zealand.
It was frowned upon in the 70s.
They were like, hey, try not to.
And then by 84, they started doing random breath tests.
But in America, they also made it illegal to drink and drive.
Which seems to make a lot of sense, but anyway.
It does.
But the people weren't happy about it.
Any attempt to restrict drinking and driving here
is viewed by some as downright undemocratic.
It's kind of getting common this morning.
A fella can't put in a hard day's work,
put in 11, 12 hours a day,
and then get in your truck
and at least drink one or two beers.
They're making it laws
where you can't drink when you want to.
You have to wear a seatbelt when you're driving.
Pretty soon we're going to be communist country.
Communist country.
We're worried about the big communists.
Communism at its finest.
Making you put seatbelts on, those bloody commies.
But there you go.
I suppose it's just change though, isn't it?
There's probably news interviews now and people reacting to change
that in 20 years' time people will be mocking us about.
Yeah, true.
We've talked a lot about AI lately and how scared we are of that,
so we're probably the same, right?
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, and people in 20 years will be sitting back not having to work
and robots will be doing their jobs and life will be good
and they'll be like, look at these idiots complaining about having to not work. Or it'll be like
the Terminator and they'll be like, they had the chance back then
to stop this. And we didn't.
New Zealand have loved their drink
driving commercials, haven't they? Over the years.
Yeah. Some iconic ones.
But I always find that they're so entertaining
that the important public service
announcement of, hey, don't drink and drive gets lost
and we're just like, how can we turn this one into a
punchline? Into a meme or something. This was a very popular one ghost chips and if he dies
ghost george will haunt me forever grab a chip on a chip you know i can't grab your ghost chips
go away spoon space head what are you doing bro they sort of like get catchphrases out of them
don't they if you'd asked me
What the ghost chips ad was about
I'd remember it
I couldn't tell
I didn't know it was
Drink driving
Back to the point
That I was making
Just take one of these chips
That you can't
Cool ads
How can we make a
Meme out of ghost chips now
You're right
And then there was
The good after bowl
Cunts to noon
Turned into another catchphrase
Hold up
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
What are they
Chiff checking for?
Good afternoon, Constantine.
Nothing, sir.
Sure, that became the bane of many police officers' lives.
That was a good one, though, because the guy was actually fine.
He was sober, yeah.
Oh, because everyone looked like they were wasted.
They were just having a good time.
It was Justin, the bass player from LMNOP.
LMNOP, yeah.
What was it?OP Yeah Who was the
Yeah who was the driver
Cunstonoon sounds like
A quaint little South Island town
Doesn't it
That'd be like minus 12
Right now or something
Yeah true
And then let's not forget
I like to call him
Bacon and Egg Ben
Yeah
Ben Boyce
Our dear
My pie eating face
It was his pie
He was a cute little chubby face
I had big side
My kids saw this the other day
This ad
And they were like,
firstly, you didn't tell me you were in an ad,
and I was like, well, why would I?
And secondly, what is going on with your sideburns?
I know John always goes on about you being chubby.
It's more the sideburns for me.
Less sideburns and more just cheek curtains.
Yeah, it was a pretty embarrassing one for me, but hey, good message.
Look at that thing they're going to catch.
That's a failed result, sir.
Please step out of the car. you could probably jog to work.
Is that how high your voice is too?
What do you mean?
And again, but all we took out of that was, I'm just drilling my bloody breakfast.
Nothing about, hey, don't drink half you've been out the night before.
I mean, don't drive.
Exactly.
Cold one, heading into the weekend,
and we want to know on 0800 The Hits,
who reckons they're having the best weekend?
Every caller that gets on the air this morning
gets in the draw for the trip given away this afternoon to Rarotonga.
Well, even if you're having the worst weekend,
we don't care how boring and depressing your weekend is.
True.
Just fill in some radio time for us.
What are you doing this weekend?
Last night, checked out Macklemore.
He was in town.
Loves New Zealand.
Loves New Zealand.
Is he a big fan?
He's a big fan of New Zealand.
Like a genuine one or just like I'm reading this one of like,
hey, looking down on a script.
No, not like a genuine.
I've seen him a second time.
I've seen him live
and it feels like he genuinely does love the place.
He filmed a video in the Coromandel Cathedral Cove
when he was here a few years ago.
But this is what he said on stage.
Obviously he started by saying how much he loved New Zealand,
but then he had one little gripe at the moment.
Have a listen.
Oh, it is so good to be back here, man.
I love this city.
I love this place.
You guys are nice as f***.
Why are you so nice?
Everyone is so kind
and sweet and funny.
You guys have great senses
of humor.
You're very attractive people.
It's colder than I would like
right now,
I'm going to be honest.
So fix that s***
and this is like perfect.
So there you go, it's colder. Well, he is also here during a cold snap you know yeah particularly gold one one thing i thought he
did uh you know which is high risk maneuver and we've been part of this before is when he gets
people he's got the song dance off uh the big epic song he's like we're gonna have a live dance off
right now two people from the crowd dear god andst nightmare. We've been part of this before.
He got two people up there, and they nailed it.
They actually really nailed it.
They went hard.
If you're putting your hands up for a dance-off,
you've got to have a certain level of skill, don't you?
I know, but we've been part of that before.
I'll be that one person, like, please don't pee.
Please don't pee.
And then they look out for the person that's hiding their head,
and then they get them up on stage.
That's what I'd do if I was him.
Publicly ridiculed. But, yeah, we did a dance off in front of jason derulo as he was waiting side
of stage sharon made us do it at the edge not not planned and like one of the best dancers
no music either no it was just like a dance off and it was like nothing and then it was and then
i i did the sprinkler or something and it was booed by crap. He literally got booed by the entire stadium. I was like, I don't
know nothing more to
do on this spot.
Yeah, so I was like,
I admired the people
last night.
Jason Derulo's like,
you're the one person
who I won't let me
take you dancing.
So yeah, what are you
doing this weekend?
Macklemore, he might
be hanging around
doing some fun stuff.
Is he like, he's not
on a major record
label now.
He's independent, yeah.
Independence.
He's got out of the
Hollywood machine.
He's not going to a diddy party. No. I think he's independent, yeah. Independence. He's got out of the Hollywood machine. Yeah.
He's not going to a Diddy party.
No. I think he's always been independent.
Oh, has he?
All the way through,
which is pretty cool.
Yeah.
Did he sing his song
that he did about...
Palestine?
Yeah.
Yeah, like his support,
the solidarity for Palestine as well.
The song he's just written
about a week ago as well.
It's really impressive, I think,
how he can kind of be...
You do the silly songs,
he's in a fur coat
and he's doing thrift shop and then suddenly he can kind of be, you do the silly songs, he's in a fur coat and he's doing Thrift Shop,
and then suddenly he can just kind of, you know,
do a song about Palestine or do a song about, you know,
same-sex marriage, and you're like, wow, this is the same artist.
It's kind of cool.
He's got strong messages as well.
Did he come out with Thrift Shop?
That was his first single, wasn't it, Thrift Shop?
Well, Thrift Shop was in, yeah.
Everyone's like, I love this guy.
And you're like, oh, oh, he's actually got some messages
he wants to get across in his other songs.
Yeah, which is kind of cool. He got a bunch of hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. You know like, oh, he's actually got some messages he wants to get across in his other songs. Yeah, which is kind of cool.
You've got to...
The hits.
The Jono and Ben podcast.
You know who's having the best weekend this weekend.
And if you course up, you get in the draw for the trip to Rarotonga given away this afternoon.
No matter if you're traveling by yourself to Mexico to get a single iguana like a child was last week.
Wasn't it an axolotl?
Oh, axolotl, sorry.
Yeah, that was
an exciting weekend.
We never heard from that child.
Yeah.
I don't know if it was a gag or not.
Yeah, it seems like...
It seemed pretty genuine.
Also, she wasn't a child.
She sounded young.
No, she wasn't a child.
But she was like in her 20s.
She sounded very youthful.
If you're going to retell
the story, Jono.
You got it all wrong.
You were like,
iguana,
you were like,
anything you were wrong was someone called Mexico.
Wasn't a child either.
You're right.
None of it was.
Oh, well, she sounded youthful anyway.
Carol, what's going on this weekend?
Working.
If I get motivated, maybe a little bit of housework.
Carol, that sounds like a thrilling weekend.
Working and housework.
Real excitement.
Yeah, what do you do, Carol?
We spoke to you last week.
Yeah, I'm a healthcare worker, so I work seven days a week.
Oh, my gosh.
Jeez, you work very hard.
And what do you do?
Do you go to people's houses and look after them,
or do you have to go to a hospital?
No, I go to people's houses. And when do you get time Do you go to people's houses and look after them or do you have to go to a hospital? No, I go to people's houses.
And when do you get time for
you, Carol?
At night.
Probably not a lot of time by the sound of it.
Well, hey, we're going to put you on the draw for our Tonga
and I hope you win because it sounds like a holiday
would be nice for you right now.
Oh, well, I'd probably give it to my daughter
because she's in quite a few. Carol, shut up. You're going, mate.
Stop being so nice and kind to other people.
Treat yourself, Carol.
Take your daughter with you.
Yeah, that's a good idea, Megan, if you win.
If you win.
Good luck, Carol.
What's happening this afternoon?
Okay, then.
Thank you.
Love your work.
We're going to go to Matt.
You're on the air, Matty, and you're in the draw for Rarotonga to begin with.
Let's get that administration out of the way.
Wonderful.
Wonderful. Well, let's be honest. We know that get that administration out of the way. Wonderful, wonderful.
Well, let's be honest, we know that's the only reason you called up.
Oh, 100%, 100%.
I'd love to be as good a person as Carol,
but I'm going to be plotting how to not take my kids with me when I win.
Fair enough.
She's looking after people and I'm trying to ditch them.
Oh, that's an odyssey.
She should probably win, but, you know.
It's a draw. It's a draw, yeah. Your name could come out and, hey, you might not deserve it, but She should probably win, but, you know. It's a draw.
It's a draw, yeah.
Your name could come out and, hey, you might not deserve it,
but what are you doing this weekend, Matt?
Either celebrating the win or plotting my revenge, if I don't...
Love it.
Well, you're in the draw, mate.
Thank you for your call.
Excellent.
Thank you.
We'll go to Kirsty.
Welcome, Kirsty.
Morena.
Morena. In Auckland this morning. How to Kirsty. Welcome, Kirsty. Morena. Morena.
In Auckland this morning.
How cold is it there, Kirsty?
Well, I'm actually, I work in San Marais.
I'm based in Auckland, but apparently in San Marais it's six degrees.
Six degrees?
That's balmy.
Yeah, well, it's balmy compared to a lot of places.
You're right.
What are you doing this weekend, Kirsty?
I'm going to a cheese party.
It's a really cool cheese party.
And we, I don't know if you know, there's a Skywalker Cheese Shop.
Oh, yeah.
And so I bring her into the club so I can go scoot around Daggerville
and then go to the Skywalker Cheese Shop, which has the most amazing cheeses.
And I've got requests for wasabi cheese and smoked cheese and all sorts of cheese,
cumin cheese, fenugreek cheese.
Oh, yes.
And then we just have amazing.
How many cheeses can you name out of interest?
Just keep listing them.
I reckon fenugreek, gouda,
camomile,
muslin,
hibachi,
parmesan,
all of that cheddar.
Eat them, tasty.
Eat them.
Grated.
Cheers, Dale. The price of cheese. Grated. Chesedale.
The price of cheese.
So you've gone to the cheese party.
So everyone just brings cheese along.
Is that the plan?
Yes.
Nice.
Jeez, you love cheese, mate.
It sounds like my kind of party, though.
I do.
It'll be a good party, yeah.
Crazy dreams that night, no doubt.
Yeah, that's for sure.
Well, enjoy your cheese party.
You are in the draw for Rarotonga.
Have a great weekend.
Thanks so much.
You too.
Good on you.
There you go, cheese.
We do a lot of cheese talk in the 6 o'clock hour, don't we?
I was talking about trying to demolish the race against time
to eat a whole wheel of brie before it expired.
The cheesiest radio show in New Zealand.
We've said it before.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Before it expired. Yeah. The cheesiest radio show in New Zealand. We've said it before. We'll say it again.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
Big weekend of sport.
And to tell us what's going on, it's Taylor Curtis from Sky Sport and Crowd Goes Wild.
Morning.
How's it going?
We're doing all right now.
You had a birthday.
Did I see that during the week?
Obviously, and your twin sister as well.
Yeah, we had our birthday on Monday. Don't ask me how old we're turning, because we've got to that point where we don't repeat it now.
Fair enough. Oh, jeez, way to your 42, mate.
And
listen, last time we were hanging out, very delirious,
just playing handball, and I
forgot to, well, I hope we thanked you
in the moment, but I was going to
message later, because you guys stayed for about
five or six hours. Yeah, you were
a little bit delirious at that point. I felt
like it was more like three hours.
But, um...
Oh, jeez, it felt like
five or six.
The clock was going very slow.
But, no, appreciate your time
for the handball marathon.
No, no worries.
It was so much fun, honestly.
Like, brought our flatmate down.
We had to drag her home
because she was having
too much fun.
Yeah, well, you said,
I think you guys got a little
swept up in the madness.
You're like,
we're going to go back to our flat
and we're going to paint
a handball court.
Have you got round to that?
We have, and I'm currently champion.
Oh, yeah.
Amazing.
Jeez, that's awesome.
Hey, this weekend, another huge weekend of sports, Sky Sport.
Let's start with the Super Rugby Pacific.
It's been awesome to see some games taken to Tonga and Fiji as well this year.
It's been great.
Yeah, massive turnout in Tonga as well.
Even in the pouring rain, it looked like chaos,
but so much fun at the same time.
Tell you what, the Tongans and the Samoans know how to support.
Yeah.
Don't they?
Oh, yeah.
They really do.
Sometimes the flags dangling on the motorway, big flags,
and they sort of end up waving over windscreens and stuff.
I'm like, I don't know how safe this is, but I'm loving the support.
It's diehard passion, I tell you.
So we're heading towards the business end of the season,
and the Crusaders, you know, the people after the start of the season,
they weren't doing great.
Well, they seem to be turning the corner.
Megan's a big Crusaders supporter as well.
How's she feeling?
How you feeling, Megan?
You know, don't dumb it down for us.
Let's really get in depth on what you think has been going great this year
for the Crusaders and what not so great.
It's been going great when they get tries, actually.
That's really good for the team.
And when they don't, not so much.
Great insight.
If you need her this weekend on Sky Sports, she's available.
I don't understand.
That's all they need to do, get the ball across the line.
Not quite as easy as that.
Now, the Warriors this weekend against the Roosters, that's a tough game. The Warriors
had a couple of weeks where things haven't
looked as good as last year. Do you think they can
turn it around Sunday?
Maybe.
And you've answered the question.
Yeah, it's tough. The Roosters
are good. Do what you want with that answer.
No, I think maybe this week
it's all down to building confidence.
If we don't nail this one, then I think we're going to be in a bit of trouble.
I wouldn't say count them out.
We just need a pull trigger.
You've played sport.
You've played sport professionally.
What happens when you do?
Because you do get in a slump in any profession,
and you can get inside your head.
Is it really hard to come off two or three losses
and try and get back in a positive frame of mind?
It definitely is a little bit hard, but I think the belief is still in there.
It's like a mindset thing, but it's just when a couple of calls don't go your way
or it's like your own doing.
Or when the public starts to abuse you and doubt you.
Yeah, exactly.
It's like you don't know at the end of the day.
It's like they're the ones that are on the field.
So that is what kind of bites at you.
It's more frustrating when you know it's your own fault
and your own wrongdoing rather than a team just outplayed you on the day.
That's what I always feel when you think about a sports team.
No one's hurting more than the players on the field.
With a loss.
Yeah, and these days with social media, there's so much said
and people probably don't think about their feelings.
Yeah, we just need to keep supporting them because I think that, yeah,
well, we saw it last year.
It does wonders when there's actually not the people sitting in the back
on the keyboard, you know?
Although I do like abusing people on the internet.
Oh, no, come on.
It's fun, one of my hobbies.
More of the One New Zealand Warriors rather than the Keyboard Warriors.
That's what we want this year.
Black Ferns are playing this weekend.
First test against USA, which will be awesome.
Yeah, it's great.
Like, Pac-4 back in pretty much New Zealand and Australia.
So that's pretty exciting.
Like, we've always done pretty well winning it the last two years.
But we've got USA.
We will demo them.
But the more exciting part is the fact we've got, like, debutantes.
So a couple of new players in the black jersey,
which is exciting.
And apologies if you just arrived from the USA as the rugby team
and you thought you were going to do well this weekend.
We're going to demo you.
Nobody got a prediction on that one.
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Ben's parents night out at the Best Foods Mayo New Zealand
International Comedy Festival.
If you're a comedian in the making, we want to hear from you.
We're looking for kids that can make us laugh over the next few days.
And if you can make us laugh, you'll send your parents along
to the International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo.
It's on now until the 26th of May.
The full programme at comedyfestival.co.nz.
Let's get the very cute Lily on.
Good morning, Lily.
Good morning.
All right.
Now, the T's and C's.
You make us laugh or else we will crush your dreams and traumatise your childhood.
Okay?
Everyone's on board with that?
Okay.
How old are you, Lily?
Eight.
Eight years old.
They're going to make us a joke.
Now, who's your parents?
Well, just mum and dad, right?
They can go to the comedy mum and dad, right?
They're keen to go to the comedy festival and take $200?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Giving your parents a night away from you
is the greatest gift any child
could give their parents.
Yeah, yeah.
Tell who that is.
No, but it's a lovely,
just a selfless act.
It's a lovely gesture, Lily.
Selfless act from you, Lily.
All right, mate,
take it away with your comedy gold.
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Europe. Europe who? All right, mate, take it away with your comedy gold. Knock, knock. Who's there?
Europe.
You're a poo.
She lured you in.
Oh, you walked into that one, Megan.
Lily, well done.
You've got $200.
You can split it with your parents, maybe, if they're nice to you.
And you'll get your parents to go along to Wilson Dixon playing in May next week.
Thanks.
She couldn't be happier.
Hey, good on you, Lily.
That was adorable.
You're going to have a wonderful weekend, all right?
International Comedy Festival.
Okay, all right.
I've made a real mess of this wrap-up.
The International Comedy Festival, great, isn't it?
It's awesome, eh? Domestic comedy festivals, rural comedy festivals,
we love them all.
Comedyfestival.co.nz if you want to get tickets. It's awesome, mate. Domestic comedy festivals, rural comedy festivals, we love them all.
Comedyfestival.co.nz if you want to get tickets.
It's worth going along
and checking out some shows.
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the Jono and Ben podcast.
Yesterday,
I went to the Governor General's house.
Yeah, it was pretty prestigious
things you actually get to do.
What for?
Well, so my wife,
my mum Joyce,
was announced
in the New Year's Honours list
that she's getting
an Order of Merit.
Is she?
For services to sailing.
She's been working in administration for many years,
decades behind the scenes.
And so yesterday it was her ceremony with a whole lot of other people
that got their Orders of Merit.
So it had to happen.
She was allowed to bring a few close friends and family,
just a couple, and we went along for a high tea.
Oh, I imagine asparagus rolls while they're running there. Lovelyparagus rolls lovely little sandwiches little cucumber sandwiches oh like a high tea situation all
the crockery and stuff has the royal emblems on it and stuff king charles and all that so
did you steal a teaspoon oh no i was like i was just you know i'm on my best behavior i'm like
it's not about me i'm wearing a suit i'm trying so hard i even went to the bathroom because i
said go to the bathroom before because it could take you know a while so i went to the bathroom hit the soap dispenser it was one of those ones that just spurted out all over me i'm wearing a suit i'm trying so hard i even went to the bathroom because i said go to the bathroom before because it could take you know a while so i went to the bathroom hit the soap
dispenser it was one of those ones that just spurted out all over me i'm like i'm like mr bean
in the bathroom i'm like i'm drying it it's getting worse there's white stuff all over my pants and my
crotch i'm like oh god i'm gonna be that person uh but it was really really cool thing to be part
of it's amazing to see the people that get rewarded for their mahi around new zealand you know like
people that you know joy Joyce was a sailing administrator,
there's people who search and rescue, there's
people who play cricket for New Zealand,
there's a whole lot of people, and they're doing this all throughout
the week, different sort of high tea ceremonies.
What happens? It's not a nighting,
so it's not this sort of sword on either shoulder, is it?
No, they get like a medal, and they get
like a certificate signed by Charles himself.
Really? And then you go,
you know, obviously go to the Governor General's house
and then you have this lovely high tea and then they come around
and then they say the Governor General would like to meet with each table now
individually out in a separate room.
Now, I've never met royalty or anything like that, you know,
but it kind of feels like it's, it was close if I ever got to that,
you know, like they give you a briefing of how you need to address her.
Is it Cindy?
Yes, Dame Cindy Kiddo.
Yeah, and so you go through into this room and you're like, there's only five of us you need to address her. Is it Cindy? Yes, Dame Cindy Kiddo. Yeah, and she used to go through
into this room
and you're like,
there's only five of us
that are talking to her.
She was lovely.
She was awesome.
Good bands?
What did you check out there, mate?
It was good bands.
I was like, yeah, your house is big.
Good sandwiches.
And she's like,
you should see the one,
well, not you should see,
but she's like,
the one in Wellington
because she got no one,
even bigger, 13 rooms.
I'm like, how long does it take
to vacuum this place?
I was like, yes, I said, nightmare to clean. She's like, well, thankfully I, because she got no one. Even bigger, 13 rooms. I'm like, how long does it take to vacuum this place? I said, yes, I said, nightmare to clean.
She's like, well, thankfully, I don't have to do that as well.
And then she asked what we were doing afterwards.
And then my wife said, oh, we're going for like a celebration drink with some other people.
Do you want to come?
She said, do you want to come?
And then Dame Cindy, the Governor General, she said, do you know what?
In the whole time I've been doing this, you're the second person ever to actually invite me along to one of these things.
She's like, I'll be honest with you, I'm not going to come.
But I'm very touched and honest.
Thank you for asking.
Couldn't think of anything worse.
She had a great sense of humor as well.
But yeah, she was like, to be honest, yeah.
And did she ask you about your years as an American talk show host?
Why is that?
On the Ellen DeGeneres show
with your blonde
dyed hair
it's an honour
to have you there
Ellen
so yeah
it was a pretty
cool experience
actually
it's a great experience
do you actually
have a suit
that's not a
John Owen Ben suit
yeah well
it's a nice
black suit
I did wear
but it doesn't have
like a John Owen
Ben emblem on it
oh okay
I didn't check it up
in my Looney Tunes suit or anything like that.
It was good to know.
That would be my best behaviour.
And so do you get security checked when you go in?
There's a lot of security around.
There's military people there as well.
They're sort of handing over the medals and things as well.
Is it a park in the driveway situation or are you on the street?
No, it's definitely not a park in the driveway situation.
Do you mind if I just park over here on the lawn?
The lawn was big.
I bet.
Yeah, it was a very big lawn.
Apparently, the one in Wellington is even bigger.
I used to play cricket on the lawn, one of the ladies was saying,
in the Wellington one, but then they'd break the occasional window.
Who else got recognised?
Like a former white fern for New Zealand was there as well.
Yeah, as I said, somebody who worked to search and rescue. People helped out in the Indian new zealand was there as well uh yeah i said somebody
worked to search and rescue you know people helped out in the indian community the maori community as
well like how many people it was only about six or six for the one but they'd have a session in the
like high tea in the morning and then one in the afternoon they were doing it every morning and
every afternoon all week so it's really cool that's great yes what an experience yeah very
cool to be i was like i'm never going to come back here for myself.
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The Jono and Ben podcast.
To find their power cut.
So, yeah, struggling to keep up with the electricity.
The advice on the coldest day of the year is to not turn on any heaters or appliances and leave your lights off as well.
So if you could sit in cold, bleak darkness like a Eastern European country, that would
be ideal right now.
Now, Megan, we were just talking yesterday after the show about unusual things that may
happen in the bedroom.
And this is thought, get your mind out of the gutter if you're listening right now.
Yeah.
It's the non-naughty things that happen in the bedroom.
And I mentioned that my frustration that my wife would sometimes try and bring a cup of
tea to bed.
I'm like, I'm a big fan of tea.
Don't get me wrong.
Why does that frustrate you?
I don't want to be that couple that sit in bed having cups of tea.
I get that.
Why?
I don't mind.
I sit on the couch, we have a cup of tea together, whatever.
Any time of the day or night, I will.
I'll get up and have one in the middle of the night.
But why don't you want to be a cup of tea and be a couple?
Because it means you've reached a certain stage in life.
It does feel like that.
A stage in life that he doesn't want to admit he's reached. Yeah, you're like, oh, look at these guys a cup of tea in bed? Because it means you've reached a certain stage in life. It does feel like that. A stage in life that he doesn't want to admit that you've reached.
Yeah, you're like, oh, look at these guys having cups of tea.
And I'm like, don't take a cup of tea in bed.
Do you want some pads for your bunions?
You know, you're reaching that sort of era.
Oh, my God.
It just feels like, you know.
So anyway, I mentioned about this yesterday.
And you said that you do what?
Well, I have cups of teas in bed.
But we also have been known to have dinner in bed. Eating gin. I've always had cups of teas in bed, but we also have been known to have dinner in bed.
Eating dinner?
Coffee and manna.
I've always had cups of tea in bed, even when I was, like, young.
It feels like you're in a...
Is the arthritis playing up in this cold weather, Sue?
Actually, yeah.
I feel the cold.
So you have dinner in bed from time to time?
Yeah, it's not...
My husband's not a massive fan.
Well, because if you spill anything, you know, you can stain
the sheets. But
it's, I don't see the difference
between breakfast in bed and dinner
in bed. Dinner in bed just seems, I mean, don't you realize
it sounds heavenly, but it just sounds
wrong to me. Yeah, it does. Why?
You have violent pneumonia, you always get out
of bed to have dinner. Breakfast
in bed all day long. Well, not all day long, just
for breakfast time. Are you joking?
When you're sick, you always have soup in bed.
When you're sick.
Crumbs.
When you lie on the crumbs, they're like little nails.
When you have a plate.
You're not an animal.
Have you got like a little tray that you put on yourself?
Yeah.
You're right.
You do that sort of thing.
I still find it a little odd.
I feel very targeted right now.
I feel like just for a second.
Maybe, I don't know, maybe you're doing it right.
Is there guidelines as to what meals you can eat?
Like, would you eat a roast dinner in bed?
Yes.
Would you?
Wow.
I'd eat anything in bed.
Anything, right.
It's like a messy spag bol.
A spag bol one.
Would you have a spag bol?
Really?
Pie?
Like a big pie?
I'm not like flopping it all over the sheets.
Yeah, but there's always that chance.
There's always that chance.
A casserole?
Yes, John, I'd eat a casserole in bed.
A degustation meal?
Okay.
I've even had a cheese platter in bed.
Oh, jeez, you're really pushing the boundaries in the bedroom, aren't you?
I'm playing it safe when it comes to bedroom.
You're very vanilla in the bedroom.
Food consumption.
I wouldn't even have a cup of tea in bed.
The bedroom is for sleeping and procreation.
That is it.
So just sleeping in your household.
The kids will go to make breakfast in bed every now and again.
I'm like, I'm already up.
I don't want to go back to bed.
I don't want to have a tea in bed.
It'll make me seem old.
Good on you.
Hey, 0800 the hits.
We want to open this up.
What are your non-naughty bedroom confessions?
What are you getting up to in the bedroom?
Yeah.
Clean stuff.
Yeah, it might be stuff involving, you know.
Food.
Food, yeah.
Dinner in bed or maybe the animals asleep under the sheets with you.
Things like that.
Oh, God, no.
Not quite well, yeah.
The Hits.
The Jono and Ben podcast.
What are you doing in the bedroom?
Non-naughty stuff is what we want.
It's the Hits.
Come on, guys.
Well, you said that what I was doing was naughty.
Well, yeah.
You're eating dinner in bed, which is, it sounds heavenly.
Don't get me wrong.
It just sounds like that.
Once I'd eaten the dinner, I'd be full, cosy, tired.
I'm not wanting to do the clean up in the kitchen.
I'd have to get out of bed to clean up.
No, see, we clean up first.
I'm a big fan of like doing everything first and then eating.
So then your plates just have to go like
in the kitchen,
dishwasher, whatever.
Who does that?
You nominate
so you usually alternate like.
So there's a process
that takes place.
So you have to prepare
to eat in bed.
Yeah, but you should
try it this weekend.
Okay.
All right.
It's Mother's Day.
Treat Amanda.
So we're going to have
a cup of tea in bed, babe.
So we're branching out.
I want to try something in the bedroom. Oh, what is it? Just a cup of tea in bed, babe. So we're branching out. Yeah, look out. Look out.
I want to try something in the bedroom.
Oh, what is it?
Just a cup of tea in bed.
Joy, we're going to get you on
your non-naughty bedroom confession.
What have you got?
It's definitely a liqueur
at the end of the night.
Your what?
A liqueur at the end of the night.
Oh, you're drinking bed.
Oh, a liqueur.
What kind of liqueur? The whole dinner thing is a no, but a liqueur at the end of the night. Oh, you drink in bed. Oh, a liqueur. What kind of liqueur?
A whole dinner thing.
I don't know, but a liqueur like a Bailey's.
Oh, okay.
I can probably get behind a Bailey's in bed or something like that.
It seems less rhyming than a cup of tea in bed.
What about like a dozen heinies?
They're just depressing.
No judge over here. You do what you want.
Go on, yeah, Joy. Appreciate you calling. You're in the draw.
Yeah, in the draw for Rarotonga, mate. Well done.
Tanya.
Hey, how's it going? Good. Non-naughty bedroom
confession. Well, I agree with
Megan, but ours
is kind of like a two-course
meal with a glass of wine.
Oh, hey. Maybe we're doing it wrong, Jono. Dinnercourse meal with a glass of wine. Oh, hey.
Maybe we're doing it wrong, Jono.
Like dinner, dessert, and a glass of wine.
That's on, you know, boring nights when we're just watching a movie
or it's crappy weather.
Yeah, it's not every night.
It's a treat.
No, it's not every night.
It's definitely a treat.
So main, dessert, glass of wine.
Why are you not having an entree to make it a three-course meal?
I know.
Well, it's a lot of food.
Is it messy in bed? Is it crummy? Well,
no, I usually, um,
it's usually me doing the cooking
and the bringing to my husband, actually, when he's,
you know, feeling a bit
under the weather or needy, and yeah,
I'll lay a towel down on top of him.
Oh, you chuck a towel down. Put a tarp.
Put a tarp.
Put it on the duvet cover.
Nothing sexier than a tarp laid out.
I'll put a tea towel down.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
Getting into the weekend, which of course, Mother's Day on Sunday,
and we've been trying to see how quickly we can get our mums to say,
I love you back to us.
Yeah.
I started on Wednesday calling Annie Pryor.
Love you, Annie.
Thank you.
I don't know what else to say, Jay.
We're actually a little bit late.
So they had an appointment to go to
and it eventually took 35 seconds
to get those magical words out of Annie's mouth.
Megan, you called your mum Ray?
Ray, Ray, yes, they are.
I thought I'd just call to say I love you.
Really?
Yeah. That's nice.
What do you want me to say
to that?
Are you on the radio?
No.
Oh, that's good.
Well, I love you too.
Oh, nailed it.
Got there in the end.
It was like 15 seconds.
Yeah.
Still too long.
Does make for uncomfortable listening.
It does.
What do you want me to do with that?
After 8 o'clock, I'm going to try with my mum, Jenny.
All right?
I'm going to call her up north.
She's a loving being, though.
She is a loving being.
I feel confident about Jenny, but will she let me down?
We'll find out.
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It did. Ben Boyce, your turn hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.
It did.
Ben Boyce, your turn now.
This week, ahead of Mother's Day, all three of us have been phoning our mothers in a race against the clock to get them to say, I love you back.
It's a pretty simple game.
We phone up, a bit of light banter at the top.
Then you drop the love bomb.
You've got to kind of segue into that.
I'm not sure how to segue into it, but I'll try something right now.
I'll call my mum, Jenny, and see how quickly she'll say north at the moment yep up north and i'll see how quickly
she'll say i love you back all right here we go 15 seconds the time to beat good morning
mom morning how are you i'm sitting here with two lovely dogs oh nice how's rosie the dog the dog with the kind on her head oh the kind of shame
i know i know cold cold cold up there north up north it's not bad it's it's chilly but it's not
not bad sun shining it's a beautiful day up north oh lovely hey i'm sorry i'm now gonna go but just
uh love you all right oh okay bye okay. Bye. Oh, no.
Just before I go, but I'm not going that quickly.
Just love you.
Love you too.
I wrapped it up.
I made mum blasted.
Final mistake.
Sorry, buddy.
You're on the radio.
Yeah.
I was just trying to do something.
I didn't know how to segue into the.
Jenny, this isn't Jenny's first rodeo. She knows if she's called between the hours of 6 and 9 a.m.,
she's here for some content.
Yeah, that's a rodeo.
Well, you came through for me, Mum.
I thought if I said I love you, you'd come back pretty quickly.
She almost hung up.
She almost hung up on me.
That was on me, right?
Yeah, he was like, I've got to go.
She's like, all right.
He's busy.
He's a busy guy. I'm glad you're having a good morning. Yeah, I am. Yeah, he was like, I've got to go. She's like, alright then. So he's busy. He's a busy guy.
I'm glad you're having a good morning.
Oh, I am. Take care.
Keep safe. Happy Mother's Day for Sunday.
Oh, am I going to get
a ring later or not?
No, you're going to get a very expensive present.
Oh, good. Okay.
I'll look forward to that. You're going to get an
eight-parent ring. That's how much he loves you, Jenny.
Oh, right. Oh, well. I'll look forward to that. Yeah, have to get an eight-parent ring. That's how much he loves you, Jenny. All right.
Oh, well, I'll look forward to that.
Yeah, have a good day, guys.
Thank you for ringing.
See you.
Love you.
Bye.
Ben, she said I love you.
She said I love you.
Yeah, I love her.
We've done the love you part.
We've done it at the top.
You don't want to overdo it, do you?
You don't want to make it a meaningless.
Yeah.
I had to do a twat.
I mean, she didn't need to throw in the I love you at the end there.
She was like, love you, son.
You hang up.
Always good to treat a man keeping keen.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
She was at the Met Gala with Taika, both looking high fashion a couple of days ago.
You really liked what Taika was wearing.
I loved what Taika was wearing.
It was like a leather, probably a pleather, full brown suit with gloves.
He looked very high fashion.
How would you wash a suit of such nature?
I don't think you do.
Give it a wipe.
Just a dead old wipe down.
Yeah.
Or he spritz on the inside.
He did look, man, he can pull off an outfit, Taika, can't he?
He can.
He looks magnificent.
I'll tell you who else can pull off an outfit.
My dad, John Pryor.
He, I've said before, very passionate about Bunnings,
loves Bunnings.
We'll go to, if he's in a town, he's going to that Bunnings
to check it out.
He did for a while there, they had a guarantee.
Do they still have the guarantee if you find the same stocked item,
Bunnings will beat it by?
15%.
That was the big claim.
I imagine they would but yeah he
was trying to he was going to go to minor 10 and be like okay well they got the fertilizer then you
go to bunnings like that was his day it felt a lot of days dotting between the two but um i i've
talking to bunnings recently and he wore a red polo shirt just by pure coincidence okay now every bunnings employee's got a red
polo shirt green apron they can wear what they want on the bottom i think they have you know
somewhere pants shorts whatever yeah but have you ever tried to find a boomer that you've lost
in a red polo it's like the it's like the hardware version of where's wallet
and there's so many like the place is
enormous
yeah it's huge eh
they need a missing
boomers aisle
you know a lot of
people will be
taking their parents
there
you're right not
missing kids
they're always in
the playground
right
exactly
what's something
in store that
would attract them
that they all
just flock to
they weren't
missing
he loves
fertilizer
so I'm
always sniffing
around the
fertilizer aisle and how often did he get asked for where something was he could probably tell them to be honest He loves fertiliser, so I'm always sniffing around the fertiliser aisle.
And how often did he get asked for where something was?
He could probably tell them, to be honest.
That's the craziest thing.
We did a Bunnings tour.
We ate a sausage at every Bunnings sausage sizzle throughout the country.
And you ask any employee where anything is, they have to know it.
That's amazing.
And there's like 40 plus aisles.
It's actually incredible.
It's an incredible skill, actually.
They must get quizzed on that before they start officially, right?
Yeah.
I just think it was one of those moments where you're like,
jeez, our roles have reversed in life.
There was a time there he was worried about losing me.
Sometimes I think they just do it as punishment.
I'm just going to be an inconvenience to your day
because you know what a pain in the arse you were for 20 years.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Give the kids irresponsible lollies and toys
and they're like, oh, you can deal with that now.
The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.
Who's having the best weekend?
We love doing this on a Friday.
Get you fizzed up for the weekend.
We find out what is happening right around the country
with Hayley in the north and Connor in the south.
Yeah, we get them on for no pay.
They only get rewarded in the pride and satisfaction of a victory.
Fighting it all out for that ultimate prize.
Connor from Christchurch, minus, what is it, 82 degrees or something this morning, Connor?
Close, yeah, close.
It was negative 4 in Christchurch as of, I think, about 5 a.m. this morning.
Sorry, negative 6.4, sorry.
Negative 6.4.
Jeez.
Does it feel like it?
That's what we want to know.
Like, once you hit the minuses, are you in the minuses?
It all feels the same.
Yeah, you know, you feel it.
For example, last night I was at a Canterbury Rams basketball game.
It was so cold that at 9.30 at night my car had already frozen over.
Jeez.
I heard they were shooting a three-pointer in that game
and the ball froze mid-air.
It's crazy.
You've never seen anything like it before.
Just on.
And the wonderful Hayley on from Wellington again
on public transport on the bus, Hayley.
Yes, I just got an offer, which is great,
but I forgot to check my snapper cards.
They've been charged for the whole way.
Woo!
That's not a great start for you.
A full charge on the bus.
$8 gone down the drain.
Well, hopefully a victory in the best weekend will make it all worth it.
Let's kick it off.
What's happening in the north, Hayley?
Wow, I had to wade through the nine different candle making workshops,
which obviously the candle makers are really in full force with Mother's Day.
That sounds fun. Yeah, well well there's a lot though so obviously there's gonna be quite a few mothers getting candles or candle
workshops. I couldn't think of anything worse. What then do I candle make? No you can actually make your own candles. The point is you get to pick the scent right, yeah. In fact, I can think of far worse things than making candles.
Yeah.
Sorry to the candle-making industry.
Yeah, well, once you wade through the candle-making industry,
we have got the Better Home and Living show
in the Capitol this weekend at Sky Stadium,
which is the easiest show to spend a huge amount of money at,
anything to do with homes.
You do a lot of renos, too, so your husband will be nervous.
Yeah, he will be, especially
when you get talking to the roofing guy
and the guys that poke
that insulation through and just send it through
like feathers with the little holes.
You're way too jazzed about this kind of stuff.
I also noticed in the North Island
the Men of Steel are performing tomorrow night
too. It says they've been making you scream since
1999.
They're described as dazzling and delicious, Hayley.
Well, they're actually at the Better Home and Living show.
Men of Steel, welding steel.
They've got better living than the Seal men.
So there you go.
That's happening this weekend as well.
Thank you so much, Hayley.
In the north, Connor.
Hello.
Hello.
His phone hasn't frozen over yet.
No, it's cold. But what are things to do in the South this weekend?
Moments of wonder in the South Island this weekend
The beautiful dolphins of which thankfully
Weren't struck by the sail GP boats
In Liffleton earlier this year
Not if Russell Coote's had his way mate
He's going to be there protesting these cruises
But if you want to, all weekend long
Mother's Day offer for black cat cruises.
You can go out on the boat,
spot the beautiful hectares, the
Maui dolphins and the gorgeous Bags Peninsula
area. Lovely. I always wonder on those
things, what happens if you don't see any? Is it like a
money back guarantee?
Sometimes there are those situations.
I know with the whale
watching in Kaikoura, if you don't see anyone
I think they give you your money back.
It's almost worth sending one of the crew out dressed up as a dolphin,
just as insurance for the company.
Otherwise, tomorrow night, I will be sitting on the couch,
screaming at my tally for a classic Southern Derby,
a match-up between the Landers and the Crusaders,
two sides of which have been struggling
this season. One more
obviously than the other.
But Cody Taylor's back, so I'm looking forward
to up the Crusaders. Let's go.
Who's the Landers?
God, Connor, don't give me your jargon
around here. We can maybe
blame their performance on the cold.
Very chilly. Connor, Hayley,
who's having the best weekend? Megan.
I'm going to go with Connor.
I'm going to go with Connor. Just because
the thing that excited me most about Hayley's
was the men of steel, but you brought that to the table.
Well, that's
if you're into steel work and welding
and gas fitting and things like that.
So you're a big fan of that. So Connor,
you've taken it out. Yeah, boy,
the men of steel and this weather
Would be an interesting watch actually
The rust
The men of mice
The hits
The Jono and Ben podcast
You've been obsessed
Like many Kiwis
With the show Baby Reindeer
Which is on Netflix
You say this woman is stalking you
Yeah
Like six months maybe
Why'd it take you so long to report it?
I think she needs help
She comes to my work My house she sends me emails like all the time are any
threatening towards you got really manly hands haven't you chiseled jawline should we run away
together so this is um it's been in the top charts for since its release and it is about
it's a true story richard gad the comedian he plays himself in this drama it is about, it's a true story, Richard Gadd, the comedian, he plays himself in this drama.
It's about him being stalked, essentially.
Nothing to do with Bambi.
No, no.
It's one of the terms that she calls him, right?
It's a baby reindeer.
That's where the name came from.
And so he reckons he's changed enough from this true story
for the, it's kind of, I guess in some ways,
to not let anyone know who this person
was he claimed that he has changed the character enough that she wouldn't recognize herself
now that this person the alleged stalker has been found by fans of the show through tweets that she
sent to him um it they do look quite similar they look very very similar. Her name is Fiona Harvey.
This is the woman that's the alleged stalker.
And now she, because people were trolling her online,
she's decided to reveal herself and say,
yes, it is about me.
But she's disputing any of these claims
and she's saying that he has made it all up.
She has done an interview with Piers Morgan.
Don't know why she chose him
But she's gone on there this morning
And she's done an hour long interview
Everyone's watching it out in the office
There's had like hundreds and thousands of people watching it live
I've never seen the show before
But I know it's wildly popular
And some pretty big accusations
If this is all fabricated
Pretty big accusations made against her.
Yeah, so there was stalking that she sent thousands and thousands of emails, tweets, Facebook messages.
I don't know if she's disputing this, but in the show she attacked him.
She attacked his partner at the time.
She had a history too, right? She got in the show? So they allege that in the show she stalked someone before
and that she was convicted of stalking this comedian as well.
But she's disputing all of this.
But she has said that she did in fact have a baby reindeer toy.
But you do look and sound very similar to the actress in the drama.
I haven't seen the actress.
We're both Scottish.
We've both got dark hair.
She's considerably younger than me.
I think she's about 18 years younger than me.
It says that you told Richard Gad that he looked like a baby reindeer toy.
Did you have a baby reindeer toy?
I had a toy reindeer.
So that's true.
And he shaved his head.
That bit is true.
Now, she says she's never watched the show. and he shaved his head that bit is true now
she says she's never watched the show
so this is interesting
she says she's never watched it
however there's a couple of times in there where he
references parts in the show and she's like yeah no
I never did that and so it does
sound like she's watched it
it would make sense for her to watch it
like if you're having to defend yourself you go what's been said
what's been said about me?
Because then I can say
the opposite.
Yeah.
There's a couple of times
where she's like,
no, I never emailed him.
Then she's like,
well, I know I emailed him
once or twice,
maybe 18 times.
So what do you reckon?
I always just say,
I stopped watching Baby Reindeer
because I felt sorry
for this real person.
I didn't even know
this person at that stage.
Which real person?
Richard or the stalker?
The stalker.
He felt sorry for the stalker.
He gets awkward
about stuff like that. I just felt
that you're making a story about someone's
life that she's, and I always felt like
this would happen, that it would come out and it'd be like
oh this just feels really icky because it's
based on the truth. For me, but I know it's a really popular
show. No, but what she did was icky, Ben.
Oh yeah. If she did it. If she did it.
And if she did it, that's the thing. If it was just a made
up story, I'd be like okay, fine.
Alright, well Netflix and Richard Gad say that they do have the emails, they do have the receipts, that she did it, that's the thing. If it was just a made-up story, I'd be like, okay, fine. All right, well, Netflix and Richard Gad say that they do have the emails,
they do have the receipts, that she did send 41,000 emails.
But in terms of the emails, she reckons she didn't.
How many do you think you sent him?
A handful.
Like, what does that mean?
How many?
Less than 10.
10 emails?
Not 41,000.
Right, there's a massive disparity between the two. Yeah, I agree.
I agree. Now, if she
was taken to court, she said she'd be fine
with that. He said we could look into
the receipts. Did you see the emails? It would be
quite easy to figure out. And she said she would be fine
to go to court. That seems like there's a beginning and end of the argument
there, right? Yeah. She's like, take me to court.
I'll prove you wrong. I've got 40,000
emails from Grammarly in my spam folder.
Can I take them to court?'ll prove you wrong I've got 40,000 emails From Grammarly In my spam folder Can I take them to court Yeah you can try
Oh very interesting
I don't know
You should watch it for yourself
And decide if you're
Into baby reindeer
I'm not convinced
That she is
Telling the truth
It's a case
She's saying
He's made it all up
And he's saying
This is the truth
So it's a he said
She said
And somewhere in between
Lies the truth
I tell you what
We do a special
Wild Wild Web podcast We talk about things On the web There's lots the truth. I tell you what, we do a special Wild Wild Web podcast.
We talk about things on the web.
There's lots to unpack with us.
So why don't we do a special episode on it today?
If you want to catch it, it'll be out on iHeartRadio later today.