Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Morgana O'reilly on foot fetishes + The Itty Bitty Hitty Committee begins

Episode Date: April 15, 2026

On today’s show:  Jono tries to be a petrol‑station hero... Ben discovers the confidence‑destroyer of being told “you look tired” while feeling his best Producer Troy admits the crazy way he got out of a date! Morgan reveals working at foot‑fetish parties in New York! The Itty Bitty Hitty Committee officially launches as the show’s exclusive club Megan gets a new phone… and drops it immediately during the lecture on taking care of it Sibling Survivors returns with stories of Polly Pocket decapitations... Entertainment correspondent Nicole Ryan breaks down Britney Spears entering rehab Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Podcasts, we've started, you should have heard it on the radio show, and you'll hear it again today on the podcast about a new club for the show. Yeah, the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee. And Megan, you have assumed the role of admin on the, if you actually want to join, just text group to 4487.

Or you can find it on for our international listeners, that they want to pay for the text. You can go to Facebook and find a search up Itty-Bitty Hitty Committee. Yeah, great. We're taking everyone. Well, literally, Megan's not denying anyone. No, I'm just seating everyone in. The floodgates are opened.

Hey, Robin has just sent a message through. I guess this is a forum to bring it up. She said, this is going to take some explaining, but hear me out, as an American who lives in New Zealand and is married to a Kiwi Ben, my skill in translating the name Ben, so you don't have to walk around the US, constantly being annoyed when they mispronounce it.

We have been there three different times together, and he has resulted to fully just using my name. But she said she can help with the pronunciation. Because when you go there, people think you're saying pin. I've had bin, pin, bean, like when I overpronounce it, they get Dean, all sorts. We've got family over there in the States. So you often have it when you order something, you get like a hot drink or whatever. And they're like, what's your name? You're like, this would be interesting.

But I find it quite fun to see what the name comes back now. Maybe it's like, why don't you just pick another note? I'm like, I could, but it's quite fun just to see what you get. Maybe she's meaning use Robin, because that's what her husband is. Robin. Robin. Robin. Yeah, I can see you as a Robin.

Definitely a sidekick energy. Yeah, pretty much. It's not main character. It's just sidekick. Yeah, I can do a Robin. Looks good in costume, looks good in costume. Yeah, Robin did look, yeah. He could pull off some tights.

Oh, that's good. So you're all ready the benefits of the EdyBitty Committee, solving problems. Getting results. First committee meeting. You take the minutes down where you love, will you take the minutes? Megan, you're... Oh, me, sweetheart. Sorry, yeah.

Get us a couple, would you, darling? I was doing to myself. Definitely not talking to you. We wouldn't say that to you. Geez. Geez, no. You know what's good for you. Exactly.

Exactly. All right, well, that's the iddy-bitty, hitty committee. You'll hear more about that. And, yeah, please, if you'd like to join the session on Facebook, T's Group to 4487, we'll bounce the link back. And enjoy the podcast. John O'Bin and Megan. Podcast

The Hats Yesterday was at the petrol station It's a really popular place At the moment petrol stations Well it's not Yeah I mean it's place we all need to go to But it seems like a lot of people Love flocking there at the moment

But it was just inside getting a drink And I was standing behind a tradie at the counter And he was having a bit of trouble with the F-POS terminal And I figured out over a couple of minutes That he had forgotten his bloody pin Oh Oh no

Which I imagine what happened a fair bit nowadays There's a lot of tapping and going And face recognising happening isn't there. Yeah. You don't have to do the pin as much, eh, whether you can swipe away with the other tap and go, you're right. So I was just trying to figure out his financial situation.

And I was like, well, this is an opportunity to step in as a good Samaritan. Here comes the White Savior. That's exactly what I was hoping to be branded as. I've got that as my LinkedIn profile, the White Savior. But also before becoming a White Savior, you want to know how much the White Savior has to spend. to look like it. You know, you want to know what finances you're dealing with. And I looked over the counter and he was buying like a giant can of monster energy

and some pies and bits and pieces. So it was like, okay, the white saviour might be able to handle this. Yeah. So I jumped and I was like, mate, I'll cover it for you. What's the, listen, don't worry, everyone's step aside. Don't worry, I will cover it. Someone filmed this. Someone put this on social media, tag me in on it.

My name is John I'm Priya. And I will do this right now. That's breakfast. Okay, let's not start yet until they start rolling up, mate. but, and then he turned around and was rather adamant. No, he swiped, I had my card out ready, he swiped my hand away.

No, no, I'm fine. I will remember the pin. And then it got into a bit of selfish territory for me where I was like, well, I also need to get on my way as well. I'm willing to pay $7.50 to just get on my way and get the day gone. Another two or three minutes he spent trying to remember there. Oh, really?

And the person, I was trying to eyeball the person behind the counter to go, hey let's go to the other terminal and let them have a moment to kind of, yeah. Yeah. That feels like I step aside just to have a think of regroup. I did chuck in a, are you sure? Like a couple of minutes later, are you sure, mate? I'm still here. No, you try.

Same situation with a lady couldn't work a car to cross the road at the cafe. Just tried to jump in and go, oh, listen, no. People get a little defensive sometimes, don't they? Their pride, I guess. I don't need you. I can do this myself. I've offered to pay $2 for a guy in Ware Stationery. paying with cash and he was like it was $2 more than he realized.

I was lucky even had two bucks and I just slid it on the counter and I was like there you go and he slid it back and was like no thank you. Not even $2. No. You can take it. Oh wow. I was like, oh, it's all good. Have you ever done that?

And it's probably doesn't happen so much now you can pay with your phone a lot of thing. But I once didn't bring my wallet to the supermarket, got to the end of the shop, got all the bags, really about to pay and was like, uh-oh, no, no wallet. And then you're like, oh, is someone going to step up and pay for my groceries? No, no. No. No.

They had to awkwardly put it aside. I had to come back. Drive home, come back. Anyone? Anyone? Is anyone going to make place? I've got a phone.

I can film it. No. It's a real awkward. It's like, don't have a card right now. I can put it aside. You come back. You know,

look like you're cutting back into the line to pay for your groceries. You don't have it on your phone? Oh, no. It was before I had it in my phone. Before that was a, you know. So it doesn't happen every time? I was like, where was that hero?

Where's that white savi here? You need to be then, mate, needed the white saviour then, to come on in and help me out there. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. This job, you know, it's a really fun job, and we're very fortunate to have it, but you do spend a lot of your week feeling like you're tired and, you know, getting up early. And I'm sure a lot of parents listening right now, shift workers will understand kind of what it's like, almost like a hazy sort of.

The fog, the brain fog. I mean, geez, Megan woke up, drove to work on Tuesday and fell asleep in the carpet. Yeah. Yeah. And I was up at two this morning. with the daughter I've got her to deal with as well. You know, the sleep thing. And you think about it every morning you get up and you're like,

I get a couple more days until I can sleep. Yeah. Yeah. That's not the most natural thing as well. So it was really nice having a couple days off where you felt like a proper human being. You can go out. You can watch a movie.

You can fint on the family. You weren't worried about what was your husband's show. You went going, oh, Jesus. It's getting annoyed. You know, it's like a normal person. My husband's always like, you're nice when you've had sleep. Yeah. Yeah.

It's a much better framework of mind. I feel good about it because I've only got four weeks in your leave. But I was feeling good. I was feeling refreshed. I was feeling great about you having some sleep as well. Friends were like, we're going to a pub on the Thursday night. I'm like, great, I'll come on down as well. You know, it's like no thought about, you know, the morning and having to get up.

And I got in there, my mate, first thing he says to me is like, oh, you look tired. And I'm feeling like a million. And then my other mate's like, he's not even on radio this week. He's like, oh, I was thinking those 4 a 8 starts are really doing your duty. I'm like, I'm refreshed. This is me refreshed. This is me on a good day. It was like, oh, you are looking tired.

Life is beating your ass at the moment. So maybe it's not even the 4 am starts. Maybe it's just what you look like. That's just me now. I was like, damn. Nothing rocks your confidence more than, oh, you look tired. I can imagine you're walking into the bar like this. So hey guys.

Hang on. It's a Thursday. It's great. Finger pointing. Yeah, I can have to be. A little Friday, baby. Yeah, here we go. Oh, you look, Ty.

The 4-A-B starts not doing your world. I'm like, oh, I've been sleeping a lot this week. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Now, producer Troy, welcome into the studio. Morning. Lovely to have you here. You mentioned in passing something after the show yesterday.

I really wish I didn't. Yeah. Yeah. Well, no, you won't learn. You forget. It's like when you're in a reality show and you forget the cameras are there. You forget and you say things to John O and Ben that you shouldn't. Yeah.

And then, let me turn up his voice breaks. But, you know, as you get older, you can laugh about things. things that have gone on from years gone by. You know, water's under the bridge. Now, this happened during a date, and what we want to open up, O8, 100, the hits is what got you out of a date? Yeah.

Yeah, this was about four years ago, and I was living with someone, and she's a flatmate, and she said, if you ever need to get out of a date, just flick me a text being like, call, and then I'll come up with an excuse and get you out of that. Which is not a new approach, is it? I think everyone that goes into a first date

knows that both of you have exit strategy. Yeah, I think it's true. phone call and it's something dramatic. It's not real. Maybe everyone on a first date now needs to go, okay, we both agree we've got an exit strategy. If this is going south really quick, that person can just walk up and stand up and leave.

Without any explanation. Just have a word. Exit. Or a little, like, I want to have on the expect you with the buzzer. You're like, at any stage, where's the buzzer? I don't know, hard feelings. Hard feelings, we'll get all their lights. Sit down there.

You're like, okay, cool. You don't even worry about the pantomine pretending there's, you know, a heart attack on the phone. No, because yeah, if they pushed it straight. you'd just be like that's obviously what I look like great and they're a golden buzzing where you're through the next you know the third the next day that would have been far more you know less elaborate than what I tried to do just initially knew the vibes were off this wasn't going to work out with this lovely lady and so when she was I don't know distracted or talking to the waiter

or something at the cafe, I quickly text my flatmate, call, call, call. And the excuse that, because I'm always very aware that you can kind of hear what the other person on the phone saying, so she had to actually sell it.

She's got to go method on the, yeah. She said, I need you to come home. I've had a stroke. Oh, jeez. I need you to take me to the hospital. Oh, jeez, she's getting this call, y'all. What?

You've what? You've what? Oh, and then I overdid it. I think. Oh, no. You haven't thought to call an ambulance? That's what I, yeah. For sure you're calling St John's, your first sport a call.

I know my flatmate's on a date, but I tell you what, I'll get him to explain why he has to leave drive home. And then, yeah, sort it out. And then when the phone call was over, it was like, hey, I've got to go. My flatmate just had a stroke. Now you can tell in a person's eyes if they're buying the story. She didn't buy it for a second. No, because I would imagine what? Flatmate, in her eyes, in how old, roughly?

She was like 22. Yeah, yeah, gotcha. It's young for a stroke, but not, you know. It's just happening. It can happen. Yeah, yeah. You smell burning toast. Oh, geez.

Why didn't she opt for something a little bit less dramatic? Because of the high stakes, I had to kind of jog out of the cafe. I'm going to go. I've got to go. All right, so I don't know if anyone can beat this or even get close to this. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. What did you?

used in as an excuse to get out of a date, Megan, you're that excuse person for someone else. Yeah, for my friend, I have to, it's not a phone call, though. I do a text and a text and a text and a text, like I spam the text. Oh, yeah, what emergency are you running? And a real, in a real quick time. Have you had to do it before? No, not yet.

But you've got a game plan. Yeah, and I've seen query text being like, are you alive? Where are you? Gotcha. Do you need, are you all good? Do you need an out? And she's like, she'll text back and be like, all good. And I say an all good means

Leave me alone Back off, back off push Stand down And then what is the same What is the panic word Well she just I'll just text incessantly And then she'll make up a scenario

And be like oh my gosh Okay no I have to go Gotcha It keeps texting Again no one's buying it No one is buying that That drama is happening over Let's say one to two hour period

I think that the flurry of text Is a better strategy than the call Because it's a cool True Sorry about this Oh sorry Producer Troy He had organised

prearranged with his flatmate for her to phone up and have a stroke halfway through a date so we can get out of it. A friend of ours who will remain nameless because you know it's not our story to tell it's his but he was on a date with someone it was actually at the end of the date but he got

out of it unintentionally because another mate of ours text him and said oh how's the date going? He texts back while they were driving home together. She was in the driver's seat he was in the passenger seat. He said this has been quite possibly the worst evening of my life, an absolute

disaster, and sent it, but he sent it to the girl he was on the date with. Oh, God. So her phone, like, ding, text, and then she obviously stopped at the lights and went, oh, the phone. She checked the message, and it was from her. Imagine if it was plugged into, like, car plane, it's like, message, says.

This is the worst day ever. If you're on the motorway, that's an open of the door and Commando roll out. It's the only option. It definitely is. It's the only option. Let's get to Mark. Happy New Year. you. Happy New Year. Good to have you on Mark. Okay, what's gotten you out of a date halfway through and years gone by? I wasn't actually halfway through just a second. I wasn't halfway through. I was

about to head out and I heard some stories about her, so I wanted to avoid it. So I called her up and said, look, I can't make it tonight. I'm helping this cow give birth. I've got my hand halfway up to her hoo-ha. And I wasn't because it wasn't car. having time, but she didn't quit. And, yeah, she fell for the excuse, and yeah, I spent the whole night sitting on the couch playing Grand Jizma. So, but then obviously there would there be follow-up texts going, hey, well, can you do tomorrow the next day?

Yeah, there was a follow-up text. We did end up going out on a date maybe two weeks later. You're like, I've had my hand up this hoo-ha for two weeks. Finally, I've freed it we can spend some time together. Yeah, no, well, but the funny thing is I ended up marrying her Oh my God, did you? Well, we're not married now.

That was, this is going back years, but yeah, I ended up marrying her and we were to give her like eight years. Well, did she know about the cow story at any stage or not? Well, she probably does now. Oh, you never told her. So that was a sad story that turned into a beautiful love story and then a sad story again.

Sorry again. That's great. Oh, thank you, Mark. What a roller coaster. Jono Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats. Magua.

Magana. Magna. I've had a lot of versions of my name. You can join it. You see Magina. Mogwana. This is Mogwana, really. I know.

Hello. It's good to have you in here. Yeah. It's good to be here. Now, you're part of the comedy festival as well for something that you're doing. It's very exciting. Yeah. Yeah.

They've done it a couple of times. It's called Stories About My Body. It's going to be at the Comedy Festival, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. This is something kind of personal, just you for a lot of it out there by yourself. And your body? Yeah.

Yeah. You're going to see some things that you won't be able to unsee. But I think you'll, like, have a good time. What do you mean? I think within the first couple of minutes in the article I was reading, you see some things. You're going to see some things. But look, basically all I'm trying to say with that.

Angles? I'm just going to be... Do you get naked? Angles? I'm just going to say, I'm just saying with my body, we're going to be very honest here, okay? And that boobs are funny. They're funny. They're a good punchline.

They are. So we just sort of like, rip the band-aid off, let's get it going. Yeah. Very cool. Is there, do you get nervous getting yourself out there? You know? I have in the past, yes. But the, well, and then we had a screening of the film a few months ago just for cast.

and crew, friends and family. And it was like the first time that we'd put it up on a big screen and was like, here's my little art baby on a silver platter. Here's my whole heart. And that was like another variation of, you know, I've definitely stood backstage multiple times shaking in my boots. Yeah. And this was like another one.

It was like, it was a bit easier actually because I was like, I'm still really nervous, but I don't have to remember lines for an hour. Yeah. She's already got it. but I'll just sit behind everybody and shaking my boots back here. What a great idea for a show though. Thank you. You should make one.

You could all make one. You have to. Well, sorry, it's about our bodies. Yes. Oh, yeah, no. So there's this one new year. One new years. I drink too much Heineken.

Yes. I'd love. So is it actual diary entries that you base this on? Well, it's sort of like, I think I do remember having this kind of anecdote a couple of years before I made it, which I remember saying to a friend being like, got this really great idea for a show, right? So the first thing I do is I'm going to run on topless, apologising for being late,

because boobs are funny. Yeah. And then I'm going to tell, like, read diary entries from my 1998 journal from Form 2. And then I'm going to tell the story of working at foot fetish parties in New York. And then I'm going to show my birth video. And you did that as a live show.

Now you made it into a film. Yes, yes. Wild. I know. Yeah. I love that. That is really. It does have my whole heart.

And I promise that I earn all the crazy bits that are in it. And I earn it with a full heart of love and some, hopefully, some good stories. Because I do actually think, like, humans love to be told a story. I love to be told a story. The simplicity of just having somebody stand on a stage or in your ears on a podcast or on the radio, whatever, and just tell you a story. A vulnerable story. Yes, tell me.

This crazy thing that happened. There's that great quote from, I think, Ira Glass, A, radio person. Watch out. And he said, great stories happen to those who can tell them. And maybe that's me saying I'm really great. You are great. You are great. Good.

You are great, yeah. I remember we spoke to you a few years ago, and you had just got back from America, and you were telling us that you worked at these foot fetish parties. Good cash? Is it good cash? Look, it was good cash for me in my very broke state. $20 every 10 minutes so long as someone was licking your toes. Are we allowed to talk about this?

Yeah, yeah. So you, what are you doing there? Are you just sitting and things are feet? Relaxing. Things are happening to your feet. Yeah, I've sort of entered the fetish space, so to speak. And like, I mean, I wonder if people watch this. You'll hear the whole story in the film, but.

Definitely IRL version of OnlyFans, I guess But you sort of at a bar, at a worship party And yeah, yeah, you work the room You walk around and go, hey, how's it going? And you sit down and you have... In bare feet.

No, you walk around looking gorgeous in heels and stuff And some people also just like your shoes. That's what they're there. Oh, really? Oh my God. I stress, I'm not here. Megan's dream. Yeah, Megan likes shoes. Yeah, do.

So we're not here to kinkshame anybody. No. No. No. We don't yuck anyone's yum. I'm not even joking. I've seriously thought about this. But tell me, I have webbed toes.

Yes or no for fetish? Absolutely. There'll be something into that for sure. There'll be someone's thing. Yeah. I actually think it's amazing to have, like, just to know your thing so much that you are like, that's what I'm going to spend my money on.

If somebody was like, here's a million dollars, go spend it on what turns you on. I'd be like, sexy boys. I don't know what it is, but if you know what it is, you're right. You're fair your thing. Good on. You. What about hairy toes?

I haven't cut my nails in about three months. I'm sure. Someone will be, okay, there's a market. That's good. Okay. Do you know, I was shamed, actually. I was ashamed. Were you?

By a listener. No, by a listener. No, listen to this. This is. What's your thing, babe? You know this story. On holiday. No judgment.

A lot of judgment. On holiday? I'm on a holiday. Oh, yeah. Pool side. A resort. A resort. A resort.

Picture the White Lotus resort. Okay. Public space. You're on the white lotus. Okay. Okay. Now, a listener, a listener phones up and says, I saw you cutting your toenails by the pool.

Pool side. Were you? Yeah, I was. No, you can't cut this. I can't do that. No, no, no, no. Oh, that is so gross. I'm sorry. Hold on, you've just said,

I'm not going to, I'm not here to shame anyone. That's true. That's not a kink. That's just a you being yuck. Yeah. That's it, you shedding your bodily makeup around the place. Oh, look. That's equivalent to.

So somebody's probably into it, watching that. On the other side of the pool, some dude is like, oh yeah, cut them. Oh, when you hear the snap. That's the equivalent of someone going along and putting their finger on one nostril and excreting. Yeah, it is. It's lovely the same lines.

Nasty. And then somebody's watching that and be like, oh, yeah, get it, blow it out. Oh, that's a big load. So satisfying. I want to ask you, because I grew up. You're funny. Wait, oh.

I grew up in a nudist park. Like, my family are... We're really opening up to you, we're going to this. Yeah. So I don't have an issue with, like, I still see my parents' nude. Like, it's really not an issue for me. But, like, how do you find... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I love seeing your parents do you too. Yeah, yeah. Like, it's just not, I don't even... It's just, like, clothing to me. Yeah. So I'm not prudish at all. But when, like, in New Zealand, whenever I tell that story, everyone's like, that's so weird.

Like, how do you find the response to a little bit of nudity? Oh, well, I think we break... We break the barrier on that quite well. And it is quite funny, especially having performed it live, a fair amount. Like some audiences will just, like, as soon as they enter stage, are just like, ah, ha ha, yeah. Even if it's just to cover their own, like, oh, my God. Others are really quiet, and that is weird.

It's kind of awkward. And sometimes, like, there's been a, there was one audience I remember in Wellington, and there was right in the front row, a big burly dude. middle-aged guy with his partner, bless him, he sat in the front row, and yeah, tits a kimbo in front of him and he was just arms crossed. And there was this little moment in my head where I sort of thought, oh, I made a judgment. I made a judgment about this person. And I thought this could be a guy that takes exception to this feeling, you know, his reaction

to the feeling of feeling awkward could be unpredictable. Like he could yell something Or get up and walk away Or be antagonistic And he wasn't He was absolutely gorgeous By the end of the show His whole body had relaxed

And he was laughing with his partner And I was like You're a beautiful man Motivode You really got to that stage I love you Yeah It's so good

Because you've done amazing things Throughout your life you know, not just on screen, but also talking about things like the foot fetish, but something that stuck with me, and I think I played the audio before when I talked to you with my daughter on the podcast, about how you stopped wanting to serve food and work in restaurant and cafes because of the process, your thought process. Yes, yes.

She's a lot. Now, why was that? Well, yeah, I did, I really did seriously toy with the idea of being a chef. I love to cook. I worked at Burger Fuel for years on the grill. And then when I had this kind of existential moment where I realized that everything I was working on, on, like, slaving over this hot stove was in about six to eight hours going to turn to actual human poo. And he sort of changed.

You know. I know, but it starts. I know. Oh, my God, that's so, like, poetic, though. It starts out as, like, a beautiful creation and ends up as, like, the grimest thing. Yeah, in a toilet bowl. I can see it in the little bowl. But, you know, you can see it.

You could also take another spin on it now, knowing what I know about nutrition, because your body is like taking all this beautiful nutrients and leaving behind what it doesn't need anymore. So you could get back into the restaurant game, that you're saying? Yes. So I'm opening a restaurant. And I'm just serving you what comes out. I'm bypassing the middleman. Oh, geez, I don't know.

That's a good idea. Oh, mate. Okay, so where can people see it? It's going to be Auckland, well, and, and, Chris. Christchurch. Auckland, Wellington, Christchich. Auckland is got... The premiere screening is at Mother's Day at the Hollywood.

It's sold out. Too late. Sorry, too popular. Yeah, too popular. We've added an extra screening at the Capitol Theatre, the beautiful Capitol Theatre. Not sold out? Not popular. Not popular.

Solent! I'll come along there. I'll walk past it up there. I've never been to a movie there. I was... Oh, it looks amazing. It's such a lovely experience. It's out of the day, so I have to come along.

And also, you've got these amazing. He's like great places to eat right there. It's perfect. It's a whole evening. And that's on the 16th, 17th of May the week after. It's in Wellington on the 16th of May, saying that slowly 16th of May. There's still some tickets left for that. And the Lumier Cinema in Christch on the 17th of May.

Look it up. Awesome. Stories about my body. Morgan O'Reilly. Love it to catch up with you as always. Lovely to get, love it. Love it. Love it.

Love it. John O' Ben and Megan. The podcast. We've always dreamed of having some sort of a club for the show that we could be part of, that you could be part of, if you like the show, you like listening, and maybe helping make some of the decisions of what we do on the show. Well, in that way, all the responsibility is not on us, you know,

when management talk to us about, you know, misspending, we can go, well, this is part of a committee. A committee member investigation, you know, like, yeah. We're sharing the load with you guys. It's your show. We figure more members on the committee, less chance of us getting fired. Yeah. and, you know, a place that we can all converse and share things, you know,

because not everyone wants to be, you know, like a little club that, you know, not everyone can be part of. If you want to be part of, you can. And I pitched the name yesterday, and I didn't think it was really going to be more than just one of those things. You say the name and everyone goes, and move on. But it seems to have steamrolled a little bit. It's the eddy-bitty-hitty committee.

So the eddy-bitty-hitty committee was the name, and you guys are like, love it. Let's do it, and it's happening. Yeah, the Facebook page has already been created. We were debating after the show whether a WhatsApp group or a Facebook page would be more appropriate. It was decided Facebook page. Okay, so we've run with that. I think the WhatsApp could be for the board members, like more exclusive. But we'll worry about that.

So the top brass take it offline after the committee meeting. We'll take that to the board. So that could be WhatsApp for the future. But right now, we've got a Facebook page. And it's, you know, I'm going to say it's not invite only, but you've got to be allowed into. We're going to let you into the committee. We're going to have to, yeah. It's very low criteria.

for you to be accepted. It is. Yeah, you just have to say, I want to be accepted. And then we'll go, yeah, come on in. But it would be good if you, you know, you knew you were bringing a certain set of skills to the committee. Yeah. Maybe you can provide baked goods for committee meetings.

That would be useful. Maybe you can do funny accents to entertain the committee when things are getting a bit tired, you know, an hour or two into the meeting. Do you know, I already have beef because we talked about this yesterday. we had some meetings and we talked to management and stuff. There's only five members. So that's us and also our normal Facebook page. So like even the bosses and everything that we had meetings with yesterday

didn't want to be. But do we want them on the committee? No, the committee's not about them. They've already... Right, okay. So we don't want the bosses. No, but if you're listening right now, I want to be on it. It's a Facebook group called the Eti-Bati-Hiti committee.

Okay. And you can teach group to 4487. That's the keyword. We'll bounce you back the link. I'm going to be transparent. I've never used Facebook. Oh, my God, we had so much issues with Dad yesterday. About five weeks ago, 60% sort of went through the process of setting up a page.

I wouldn't, the password I couldn't remember. It said it was sending me reminders to a WhatsApp. That wasn't coming through. But I think I managed to. Johnny Pry's in there now. Johnny Price. I don't know what. Ben wasn't much better.

You're like, I've got a page. I never use it. What do I do? Yeah. So, guys, don't worry. I'll let you in. Yeah, I'm in there. I'm in there now.

I'm in there now. Yeah, I refreshed when I got home and it was all good. So, yeah, so I'm in there as well. What category does that put us in? Because everyone's like, Facebook's the boomer's social media. And I don't even know how to use it. Am I in a whole other section of society? The silent generation. So you can text group to 4487 right now.

We'll put you back a link. And then if you want to be part of the Eddie Bitty Hitty Committee on Facebook, there's no fees, nothing, not trying to sign you up for anything. No fees, though. No fees. No fees. No annual subs. No.

These people are volunteering their time, and we're going to charge you as well. We were talking about an annual retreat yesterday too. Things like that could happen, right? At Waira Resort maybe, somewhere in Topol. A bit of a get-together for the team. We'll get an inspirational speaker on. Yeah, that sort of stuff could have in the future, but if you want to get involved. Amy, I just accepted Amy.

Oh, you can text group to 4487. Or you can find it on our Facebook page at the Hits Breakfast as well. The Itty Bitty Hitty Committee. More on that later on. Fiona, who always helps us. Wendy. She can be involved, you know, because she brings a lot to the show every morning. Approved Madison.

You're just recklessly accepting everyone, Megan. Oh, you just said why you can't see everyone. Except, mate. Except. All they're going to do is apply. No vetting. No vetting, mate. No criminal records checking?

Nothing. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Apple brand, believed to be the first one in New Zealand to pass one billion in global sales. The envy Apple first made in New Zealand in 1985. Oh my God. I thought you were talking about technical. No, my actual Apple.

Like phones and stuff. Like eating apples. The OG Apple. Yeah, that's so that's Apple before Apple was an apple. Yeah, that's well done to envy. Not my go-to. The envy. I won't lie.

I don't think I've had the envy, but I want to try it now. The Ambrosia, not a bad one. I love Ambrosia. Not a bad. The pink ladies. Pink ladies. Brabren's always good. Brabairns is taken it back to the 90s, baby.

It's a bit sour. Yeah, sometimes it's good. A Royal Gala. Oh, you would be a weird. Royal Gala and a braveon. Tell you what you don't see much of nowadays, the old Granny Smiths. I've got Granny Smith in the Fruit Bowl. Well, there you go.

It's good for cooking. There you go. Still see them nowadays. Well, speaking of apples, I got myself a new phone yesterday. And look, it's cook. It's not a work phone. No. I took some serious grafting.

Serious. Because I think I'm so busy and chaotic. I don't mean to, but I break things. Like when I broke the pressure cooker, I poured liquid through the motor and everything. I just, I get busy and I get a bit frantic and I break things. Doesn't even reply to email. She's so busy. Doesn't even reply to emails.

Hey, I just replied to you. I just replied to that chain. There's one hour of 20. So I've been grafting with my husband for ages. He was like, what's wrong with your one? And I was like, well, it's slow. It keeps freezing. And he was like, that's because you take it into your bloody sauna.

You know, the steam sauna thingies? Ah, right. They're not great with heat and steam phones. You use your phone in a steam sauna. Well, all right, don't start. I'm on Team Andrew here. I like to watch. Otherwise, what are you doing there?

I get a bit bored. I like to watch Netflix or something. Slowly you sweat up and steam with strange people. You don't know. By myself. Anyway, so he was like, don't use it in the sauna. Don't, like, he was listing off all these things. He's like, you need a decent cover.

You need a screen protector. You're going to look after it. So I'm getting this whole chat after I'd grafted for ages to get this new phone. And I'm sitting there yesterday. I put the case on. I got a little chain now. I made it look cute. And then you have to like set it up, which is never fun.

So I had it there with my other phone. And I'm getting this like the whole big telling off from my husband being like, don't do this. Don't do that. Look after it. Make sure. And I, as I'm, you know, I gesticulate a lot. I flung it off the couch.

Oh, straight away. I was like, yeah, yeah. flung it off the couch straight on the floor, face down. And I hadn't yet put everything on it. There was no screen protector on it. And he just looked at me and I was like, if this is broken.

It's a win. Huge win for the husband there. I was like, whose side is the universe on today? If this is broken, I'm screwed. I'm definitely going to take good care of it. One minute later. Win for the little man. The screen is intact.

So it's all going. It's all going. Oh yeah, but God did I hear about it? It's like when sunglasses come into your life, new sunglasses, new phones. You treat them like a newborn baby, don't you? For two seconds. Yeah, three days later, you're wedging the door open with your phone,

opening bags of chips with them. Now I'm going to the sauna today. Yeah, exactly. You'll be straight out there with it, right? Yeah. I bet you do it. You'll, yeah. Yeah, as long as he's not there.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Maddie McLean, the beloved Maddie Maclean. We really do enjoy Maddie's time and personality and charisma, don't we? Yeah. It really sounds like you're grazing out to him because of something. I just want to make sure he can hear us on hold. Can you hear us there, Maddie?

Oh, I heard. Yeah, good, good, yeah. I really love him all around. He's going. Keep going. Huge heart, massive heart. He gives great cuddles too. Great cuddles.

I tell you what, smells. Always smells. Yeah. Is it too late to put on Ford for Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the year? Well, there's always next year. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Every year in my heart, he's New Zealander of the year.

Oh, God. He's looking good at the moment, eh? Oh, my God. Roll up. Guys, guys, I agreed yesterday to what he's. the stupid surprises. No, I know. We were just, oh, sorry, I didn't know you were there, Maddie. We were just giving you bright background on what you like.

We have a surprise for Maddie, and we're a little nervous. We were on, you know, 50-50 on whether we would go through with it, and he would enjoy it. So we have got his consent for him to be open and receiving of a surprise. He doesn't know what the surprise is, though, so it's weird for you to be, yeah, I know, we'll put you in a strange spot. I'm sorry, Maddie. Is today the day that I find out? Potentially. We don't want to ruin this surprise.

I need to tell you that I really thought that I would be able to crack PJ yesterday, but she's hold enough under intense interrogation. Yeah, well, I mean, if you haven't heard it and you're listening, we did actually tell PJ what the surprise was. This is her reaction. Look, my gut instinct says he will not love her and he'll absolutely hate it. but part of me wonders if he will just lean in and actually get really into it.

It really could go one of two ways. So she hasn't put our mind at ease. She doesn't put mine at ease either. No, I think the latter. I think he's going to lean in and love it. Now, Maddie, yesterday we spoke to you same time and you were busy looking after your nephew? A niece, niece.

Yeah, and so we figured that you weren't listening to the radio? No, I wasn't listening to the radio. Oh, great, because we had just for one song, we set up a text bounce back. So the audience could text Mattie 4-487, and then they would get a text back explaining what the surprise was. Do you want to hear what their reactions were? Yeah, please. This is my worst nightmare. I don't think he's going to be happy.

No, especially after the singing fish. I thought it was pretty funny. It's going to be 50-50. He's not going to really like it. Or not. What the hell have you guys? Yeah, that didn't fill me with confidence that any of those responses.

Those are people who know you well, they listen to you every day. Matty, Matty, Matty, Matty. Okay, okay. I mean, it's just because you give such good reactions. So even if you don't love it. So the surprise could be today, could be tomorrow. It could be Saturday morning at 4 a.m.

Who knows? Who knows, Maddie? It'll happen some stage this week if we follow through on our. Maddie you, right? Okay. But we tease you because we love you. I know. I know, but the question is, am I going to love you guys?

That's a great question. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Now, Megan, so is Andrew your husband? Is he performing tonight? Yes. He's Romeo and Juliet. He's playing Romeo in the station.

musical and Juliet Yeah We all went along We had a fun time Ben you're a little aggrieved That Megan jumped the queue For the red carpet

You were fastidiously Waiting in line With your family Man of the people Man of the people Yeah just get that out there They offered So I wasn't as if I just

barge my way in there It was like close to Close to the time And that's on you My friend was Okay My friend was like Hey quit jump in here

And I was like Well I did Yeah you did I asked the people in the front of the line, I didn't go down and ask the whole line. No, we're right two back from them.

You didn't really look even though I didn't even see you. Sorry, sorry, excuse me. Is this okay? When you're in that mode, when you're in celebrity mode, you don't see the people, you don't see the people. You don't see the little people waiting. Yeah, you're right, John I. Yeah, the little people.

Celebrity mode, you know. It's a whirlwind, flashing lights, people yelling your name. What's going on. Yeah, sorry, no time for photos right now. Oh, cross. Yeah, like, go out of your autograph? Not what it was like.

My kids have waited in line for Megan's autograph for. Oh, okay. Like bloody old chapel rowing over here Send a security over to your kids But it's a really good show The reason I want to talk about it's because it's a great show It's going right throughout the country So you should definitely definitely go

I've even bloody thing I've hocked off a couple of tickets And Christchurch for him Good on you Annie and John Pryor, my parents But my only bug bear with the I loved every minute of it Yeah So where we were seated

And I don't like it Is in the middle of the road Where you were sitted Yeah Where I sit at Okay no exit strategy I did look up, I saw Megan and one of those little turrets, you know, on the side of the

She waved to the people at that stage? She wasn't doing the queen wave to the people. But I feel trapped, you know, when you're in the middle of an aisle and it was a packed aisle. So I'm like, there's no emergency exit strategy here. And as soon as I sat down, all I could think about was my bladder. And that was the beginning of the first half.

And I was like, I'm not doing too bad. about a quarterful right now, and you could just slowly feel it filling up and up and up to where the last say 35 minutes of that first half was deep breathing. The first half was a lot longer than the second. Yeah, that's pretty standard.

And you start trying to formulate when the end of the first half is going to be like, okay, because I was like, well Romeo needs to come on. That needs to be the cliffhanger of the first half, and I was like, no Romeo, they're dancing in a nightclub now. Okay, there's another scene of the bed. There'd be a big thing. and then it would fade to black and you're like,

oh, this is the moment. It's done. It happened a few times and then it carried on. Oh, it was, it was, the show was great, but I was in deep pain. And it's not like a concert where you can kind of just leave and go to the bathroom if you need to, you know, like it doesn't feel like one of those.

It's not a stand-up hunch over. Sorry, I'm just got bathroom. Excuse me, sorry, sorry, sorry, yeah. So, but then by the time I was allowed to release the valves, wow, I felt like one of those, you know, the fountains of little babies on them and they're just constant. It's just a constant, non-stop.

Stop, that was me. Be honest. Did you join the Lil Wee Club? I would say I was really knocking on the door of it, but no. I was holding on with all my, you know when it's painful? And you're like, f-ph. But do you find there's a thing where your body can sense the porcelain? So you're like, hold on for so long, but then when you get close, it's like, your

body's just let's go. Yeah. And I was thinking of like, the toilets are going to be busy too. The guy took me, I was like, I need to go to the toilet. I was like, box office. There's a hidden solo one in the box office. Oh, really? Amazing.

Lifesaver. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been an emergency divot. Megan had one in her box. It was fired up there. In a rural box. It's fine. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The Hits. The wedding date for her and Travis Kelsey, the footballer, is going to be in July sometime. And her inspiration from her wedding dress is rumored to be Elizabeth Taylor. The famous Hollywood actor as well, who she got a song called Elizabeth Taylor, I think, on her latest album, Life of a Show. girl as well. Elizabeth Taylor is the only person that has more marriages than Megan. He was trying to get her attention.

She was otherwise preoccupied. No, I was Googling her wedding dresses to say, but then there's a few. Yeah, so the aspiration was for her marriage to Conrad Hilton, Paris Hilton's great uncle in the 1950s. Apparently that's the inspiration if you want to Google that. And then they're going on a bloody whirlwind honeymoon. Oh, bloody ten country. stop in about one and a half weeks

Ben, you would love that itinerary. It's a great schedule. Oh, okay, so off the shoulder, full sleeves, full dupeon silk it looks like. Okay, is this a put it up on the Hitsbreakfast Instagram moment? Yeah, I reckon. There we go. Producer Troy, it's lovely to have you in here, my friend. Morning. We do segment every week on the radio called sibling survivors.

Survivors of sibling torture and torment from when you were growing up. I actually just remembered one. my friend, her older brother, he kind of liked, he liked fire. Okay, he was a firebug, like a little mini-arsonist. And I remember at the primary school, one school holidays, he set the, you know how you got like wooden blocks,

sort of round cylinders of wood, but they're on different levels that you could walk up and down? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the playground, so they? He set those a lot with a can of links and, uh, oh, yeah, there was a period where everyone was doing that, Yeah, and it's, boy, it went up in flames. Fire service, all sorts of nonsense. Oh, no.

He pinned it on her, on his little sister. Oh, really? She took the blade and she didn't say anything. Oh. I was like, damn, I didn't even know if the parents ever found out that she wasn't responsible for it. But good on her. Where's? Labelled an arsonist and she didn't even light lighting things on fire.

Where's he now? I don't know. Haven't know for a while. I don't know if he's got a phone or any contact. But producer, Troy, you had a sister. I still have a sister Not RIP She was a psychological torturer

She would just be sitting We would be in different rooms She'd be sitting by herself And she would just go Ow, Troy, stop And I'd always get in trouble But then I kind of got her back years later And I'd just like

I'll not really get her back But I'd bite the heads off her polypockets Oh really? She'd bite the heads of it Not out of spite It's 100% out of spite No, just the texture of them on my teeth felt really nice. Oh, that's weird.

Decapitating polypockets? Could the heads get put back on easily? No, they got quite mangled. Yeah, yeah. I'd chewed on them. Has she still got her lump on her head? Oh, yeah, that's the other thing. She would chase me around a lot and run into things.

And so she ran into a net. Within the space of a couple of weeks, we run into a netball pole, side of a door, and just have these big egg welts on her forehead. Did you get pinned for that as well? Because you were the ones. It kind of was my fault. Yeah, I did get pin for that. Yeah, that's a real good gas-liding situation.

And just out of nowhere, we're like, oh, Troy. Just when she felt like it on a whim. And it feels, yeah, parents were like, stop, Troy, leave your sister alone. Then there was one time when mum had a line of sight to her, and she's out of nowhere just playing by herself, goes, oh, Troy, I'm looking at you, she's not even close. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

Siblings, you've both got siblings, you got war stories, don't you're growing up? Yeah. You don't have to tell them now, please. Yeah. I don't know. Don't go into too much detail. That's right. We had physical fights, but I think he was more like a teaser.

And then like, I... Is he older or younger than you? He's older. Right. And I would... I was so organised in the mornings, you know, so I'd like, put my toast down and I'd go and do my things. And then I'd come back and he's like sitting there eating my toast with a grin on his face.

Power play. I'm like, you're such a... Big move. Just stuff like that, you know? Looking at some of the calls we've got to get to you now, you got off pretty lightly with that toast theft, Megan, because Kane, happy New Year to you. Yeah, you too, man, you too.

Well, wonderful to have you on. All right, sibling survivor, are you one? Yeah, man, yeah. So, well, quite a bit younger. My younger sister and I, before mum would get home from work, used to balance a dining room table chair on a coffee table to reach the school snacks cupboard above the fridge. My risk, my risk.

And we got away with it for a wee while, and then I think we might have got a little bit too greedy in our takings. And mum caught on and obviously started asking the questions. My sister blamed me in its entirety, so I was grounded and lost by PlayStation and all sorts of drama that went on. And so I waited until she wasn't home, grabbed a pair of scissors, got into her bedroom, found every Barbie I could, and cut all their hair off.

Oh! Better go back. The Barbie hair, do they? No, no. It was the Polly Pocket head removal story that triggered my memory. I'm like, oh, I've got to get in here, right? I've got to get in here.

To be honest, Kane, it was a matter of time before she tried to give the Barbie a haircut herself. We all did it, and it spikes up. Or you try and cut them a fringe and it doesn't work. You end up with wear. Then it's all going to come off. Yeah, you're right. You're right.

Have you got a promising career in hairdressing now, Kay? You're running a thriving hairdressing salon? Nah, nah, nah, no, hydraulics, mate. A little bit, but not quite this. What could have been? What could be? Good on you, mate. Appreciate it.

Now, Sharon, welcome to the Hits. Lovely to have you on. Happy New Year. And then happy Easter to you too. Sharon, talk to us. Talk to us. You're a survivor. What happened?

I'm not the survivor. Well, my brother was younger than me, and he just used to irritate me, get in my face, and when I had friends around. So we had a small sort of five acres of garden in the one corner, and there was a whole lot of prickly pears,

and cacti down there. So I used to haul him down there and hook him up by his t-shirt in the corner of the garden when no one could hear him scream and he would hang there for hours. Oh, you'd hang him on a cactus?

No, no, on his t-shirt on the fence. On the fence? Where did I get a cactus? No, and amongst the prickly pears in the cactus. A scarecrow. No one could hear him shout. And he could shout to his heart content and no one would actually hear him.

Yeah, it's the no one can hear him scream that really isn't. No one. By the way, no one can hear you. That is great, share a story. It's why he's demented now,

saying that's why he's demented now, did you say? Wow. Thank you for sharing. A lot of torture there. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats.

Live from New York City. It's our entertainment correspondent, Nicole Ryan. Joining us over Zoom, Nicole, fresh off the press, hot off the press, something off the press.

Brittany, in rehabilitation, we understand. Yeah, I mean, I think that she went this time probably, like, by, you know, her lawyers probably said that this is probably the best bet after that DUI. I read some things that said that, like, you know, the people around her that love her are urging her to go, there are no people that love her around her anymore. At least she doesn't let them around her anymore. That's what I think has gone on. And I think we've touched on this in the past. You know, it was like a whole free, free Britney movement. And I think that she was too controlled.

and now you can't just like control someone for that long and then fully let them loose because it's almost like culture shock. I feel like she almost had culture shock and has gone crazy a little bit and I'm sure she needs some semblance of organization, responsibility, you know, people that actually support her. Everyone does, you know?

Like everyone needs to have some form of structure in their life. I was selling a lockup Britney movement now? Are the three Britney people are they reversing that? No, it's how. Help Brittany now. Help Brittany. Help Brittany. Yeah.

I mean, it's kind of like she was super controlled and was medicated and then they took all that way. So like maybe she still needs medication, which is nothing wrong with that. But like not to be controlled with video cameras in her room and her dad telling her what to do. You know, that kind of thing. Like there's got to be some. I was hopeful recently though because I'm sure I saw on her Instagram before the DUI

that her sons were around with her, which hasn't happened for years. They're older now. I'm sure that they're like, I would hope, are trying to reach out and trying to, you know, reconnect in some healthy way and understand where she comes from. This is not her fault that she's the way that she is now. I mean, she's product of the machine of the, you know, the Hollywood entertainment machine. Yeah. That's what, you know, we're just talking about Bieber too. Same, same, same thing.

Yeah. I was like a shock that we didn't have, that we didn't have, I mean, we had like a few mini ones. I don't know the whole clocking this video. But I was surprised that we didn't have like, not a head shaving, but like, a head shaving. but like a head shaving, attacking cars with umbrella type of moment that he didn't snap like that. I was actually shocked. I'm happy it didn't happen, but I was shocked.

He definitely was pushed to the edge for sure. I mean, it's not a natural upbringing. I mean, adults struggle with that whole world, let alone, you know, a developing mind. Yeah, you're like a zoo animal. Like, you're a human being. You're not meant to just, like, be stared at and followed and screamed at and, like, it's like no sense of privacy.

Like, you lose your sense of reality, you know? And also the way that were true. And God, we were probably guilty of making jokes about Britney Spears and Justin Bieber back in the day too. Oh, we absolutely were. No, not you. Yeah, bro. The whole world dined out on those photos of her with a shaved head and the umbrella. We're all like, ah, she's gone nuts.

I don't think that would happen nowadays. No, no. You look at Kanye and people now are just more concerned for the guy's mental well-being, aren't they? I don't know if I am. Maybe some people are. I'm good. Just me? Just me.

Just me. You've got to say, though, that show looked pretty. Yeah Just saying If he came Would you go? I don't know He's not getting led into some countries now

Is he not being led in? Some countries aren't Yeah I think the UK Just said no to him going He went a little bit too Nazi Yeah You should just sail off He should just sail off into the sunset

Into like some private island There's no coming back from that There really is it I don't think Maybe I'm wrong Maybe I'm wrong But no no He went too far Well listen hey Nicole

Always lovely to catch up with you