Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Someone cut the line... in front of the All Blacks

Episode Date: August 4, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan's fake tan disaster... Jono finally gets his hair transformation  Is Megan the best to give advice  Will we ever hear Jono's donut story? Was it Las Vegas or Roto Vegas...�� Would this outrage you?  Ben's wife's USA highlights are interesting... Listen to the end to see if Jono makes it back in time! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. The Olympics, I'm loving the Olympics and also loving it as a conversation starter. You know, everyone you talk to in the program, are you enjoying the Olympics? Some people, no, they're not watching at all, but most people seem to be. Are the people saying they're not enjoying it or just not engaging? Oh, just not watching, yeah. I mean, yeah, so, but...

I tell you what, television's probably loving the Olympics. Linear TV, an exciting weekend over the weekend. We're going to catch up with Cherie Kinnear from the New Zealand Herald who's over there in Paris. Zoe Hobbs, so close to making that 100 metre final. They're like the rock stars of the Olympics, aren't they? The 100 metres prints, yeah, yeah. Yeah, would have been historic.

We are coming to you live from Christchurch this morning. We flew here just so we could legitimately moan about how cold it is. And it was worth every penny, wasn't it, the flight? Although it's not. High today, Christchurch, 14 degrees. Or 13 degrees, sorry. Or high today, up north, pick a place like Auckland, 14 degrees. So it's pretty similar.

Why did we fly here then? It was one degree walking to work this morning. It was pretty cold. Kondo works at the Hats and Crushes in shorts, guys. Let's not make a thing of it. Play it cool. Play it very cool. Now Megan, you almost missed the flights, didn't you? Good luck. I haven't flown for years.

Since COVID, I haven't really been on a flight. So the last time you took a flight for work or anything was before 2019 sort of thing? Yep.'m out of really out of practice so like I turned up and I forgot. Can I just say the system hasn't changed? No yeah. Did you need to did you need the safety video to put on your seatbelt? You're like how does that work again? My god I haven't seen a safety video for so long I was like really into it like what have we got? like, I forgot how early they board planes and I forgot that I have to go through security. So I'm

like sitting out in the main area having a bite to eat. Oh, so you were at the airport? I got there early, but I was mucking around and I was eating lunch and then they said the flight was boarding and I hadn't gone through security. And then I go to security and there's a huge line, including a bunch of All Blacks.

Yeah, they're making their way to Wellington for the test. She had to hop ahead of Bowdoin Barrett. I know. Did you say, oh, can I go past you? Because they kept saying, they said final boarding call and I'm stuck in the security line. So I had to be that person and be like, I'm so sorry, my flight's boarding. Sorry, Bowdoin. And so I pushed past all these All Blacks, all these people.

To be fair, everyone was very supportive. They're like, you've got this. You can do it. Yeah, we back you. I almost felt a cheer as I ran away from security. Well, your dad, Wayne, big believer in, he doesn't like to board planes when they ask you to board, does he? No, he likes to wait till they

call your name. And so I got to the gate. Controversial, why? Because he feels like a VIP. Oh, you feel special. And also he's like, everyone rushes to the plane. He was like, you know how hard it is to get your bag off? They're going to wait for you.

I'm like, they don't. But I got to the gate just and scanned just as they started calling the names. So I missed out on the name call. I want to chuck that open. Okay, text 4487, New Zealand's breakfast. Do you work at the airport? Because there is this golden theory that if you've checked your bag and the plane won't take off.

Not in America. Not in America the other day because I was trying to get back and I was like, what about the bags? They're on another flight. And they're like, they'll just go. Yeah, do they just go here too? I don't know. I don't know if that's the case.

Yeah. Because they put on the loudspeaker they're starting the offloading process, but I don't know if that's just a scare. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It was pretty degrading, to be honest, the whole thing. There was a conversation in passing last week. Producer Taylor raised an issue that she was getting her hair shampooed in the salon. She didn't know whether to keep her eyes open or shut

during the shampooing process. She believes eyes shut appears like you're fantasising over what's happening to the top of your head. I think we've discovered now the hair industry want your eyes shut, right? So you're not like sitting there staring at them. So that was the launch pad. Then all of a sudden I find myself, oh, we're going to take you to a hair salon.

You haven't been to a hair salon In 15 years We felt like we were Excluding you Taylor was like You guys know about it And then we all looked at Jono And he was like

Oh clearly I don't You know So we're like Hey that's I'm fine not knowing about it Well we thought No we thought Not on our watch eh Megan

No We need to get you That gorgeous head massage So we did Made a mockery of me Mockery of the hair industry. We talked to Vivo and Chancery Lane and we were like, hey, can we bring Jono along? You know, get pampered.

Get to enjoy those things that most people get to do every sort of month or couple of months or something. And so we took you along and the fantastic team there gave you a shampoo and a salon for the first time. Have a listen. I get a lot of cackles of laughter going on, but there's no time for laughing, Meghann, because right now is a big moment. You're getting your hair shampooed. There's a lather. We've gone for some purple shampoo because he's a blonde.

But you also said, can we get some of the ginger out of it? I was asking if the toner can get the ginger highlights out of it. Okay, so here we are. How are you feeling so far? I feel like one of those ugly kids in a rom-com and then you've taken them to a beauty salon to zhuzh them up a bit, you know?

Oh, one of those situations, yeah. Nice relaxing sort of hair wash, massage of the scalp. It is nice. Now this is the issue that Taylor brought up. Do I stare at you or do I have my... Please don't. Please don't. Please don't. Please don't.

Please don't. Eyes closed. And just relax. Eyes closed. Do you like banter? Not at the basin. No. Not at the basin.

This is your relaxing time. Must have been I didn't know the protocol. No banter at the basin apparently. You're out of practice. Out of practice. You've known a very long time. So how was it? How was the, you know,

the little massage on the scalp? Wet? Wet? Okay, good. I heard you groan. You did groan. I did groan. It was actually very relaxing.

Eyes were shut. I appreciated that moment. A nice little massage. Didn't take them long, but hey, they did it. And you got to enjoy that as well. Like a huge waste of shampoo. And then they sort of wrapped your hair in some sort of like a microfiber towel or something, right? It was like a heated towel.

Yeah, you got a little sort of steam done and then there was a big reveal. We were like, what's going to go on there? And we didn't realise that they'd secretly put a wig underneath the towel. And what a reveal this was. Okay, this is the big reveal. What's going to happen now? Basically, I'm going to take this off and you're going to look delicious. Okay, here we go, delicious.

You ready? Have you ever looked delicious before? No one's ever called me delicious. You're going to be called delicious every day from now on. Okay, here we go. Here we go. All right, it's coming off. Here we go.

Oh, wow. He's gone blonde. It's like a short, what have you got, short fringe? Short little bob with a fringe. You're definitely going to be a killer now. You look like Lord Farquhar of Shrek. Lock up the girls, lock up the boys. Jimmy Sample.

Okay, I'll probably go more. If you pull your fringe down, you can go, there's Sia. You look like Sia. Oh, Shanley. What do you think? I don't feel delicious. So, yeah, I look like a blonde Lego character.

I didn't even push record on that. Yeah, it was pretty incredible, wasn't it? Your amazing transformation as well. So thanks so much. Who's the lady who puts on the Met Gala and doesn't smile? Anna Wintour. Yeah, there you go. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. We are loving the Olympics at the moment. We're going to go live to Paris very shortly. Cherie Kinnear from the New Zealand Herald bringing us coverage from inside the stadium, which looks incredible. She's doing a wonderful job talking to our athletes and they're being very supportive. She spoke to Zoe Hobbs after she made the semis for the 100 metres and she's been doing a great job getting interviews.

However, the Aussies, a bit harder to catch on a good day. Have a listen to this. This is an equestrian rider who got silver. Not happy with the post-match interviews. From press conference to press conference, asking the same generic crap. And all I want to do is see my mates and colleagues on the team and my wife and family and have a beer.

But I'll catch up, don't worry. I'm a bit surprised you didn't want to do these interviews tomorrow because we normally turn up completely hungover and they're the best interviews you ever get. I don't know why you want to hear from a sober eventing guy so he couldn't be happier good good honestly there and now someone who may be unhappy is the hotel that we're staying and we're here for in Christchurch yeah we're doing the Alpha Quiz Alpha Quiz live at the the little fiddle if

you're a fan of little musical instruments and come along tonight a little fiddle we'll do Alpha Quiz Live. You can win some money. So it started with me almost missing the flight, if you missed that earlier, running through the airport. And then yesterday... Line jumping All Blacks who were politely waiting in line. Thank you, Bowden Barrett.

He was very polite. But there was... It's lovely from the All Blacks because, you know, they really should be getting in front of you. But also, they're not going to put up a fight because then everyone, you know, everyone knows who they are. Yeah. Probably not used to waiting in line for people like you to go

if you're going to take advantage of anyone nor black's a great one to do it publicly because they're never going to kick back you're right yeah so i got to the hotel yesterday and for me a mother of two little toddlers i never get time to myself so i was like what am i going to do to utilize this time uh and so I fake tanned. Which I thought was an unusual activity. Johnny's like, what did you do with your time? And I was like, I'll put on fake tan. I fake tanned and then I researched where we were going to have dinner on Instagram.

But I waited till it was touch dry. And then I was like, I'm going to sit on the hotel bed and just not move. Now, you may notice by my ghostly white, almost see-through skin complexion that I don't fake tan. I've got some down here you can use if you want. We've got an afternoon here in Christchurch, mate. You'll fake tan before going to the little fiddle. Even I know that if I've sprayed fake tan on,

the first thing I'm not thinking is, you know what, I might lie down on that crisp, clean white bed. You say you didn't move, but we've seen a photo. We'll might lie down on that crisp, clean white bed. You didn't move, but we've seen a photo. We'll put it up on the story on the hits breakfast. Well,

it looked like you were rolling around. No, I even pulled the blanket over because I was like, it's touch dry. It's going to be fine. It wasn't fine.

I got up and it's almost like pinky brown. It almost looks like a crime scene. It's a tan mess. It's on the pillows it's everywhere

bloody Donald Trump be sleeping in there overnight I'm like no that looks messy I got off and I was like oh my god so it doesn't look like fake tan though

that's the thing I'm worried about it's kind of pinky I'm like it looks like something's happened I know I'm dreading going back there today they're gonna be like okay there's a bill on your account.

Awkward conversations are going to be had later, right? Can we switch rooms? Well, I was going to say, we need to outdo your one with worse stuff in our room. Just to make it, just to cancel it out for you. Well, I'm willing to give you my fake tan for this afternoon, John. I'd be quite keen to see that. I'm sure hotel cleaners have walked in on everything. There is nothing.

In fact, text 4487, hotel cleaners, the grimmest thing you've walked in on. Oh, jeez. What have you seen? We'll see if we can hear that before 9 o'clock this morning. Next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, Megan.

Yeah, now, we've had... Oh, yeah. There hasn't been one week where this beautiful audience at The Hits hasn't been able to solve an issue that's come through to your direct messages on Instagram there, Megan. Yeah, this one, I don't know how people are going to, I don't know which way it's going to go. But let me read it to you. It says, hey guys, this is a very sticky situation, so I'd love to hear your thoughts and your listeners. Me and my ex-husband split three years ago. We have two kids, four and ten years old, and he's now engaged to be remarried.

I have had partners since, but I'm single right now. But recently, we've been spending time together as a family, and he's now told me he still loves me and wants to know if I feel the same. Woo! He's got a fiancé. He's getting married to someone else. Yeah.

I've loved spending time with our whole family and do still have feelings for him, but I also feel like he might just be getting nervous for his wedding and he might just be craving something comfortable. Obviously, there's so many other people that could get hurt, his fiancé. Our children would find it confusing

and if it didn't work out again, would obviously be very painful for them. But at what point are people supposed to put their feelings first? Please help. What does everyone think? Wow. Now, Ben, I hate to bring up your childhood trauma, but you came from a split home.

What would you do if Jenny and Kev got back on the block? Now? A bit weird now, wouldn't it? A lot of water under that bridge. You came from a split home. What would you do if Jenny and Kev got back on the block? Now? But where now? A lot of water under that bridge. I mean, yeah. But, I mean, you can. I'm sure there's people listening right now that probably have gone back with partners. It is messy for the fact that he is engaged to be married.

That's a tough one. If there was no other partner involved, you'd probably go, well, why not give it another shot? That is a red flag for the fiancé, though. I think she needs to go back to, why did they split up in the first place? What's that issue? Would that issue still be festering away five, ten years down the track? But is it something that they

can work on? Because there's still feelings there, right? Tough, tough. Cool. What would you do, Megan? Well, you have broken up with a husband before. I feel strongly about people putting their feelings first a lot of the time because you've only got one life. Your happiness is very important. Yeah, right.

But it's hard when there's... Other people involved and going to get hurt. I'm not so concerned about the fiance because I'm like, there's already a red flag there. I feel like maybe he shouldn't be getting married to her in the first place. Yeah, I was just thinking that. Maybe it's time to sort of, you know, set her free. She deserves better. But, you know,

it's troubling with these kids. You don't want to, and they're quite young, you know? Well, it's always, as you say, I have been through that situation and it's very hard for kids to get, you know, particularly at a young age, to get your head around and then it would be quite confusing if things are on and off again. You'd be like, oh, this is... Well, even as an adult, you were saying over New Year's on the beach.

Although we're both on the same beach. Your parents. At different locations on the beach. And I was having to work between the two of them. Like I was in some sort of, like, comedy movie, like Mrs Doubtfire, you know, that table scene where you're like, oh, I'm at the wrong table. You know, like now, I'll come back and I'll see you soon.

You know? Yeah, it was. Even now as a fully grown adult. You're dividing time on the beach, mate. All right, so we want some help this morning. Oh, Andrew, the hits, 4487 are our numbers. How about this person? Because there is a really tricky dilemma.

It is. Yeah, if he, you're right, the fiancé, I think, needs to be set free. Because if he's having those thoughts, then no good's going to come from that. Interesting. Dear Megan, this morning someone slid into Megan's DMs and we need your help. So this situation involves an ex-husband coming back after they split three years ago. He now has a fiancé, though, but they do have two kids together, four and ten years old. They both admit

well, she hasn't told him that she's got feelings for him but he does. What should she do? And you're worried about the, you're saying the fiancé you're not too worried about sounds like she'd be better off without this guy if he's thinking about other women. Yeah, I don't want it to sound like I don't care about her feelings but I think she needs to be

set free because he's talking to his, there's leftover feelings that's messy. Yeah. And the kids, you're concerned about the kids. Now, I have a solution because you don't want them to get back together and then if they decide it's not for them again, second time round, then the kids are left confused. Yeah. Why doesn't he put on a moustache and an Italian accent?

Oh, yeah. The kids don't know. Right. You're talking about Mrs. Doubtfire. That worked a treat for a long period of time. This is Roberto. Pulled it off. Pulled it off for a period of time.

So, I mean, that's an option. The kids believe this man in mum's life is a completely different, you know, some sort of Italian. Or do it slightly without the kids. Like, we'll be more, you know. How does she have, like, a family dinner with Roberto and dad? Moustache and Italian accent. It's my favourite.

All right, let's get to the calls and texts that are coming through thick and fast. Carol, you're on. How are you? Oh, not too bad. You sound like you've got some thoughts here. Carol, what do you think? What's your suggestion? No, don't do it.

Don't do it? Don't go back? Don't do it. Because if it doesn't work the first time, it's not going to work the second time. And it sounds to me like he's a bit of a player. A bit of a pants man, you think there, Kezza? Yeah, definitely.

What if they've realised what they had and maybe there's been some growing and maturing, maybe they could work through their initial issues. No, no, don't do it. If it doesn't work the first time, it's not going to work the second time. All right, Carol, appreciate your call this morning. Very strong in the camp of don't do it. Yeah, another text here, 4487.

He definitely cheated on her. Don't know how they got that information. Don't take him back. So that's some pretty firm advice there. What's happening on the Hits Breakfast Facebook there, Megan? Mel said, nope, nope, nope. You split for a reason, so stay that way. Of course, there are feelings.

You've spent a huge chunk of your lives together, but it won't work. Another said, if you still love him and you've worked through whatever caused you to split in the first place, then I would tell him. Otherwise, you'll always wonder what if. See, that's a good point. You're a romantic, aren't you? But like, they both have feelings for each other. I'm like, that's

you know. Give it a chance. You've got kids, you've got a family. But it's called Dear Megan, it's not called Dear Carol or Dear John and Ben. You're the one who's got to hand the advice over, so is that what you're locking in? Well, I think that's what I'm locking in, but I think the majority what I'm locking in but I think the majority of listeners are saying

don't do it so I don't know maybe we need a follow up for this one. It's a don't do it at this stage. Okay but Megan though.

I know Megan you need to give your advice. I'm also on marriage number two so I'm always like am I the best person to ask? I don't know. She's opting to ruin multiple lives

and get back together. And I wouldn't go back with my ex. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. The Olympics are on at the moment. I'm getting very sidetracked. The 100 metres, I was going to say, we'll let you know how the 100 metres is going to play out.

The 100 metre final of the men's. They're like the rock stars of the Olympics. Usain Bolt event, right? It is. It is right now. They're there in their tight shorts and they're ready to go. Are you allowed to commentate?

No. Oh, you're not? No. I'd love to hear you commentate, but no, that's a big no-no. It's a big no-no. I'm sure the Olympic Committee would love to hear me commentate

and they'd love to bill me for... For their services. I'm like, great, that was a good little gag for 10 seconds, mate. That'll cost you $10 million. You'd be great at commentating. I'll bring you an update very shortly about who takes it out. Well, as I said before, scammed by the donut industry, okay?

I was sent to the donut shop with one clear mission. To get a donut. To get a donut. Three donuts in particular, okay? And then somehow I came back with 22 donuts. Oh, really? I went in there. I was like, okay, mate, I've been told clear instruction that three donuts are all I require.

Who won the 100 meters bowl? Don't know yet. Don't know. It was like they all looked like they won. Jamaica or the USA, it was very, very close. We'll come back to that riveting after your riveting donut story I feel like I should

pick my story up I know John is trying to talk and we're just looking at the TV sorry mate sorry mate you tell us more

how many donuts did you get tweet actually these guys are running 100 metres in under 10 11 seconds

you don't deserve to hear my donut story a real juxtaposition. 22 donuts is Jono's life. USA. Wow, he beat the Thompson guy. It was close. These guys are not eating 22 donuts.

No, you don't deserve to hear the donut story now. You don't deserve it. You're not worthy. No, no, you got upsold. No, you text 4487. If you want to hear the donut story, I'll text it to you. These two don't deserve it. They've been looking me in the eye and staring at the TV.

Apologies to the Olympics because they didn't realise they had a scheduled clash with their donut story for the 100 metres. Geez, they'd be like, what happened? We lost the New Zealand. No one was watching. What flavour were they? Were they all the same flavour or different? Do not try and pull it back. Play the ads.

Do whatever you do. I worked hard on that donut content. Cherie Kinnear running her own marathon, the reporting marathon. Halfway through, you're feeling good in the race so far, Cherie? Oh, it certainly does feel like a marathon. Yeah, good, although I'm not sure if you can hear. I've lost my voice a little bit. But, you know, still going strong strong and we're past the halfway point.

She's coming to us live from Paris, but dead inside. Now, is it true, Cherie, that you're over there for the New Zealand Herald and we have obviously piggybacked on the back of it to talk to you. But I've seen you film some stuff. I've seen you out and about talking to athletes. You're by yourself, right? You're filming. There's no camera person with you.

I sure am. No, I'm doing everything on my own. So it's actually the first big assignment for, I'm doing everything on my own. So it's actually the first big assignment for me that I'm completely on my own. So I've been joking around with everyone being really the one woman band over here. Sign of the times. Sign of the times.

Amazing action at the Olympics over the weekend. The athletics which feels like the premier event. Fantastic efforts from Zoe Hobbs over the weekend, Cherie. Yes, it was fantastic. I was there for her race. I know she was pretty disappointed afterwards,

but just even to get that far and really putting New Zealand back on the map in the 100m is just incredible. And just being at Stade de France at the Athletics really started to feel like the Olympics. Those are usually the events that we all get really excited for. So it was very awesome to see it. Well, for her to make the semis, incredible when you think about it. You know how many people are sprinting in the world?

Yeah, it really is incredible. And I don't know if you guys have recently watched that Netflix show Sprint that focused on some of the fastest, yeah, in the world. And even if you watch something like that, you get a taste of just how competitive it is and how much work goes into a race that's ultimately 10 to 12 seconds long. This might be a dumb question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. Like seeing it, like I've never seen athletes like that with my own eyes on the telly.

So what's it like seeing it? Is it faster in real life? Yeah, I mean, it does feel pretty fast. But at the same time, I feel like the starts are really fast and then the sort of backing of it as you're watching them get close to the finish line feels almost like you're watching in slow motion. It's really weird because it is such a fast event. But they really hype it up.

The build-up is quite real. And then, yeah, before you know it, it's all over. Yeah, I mean, 10 seconds is pretty fast. It's pretty quick. In anyone's language. You don't want to whip to the bathroom or anything like that or look down at your phone or anything. And what about Snoop Dogg? Because we're constantly on Snoop Dogg watch,

and he was there with Martha Stewart watching the equestrian dressed up as a horse rider. Have you seen him? I just literally missed him by a couple of minutes at the swimming the other night. And I was so gutted because one of my colleagues took a photo and was like, look, Snoop Dogg was here. So I'm yet to see him myself, but I've been seeing stuff pop up on social. And it's pretty funny to see what he's doing. But, you know, he is really drawing in like a whole new audience as well for the olympics which is obviously the thinking behind it um the other thing i'm really looking out for is i don't know if you guys have seen there's actually an olympics snoop dog pin and he's got he's like

blowing the olympic ring so apparently really highly sought after now but i'm not sure where to get one of them but you know he's he's really become like a bit of an icon here at the olympics this time. If you don't mind me asking, what's his role? What's his role there? Is he a commentator? He's like an ambassador or something, isn't he? Like a vibes guy? Like an ambassador. Yeah, he is commentating some of these events,

so I understand that you can tune in and listen to his commentary. But yeah, he's sort of ambassador or some kind of influencer vibe is what they're going for there. Also, the amazing thing, not just Snoop Dogg going commentary. But yeah, just sort of ambassador or some kind of influencer vibe is sort of what they're going for there. Also, the amazing thing, not just Snoop Dogg going viral as well, but some incredible things that sort of go around the world from the Olympics. Megan, you were just showing me a horse. Have you seen this one, Cherie? The rave horse. No, I don't think so. Fill me in.

So this is a horse from the USA, and most of them dance to classical dance, do dressage to classical music. But the rave horse only does music to like dances to rave music. But it literally looks like it's dancing and it waits for the drop to do like its little canter and it's quite incredible. I really need to see if I can add that to my list of things to go watch. They've given that horse too much ketamine, too much horse tranquiliser, and it's living its best life. Snoop Dogg and that horse,

the two highest things at the Olympics. It's got its own Instagram and everything. It's quite a thing. Speaking of things high as well, too, there was a guy, I don't know if you saw this over the weekend as well, Cherie, a guy in the pole vault who unfortunately seemed to have knocked off the bar quite high

with, well, I guess his package. What was going on in his shorts? Yes, it did pop up on my TikTok feed this morning. I had seen the video.

It'll be flattering yet gutting at the same time. He won gold in my eyes. How'd your Olympics go? Not great, but I turned into a meme and I went around the world. He should have taped it under.

Tucked it. Oh, Cherie, well, thank you so much for your time, mate. Halfway there. Next Monday, it'll all be done. I know. The finish line's in sight. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Watched the 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics,

and it was a dead heat for first. So if you look at it, they had the same time, but they round up to 7.79 so the actual times were .789 and.784. It was incredible. The American Noah Lyles

has taken out the gold. He was awarded in the end over the Jamaican, running at 43 kilometres an hour in the race. That Jamaican, running at 43 kilometres an hour in the race. That is insanity, isn't it? And I hope Lyles appreciates how he sabotaged my donut story. The people still on the text machine,

tell us the donut story, Jono. How you were scammed by the donut industry. Well, you'll never know. Nah, you'll never know thanks to the 100 metre final of the Olympics. Yeah.

Now we are, speaking of winning, we are sending you to Las Vegas. If you're lucky to go see the iHeartRadio Music Festival, it looks incredible. It's a trip for two, thanks to Air New Zealand. You could be spending five nights in Las Vegas. So we wanted to do something right now. Vegas or Vegas? You tell us a story, whether it happened in Las Vegas or Roto Vegas.

Or Ash Vegas. Or Ash Vegas. Or Ash Vegas. Yeah, you tell us a story to a point that we have to figure out whether it was Ash, Roto, or Las Vegas. So you could go, got married in a chapel at a shotgun wedding. Now, there could be guns in Roto Vegas. True. I would normally go Las Vegas, but you're right.

You're right. So that could be a 50-50 split. Have you got a story from any three of those locations, Megan? When someone was going, do you want Charlie? Charlie, Charlie. Well, that could be from any of those locations. All three. Do they make the kissing noise?

They do a kissing noise. I'm going to go Las Vegas on the streets of Las Vegas. If it was meth, definitely Roto Vegas. Ben? Well, the one that you were part of. Remember when our producer for radio almost got into a fight? Yeah, got into a fight. Threw dice at another man's face and started bleeding.

At the craps table. Dice. Yeah. But there's places you can gamble in. Yeah. Ash Vegas and Rotorua. What were you wearing? What was I wearing?

I don't know. That was about seven years ago. What was I wearing? I don't know. It was at Las Vegas. Yeah, it was Las Vegas. Yeah, it was a very funny moment for us, not a funny moment for him

when he was playing the dice game. And he threw the dice a bit too hard. I don't know how he accidentally threw one off the table. Smashed a guy in the face, a big guy, who didn't take it well. He said, what sort of man throws a dice in another man's effing face? Because his face was bleeding. Good question. You're like, what sort of man does that?

And poor Dan, who was our producer at the time, he was like, I'll give you money. The guy's like, I don't need your money. I'm a pro baller. I don't need your cash. And to rub salt into his wound, it started bleeding. But then it hit back on the table. So it came off his nose back on the table. And everyone went, yay, because it was actually quite a good throw.

I was crying with laughter. I couldn't breathe. You know when you're laughing so hard, you have to like, I'm on the verge of urinating myself here. I had to go and compose. Dan got his photo taken for security purposes. They took all his details. It was like the guy came back with a big plaster over his nose.

It was a very funny situation. That's what happened in Las Vegas. But I went over to the Hits 4487. You tell us a Vegas story. We'll try and guess next where it happened. Which Vegas? The Hits, 4487. You tell us a Vegas story. We'll try and guess next where it happened. Which Vegas? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We wanted to know on 0800 The Hits your Vegas stories

because we are sending two lucky people to the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in September, which would be incredible thanks to Air New Zealand. You tell us a story that's happened in Vegas Vegas, Ash Vegas, Rota Vegas or Las Vegas and we try and work out where it was and we'll chuck you in the jaw for that amazing trip. Yeah you can give us a call 0800 that hits the telephone number for New Zealand's Breakfast. We're going to get Kim on from Turoa. Welcome Kimbo. Hi. Great to have you on. You tell us the story we'll try and figure out which Vegas it's from. Sure. So I was on a much-needed family holiday with the kids and husband,

and the husband was like, oh, I'm just popping out down the road and didn't return for about seven hours and just left me stranded, no car or anything with the kids. Classic husband behaviour. Classic husband behaviour. Nothing to do. and just left me stranded, no car or anything with the kids. Classic husband behaviour. Classic husband behaviour. He had nothing to do. He got home and he'd been out gambling. Oh!

So this, well, it leads me to think it could be Las Vegas with the gambling. But you're right, you can take... You can gamble in other parts of the world. Seven hours is a long time. Would you take your kids to Vegas on a family holiday? And she said he took the car, right? Yeah. Oh, good.

Could be a rental. Could be a rental. So what do you want to do? You want to look in... I'm going to go Rotorua. I'm going to... Yeah. Road to Vegas.

Kim? Oh, you're right. Yay! We're going to chuck you in the drawer to go to Las Vegas. Thanks for Las Vegas. What, was he playing the pokies in some bar, was he? Yep, yep, just in a seedy bar. I mean, he came back with a bit of money, but...

Well, you could be doing that in Las Vegas if you win. We're going to chuck you in the drawer for the iHeartRadio Festival. Thanks so much. Yes, thank you. Seven hours, hell of a stint on the old... It is. It got to like five hours and he's like, I can't go back without any money. Yeah, got to claw it back.

And that's the joy of the pokies. That's real. Going to go to Rolleston now and welcome Renee. How are you? Good, thanks. Welcome to Vegas or Vegas or Vegas. Ash Vegas, Rota Vegas or Las Vegas. Which one? Well, don't tell us. Don't tell us. You tell us your story. Vegas, or Vegas, or Vegas. Ash Vegas, Rota Vegas, or Las Vegas. Which one? Well, don't tell us.

Don't tell us. You tell us your story and we'll try and work it out. Yes, so in 2013, I was watching the Hangover movie and I thought I'd empty my savings account for a trip. I reckon you said, I want to go to Ashburton after watching that movie. It screams of Ashburton, mid-Canterbury.

Okay, so you actually watched the Hangover movie and then you decided, okay, we're going to lock in, Las Vegas. You decided to go to Las Vegas after watching that movie? Yes. Was it everything you'd imagined? Yeah, and more. Yeah. Wildest thing that you got up to there, Renee?

Oh, probably a bit too many cocktails, day drinking. Day drinking. wildest thing that you got up to there Renee probably a bit too many cocktails day drinking day drinking did you wake up in Mike Tyson's bedroom with his tiger or anything like that or a tooth missing a good on you you're in the draw to go back okay to the iHeart Music Festival have we got time to take one more

let's go quickly we're on a roll Olivia Vegas Vegas or Vegas you tell us the story take it away Liv it's just one of those things We're on a roll. Olivia, Vegas, Vegas, or Vegas, you tell us the story. Take it away, Liv. It's just one of those things where I'm just talking to myself. Yeah. Olivia's like, we definitely haven't got time for one more. Hi, sorry.

Oh, hi. Olivia, what was your story, mate? My workmates in March were in a club, and we hired a booth. We were real excited. We're like, oh, we'll get a bottle of vodka. Then it turns out the bottle of vodka was $2,000 New Zealand dollars. Oh! Now she's transferred the currency, which means... Yes!

She said New Zealand dollars. ...currency rates different from the South Island and North Islands? Yes, there is a difference. We were in Las Vegas. Las Vegas. Yeah. $2,000? $2,000, wow.

It's not even like Ace of Spades champagne or anything. And it wasn't a bougie bottle or anything. It was just a standard bottle. Wow. Two thousand. Wow. Christoph 64. Jeez.

She was. All right, that's an expensive bottle. Well, you could be buying another one of those. You're in the draw to go to the iHeartRadio Music Festival in September. Good luck. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Producer Taylor's just messaged. She used to work for Qantas, the Lombardis, her family,

generations of Qantas employees. She said the rule in Australia was if you're not on the flight, your bags aren't going either. All right. But you do that in an Australian accent. Now, we're going to do outrage, internet outrage. Do this once a week where we each find a headline from the internet where the internet has been outraged by something.

We read the headline and then we have to try and figure out what the outrage actually is. You want to kick it off this morning, Ben? Oh, yeah. So King Charles, Queen Camilla, they've sparked outrage in France. And this is for something that they were part of last year. Any guesses what went on? Oh, this is dated outrage. Has the outrage just come out? The outrage has just come out, but for something that was part of it year. Any guesses what went on? Oh, this is dated outrage. Has the outrage just come out?

The outrage has just come out, but for something that was part of it. 12 months ago. Yeah. They refused to try and speak French, which the French detest. And then they just pretended to speak English and the French people wouldn't engage.

Well, that would probably cause some outrage. But what they were part of last year was a big banquet that they put on, you know, the French, the government put on for them over there. And the official numbers of how much it costs have just come out. Oh. 425, 475,000 euros for a dinner they put on. How many? How many at the banquet?

Oh, there's probably, I think, 80, 80 or so. 180. 180, yes, sorry. It's a lot of people. I'm not that outraged by that. Because you've got to feed them all and there's a lot of knives and forks. They're expecting to be fed.

But I guess if your money, your taxes, Megan, went towards that, that's why it caused the outrage. They could have taken them to, you know, get a croissant or something like that. Valentine's.

Valentine's. Yeah, exactly. Go to the seafood buffet on or something like that. Valentine's. Valentine's. Yeah, exactly. Go to the seafood buffet on a Tuesday. So that's caused the outrage this morning. Megan, what have you got? Most disrespectful act seen at Paris Olympic track. Still in France, but bringing her back to the Olympics. Oh, disrespectful act.

Disrespectful act. And is it the athletics on the track? Is it that pole vaulter's disrespectful genitals knocking off the bar? There is that. Is it something someone was wearing? I've seen sprinters and all sorts. Someone was running in a cap backwards in the Olympics. And I saw someone with a huge bow on her head, which you think would slow her down.

Wind resistant, yeah. Not very aerodynamic. I'm going to say it was one of the long-distance runners. Was a long-distance runner, yes. 1,500 metres. Okay, pushed another runner out of the way. No. No, I don't know.

So this runner is the Norwegian runner, and he is the front runner. He's, you know, like, ha-ha. He's the guy who's going to, like, blitz the field, supposedly. So he was, when they all been down at the start of the race, like, getting ready, he's just standing there like, I'm ready. And the race starts and he's sauntering behind them looking bored. He's

well behind the field. And then it gets to the end of the race and he absolutely canes it and starts sprinting and overtakes everyone on the outside. Who's disrespected by that? Well, they said it was unsportsmanlike. He can run his own race. He can run it however he likes. The other runners were disrespected by that? Well, they said it was unsportsmanlike. Well, he can run his own race. He can run it however he likes.

The other runners were disrespected, I imagine. Did you see the 10,000 metres? Blew my mind. So 10 kilometres. Crazy. They were running that in 26 minutes. Wow. So that's like a kilometre every two to three minutes.

That is wild. That is incredible. Now, Producer Taylor, are you back in our studio HQ this morning? Can you hear us? Yep, I can indeed. Okay. You've got more outrage from the Olympics as well. Yeah, big outrage.

So Jonathan Owens, that is Simone Biles' husband, the Olympic gymnast that's absolutely carving up. So he has posted a photo on Instagram holding one of her gold medals, one of eight she's won in history and everyone is outraged because he's in the photo he's the one wearing the gold medal and she's standing beside

him kind of looking like the supportive wife and everyone's like hang on mate why are you wearing the gold medal you didn't do anything now this reminds me this has shades of there was that Italian or some European runner who ran a marathon. And her husband handed the kids at the finish line. And you two, Megan and Taylor, arced up.

Like, kicked off hard. Yeah, right. And then there was more to the story a few days later. That she'd asked him to push the kids out and everything. Yeah. But, okay. Stan corrected on that one. I actually, I don't feel like he deserves

the outrage oh this time around no i've seen that documentary he's a very supportive husband he helped her get back to the olympics this time around so i like maybe they feel like they're a team she's won so many gold medals what they're doing they're probably splitting them up to carry on luggage otherwise they'll have to pay extra. That's very heavy. Yeah, she's actually come out since and said, just back off. We don't really, basically in a nice way, so they won't really care about your opinion.

But you think every time we interview an Olympian, they're very giving. They're like, do you want to wear it? Yes. So you'd end up being like, yeah, and you wear it in the photo. Like, I didn't earn it, but they're leaving me. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

I went on to Megan pushing past all those All Blacks at the airport. Oh, my God. Huge sporting achievements. Excuse me, Boat of Barrett. You're running late for a flight, and you had to push past the All Blacks at security. Everyone was very kind in that line and let me through, yeah. They lose on the weekend.

It's because you've thrown out their circadian rhythm. They're usually just politely waiting in line, no one niggling at them to jump ahead. Just watching the high jump here at the Olympics, and do appreciate an athlete that gets a slow clap going in the crowd. But the problem is, once you get a slow clap going, you need to deliver the jump. You're true.

It's very humbling when the bar comes off and you're like, I've made all these people clap. It's a great view in the Olympics at the moment. Now we're talking about you travelling yesterday, Megan. Well, you know, I went away on a trip with the family. Did you? Yeah, I did. And try not to bang on about it anymore on the radio, you know,

because I feel like I had nothing to talk about other than that when I came back, all these things that happened. I want to share with you guys, you know, mates and stuff. Yeah. Have you got more content, though? Do you think you could provide more overseas content well I didn't I thought I talked about all the highlights I come home and I talked to you about all the highlights the funny things that happened at all the highlights but we went to a friend's place on on Friday night we hadn't seen these friends since we've been away and so they said how was your trip

they hadn't engaged the conversation you're like. These people want to listen to all of my, regale my tales of my international. They were like, asterisks, highlights, no photos, like no slideshow. My mate even said three, the top three highlights of the trip. He's formatted it. So formatted it, given a list. And I was like, well, I talk a lot about it on the radio. I'll throw it to Amanda. Amanda, top three things.

Maybe that's what we should have said to him when he returned. Your top three things. This is bearing in mind, we went and saw family, but we did, you know, Amanda, top three things. Maybe that's what we should have said to him when he returned. Your top three things. This is bearing in mind, we went and saw Family, but we did, you know, the credit card's not looking great now, but we did some amazing things, bucket list things, you know. I reckon I know what she's going to say. Well, yeah, okay. So we went to the Empire State.

We went to Statue of Liberty. I'm thinking, what's she going to talk about? What's she going to talk about? Theme parks, shopping, whatever that is. What's her top three thing? First thing she says, we saw the naked cowboy. I was like, oh, okay. That is stuck in her mind. This isn't even

registered on my top a thousand things that we saw. Who's the naked cowboy? He's a guy in Times Square that is sort of like a G-string. He's got a cowboy hat and he busks. He pops up in movies and TV shows from time to time. Is he there all year round? Shirtless all year round. I was like, oh, yeah, okay. It gets cold in New York.

Yeah, I was like, naked cowboy number one. I was like, okay. She's gone with number one. She's wasted one. Okay. Number two, oh, we saw the naked cow girls. I'm like, okay, this is interesting. This is the man's second thing.

Has he got some mates? I don't know how associated they are with him. They're more sort of a body painted situation. We got quite detailed into this discussion. I'm like, she's really not talking about the things that I would have talked about. But anyway. There's two out of three. There's my wife.

She's going to pull things back with the third one. Third highlight of our trip. Okay, what's she going to do? Third thing, I saw a guy pee into a bottle on the subway. And I got to the stage and I'm sort of nudging her under the table. You're like, come on, mate. Now you need to bring it back

to some of the things we're talking about. No, she used all three. She used all three. And then again, we got into details and my friend started talking about how he'd moved on, how he goes camping, sometimes he had to pee into a bottle. So the conversation had moved. Like, I've got good, legitimate, touristy things we did. I couldn't pull it back.

I couldn't pull it back. And I was like, well, that was it. That's all we talked about our trip. So our friends were those three things. On the way home was one of those couple conversations. I was like, what was with that, eh? What was with that? It was a theme of nudity and undress for her highlights.

Watching someone urinate on a subway. So, hey, that's pretty phenomenal. Public, in public. The aim, the aim to get into a water bottle as well. You're right. That's a marvel. That's something you don't see every day. So I can tell why that was plucked out

They made her do a top A new sport that we want to road test here We're in Christchurch this morning The Chaiathlon Yeah, in no way associated with the multiple sports Happening in Paris at the moment We just want to make that clear The Chaiathlon is

What we have designed To be the most pretentious coffee order known to the cafe industry. Now, we are broadcasting from Christchurch. Today, we're doing Alpha Quiz Live. Tonight, the little fiddle come along. I want some money. Have a little fiddle with Ben Boyce. He's up for grabs.

I'm pimping him out. Okay, so what we're going to do with the triathlon right now is where we are in the Hit Studio in Christchurch. We're about 150 metres maybe away from the cafe. It's 90. 90 metres. Less than 100. So that's 10 seconds away. We just saw people run 10 seconds.

Noah Lyles just ran an under 10, didn't he? Okay, so what Jono's going to do is he's going to leave from the studio. He's going to run to the cafe and then he's going to make a pretentious chai latte order. What's the most pretentious thing? You ran a cafe, Megan. I reckon a dirty chai so that involves coffee as well. A dirty chai with coconut milk. Say, hi, I'm from

Auckland. Start with that. Hi, I'm from Auckland. Do you know about good coffee down here? Something like that. And then go order a chai latte, make the order. A sweet dirty chai with coconut milk extra hot with chocolate on top. Get that, and then you need to race back without spilling it and get it back into the studio.

That's when the time will end. You'll set the time today, then Megan or myself will try and beat it tomorrow. This is the chaiathlon. Do I have an option to say no right now? Well, it would have been nice about three minutes ago when we sort of brainstormed this. We're here now? Right now. Okay, so we're going to call your phone.

I think we're going through your phone. Can you hear us right now? Yeah, can you hear me? Oh, yeah, you're coming through. Okay. I'm talking to that and then I'm on the phone at the same time. It doesn't sound great. It's just painful to listen to.

More painful than the show is normally. Okay, Jono, your time is starting now. Can we have some music, Grace? Oh, good music. It's a slow job. have some music, Grace? Oh, good music. Good music, Grace. He's wearing Vans. It is a crisp morning in Christchurch. It's sitting at about two degrees.

Now, what they don't do in 100 metres is they don't commentate their own race. No, no. So can you see the cafe? You're going out into the brisk Christchurch here. What's the pin? What's the pin? Pin for what? The pin. You only have to put the brisk crush. What's the pin? What's the pin? Pin for what? The pin.

You only have to put the pin in to get inside. There's a push to exit to get out. No, I need the pin to get out. I don't know. And we're not going to say that live on the radio. Oh, yeah, we better not say it on the radio. Yeah, mate. We're live on the radio.

I almost did. The pin. Hold on, hold on. Betty, what's the pin, bro? This is really cutting into your time right now. How many seconds? He hasn't even left the complex security system. He's not even out yet.

48 seconds. 48 seconds. Megan, this is the time that we could beat tomorrow. Oh, this is not good. Are you out? No, I'm stuck in here. Matty's going to help me. He's got a swipe card.

Okay. This is not good. Can you cancel this off my time? This isn't... Okay, we'll go. Okay, we'll restart from here as soon as you get out swipe card. Okay. This is not good. Can you cancel this off my time? This isn't... Okay, we'll go. Okay, we'll restart from here as soon as you get out the gate. Okay. Okay.

The gate's locked. The gate, there is... There are issues with the gate. This is not how I saw this guy. We haven't got to the cafe yet. Oh, here we go. The gate's open. Okay, time starts now.

Go. Now. Now. Okay. Okay. There starts now. Go. Now. Okay. Okay. Run to the cafe. There's literally frost on the ground. I'm running to the skate park. He's got to run about 90 metres that you worked out before to the cafe.

Don't know how busy the cafe is, but he's got to order a pretentious chai latte. Say I'm from Auckland? Yeah. Just push in front of everyone, too. If there's someone in the line You've got to push right in front of them My old sister Okay

He's wearing Vans too Not great running shoes He's laughing and puffing a lot Yeah For someone who just ran 90 metres I'm here Don't you usually go for a run In the mornings

Hey mate How are you Okay straight to the counter Say I'm from Auckland Okay hold on Hi there I'm from Auckland how are you? Okay, straight to the counter, say I'm from Auckland Okay, hold on Hi there, I'm from Auckland, how are you? That's a whisper Can I please order a dirty chai latte

A dirty chai Take away, thank you, yeah What's what else Megan? Extra hot, coconut milk Extra hot please Coconut milk What's coconut milk, thank you. And chocolate on top.

No coconut milk, Megan. What are you going to do? Just go oat milk. Oat milk? Yep. And with some chocolate on top, too, thanks. Okay. Okay, so the time's... The order has been submitted.

We'll see how you go to bring it back very shortly. What's the time right now, Megan? I'm currently sitting at 2 minutes 20. The Chiathlon will continue next. At what time will Jono get it back, and will he be allowed to stay in Christchurch for the next 24 hours? The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

But right now we're in the middle of the Chiathlon, Megan. We have sent Jono out to get the most obnoxious Auckland coffee order, but will he make it back? What will his time be? What will his time be? The time currently right now is 6 minutes and 49 seconds. He's run from the Hits HQ in Christchurch about 100 metres to a cafe up the road

to order obnoxious Auckland sounding chai latte order. He will join us right now. Whereabouts are you, Jono? It's not looking good. These people don't know I'm in a race against time. Ohabouts are you, Jono? God, it's not looking good. Not looking good. Time's over. These people don't know I'm in a race against time.

Oh, so you're still in the cafe? Still in the cafe. Oh, so the time will just keep ticking. Oh, no, he's back. He's back. He's back. Stop the clock. Seven minutes and 16 seconds.

Not bad. Not bad. Oh, my God. That is a blistering pace, that barista. She did a magnificent job. And it was extra hot. Like, I could barely hold the thing. You demand an extra hot.

Not great for running conditions, right? Extra hot. And they, I tell you what, we really solidified some stereotypes about Auckland there in the public setting. I was being all bolshy and pushing to the front of the line. I know. And no one knows what you're doing in dumb radio, Biz. You're right. How did they pushing to the front of the line. I know, I know. No one knows what you're doing in dumb radio bits.

How did they react when you were like, hi, I'm from Auckland? She was like, okay. That's great. Don't say that to her. I know she said it with a bit of a whisper. Normally you're quite loud in those situations. You're like, hi, I'm from Auckland.

That's awkward when you do radio bits out in public. No one's listening to the hits out here, mate. I'm on the cafe listening to cafe listener. They're just having business meetings. Have you had a sip of your coffee? Yeah. It's scalding hot. It's extra hot. Is it coconut chai with chocolate on top? Yeah. And

oat milk. That's a dirty chai too. Dirty chai. Yeah. So that was a good time. Tomorrow one of us, Megan or myself will try and beat it in the chaiathlon. Yeah, there we go. Good time. Good time to beat. I fear if you have that now it'll burn layers off your esophagus.