Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: This call was so graphic we couldn't put it on air!

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

On today’s show: The strangest things you've seen people do in public – including Jono cutting his toenails by a public pool! We each call on our alibis to uncover who the real rogue is... One caller reckons he’s cracked it – he knows who the rogue is! Dear Megan... My wife lied about vaping – what should I do? Plus, we catch up with the hilarious comedian James Roque! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Bannon Megan podcast thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday here on the Hits Breakfast. We all hear very shortly the call that we couldn't quite, well we could have played it on radio but we decided maybe it was a little too... Totally, totally off. Slightly off. Slightly off. So we'll get to Helen's call very shortly. Here's a little teaser for you. It's pretty gross. We were standing waiting to get on a tram

Okay, and there was a guy in front of us who? He put his hand And he dropped it on the ground so yeah, that's that's coming up just a second Left you shocked. Oh, what do you know just let me kind of you're going. Maybe we shouldn't put that to where? Oh, well, no, just let me kind of, you're going, maybe we shouldn't put that to air. Fair enough, sensible call. Good call. Listen, you know what? I don't read the classifieds enough in the newspaper. We get the newspaper in the studio every morning. Now, can I just pick a bone here?

There's this tiny, tiny little, you know, size 6 font in the classifieds in the paper. Public notice. The owners of these vehicles have 7 days to pay all charges. Otherwise their vehicles are going to be taken and sold to reclaim costs. Oh wow. Are you in there? No, I'm not in there but there's time. Look at this, look at that font. Who's going there going,

geez I wonder if my car's bloody on the... I guess maybe that's the legal thing that they must display publicly that you've... oh we gave you a chance mate classified! I hope that's not the only chance. Didn't you read 828 in the paper in the bottom corner there? You're right that is very small wasn't it? I've still got a parking ticket I haven't paid. And to go okay no I'm wearing my... you know right to be flicking through the year old. Well if you've got a Nissan Primera EBS 687 Gigi you want to sort your stuff out mate? Okay, all right. We'll help these people out a Mercedes Benz EDN 540 cars about to be taken from your buddy Yeah, okay. I mean, I hope you'd know that the your car was not with you I hope there was an email and a letter

Yes, and this is like well hey, we'll just know you read the Herald so we're gonna get that in and just give you another chance The classifieds are fun, aren't they? Well, here's one who's like changed their name. I have to give official information for a general name change. This might be the birth, death, and marriages law, is it? If you've changed your name, you might have to put it in the paper. Oh, really? Death, from this day forward, I shall be known as Shana Kirkpatrick

for all official records and the future references. So, there you go. that's a good debut. I've had three different names that I haven't put in the classified once. Oh we can put something in the classifieds. Should we get you something in the classifieds for you some stage Megan? We'll book something for you. Megan Sellers, then known as Megan Slovak, then she went back to Megan Sellers, now she's Megan Pappas.

Name change! Yeah. Name change. We'll book a classified for you mate. Alright, we'll get it, just get that out there. I mean I feel like you're getting out there every day, but just so you guys... Make it official. You never know who's not listening to the show. Oh yeah, well enjoy the podcast and we start with a full call from Helen.

Our friend James Roque, he's a comedian who's now living in Canada, James. He joined us earlier this morning. And off here, he was just sharing a story about what he saw at the airport. So he's leaving Vancouver and what he witnessed. Have a listen. Hey, hey, everybody. Not to that bit, though.

That was the start. Yeah, that was the start. Have a listen to this bit. Yeah, that was a good start. So he said, hey, hey, everybody. Hey, hey, everyone. That's how it started and how did it end? Dude, I was in Vancouver airport. I was flying on the way here

I I was at the gate at the at the terminal and I saw like this old man like She had like one of those wireless shavers like electric razors Just shaving his like under the side of his beard like this just like the casual as if like it's not a big deal Yeah, the terminal. Yeah the terminal sitting on the on the chair His wife was an ex-term just not ashamed that he's she's sitting next to this like and like all his hair was like falling all over the chair That's what I was gonna ask you. Does this the shaver collect it? No, it's just like no Yeah, no, so to put the picture in everyone's minds. He's shaving and all the hairs like flicking around everywhere Oh, you can see it. Yes landing all over the chairs

No one's batting an eyelid at this guy. And I'm just like, this is the grossest thing I've ever seen. And it lands on the chair and he just like, brushed it off as if like, it was like crumbs from like a Starbucks pastry or something. Here's the rules, if something's flicking off your body into a public space, it's not okay. James, do you know what Jono did?

What did? No! He got outed by someone that rang up, saw him, he went, I don't know, must be nice holiday to Fiji by the pool. By the pool, the public pool. Yeah. They were like, do you know what John-O was doing?

We were like, no, because we weren't there. He was cutting his toenails by the pool. By the pool. How close were you to the water? They were flicking, they were flicking and he was not picking them up. You didn't even have a plastic bag, you didn't have like a piece of toilet paper on you? No. I feel like no matter what I say I'm never gonna come out on top with this one Yeah, I was I was a safe distance from the water's edge. No, but those things can travel bro

Yeah, it was in a grassed area so the nails were sort of you know, they're mixed This is like when you're a friend like throws like rubbish and banana peels into like a yard be like it's biodegradable Lady was so funny. She's like her daughter came back to her and said do not go to a by the pool He's cutting his toenails Away from the pool you can't be doing that you're like a public figure You can't be doing that you're like a public figure There's so many New Zealanders in Fiji Can I count to Canada and cut my toenails freely? I mean judging by how no one knows me. Yeah, you'll be fine

So yeah, here you go, but we want to get on to what the the worst thing you've seen someone do in public Yeah, the strangest thing the most unusual unusual act was cutting toenails by the pool. Was it shaving? It stops you in your track and you're like, are they really cutting his toenails? Right here, right now. There was no diving sign by the pool. I didn't see anything, no grooming sign. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The Hats. Wanted to know the most unusual thing that you've seen someone doing out in public. We had someone call out before. We were on another radio station saying they saw someone shaving their legs on the way to work in the car. Not driving. Yeah, on the motorway. Yeah. That's definitely driving the knees scenario then, isn't it?

Yeah, which seems like just... Oh no, I suppose you could have one hand on the wheel and just be ducking down there. It might be just kind of doing it, yeah, not recommended. Even if you're in an automatic, you need both your legs down there. Shout out. I do see a few people chucking and applying make-up too in the old rear vision need both your legs down there. Shout out. I do see a few people chucking and applying make-up too in the old rear vision mirror. Race against time. You can multitask, can't you?

Shouldn't. Shouldn't. Shouldn't on the Southern Monaway, but you see it. Now I made a terrible error. I said, you know, what's the worst thing you've seen someone do in public? And that was a bad mistake on my part. Shocking broadcasting because then people like Helen phoned up. Helen, funniest thing you've seen someone do in public and there was a bad mistake on my part shocking broadcasting because then people like Helen phoned up Helen funniest thing you've seen someone do in public it's pretty gross okay all right you asked for this John we asked for we were thinking

unusual quirky you know fatal error I'm We were standing, we were in Melbourne standing waiting to get on a tram. Okay. And there was a guy in front of us. He put his hand down his pants and he pulled out a poop and he dropped it on the ground. Jonathan. Yep. That is... This is your fault.

Well... I did warn you! Yeah, you did. You did. Helen's like, this isn't on me! Yeah. That is unusual. It's not the way the rest of us poop. I guess if you gotta go, you gotta go. I know but, you know, you're better like, yeah.

We're all thinking the same thing. Okay, listen thank you. No part of me regretting this. You're welcome. Have a lovely day. We'll have that image. See you, mate. Our text has come through, mate. Our husband saw a man cutting his hair with scissors on the motorway. It's come through. And also saw a lady at the Adele concert full on missing. So I guess you know, I think if it's your thing.

Johan, morning to you. Good morning, guys, how are you? We're doing really well. What have you seen? Funniest thing you've seen someone do in Pablo. Oh, look, we had just recently, this is about 25 years ago, immigrated to this beautiful country.

So we went to Taupo, did the tourist thing, went into this lovely restaurant to have something to eat. As you do, you go and wash your hands and things. I walked into the restaurant's change room and this guy had his shoes off and he was washing his feet in the hand basin. Oh yeah? In the restaurant laboratory.

I knew you needed your hands to eat but I didn't know you had your feet. Oh gosh. Talked about at the gym, people use the air, you know like you dry your hair for other, drying other bits of the body parts. Drying other hair, yeah. You've seen that a lot, haven't you? Yeah, it's unusual. I've never thought, I don't have any hair on top of my head, maybe I can, maybe that can get me that set of, fill that bucket, so to speak.

Don't go to the hairdresser for that. You're gonna have a blow dry situation there? Cut and colour or something? Can I get a mullet? Yeah, play your options. Johan, hey appreciate you listening, you're gonna have a great day. You guys as well, keep it up. Cheers mate, appreciate it. Let's get Cameron on. Funniest things you've seen someone do in public, Cameron? Yeah, hello. So we're traveling in Hong Kong. We actually saw literally the blind leading the blind. We saw an old man. He had a walking stick there, and he

was leading through one of the subway stations. And behind him, his wife, with his other hand, also had a stick and was also blind. Oh, the blind leading the blind. Jesus, you did. A lot of trust from her as well. Both of them far out. That's incredible. You don't see that every day do you? No, there's a thing there and we literally saw it. Maybe they were just both blind and they were just holding hands.

Yeah, well yeah. But still, good on them for getting out and about and doing that. You didn't think you could help them Cameron? No, we had the kids as well so we had enough on our hands at that point in time. I had a friend, their mother was blind and they were in rat bags and when they'd get in trouble, we'd get told off by her, they would move all the furniture around in their house. Oh, that's amazing. It's so amazing. You and us teenagers can be the worst human beings. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. One of us will vanish from the show this week. One of us is the rogue and only that person

knows they are the rogue. It's going to happen at some stage. We don't know when, if you can work out where they go, which town or city they'll be closed. Once they're on the run, you can text the town or city to Spotted to 4487 with the name of the city and you could win $5,000. With the petrol. Yeah, that's amazing. Thanks to gas petrol service stations get cheaper fuel every day. And we're on a mission this morning to expose the rogue, which one of us is lying to our faces and is actually going to be on the run from the show. We've created sort of a series of pretty watery tests that we'd like to conduct on one another. Although we keep saying one of us is lying, but Jono might not be lying because he's the

one who's like, on the rogue, on the rogue. Or could I be lying and just putting everyone off the set? Hiding in plain sight or... Megan we harassed your poor daycare friend Jade who looks after your kids and she corroborated Megan's story of a Matariki celebration that must be attended. Didn't say you were going to be there but said at least that was on. She did say that I always go to these things. Yeah but until you're the rogue. But I don't think you're the rogue, that's the thing.

So why am I even pointing fingers at you? But I am. And I am saying I am the rogue and I've got an you're the rogue that's the thing so why am I even pointing fingers at you? But I am and I am saying I am the rogue and I've got an appointment that I need to cancel. Oh okay okay gotcha. Because the whole way through you've been saying you are the rogue. Correct and I've just realised. And I'm saying you're the rogue. Megan's still not sure which one of us it is. I don't know if you're playing in plain sight or whether Ben's like the rogue

and he's pointing it at you. Well what I'll do to prove that I am the rogue is cancel my appointment at the Casey clinic. Why haven't you a case yet already? There's so many questions. Why has he got the cancer? If it's Botox it's not working. Ask for your money back. The Casey clinic's great isn't it? If it's Botox it's not working. Ask for your money back.

Casey Kinnett's great isn't it? Hello, Casey Takapuna. Oh hello, how are you? I'm very good thank you, how are you? Good, it's just Jono. Hello Jono, how are you? Good thanks. Hey now I've got the appointment Wednesday morning, about 11.

What was his appointment for? Hold on. Let's have a look there. I'm gonna have to cancel it, cause I'm gonna be away. Butt laser. It's not butt laser, thanks Megan. I haven't got an appointment, Wednesday.

Yeah, there's no appointment for him, right? No. I don't think he's even been in the clinic before. What are you doing? Have you got a record of me? Not. I don't think he's even been in the clinic before. Have you got a record of me? Not that I can see. Interesting. I was going to say Casey Clinic is a very reputable, very great clinic. I don't know what work they would have done on you. It's not visible. Looking at my face, nothing you can do to save this face is there? We could try. Alright, well, you won't be seeing me this week, that's a guarantee.

Okay. I won't be here, just so you know. He doesn't have an appointment, he's never had an appointment. Okay. Alright, you have a great day, I'm sorry for the last three minutes. Alright, thank you. Bye. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hats.

Now one of us is going missing from the show. Thank you. Bye. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Now, now one of us is going missing from the show. One of us is going rogue. We each got called into a meeting room by ourselves and got told if we were either the rogue or not the rogue. And at some stage this week, the person who the rogue is will go missing. Well, you can actually see that video of us being told who it is. It's on our hits breakfast Instagram.

I don't, we all did a really good poker face. Oh you reckon? Oh that's good. Why? Who do you think from that video? No, it was good. It's always hard to know in that situation. Well you got really awkward and like goofy.

He just gets awkward. That's just me generally. Yeah exactly. So if you find out where that person has gone, the city or the town, you can text spotted to 4487 later in the week when they do go missing. $5,000 worth of gas fuel thanks to gas petrol service stations, which is pretty incredible. You can get cheaper fuel every day thanks to gas.

Well, the trust is gone in the studio, though. Nothing builds trust like secret backdoor meetings and lies. And that's what this week is built upon. But Megan, Ben and I were talking and we're a little, we're a little suspicious. I'm saying it's me, I'm going, it's definitely me. And we're thinking, Ben's thinking in particular that maybe it could be you. Well, we just, you know, we just want to take, I'm pretty sure it's Jono, but I'll just cross off all the reasons why, you know, Megan,

you said you couldn't be you because you had something on Thursday. Thursday, I've got a Matariki event with my kids and we're all required to bring a plate. So Jono, you saw me in the supermarket, I was buying baking goods. I didn't get time because we were working late yesterday. Your husband's a great baker though. Yeah, but he works all day. Well, we are going to call your daycare to clarify this. Kia ora, Jade speaking.

Kia ora. Hi Jade. No no no. Sorry sorry, it's John and Ben and Megan calling from the HITS radio station. How you doing? Hi, good thank you. Before you let Megan get inside your head, we just had a quick question to ask. Yeah? Is there a Matariki event planned on Thursday we just had a quick question to ask. Yeah?

Is there a Matariki event planned on Thursday? There is a Matariki event. And does, so Megan, you know, as a parent there would be required to bake some stuff for this event? Ah, yes, they are asked to bring a plate of something. Gotcha, and do you know if for any reason she RSVP'd yes or no to this event? Oh, I don't know, I'd have to check with the room. Okay, she hasn't, okay, yeah, you don't know if she's gonna be there or not there on Thursday.

She normally attends. Okay, okay. And she's saying she's attending. Yeah, it doesn't seem like an event you would RSVP to, you'd just turn up to. Yeah, maybe, you're right. But every detail I've told you has been corroborated. So what are you making for this particular event?

I usually make like a caramel slice. Oh caramel slice mmm. Usually make or you plan to make or is this pre you know it? It depends on how much time I have on the day whether I make the caramel slice because it's easy or whether I branch out into something. Jade sorry Jade you probably don't need to be listening to this now. Jade we're just trying to work out. Jade, we're just trying to work out if Megan's going to be away or not for something for work. We're trying to work out which one of us is rogue, going rogue, okay? Right. That's why the very cryptic...

Oh, hang on. Sorry, can you apologise to Jade? I will, I will. Okay, well Jade, we probably, yeah, to be honest, she had better things to do with her day. I did her a favour, actually. Okay, so what do we think after that? Everything I've seen was true. Yeah she's not lying. She's no part of us a lie.

She's a bit shady on the old caramel slice. Yeah it felt like for someone who's quite prepared. No it's because it won't depend on the day. The caramel slice is easy so if I don't have much time I'll make that. But I wanted to make something different. Don't have much time because you've been away. No because of my work. As the rogue. I've got to go to the gym. Then I wanted to make something different. Don't make time because you've been away. No, because I work. As the rogue. I go to the gym. Then I gotta pick up the kids. Why don't you just get Carole and Sison buddy Woolies, mate?

No. Pack and Sige. No. You know I like to make things. They do it for ya. Alright, well we'll find out if Megan is the rogue at some stage this week. And you can win a- Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The Hats. Oh, this is so exciting. We've started this week not knowing which one of us is going to mysteriously disappear from the show thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations. Once that person is on the run and you figure out where they are in the country, you can win five grand worth of petrol. It's a huge prize.

Yeah just have to text Spotted to 4487 with your guess of the location. Yeah as you say, massive prize thanks to Gas. I worked out how much I spent. I got a little car but I spend less than five grand a year on petrol. So for me, that would be... You live in the South Island. You drive here every morning from the bloody South Island. You live ages away, don't you?

That would be like over a year's worth of petrol for me. Yeah, that's great. That's incredible. So this morning, on edge, aren't we? We don't know who's going to disappear, if they're going gonna disappear now, tomorrow, Thursday, when it's gonna happen and we're trying to expose the liar amongst us. I've just gone out there and said hey it's me I'm gonna be going missing and when I go missing no one will be surprised. We actually decide is it too late like I'd quite like a wee break to go away

spend the night by myself, just sleep. Yeah, it's still work, you're like, you're still like, you have to be available for work. Oh, okay, do I? Yeah, there's still client comments, still need to. It's just like, where's Megan sleeping in New Zealand? We gave her a nice little pampery.

Like, oh, you still have to do the radio show. And I'm like, hey, I'm in a bubble bath. So this morning we're trying to expose which one is lying. I've been watching that bloody American Man Hunt, the one on Bin Laden on Netflix. Oh, it's so good. I was wanting to go hard this morning we're trying to expose which one is lying. I've been watching that bloody American man hunt, the one on Bin Laden on Netflix. Oh it's so good. I was wanting to go hard this morning, like waterboarding, sleep deprivation. But you guys said dial it back a bit, dial it back a little bit. Now Ben you think is going under the radar.

Yeah, Ben is pointing the finger a lot at Jono because he thinks you're hiding in plain sight saying it's you. But Ben, I don't know. You said you've got a... I said, it can't be me. I've got some commitments, including a podcast recording with my daughter Sienna that we do. So today we're calling everyone's commitments.

Yeah. We're going to call your daughter Sienna. Yeah. OK, so you can back up your story. Hello. Hi, Sienna. Hi, Sienna. Hi, Jon Jono. Oh hi. Hi. You shush. You can't say hello to your daughter. Don't you talk to your daughter. Take back that hi then. It's like a kidnap call. Are you out of interest? The podcast going well? You doing a new season? Yeah season. Season

two? Yeah was she going to say season two? I don't know we lost you there. What guests are we looking at? I don't know. You don't know? Well yeah well you can talk about guests if you want to talk about guests because I'm something that's confidential you know. Oh okay like it's a surprise yeah okay. You just have to listen. Dane Valerie Adams did join us the other day. Yeah, in terms of like schedule, Siena, when are you like recording this week? Oh, right.

Well, we're doing one today and then we're doing one Wednesday, I think. That's right, Wednesday, yeah. Do you know? We're doing one on Wednesday. It's Wednesday. Yeah, well, no, we don't think so. We're doing one on Wednesday.

Don't coach her into her answer. I think, yeah, it's Wednesday. Thursday, you're doing one on Thursday too? Uh, I don't know. Oh, don't know. She's not across all the schedules. She knows schedules is my thing, it's not her thing. Are you doing one on Thursday? TBC actually, just waiting to hear back on that one. Have you got anything happening with dad in the evenings this week? Like Wednesday, Thursday? That's probably a question for mum. I'm not really sure, I'm a bit forgetful. I'm not sure I'm convinced. You're not helping my case at the moment.

We've got stuff locked in. I'm going to be here Wednesday. I mean, anyone can put a calendar invite in. Like, oh, I'm recording Wednesday. It's a throw off the scent. We are, but I don't know who the guest is. It's on the calendar for Wednesday. See, right.

It's happening. It's not like, when you want to like... There's no guest that just says, Ben, recording. Sorry for not keeping you across all the guests that we have for the podcast, all right? Are you going to miss, dad? Where's he going? Who knows? I'll be there as well. There's a movie premiere Wednesday as well too. Okay. You can't talk about that one on there because it's not how to train your dragon so we can't talk about that.

All this stuff we're not allowed to talk about. I can talk about it, I just get in trouble. You want to mention another movie that's going on then it's fine. It's all very convenient though isn't it? Can't talk about it. Interesting. We'll find out. Does this help you or not? It actually makes me a little bit more suspicious to be honest because it was all like, oh I can't talk about it. Oh confidential. Well yeah, I was confident it was me up until now. Now I'm starting to lose it. I'm so confused. Yeah no you're not really cross-eyed, that's fine, you go back to your day all right. We'll catch you soon. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats.

Now very exciting, one of us is going to magically disappear from the show this week thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations. If you find out out find where that person is you can just text them where you think they are you can win five grand with petrol at this we're in this phase of this campaign where none of us know who it is well the person who is the rogue knows who it is yeah yeah we each got taken into a room individually and all got told if we were the rogue or not you can see that video on our hits breakfast Instagram but it's pitted us all against each other so now we're trying to find out who it is. We could just wait and see but we want to know. There's a lot of bluffing a lot

of bamboozling going on. And that's not really the thing. The actual competition starts when we find out who the rogue is. But the rogue goes missing. Yeah that's right it's only for us right now that we're trying to work out who it is. And friends and there's a lot of text getting involved in this, great one here on 4487, Megan is keeping it very quiet. She hasn't had much to say. She keeps going down the investigation angle and taking the heat off her. I guess, no, I'm doing that because in my mind I know that it's not me. I can take you through my schedule, plus I'm the one who has little babies, I've got a two and a four year old. You guys have got grown children.

If it ends up being you, you've played a wonderful game. Oh, I'll... Because I don't for a second think it's you. And then I'll be like, well you played a wonderful game. And you know Jono the best. So, I don't know, I guess I'm just going... I could take you through our schedule. Yeah, I...

You guys know I need to go to the doctor. I've got nothing on my schedule because I am the rogue. Yeah, well I'm thinking Jono's the rogue. Okay. That's all I'm saying. Franz, welcome to the debate. Who do you think's lying here mate? Well can I ask you a question first? Yeah. Oh who?

Who went into the office first? Was it Megan? Into the meeting? No Megan was last. No yeah, Jono first. Who was last? She knew about it the whole time. She made a deal with the bosses. You guys went to Sri Lanka, she's going to Queenstown. Oh my gosh! That would make a lot of sense.

Yeah, Megan, old Queenstown Megan we call her. I also went in last because I was away on Monday. Oh, away, conveniently away then too, were you? Oh, yeah. She knew about it beforehand while you guys were away. No, that's fine. That's exactly what's happened, Franz. Bit of placating guys were away. No, that's fine. They might have seen what the bosses thought you guys were doing. That's exactly what's happened, Franz.

Bit of placating going on here, I see what's happening, Franz. That's a good point. Can I get the five grand now? Well, finding out who the rogue is doesn't get you the five grand. We've ramped up the competition just like that. I reckon she's going to Queenstown. I hope you're right. That's your guess.

We'll put you on the draw, Franz. He's done an early guess. When you think you know their location they're going to head, you just text spotted and their location wherever. So you'd spotted Queenstown to 4487. Great text here. 4487. Someone's saying, I've been listening to this show for a very long time. Ben stutters when he's put on the spot and caught out. I stutter a lot at the time though. I want to go with that but you do. He's a stuttery guy, stuttery nervous guy.

But to be fair that call with Sienna, he did get a bit caught up. Yeah well, true, true. But he's no more anxious than he usually operates at. He operates at alert level red the whole time. So let's do around the room right now. Who does he run think it is John? Oh, yeah me This is exactly what the show the traders is driving me crazy so many lies Well, we'll find out at some point. We don't know when this person's disappear when I'm going But I'll be leaving man. I'll be learning and it will not be a surprise to anyone if you've been listening all week. You can win a whole lot thanks to

Gas Petrol Service Station's a really fun thing that they're doing so thank you so much John O Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Now while that song was playing Megan then she said I've just got to go to the toilet and we're like oh the toilet really? Excuse me, where do you think you're going? To the toilet? Oh to the toilet Ben I need a toilet card Please sir, may I go to the bathroom? No, but are you planning to run away?

Oh yeah, like this is your exit from the show All my stuff's still there Oh great exit, it would be a great exit too wouldn't it? But that's not to say someone can't come in and get yourself after you've escaped I'm too ashamed Yes you have to wait for them And we're still waiting and seeing She's not come back! It's Megan the Rogue!

Wow! Or is she dealing with a high fibre breakfast? She doesn't normally take that lo- Oh no! She's back in! She is back Oh Megan we thought for a second you could have been the rogue. Oh no I just got stopped at the toilet. Oh well.

Why are all my stuff still here? Like we just said in the video, someone can tidy up that admin in the back end. Your main goal is to get out of here without being... Yeah and that would have been a good play. So not the rogue at this stage. Not the rogue at all. None of us know who it's going to be. So not the rogue at this stage. Not the rogue. Not the rogue. None of us know who it's going to be. Ben's claiming it's not him.

Well, I'm saying it's me. Everyone thinks it's me. But there are. Yeah, everyone thinks it's you. So when Jono decides to leave for the show, we'll know, especially because he's behind the desk pushing the button. So he's got a lot more admin to worry about. Yeah, but I know how to push the button.

I know, but in that moment, he's got to kind of, you know, he can't just sort of slip out. I can just step in and. You can, yeah there's covers, there's ways and means. Now you need to share the story about it. Oh yeah, this was at one of my kids netball game was over the weekend. Now I have, I don't know if you have a pair of jeans that just the button just gives up on the fly situation, the button fly situation and I wear that from time to time and they just notice it just will just open at the wrong time. So it's not talking about a zip at the button at the top? No a button fly. Oh they're so annoying. I've got this one pair of jeans and I don't wear them that often but I had

decided on this particular day to wear them and I had done them up before going to Netball right I knew that but at some stage I'm guessing it had come open. It's like there's too much in here to handle man. I don't know if that's the problem. I would have gone with it. But I was chatting to some other parents at that stage and my wife was there as well. And obviously she noticed it and she decided to text me. And she would text me and so I could feel my phone buzz in my pocket.

And I was like oh yeah and I ignored it because I'm in in the conversation again and I could just see my wife sort of motioning down and going, I was at your phone. I'm like, yeah, it is my phone, but I'm trying to be present with the conversation. And then I'm like, oh, multiple times. She goes like, no, I think it's your phone. And I'm like, yeah, clearly it's my phone, but I need to carry on this conversation. And so to the point that I finally got the phone out of my pocket and noticed it was your fly's open. From my wife Amanda.

I felt like you could have dealt with that at the back end. Yeah, I guess she was hoping that would have been a quick little thing and I would have done it in front of everyone, but no. I felt like maybe she drew more attention to it because she keeps sort of like mostly ... And then how are you supposed to do it up in front of someone? That's the thing. There's no subtle way of doing it.

Especially a button fly. Yeah. And a kid's netball game. You don't want to be the guy adjusting his trousers in front of everyone. Frigidding with his pants. There's only meant to be one ball on the court, mate. And not three. I'm definitely not putting them on the court side or anything like that, for sure. What's he doing?

It's not happening. Unorthodox support method, anyway. Well, that is our show for a Tuesday. Thanks so much for joining us at some stage. It hasn't happened so far. Two days down, but someone will go missing as we said before. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast.

The Hats. The first day with new vape rules coming to effect. The disposable vapes banned from today and vaping products and displays no longer can be displayed in general retailers. Now this is a huge, huge coincidence because... DM Megan. For DM Megan, where people slide into Megan Pappas' DMs asking for any advice, a lot of relationship advice.

I'd like to follow up on these two by the way. We just offer these therapy sessions and they don't book a second session with us do these people? No, I don't think, I think we've had one follow-up in the whole time we've been doing them. This is a really interesting one and coincidentally topical as well. I didn't know that it was banned today. I don't vape so it's you know not important to me but um. Come on man get cool. Two uncool kids. Cool until you find out what it's doing to you.

Okay it reads, dear Megan, I caught my wife vaping behind my back. She told me months ago she'd quit, said and wanted to set a good example for the kids. I thought we were done with it. Then I found a vape in her coat pocket. She said it was old. Found another in her gym bag. She said it was old found another in her gym bag she said it was her

friends walked in on her puffing away in the laundry now she's saying she's quit again that I need to stop bringing it up and then I'm making a big deal out of nothing am I being petty or do I have the right to feel a bit shafted he's got a right to feel shafted yeah I can understand why there's a trust issue there. So she's saying now, okay, those things have happened, but now she said she has quit. Yeah. And he's not entirely sure if that's the case. When you're finding multiple vapes and she's got an excuse for every one, like...

I think in that situation it becomes less about the vaping and more about the lying, doesn't it? Yeah, it does. You're probably right. Because, you know, like in the back of my mind I'm thinking well it's her body her choice but then you've also got children and they follow the lead of the parents but also it's the lying it's the deception the trust is being a little bit testy. Yeah you're right and if you have slipped back into that you know probably is better to say hey look sorry I've gone back to doing this I'm trying to quit but I have you know you know and I'm embarrassed by it. It's like it's not so much about

judging them either like if they want to quit your partner can help you you know um but it's the trust it's the fact that she's lying. Alternative to if Jen was like I want to take up vaping I'm not gonna stop her you are your own human yeah you know. But also you want your partner to be around for a long time and you like you don't really want them to take up something that's not good for them. Yeah to talk to them and say hey I don't feel that cool about this. Yeah, it's really hard. For the record, can I say I'm not gonna like stick the vape in her mouth or anything.

I would just be a supportive partner. I was like you go be the best vape you can be. But you're right, there's be a level of embarrassment from her I imagine saying I'm gonna stop this thing then she's like oh she's probably harder than I thought it was and can't. So she's probably a bit you know scared to say that she's failed. All right does this person have a right to feel like they can get a bit salty for the fact? How long has it been because there needs to be a moment you need to draw a line in the sand for yourself and go, well, it's just going to start eating up him. Well, they just say she told me months ago she quit.

So it's been a good few months. So he hasn't seen anything for a few months. Yeah. And still has some trust issues and who knows how long it takes to regain trust. Well, then found the vape in her coat pocket and her gym bag. Right. Saying it's other people's. Just trying to get a timeline from when she's now set. The latest! Yeah. Sopping. Okay, I'll 800 the hits, 4487

is the text. What would you tell this person if they were your friend? Can you let it go? Is it something where you're like, oh it's just eating me up now? Yeah, okay 4487. Divorce? Is that on the cards? I'll chuck that the cards? If the trust goes in the relationship it could go that way. I mean eventually it could go down that road. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Dear Megan. In the middle of today's Dear Megan which potentially hasn't gone quite the way that we thought it was going to go but that's hey. Interesting. So this is from a guy who's messaged in, I'llise, he said, I caught my wife vaping behind my back, she told me months ago she'd quit.

Then I found a vape in her coat pocket, she says it was old, found another in her gym bag, she said it was her friends. Are they making a big deal out of nothing? Are they being petty or do they have the right to feel a bit shafted in that she's lying? Yeah, we're going to get Amanda into this. Welcome from Swanson this morning. Amanda, how are you? Morning, good to see you. Yeah, really doing good. Doing really well. It's great to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast.

Now, what is your breakdown of this whole situation? I get her because I've never vaped or smoked in my life. So I don't know how difficult it is to quit smoking and vaping. I'm wondering why they're snooping around in her pockets and her gym bags and everywhere for vape. So that's also a little bit of a trust issue. Yeah well he's suspicious obviously. He could be putting her clothes in the washing machine, he could be snooping, but I'll put it to you, let's say it was switched the other way around

and he was the vaper and she'd found it in his gym bag. Would we still be snooping the same thing? Because I think women do this a lot. I can say this because I am one. We snoop a lot. So you're intuitive. We're intuitive and we would probably find the vape in the gym bag and would people still be saying

that we were snooping and it's none of our business? We, women do more laundry and stuff so it's weird for jackets. A coat doesn't go to the washing so he has to take it to the dryers which is not, nah I don't know. Yeah that's a good point. He's just snooping, he's snooping, he's looking for something. He's not, yeah, right. You're not the only one saying this, Amanda. So many texts like, why is he going through her belongings? This is bloody controlling.

Going through her belongings. But he's going through her belongings because he thinks that she's vaping behind his back. Which she is. It's same when you think someone's cheating and you go through their phone and you find out they're cheating. Like it's the same. Why are you going through my belongings mate? I also feel that she's a grown woman. She should make her own decision if she wants to vape or not vape. It's not impacting anything on their relationship or their health issue or anything like that. You're right Amanda. I mean if she just went, listen I can't do this. I like vaping. relationship or their health issue or anything like that.

You're right Amanda, I mean if she just went listen I can't do this I like vaping. Yeah, I'm good. This is gonna be me. You have to deal with it. Then there's nothing to hide, then the lies are gone. Yeah, yeah, yeah and I won't vape in front of the kids or you know in the house or whatever. Just let me be Amanda. I don't vape like I said I don't vape but I get it. Yeah, you're certainly pro-vaping mate. Thanks Amanda, I appreciate you calling this morning, I really do.

Piers, morning, what do you want to say on this one? Yeah, morning. Like I smoked for a long time and it took me about four good tries before I gave up. I mean it's a serious addiction and nicotine really, really is hard to kick. And there's a lot of shame that's associated with being addicted and not being able to give up. And from that perspective, you know, it's being vilified by, you know, by what she's doing. She actually needs support because it's really hard. And the reality is that, you know, people who are trying to give up nicotine it's often a number of times

before they they're able to kick it. So how would you say he should approach it then? So say she wants to kick it but she's ashamed that she hasn't been able to, how does he approach her? Try and support her you know and that's the thing you know don't it yeah, she has been lying about it, but that comes from a sense of shame of not being able to be able to do it herself. And she's trying to hide it because she's ashamed of it, you know, and she wants to be able to kick it,

but she can't, and that's really hard for her to accept, and that's why she's hiding it. And also, I would imagine that she knows how her partner will react, so that's probably accentuating why she wants to hide it. Well, she's some great calls and feedback on this. Thank you so much. Final words, what are you saying to this man there, Megan? Thank you, Piers.

It does seem to me, and probably Piers, that it's Lisa about him and maybe more about her, and she needs some support. She needs some empathy. So go on and talk to her and show her that you're supportive and you wanna help her if she wants to quit. Comedian James Roque used to work with us for many years on our TV show, Jono and Ben.

And he's on tour this week around New Zealand with his comedy show, Champorado. Good morning, James. Hey, everyone. How you guys doing? Every time we meet with James, he'd be like, Hey boys! No? He's about to say, every time we're with James, he'll be like, hey boys. No, I'll just say, because he's just my old bosses. Yeah, I know. Hello, sir.

Sir John Owen Ben. You know the way you need to. Yeah, it's like, you know. I say what they demanded. Yes. And they're like, look, even though the show's not on anymore, you address us correctly. He knows the rules.

If you know what's good for you. I refuse to call them sir. Yeah well you're on your way out now. That's why I'm here. I'm not actually promoting a tour, I'm with HR. It's not the first time mate. I've got some news to break to you. Now we work with you for many years. Yes. You work for us for many years. Yes thank you. Yes hi Almighty for clarifying that. Yeah, but it's been awesome to see you go on overseas and then be making comedy overseas right around the world which is pretty exciting. It's been nice man. It's

been yeah, the last couple years have been like I've been touring around Canada which is cool and I've been doing like around the UK as well so it's been nice. I will say I left New Zealand and I moved overseas and I was like I've done a lot here I've got like all these credits and I go to Canada and I'm like hey book me for your show and they're like who the hell are you? They're like oh no I worked for these two dudes who made me call them sir and hi almighty. I had photos of you now showing them they're like who the hell is that? I was like it's Anton Deck. Just lie to them. That'd be good.

You know, we do like, there is a, you know, New Zealand's not perfect, let's be honest. But you know, there are some things that are good. What's one thing when you go overseas and you're like, oh, that's actually, I missed that about New Zealand. About New Zealand? Yeah. Quite, and this is going to sound quite serious, but how much we actually like, honor and love like, Maori culture. When I come back here and the first thing you see when you land in Auckland Airport and you see like the Maori carvings in the thing you're like this is so dope like other countries don't have this or that and

Whitakers chocolate. I appreciate how kind of straightforward New Zealanders are like with especially with our sense of humour and stuff. You come here and if someone doesn't find you funny or they think you're not cool, they will tell you to your face. Look at this dry guy. I love that. It's refreshing. Canada. They say Canadians are quite similar to New Zealand. Is that the case or not? Yeah, I'd say so. They're nice, but I'd say they're a lot more earnest than us. Are they nicer? Not nicer. I actually talk about this They're nice. They're nice, but I'd say they're like a lot more earnest than us. They're not nice. Are they nicer? Not nicer. I actually, I talk about this on my show. Like I realized the other day that I'm now actually a Filipino New Zealand Canadian. Which I think puts me to good. I'm like in the Guinness Book of Records for nicest man in the world.

Like I will give you all my clothes bro. If you are cold, I am going to freeze to death on your behalf. So you're okay with us right now. Now you're used to it as part of your many jobs. You had many jobs when you worked with us. But also warm up the crowd was one of your things you come up to as well. And you'd always tell a great joke about Craig David and the song Seven Days. And I can never not hear that song now without thinking of your joke. But Megan probably hasn't heard it, so you can give a quick summary right now about Craig David and the song Seven Days.

How well do you know the song Craig David's Seven Days? Monday, I took it for a drink on Tuesday. Pretty well. Yeah, keep going. Keep going. Took it for a drink on Tuesday, making love by Wednesday, and on Thursday and Friday and Saturday we chilled on Sunday. That's right, yeah. Yeah, so if you count the days they did it for four days

Anyone immediately on Monday and then did it and sleep with it for four days in a row She definitely would have been like get away from me No, my version of that would have been met her on Monday, took her for a drink on Tuesday, sent her a text on Wednesday, and then Thursday and Friday and Saturday I still have not heard from her. That's the bit. Oh James, it's lovely to see you mate. One of the friendliest and funniest men we know. Go catch James on tour if people want to find out the tour dates themselves. Yep they can go to my website jamsrocke.com or just like, I don't know, ask the closest Filipino person you know.

I feel like they'll know. John O'Bannon, Megan. The podcast. The hats. Doing something yesterday afternoon, we were filming some stuff and then afterwards I was in the car park, okay, and I'm just putting stuff in my car boot

and this guy comes up to me and he's a little bit scratchy a little bit jumpy So hello mate. How are you? I'm like here we go. Here we go I don't know how this stuff always happens to you We were all there, but I saw you talking to someone I was like, oh Jonah knows people everywhere I'm like a magnet to these people. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, he starts like he's like, have you got a minute? Okay Yeah, I'll listen to you. What do you got to say? He's like I'm really I'll be really vulnerable here and I need to tell you something and he's sort of like, you know

Scratching himself and stuff. He's like I need to feed my kids. I need to move and you know when someone chucks in I need to feed my kids. Yeah, you know, you played he's played a really good card there Okay, so you've hooked me in and he's like I'm a Pays not coming through and I need to get into the supermarket and buy some food and He started rattling off a whole a whole story You know when you're in a certain state of mind and you feel like your story is bulletproof No holes in your story, but to me I could pick holes all through it. He's like listen. I'm not lying I'm telling lying I'm

telling the truth look I've got all these tattoos to prove it and I'm thinking well how the tattoos gonna prove that you're you still got to feed your family. And I said okay I'll let you have that one I've got some you know questionable tattoos as well and then he's like I tell you what I'll give you if you lend me the money I'll give you the my bank account number and again I'm like well what's your bank account number gonna do how's that gonna do me any good if I've lent you money? If you want me to deposit you some more money? And then the third and final one he was a sous chef. Sous chef at a high restaurant. And then I was like well if anyone could provide food for

the family you would assume a chef. Kind of what the chef does. Yeah right, yeah. And I was like, listen man, he's like, I was like, how much do you need? He said $190. Wow. $190, I was like, I can't do $190. But we'll get you something. And then I walked into Megan, and she's like, why are you going to the cash machine? I was like, you're the only person I know that withdraws cash these days.

He keeps off the box, Megan. He loves to keep all his stuff off the box. I do. I keep it hidden from the government, the tax, the tax man. Anyway, so I gave him the money and then he didn't even walk into the supermarket to buy food. He walked straight away from the opposite direction. So I'm hoping there's maybe a cheaper supermarket across the road. Maybe, right.

You know, he'd get more bang for his buck. Yeah. So hopefully he put food on the table for his family. Yeah, you'll hope that's the case. Or his diggler's family. Someone's family. Hopefully someone somewhere out there is being fed.