Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Caught Up With Kiwi Stuntwoman Vanessa Cater!

Episode Date: June 2, 2021

Kia Ora! On today's show, we played a good old game of Liar Liar. This is where we have 2 callers on, each sharing an outrageous story they have. But only one of them is telling the truth. We ended up having a chat with Vanessa Cater who's worked with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart & Adam Sandler. We also got Producer Juliet to give Jono the low-down on social media etiquette, and at what point you should follow someone on Instagram after meeting them. Jono got called out for not following someone, even though he doesn't have any social media! Finally, we spoke to a woman who had been secretly married TWICE. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Oh, yeah. 3rd of June.

Wow-wee, the 3rd of June already. It seems like June only started two days ago, and we're already at the 3rd. Yeah, well, that's pretty much what's happened. Time flies when you're in June. It is. What's your favourite month of the year, Ben? Oh.

I've asked you a lot of questions over the time that we've been together. I've never really thought about favourite months of the year. I do like the excitement of December. I like the December. I like leading up to Christmas time is a good feeling. January's a good month as well. Oh, listen, if I would, the format that I've provided you hasn't allowed you to pick two

months, but if you were going to go, final two weeks of December, first two weeks of Jan. Oh, wonderful two months. They are great for us here in New Zealand. We're very fond. But I imagine overseas and the other hemispheres, maybe not quite as fondness because we're the summertime and Christmas all at once.

So, yeah, a Christmas holiday in America. A bit shorter, right? It's only like a week or so, isn't it? They have their big sort of, they're about to have their summer holidays as of July or something. Spring break. Yes. How are they going, buddy?

Whatever they do on spring break. I don't know. I've seen their movie with Zac Efron. Yeah. Zac Efron? No, it's Jonah Hill. Oh, I don't know. I've seen their movie with Zac Efron. Yeah. Was it Zac Efron? No, it was Jonah Hill. Jonah Hill. Have you seen Spring Breakers?

No, I don't think I have. No, I don't think I have either. I'm referencing a movie. I've seen the Breakers basketball team. Channing Tatum. Yeah. Is he? No, I feel like Zac Efron.

You're just naming actors now. I feel like none of those people. He was in a movie. You think about 21 Jump Street or something, are you? I don't know. Mine have been 21 Jump Street. Yeah, that's a good movie about 21 Jump Street or something, are you? I don't know. Might have been 21 Jump Street. Yeah, that's a good movie, 21 Jump Street.

Was that set at Spring Break? No, there is a movie Spring Break is, I think, but I haven't seen it. I haven't seen that one.

No. But then Channing Taylor went to Spring Break, didn't he? Oh, he might have actually, in one of the movies, in one of

the 21 or 22 Jump Street. He might. Anyway, apart from vaguely recollecting movies, we actually talked to someone today who has been in movies with the likes of Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Adam Sandler.

It's pretty awesome, actually. Yeah. She's a Kiwi. Yeah. And stunty. Yeah. Really. And she'd been run over by a car, which we talked to her about.

Imagine that. I was thinking of that. Imagine preparing yourself for knowing that a car is about to head towards you and you've got to do a stunt with the car. That would be the most terrifying thing ever. I would choke. I'm a choker in those situations. You know when we've ever done anything for our

job and they've like, they talk you through the instructions one by one and you pretend that you've listened to them all and then when you're in the moment you panic and that's the worst thing you can do is panic like you need confidence and rock solid decision making and same thing if a car was coming towards me i'd panic and yeah but it was like you've got to lift your legs because if you don't it breaks your legs and i would forget to do that i would forget it's the number one rule i'd be like what oh my legs i can't feel them yeah i'm

trapped under a car well you didn't lift your legs. I told you 15 times. I said, have you got this? And you're like, yes, I've got this. Anyway, yeah, remarkable what she's doing. It's so awesome. As well as that, on the show, we talk about your favourite chore. Chores get a bad rap, don't they? So we talk about the good chores,

the ones that you like. What did you choose? Cooking. You know, cooking for me. He likes the gratitude. I do. He likes it from the public. I'm like, hey, thank you. Because everyone always thanks you. Well, not always, but it feels like, yeah, you do get that. But you feel obliged to thank the person. Oh, thanks for that. Don't you? Yeah.

What if it's a shocking meal? Do you still have to say thanks? Well, maybe not. Maybe just quietly. Just slowly walk back up to the kitchen and feed it to the dog or something. Have you cooked a couple of duds in your time? Oh, yeah, yeah, definitely. What have been some misfires in the kitchen from Ben Boyce? Oh, I don't know if on the top of my head if there's been any.

Are they generally new recipes you're trying? Yeah, or just too many things on the go. It's often a misfire for one particular thing where you haven't kept an eye on one thing. Like you've burnt the chicken or something. Yeah, something's like, oh, I kept an eye on one thing while you're, you know. Like you burn the chicken or something in the pro pan. I forgot about that thing. That's the thing with cooking. It is the ultimate

role of multitasking. And time management, yeah. Yeah, you're like, over here, we've got this boiling over there. I panic. You see why Gordon Ramsay's so stressed.

He's running on high alert the whole time. We've got potatoes boiling over there. There's chicken broiler, there's bacon in the oven. I'm trying, mate. There's a chicken, there There's bacon in there. I'm trying, mate. There's a chicken.

There's lamb in there. I'll just, yeah. And especially running a restaurant. I know. Imagine it. Multiple meals all at once. That's impressive.

So yeah. Hey, full credit to all the chefs out there. You're true masters of your craft. Yeah, well done. Enjoy the podcast and we'll catch you tomorrow

for a very exciting show. Guaranteed $5,000 must be won. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters for a very exciting show. Guaranteed $5,000 must be won. Add these two men together, and somehow you'll get three quarters worth of a normal van. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Time to play Liar Liar. It's a fun game, this one, isn't it? We get two callers on.

They both tell their stories, and then we need to decipher who's lying, who's telling the truth. We sort of should assume the role of a good cop, bad cop scenario. Can I be good cop? You can be the bad cop who's sort of done a deal with the gangs and has been taken in front of the police tribunal for inappropriate behaviour or something.

That's a great way to give a backstory there. But let's get Lisa on first. Lisa, what are you telling us is the truth? So I have a built-in sandpit in my backyard. I was out there with my kids, and then all of a sudden we found something hard, like quite underneath the sand, and it was a dinosaur-looking skull.

Wow. Are you saying it was a dinosaur skull or a dinosaur-looking skull? Well, I think it's a dinosaur skull, but, you know, we haven't taken it anywhere yet. So this is Lisa's claiming she found a dinosaur skull in a sandpit. Is your son's name Dr. Alan Grant? And are you from the movie Jurassic Park? No.

No, okay. So it seems unusual that a skull would just be almost on the surface. Yeah, in a sandpit. In a sandpit. And it would have a bottom. Yeah, anyway, let's not delve too deep in there now because that's not what the... I'm not a proctologist. No, it's a paleontologist.

It's a paleontologist, yeah. So, okay, that's Lisa who claims she's discovered a dinosaur skull. What does it look like, a T-Rex? What sort of job? Like a pterodactyl, kind of beaky. Oh, okay. What did you do with the skull? We only found it on the weekend, so I haven't taken it in anywhere.

Just what, sitting in the spare room, this dinosaur skull? It's just on my deck. It's a recent discovery. Okay, all right. Okay, that's Lisa claiming that. We'll go to our next caller, and we'll work out who's telling the truth and who's lying. Hello. My name is Vanessa, and I've worked with Dwayne The Rock Johnson,

Kevin Hart, and Adam Sandler. Wow. If this is true, then I wish I was you. This sounds incredible. By the way, Vanessa, I don't know if you know, but Ben has quite an unhealthy fascination with at least two of the three people. The Rock? Yeah, The Rock and Kevin Hart.

I may know that, yeah. Playing in your sweet spot here, Ben. So how did this come about? If you want to reveal some of the details, do you work in the movie industry? I do. Oh, I know who it is. I do.

It's Taika Waititi. No, it was Vanessa. Yeah, he's putting on a voice. Yeah. Okay, so we'll put both those callers on hold right now. Jono, we need to work out who's telling the truth, who's telling a lie. Is it Lisa, the amateur paleontologist,

or Vanessa, the professional movie person? We haven't delved too deep into that one, have we? 0800 is the telephone number. What do you think? 4487. You can text us with your thoughts. Who is lying today for Liar Liar? All right.

Lots of calls, lots of texts coming through on this one. Who is, Jono, what are you going to say? Well, with the majority of the audience, and I'm with the majority of the audience, they're saying that, Lisa, you are lying today. They're saying you haven't found a pterodactyl-ish bone or skull in your sandpit. And that is

true. So that means Vanessa, well thanks so much Lisa, thanks so much for sticking around. Now we brutally cut you off Lisa for lying to us. You're gone, you're gone because we want to talk to Vanessa. Nice to talk to you. I'm a

stumped woman and an actor from New Zealand living in LA. Oh, wow. Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to have to panic Google you as we conduct this interview on the fly. Oh, God. Vanessa, last name Carter, am I correct?

Kater, no R in the middle. Oh, sorry, Kater. K-E-T-E-R. Okay, sorry, I just rehanded that. Oh, my God, you've worked just on, it says on the Hobbit, Ride Along 2, Jumanji, the latest Disney+, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. A bloody impressive resume. It's been a good couple of years since I left New... Well, even when I was in New Zealand, you know,

The Hobbit and Spartacus and Ash vs. Evil Dead, doing stunts, rolling around, getting dirty, and, you know, fighting and playing with swords. It's been a lovely, lovely time. So you're a stunt, a professional stunty. And you said you worked with The Rock, Kevin Hart, Adam Sandler. What exactly have you done with them, Vanessa? I recently worked on, well, the first time I worked with Kevin Hart was on Ride Along 2, where I had the distinct honour of having him on my shoulders in the middle of a nightclub scene

doing like a little chicken fight, which was hilarious. Oh my God. Vanessa, what Ben Boyce wouldn't give to have Kevin Hart's groin on the back of his neck? Well, this is what I was going to say. Honestly, he was adjusting himself on the back of my neck. And he was like, we are friends now. We are definitely friends. And then I worked with him again on Jumanji, the next level.

Wow. The last Jumanji. And this is where you worked with The Rock. Which is where I worked with The Rock as well. What's the most full-on stunt that you've ever done? Because I can just read here online, did you get hit by a car once? Is that what you did? I did recently.

There's 9-1-1, the TV show. I was stunt doubling for one of the main actors on the show, and she gets hit by a car. There's no way you can rehearse or practice that. You literally, I was running towards the car, and it came towards me, and you literally get hit by a car. There's no way you can rehearse or practice that. You literally I was running towards the car and it came towards me and you literally get hit by a car. I walked away from it, which is

pretty impressive. I had a cut on my finger. The medic had to give me a band-aid, a plaster for my finger. That's it. He was waiting to know if he had to call an ambulance. I'm like, I got a boo-boo. And being on a show called 9-1-1, you would have had all the professionals on set to help you?

It's terrifying when they're like, okay, we've got two ambulances. I'm like, how many pieces do you think I'm going to be in? What do we need two? Before you go, can I just say some names of people that you work with? And the first thing that popped into your head when I say the names. Okay. Let's go with one of my faves, or if not the fave, Dwayne Johnson. What pops into your head because you've worked alongside him?

Yeah, he's the dreamboat. Oh, the dreamboat. Oh, okay. Ben would like to book a ticket on that dreamboat. Okay. Do you know, Ben, Ben's got a tattoo of Dwayne the Rock Johnson on his bottom. Really? Yeah, I have. It says it's a love heart with I of Dwayne The Rock Johnson on his bottom. For real? Yeah, I have.

It says, it's a love heart with I love Dwayne. Yeah, anyway, we don't need to talk about that. I can hear Vanessa judging. If I work with him again, I am sure to let him know that. Oh, that's good to know. Okay, Jack Black. Hilarious. He called me a huffy in the middle of set.

It was amazing. Adam Sandler. You worked with Adam Sandler as you said before. What was he like? Way more serious than you think. He's so serious

about his job and he's brilliant. He's way more brilliant and way more serious than you give him credit for. I mean, he's still hilarious and funny, but he's a lot more serious

than you think. I imagine because he runs the production company, doesn't he? So he's probably got a lot of budgets and admin and staffing issues in his head.

He was also like, even though there was a director, he was also really directing our things. We were doing a lot of improv, so he was back and forth between looking at the monitors and then giving some direction and then saying where he wanted the scene to go. He was really onto it. Hey, so nice to talk to you, and where he wanted the scene to go. So, yeah, he was really on to it.

Hey, so nice to talk to you, and congratulations on all the success over there. That's so awesome. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. It's been really nice to talk to some people from home. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, yesterday on the show, we were talking about ironing, and some people go to efforts of ironing underwear, and we spoke to Fiona, who, oh, man, she loves ironing. I iron absolutely everything in my house apart from socks. What other items are you ironing? Key towels, towels, face funnels. Stand aside, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

We have a new Iron Lady And it is Fiona She literally, she puts the fitted sheet On the bed Then irons the fitted sheet while it's on the mattress Then also Her ironing is obviously well covered But then when she makes the bed

She gets out on her side, makes her side of the bed And while her husband's still asleep And then makes the she makes the bed, she gets out on her side, makes her side of the bed, and while her husband's still asleep, waits for him to get out. And then makes the rest of the bed. Wonderfully tidy household, and she's got a military background. Yes. And we said to her, you know, I guess once you get into that routine, not having those things done would sit on you, wouldn't it?

Yeah. It's almost like clearing that off your mind and off your jobs to do, and then you carry on with your day. But thinking chores, they get a bit of a bad rap Don't they? They do People are like Chores, I've got to do this

It's like alcohol Alcohol always gets a bad rap But you know Alcohol makes people funner Better You forget about your problems You've gone into a weird spot here right now Makes me more fun

10% more fun Does it? Or does it make you stay home more? But I'm fun when I'm by myself. I'm having fun. So we wanted to know this morning, because chores get such a bad rap, what's your favourite chore?

No, everyone talks about their least favourite chore. I don't want to know about that. What's your favourite one? There must be one out of all of them. You're like, okay, I like doing this one. I'm going to put my hand up and say I love vacuuming. I love it. Just the sound of

particularly hard little items going up the chute. You know, if you get a little peanut or something. You were vacuuming your old driveway, weren't you? Well, that was purely just because I like the sound of the stones going. Oh, just satisfying. Yeah, I could vacuum all day. That's good. But then I

think the novelty would wear off. It's like mowing the lawns but on the inside isn't it vacuuming alright well that's Jono's favourite what's yours

0800 the hit that you like doing I don't mind doing chores in particular one of my favourites is cooking the meal you know I like the process

I like trying new stuff I like being creative in the kitchen but I also love the fact a lot of chores are a thankless task you try the dishes no one ever says

oh thanks for trying the dishes but you cook a meal everyone's like thanks for cooking you dishes. But you cook a meal, everyone's like, thanks for cooking. You always get, you know? The chef gets a lot of credit. Even in a household situation, you know?

You do the vacuuming, no one ever goes, oh, thanks so much for vacuuming, you know? It's just expected. But the meal, for some reason, you get thanked and you also get out

of doing the dishes. Usually, you know? You're normally like, oh, well, you've got... It's definitely the fun part of the dinner process, isn't it? It's like, everyone's like, hey, we're about to leave and look at me, I'm doing this. Oh, thanks for oh well it's definitely the fun part of the dinner process isn't it it's like everyone's like hey we're about to eat

and look at me I'm doing this oh thanks and this is great John oh this is great no worries anytime and then you check out you check out

as soon as that is on a plate you're out of it that's your job done so that's why that's why it's my fave yeah fair enough whereas the dishes

take almost nearly as much labour and time oh totally and if you cook the meal you can make you know so many dishes if you're not doing the dishes.

That's what annoys me. It's like sometimes when I'm doing this, it's like, have you used every possible plate, pot, and pan? I am so that person. And just piled up on a bench.

Chaos cooks. Have you got a favourite chore, Ju? I like cleaning the kitchen. I love cleaning the kitchen. I think it's just the satisfaction of having a clean kitchen that I can then cook in. So good.

Shelly, you're on the air on New Zealand's Breakfast Morena. Good morning. How are we? You good? Favourite chore? Lock it in. Favourite chore, I'd have to say, is using the chainsaw. Oh, the chainsaw.

Okay. Slash the most dangerous chore as well. So what are you cutting up? I know, it's great. My partner bought me this little little, little chainsaw. And now he has to hide it from me because I've started cutting down random trees. And he comes home and he's going to pick up all these branches. Just a chance.

You're allowed to cut stuff. Where have all the trees in Rotorua gone? Oh, Shelley. She's just been. You're out there at the Redwoods Forest. You're like, oh, where's the whole forest? Stay away like Stay away Stay away

I know what you mean It must be quite satisfying It's very satisfying And knowing that Usually females Don't use a chainsaw So just like Kind of having that power

That you can use it It's yeah Very satisfying I bought a chainsaw You did Yeah we cut down Me and my friends We shouldn't have done it

But we cut down this massive What is it Semi big tree Out the front of our house Oh Yeah And as it was Yeah, we cut down on it. Me and my friends, we shouldn't have done it, but we cut down this massive, semi-big tree out the front of our house. And as it was tipping over, I was like, oh, this is going quite far towards the footpath and road. And it ended up crushing our hedge fence as well. But that was the last time I used the chainsaw.

I retired it after that. But Shelly, you're obviously a bit more... To the council, we retired it at the council. We told you off. Remember we used it in a radio promo? That's right. That's the only other time it got used. That's right.

And the radio station we were working for at the time was like, they wanted to do a wacky wedding. And they're like, why don't they cut the wedding cake with a chainsaw? Who's got one? I was like, well, I've got one. I'm not allowed to use anymore. And then so we put listers on rollerblades

with the chainsaw. It didn't have a blade on it, but still. It became quite the health and safety issue. to use anymore. And then so we put listers on roller blades with the chainsaw. It didn't have a blade on it but still. It became quite a health and safety issue. Understandably so. Yeah, totally. PC madness nowadays,

isn't it? Let's go to Jono. You're in from Inglewood. Favourite chore? My favourite chore is doing ditches. Thankless though. Again, we were just mentioning

no one ever says thanks, Jono, do they? No, no, they really don't. It's quite disappointing. I do such a good job. Washing or drying, what's your go-to? I do everything. Okay.

But I have a very specific way of doing the dishes. So after I cook or anything, because I do the cooking as well, after I cook, I rinse all the dishes, and then I'll have my meal or whatever it is, and I go back, and then I fill the sink up with hot water, and I rinse my dishes, which my mates will give me a hard time for because apparently they're clean at that point, and I use my green dish brush for that and then I re-wash my dishes with my blue dish brush. Oh wow. Jeez, Jono, I don't want to say I started falling asleep as soon as you said...

No, I like it. I like the system. I have a system left to right and all that you know that's the thing when anyone messes with your system

someone comes and puts something in the sink when you're like I'm not ready for a pot right now that throws me right out thank you John

you're a legend thanks for your call all good one thing that winds Jennifer my wife up is I'm a soaker I love to get a dirty pan

and then just put a bit of palm olive in it and fill it up and give it a soak. It looks like you've done something. But to be honest, you leave that for the next day. They can deal with it.

Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the head. Now, Juliet, I'd like to ask you this question

because I feel like you're probably the experienced, educated one on this particular topic. Okay. So I walked outside the building yesterday and bumped into someone that we had previously met, Ben, in a professional capacity. Yeah. And she said to me,

oh, you didn't follow me on Instagram. And I went, oh, I'm not even on Instagram. But she said it with disdain in her voice. Right. And then I walked away thinking, oh, is this like poor etiquette on my behalf nowadays that when you meet someone directly after, you've got to go and follow them on Instagram.

Is this a thing? I guess technically you are on Instagram for the show in general, but you're not personally on Instagram. True. Yes. Had you just met them the once? Just purely in this environment. Like a seven-minute environment.

It was lovely. They were lovely. Yeah. You were lovely, Ben. I like to think I was lovely. It was a wonderful moment. But, you know, generally throughout my career I've just gone goodbye and I don't do any follow-up yeah

but maybe is this a thing well I think it depends on the person like if it's someone that you'll continuously work with or bump into lots then maybe a follow on Instagram is the thing to do but if it's probably just like a once and done type meeting situation you probably wouldn't it's only a kind of I think it depends on how well you know the person. So I meet Ben at a bar. We hit it off. It's a smash out of the park. I think we've got a wonderful friendship ahead of us. Am I following him?

Yes, you would. It's not creepy? No. Just meeting once in a bar. Once in a bar. And if you think there's potential in the future, you follow them. Oh, yeah. And also, I think a lot of people will have it in a work capacity.

That's the profile sort of thing for Instagram you know you know cuz Instagram if someone's I guess got a private then that's when you're like oh do wanna focus you have to request a follow them but someone's openly out there and going hey this is my Instagram then I feel like it's yeah yeah yeah I've already opened that door a little bit what if I give zero craps about that person and what they're doing in their life you know what I do if they follow me and I just give zero craps about that person and what they're doing in their life? Do you know what I do? If they follow me and I give zero craps about that person and what they're doing in their life,

I'll follow them back so it looks like I followed them, but I'll just mute them so I don't see their stories or their posts. So it's like for me, I never even followed them, but for them it looks like I'm following them. So if someone follows you and you don't follow back, that's real bad, is it? Yeah.

Especially if you're a private profile because you have to actually go and accept the request. There's a bad is it yeah especially if you're a private profile because you have to actually go and accept the request in there yeah it's it's a there's a lot to it i like when you ask julie all these things yesterday i witnessed a 35 minute conversation where you try to put something on instagram for the first time you're like hey this is not working oh juliet it's quite good he sort of sat back like matt leblanc on Friends with the arms folded, looking at the computer. But in your defence, Juliet was struggling to get it done. Yeah, that was good.

I mean, in those moments, you never want the millennial to roll in and just nail it in one. So I thought it was quite good because in my mind, I'm like, please make this easy. So Juliet goes, no, just click on this. But it wasn't. It wasn't one of those. It wasn't quite as funny for me.

This is the thing. The internet's just created a whole other set of rules. I can barely function in my real life. This is why. Ben's created a whole other job for himself with your Instagram. But it's probably like, yeah, but then it becomes a job. Some people, that is their job. Yeah.

That's their job. But it's probably like exchanging numbers back in the day. Yeah. Because you can just DM on Instagram. It's basically the same as texting. Ben, you said just before we were talking about this, you're like, I feel weird about following girls who come in. You're like, I think that's a bad look.

Oh, you don't want to be like, depending on what it is. Yeah, it can get into that sort of stage. If it's someone who walks past them, hi, and you're like, I'm going to follow them on Instagram, then that's maybe a bit too polite. Yeah, but if you're like mates with someone or you know them in a professional capacity, it's all right. So what do you do, just secretly log on and have a rummage through?

No. No. Not at all. No. It's purely a professional Instagram account that I'm running. Professional rummage. No. Not at all.

How did this turn out on me? Now, Juliet, can you come fix my Instagram over here? Okay, well. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, got married in secret over the weekend. Oh, you were talking about this the other day. Amazing that someone of that stature in this current day and age could keep a wedding a secret,

but not even the guests knew until the night before. They're like, by the way, we're getting married tomorrow. And like I was mentioning the other day I thought it was a great opportunity for Boris To get everyone on a level playing field with the hair preparation No one could go to a hairdresser or a barber or anything So we wanted to know, have you been secretly married? Juliet, I know you're secretly married to Harry Styles

Yes Yes, correct, correct And Justin Bieber Oh, both at the same time Yeah, yeah, Not sure how. So it's polygamy. Yeah, that's the one. But have you got any actual secret marriages?

We'd love to hear from you on 0800. Sometimes people got married, it's secret at the time, and people found out later. Here's a question for you. What's the time? If I was keeping a deep, dark secret from you, what is the time allowed year-wise that if I told you that secret, you'd be absolutely fine with it.

You'd be like, oh, well, enough time's passed. Oh. Depends on the scale of the secret. Yeah, right. Yeah, it does. Let's just say there was a dent in your car door in 2016. Quite a lot of time's passed now. Would you be okay with that?

We've got someone on our, Andrew, that's right now, who's apparently been married in secret twice. Yes, Anna, good morning. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Jeez, you've been married in secret before, they tell us. Yes, I've done it twice.

Oh, you've done it twice? But secretly married twice? This is something you'd barely do once, but why twice? Well, I was a poor student in 1993, you know, studying to become the amazing citizen I am today. And I noticed there were a few people doing it, to be fair. They were marrying strangers. But basically, if you got married to your boyfriend, and I did, you got the doll.

This was like married at first sight before married at first sight. Exactly, yeah. I love it. So what, you got extra cash if you were... A married student, yeah, yeah. I think that happened on Shaw Street with Nick and Waverly, their characters back in the day. I think they got married for that sort of reason or something.

Yeah. That was a flaw in the system, wasn't it? Yeah, they closed that one up pretty quickly, I think. And then so you're married to this person. Did you end up parting ways? Oh, yes, we did. It didn't work out so well because what I didn't realise, I suppose I was about 20 at the time,

is that my parents still had me on their, I don't know how it works with their business, but I was, you know, I don't know, on the books, you might say I was receiving a dividend or a salary or something unbeknownst to me. So when their accountant rang them, sort of a bit surprised that their daughter, who had no job, had made some money,

that's when it all went a bit pear-shaped. Anna, so you were on the business, you were on the books of your parents' business, which then I imagine would make your husband half of what you get. Yeah, yeah, there was a bit of stress because they're farmers and so on. So yeah, my mum was a little bit upset about it.

Dad's a bit of a hard case, so he saw the funny side. So that ended quite quickly, you might say, with a bit of a divorce. Oh, well I'm sorry that relationship didn't work out. But it was a relationship purely based on Dole income. Yeah. And where did you get secretly married for a second time? So the second one was Las Vegas. Oh wow.

And you just eloped? Yeah, so we got engaged in 2006, but his parents weren't happy because they're quite religious and they wanted us to get married in a church and we didn't want to. So we just let it lie for about seven years. And then we were going to a trip to Vegas and a few other places. So it was about a week before we left. We were actually in England at the time, and he said,

why don't we just get married? So I went, all right, then. That's great. And that is fantastic, too. For a religious family, what better place to get married than Las Vegas? It would have been a pretty cool wedding, though, wouldn't it, in Vegas? It was really fun. We actually had the celebrant had married Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton,

so he was a celebrity. It was a really lovely wedding. And now he regales the tale of the night he married Anna from Tauranga. And how did the family and friends take that when you announced the news the second time? They were all really happy. And his parents were really happy too. Yeah, it was really fabulous.

So we came home, had a big party. Oh, that's good. It was a really cool way of doing it. I'm glad it all worked out and you've got some great stories to tell. Is your family like, why don't you just tell us that you're getting married? What? Just what? We're fine with that.

Good on you, Anna. Look after yourself. Jono and Ben on the Hits Breakfast. Friends of Skinny.