Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We dive into Jono's internet wormhole

Episode Date: May 9, 2022

We catch up with our Exclusive Hollywood Insider Enty. Who is the worst celebrity?We delve into another one of Jono's Internet wormholes, talk about running around the block at school plus the latest contestant voted off Dancing with the Stars NZ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. 10th of May, welcome, it's the podcast. How are you feeling today, Ben? I'm alright, how are you guys? How do you feel the show went today? Give me your honest, raw opinion. It went okay. I enjoyed talking to Enti, our Hollywood entertainment correspondent,

dishes the dirt on celebrities. I feel like you could chuck any name in Hollywood to him and he will have an opinion and have a story. Yeah, he just goes in on Tom Cruise today. He does, but then he also kind of appreciated the fact that he balanced it. He was like, hey, you don't have to agree with me. You don't have to, you know. You can like Tom Cruise.

You can love his movies. He's got friends who act with Tom Cruise in his movies. And they say Tom Cruise is lovely. Yeah, he's just saying this is my opinion, this is what I've heard, and this is why I judge him this way. So I kind of appreciate that. Yeah, well, you actually touched Tom Cruise, lovely. Yeah, he's just saying this is my opinion, this is what I've heard, and this is why I judge him this way. So I kind of appreciate that. Yeah, well, you actually touched Tom Cruise, didn't you? I touched his hand.

You touched him and he touched your heart. You haven't had a bad word to say about Tom Cruise. This is many, many years ago. Now, obviously, when you hear, and I tried to bring this up with Enty today. Yeah, you said, hold on, before you, because Enty calls him the worst human being living. The worst living. I mean, you've got bloody Putin out there. He's worse than Putin. You were saying in Hollywood, you said,

don't put words. Now you're saying words. Talking about you not being balanced, you're the one that's not balanced. You were just like, in Hollywood, who's the celebrity that maybe you like and who is someone who's demanding? That's how you put it. You can say the worst human being on the planet. Oh, no, Andy said, Andy said,

Cruise is the worst human being on the planet, which is a huge call. It is, man. I don't agree with that because that's why I was saying Putin. If you get the scale of human beings, living ones. But, yeah, anyway, I went to the Jimmy Kimmel show many, many years ago, and he was one of the guests. You don't know who's going to be the guest until you turn up.

I was like, oh, it's Tom Cruise. And at the end of the show show he went around and shook everyone's hand and the crowd i thought was pretty cool he started with the front row and then you could see he was like oh yes i've got what he did to his you know like it just how and like how many handshakes was it that's probably it's probably an audience of 60 to 80 people so there's a lot of hands to show you i mean but but hand 22, you're like, I've overcommitted. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, then I thought that was pretty cool.

But then obviously we've learned some things, you know, about people on the way. I didn't know that the whole Scientology background, which we talk about on the podcast. But I mean, hey, this is the same guy who was reading Will Smith's book five weeks ago. Yeah, yeah. And had to put that down.

All you can say, and I'll say before, people are flawed. Every human being is flawed. And that people are flawed. Every human being is flawed. Every human being. We put movie stars and celebrities on this pedestal, don't we, Bill Crawford? Yeah, we definitely do. And you expect them not to mess up, but they do.

I think we create this idea of them being perfect, or like the characters we see them as, and so then when they do things that are human, we're like, oh, they're actually like us, but we don't... We don't want them to be like us. No, no, because we look at them differently. Yeah, you're right. So hopefully people do learn from their mistakes

and, you know, they're gross people. You know, people would put you on a pedestal, Ben. No, but I wouldn't want to be on a pedestal. No, it would suck. Because I've been to many things. I've made lots of mistakes in my life. You do. And things you regret.

Everyone does. Everyone does. My 20s. Can I regret an entire decade? What did you do? Oh, just all sorts of, you know, when you're young, you just do dumb things that you, and then when you're an adult with kids and stuff,

we had this conversation, what would you go back and tell your younger self? And Ben, you'd go back and say, pull yourself together. Was that what I said? Yeah, yeah. Pull your socks up or something. It's a real dad thing to say. Pull yourself together. I used what I said? Yeah, yeah. Pull your socks up or something. It's a real dad thing to say. Pull yourself together.

Pull yourself together. I used to get pull your head in. That was what dad used to say to me. But everyone, no one's gone through life not making a mistake. Have they? And particularly sports players. We put them on this crazy, mate, it's just some 19-year-old rugby player or netball player.

Yeah, who's probably got hundreds of thousands of dollars all of a sudden, and their life's changed, you know? Jeez, what if I was 19 years old doing that? Yeah. Wild things, mate. Yeah, we're pretty quick to judge, aren't we? But anyway. But that's also fun.

Judging is fun. I don't like judging. No, you like it. You do a podcast, Belle Crawford, where you talk about a lot of deep and meaningful stuff. Yeah, we have a bit of fun with it, but it's called The Self-Love Club, and you can listen after you listen to this podcast, if you like, just ramrod that in there.

But no, we do talk about, I guess, some more just real life topics. Yeah. What do we cover off? What do we cover off on this show? Is this anything we do here? Oh, get on Bell's podcast. Yeah.

Like, it would be not like we're going to use... Yeah, no, like the content we're making now, is it deep and meaningful? I think, yeah, you guys have good conversations. I think you're really, use yeah no like the content we're making now is this is it deep and meaningful i think yeah you guys have good conversations you're i think you're really you guys are authentic and real with people like you're nice you're not and you're not fake which is part of it yeah yeah okay well that's good i was just uh body shaming comments earlier from you maybe not so much what was what was the body you were just joking yeah you're like oh myaming people. I was only doing it to get a rise out of Belle.

Because I knew she'd be a big campaigner, not to shame people. You're such a Scorpio. Winding me up. And I could see her silently seething. Yeah. That's good. That's funny. Only my joy is to wind up, Ben.

Wind up, Belle. One thing I do though, in the body, can you say someone's got a big head? Well... Because you said that to me the other night. We were at the Hits Lawn Bowls. Remember that? And someone went to put on one of the Hits hats. And they're like, oh, come on. got a big head? Because you said that to me the other night when we were at the Hits Lawn Bowls. Remember that? And someone went to put on one of the Hits hats. And they're like, oh, come on, you're a big head.

And you're like, head shaving? No, I just, I don't know. But in a joking way. Maybe I'm just more sensitive than others or notice it. But I just, I don't know. Like, what's a normal-sized head then, you know? True. But there are some big heads out there.

Oh, there are. I look at my boyfriend and I'm like, if I'm going to have kids with you I pray for my part because you have a large head they're not putting a cap on easily Guy Williams has a massive head he can't

he'll put a normal sized baseball cap on and it looks like one of those little comedy tiny hats you wear to a dress up party like one of the Huey, Dewey and Louie would wear big noggin that guy a cousin of mine set a record Catch your widow dress-up party. Like one of the Huey, Dewey and Louie would wear on their duck tails. Big noggin, that guy. A cousin of mine set a record at Wellington Hospital for the biggest head of a baby, and my poor auntie had to give birth to him naturally.

Can we talk to him? That's a great topic. What does your record claim? The biggest head? I think it was the biggest head they'd seen. They really apologised. They didn't do a C-section. The doctors are like, she is. It was so large

they couldn't believe it. Alright, Carol, get in here. Look at the size of this head. Hey, well, enjoy the podcast. Have a wonderful Tuesday. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? When are the both of you? Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning. How are you, BB?

Yeah, I'm going all right. JEP? How are you, BC? Bell Crawford? Yeah, good, thanks. How are you, JP? I think from now on we just call each other by our initials. He always has a laugh at me when I sign off my emails, JP. I like it. Yeah, what's wrong? I don't know. He's always patronisingly going, oh, JP.

He's trying to get something going. Now he's like, let's call each other by initials yeah no mate okay no one knows I get called Jono everywhere I go

and you answer to that don't you exactly now it's confusing enough as it is well you'll be RBN you're Benjamin

Ross Boyce yeah be right back yeah as well it's the only cool thing about that now yesterday

we received a text on the text machine here 4487 you can text right at the radio station anytime you want we'd love to get your feedback and we received a text on the text machine here. 4487, you can text right at the radio station any time you want. We'd love to get your feedback. And we got a text, and it was a favourable text. And it said, hey guys, great show this morning.

Just let you know it made my Monday. Now, Ben Boyce, you're like, reply back. Thanks for listening. John O'Byrne, JPNBV, thanks for listening. I was just like, reply back. Thanks for listening. Jono and Ben. JP and BV, thanks for listening. I was just like, reply back, because it was a lovely text to get. And it made our Monday as well. It did, yeah. But then the problem was, which I raised with you after we'd replied,

arrogantly, assuming it was for us, is the text machine is used for multiple breakfast shows across the country on the Hits Network. You know, you've got the local Hawke's Bay team, Adam and Megan, Callum and Pee and Dunedin. They use the text machine as well. So they could have made someone's Monday, but you've gone in there. Well, yeah, no, you pointed it out to me.

Yeah, okay, yeah. It could be for them, and it probably is for them. And I couldn't sleep last night. So we've texted the message sender just to see if they're awake, and we're going to give them a call now to see who it was really for. All right.

Hello, Sam speaking. Hi, Sam. How are you? Oh, good. Hello. How are you? Good. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station here.

Oh, hello. How are you doing? How's it going? Now, just doing a little bit of investigative journalism here. Yes. Yes. Okay. So a text message was sent from this number to the studio. Yes.

Great show today, guys. Makes Monday morning a bit easier. Smiley face emoji. Yes. Now, the problem that we have is we share the text machine with a number of other radio shows around the country who are also under the hits umbrella. Oh.

Yeah. So now we're like, oh, that's the loveliest text we've got. And we were like so happy about this. And we're like, that made our day. And then we're like, oh, hang on. Ben made me text you back going, thanks a lot. Appreciate you listening, Jono and Ben. So we've claimed it.

Yeah. But then we're like, oh, hang on. Maybe that wasn't for us. And we've just arrogantly claimed this text. No, it was for you guys. Yay! It's a win for us. It was.

Yeah. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep knowing that we had taken someone else's positive feedback. Oh, no, it was definitely for you guys. Oh, that's very kind of you. Well, thank you, Sam. Thank you, Sam. No worries.

And for playing to our fragile egos, we're going to give you some hell pizza. Yeah. Oh, thank you. We can send that out to you because they're also delivering beer and wine as well, Sam. No worries. And for playing to our fragile egos, we're going to give you some hell pizza. Yeah. Oh, thank you. We can send that out to you. Because they're also delivering beer and wine as well, too. So that's pretty awesome. Oh, awesome. Thank you.

Good on you, Sam. You go and have a great day. All right. You too, guys. Thank you. See you, mate. Bye. There we go.

Got the admin out of the way. Okay. I couldn't live with the guilt. Oh, jeez. Spy. Know what jeez. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz All right, let's get Belle Crawford in here

to slander the good names of the world's most famous people. What's happening, Belle? Mostly positive stories today for you, but Brittany has set a wedding date. That's so exciting. She is, of course, pregnant, which she wasn't allowed to do under the conservatorship. She is also getting married,

another thing she wasn't allowed to do. And her fiancé, She is also getting married, another thing she wasn't allowed to do. And her fiance Sam was sharing some info on his Instagram stories over Mother's Day, you know saying, very soon you'll be my wife. And while he hasn't said the exact day, apparently it will happen in the next few months, so maybe before the baby is here. Well that's good news

for me. She feels like she's started, as they say, a new season in her life. And she's back on Instagram too. I noticed she was a while ago. She was like, I'm off it. Now she's back on it. It was only a week ago, wasn't it? She says that and then she pops back up again.

I think she just wanted a little bit of a break while she's pregnant, I guess. But she won't be going anywhere. I fully get it. I found myself being you've been in exactly the same position. I was like, I'm going to the spare room to fold some clothes. Then I clicked on TikTok and 35 minutes disappeared I know you get lost

in a social media hole don't you TikTok holes that's the thing with TikTok it never ends there's this endless stuff going

what am I doing you have a moment about 35 minutes in what am I doing put it down I feel really like when someone some fitness

what are they called? Influencer, some fitness sort of gets on the screen and starts twerking you're like oh! You don't want that to become your algorithm do you? You can press the little arrow and then go the heart with the broken

heart and go not interested That helps create, you clearly are though aren't you? Like publicly, no? Publicly not interested. That helps create, you clearly are though, aren't you? Like publicly, no? Publicly not interested. Don't blame your algorithm, mate. Yeah, no, but you wouldn't want to look through my algorithm. Just so you know, I didn't know about that at heart,

so I'll have to, yeah. Utilise that feature. A lot of twerking, so much twerking going on. Yeah, clearly that's your niche, isn't it? That's your thing. Now, Dancing with the Stars last night. Speaker twerking. Yeah. We yeah, that's your niche, isn't it? That's your thing. Now, Dancing with the Stars, last night, we had the second episode of the week,

which was where someone goes home. And last night, it was broadcasting legend Kerry Woodham, who did an incredible job. Have a listen to this. Kerry,

you have so much rhythm and I love your body rhythm. But for me, there were some mistakes in there more than yesterday unfortunately uh just being part of i mean i've been a fan of dancing with the stars for years and i've always been too scared to be a part of it to be a part of this amazing intense weird experience has been amazing it's a dream come true and you're never too old to live your dreams yeah she's great um yeah because she because we talked to her before the show.

She's saying it takes a lot of courage to go on the show. And then all the effort and learning the dances and performing for the nation. So good on, Kerry. She's going to join us at 8.30 this morning on the show. Not for me. Not for me. Don't have courage. Don't have stickability.

Can't be bothered learning. She works upstairs, Kerry, on ZB. And we see her in the foyer because we're in the foyer here at the building. There's a big glass window and every morning she walks in for the last two weeks. She does that exasperated through the window like she's just exhausted.

I can imagine. They put in so many hours let alone on top of doing her regular job as well. I'd be like take me off, vote me off. You know, try and slip the judges some money. I was thinking TikTok dancing with the stars. They're just 60-second dancers. Put them on.

I've got many good ones you can look at. And see how many likes you get over the week. Whoever goes the most viral wins that week. TikTok dancing with the stars. Yeah, basically. You just learn one of the things. You see how it goes. Yeah, put it out there.

See how it goes over a week. That's a great idea. Am I just giving away a good idea? Could we copyright that? Yeah, do me a favour. Well, the other one was Drunk Dancing with the Stars. Yes, that was the other idea we had too. Like a nightclub, you drink preload, get out there and dance.

Well, you don't even know what the DJ's going to play, and you just dance. The other one's Dancing on Ice too. You could do a West Auckland version. The show's over pretty quickly. And pretty intense dancing too. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hits.

A lot of the world are talking about the Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial this week. They seem to be on a bit of a break this week and the trial will resume next week. But we were talking about Johnny Depp in the office the other day. And Producer Bee Humps, you said something to us that astounded us astounded us yeah well I was talking to Caitlin at home about it and we were talking about the dreadful case and Caitlin said oh it's such a shame because you know Johnny Depp such a great actor and you know is he going to be in any future movies who knows yeah and I suddenly thought I've never seen a Johnny Depp movie now hang on hang on this is exactly what she said I've never seen a Johnny Depp movie. Now, hang on. Hang on.

This is exactly what she said. Hang on. You've never seen a Johnny Depp? We pulled up his filmography on Wikipedia and literally went through them one by one, and I have never seen a Johnny Depp movie. I Googled it. There's 89 of them. He's given you 89 chances to see him ply his trade And you haven't once taken him up on the offer No

And all sorts of genres too Yeah You know, it's not like he has He's done kids movies, he's done action movies He's done adult movies, all sorts Pirates of the Caribbean Yeah, never seen any of them Never seen any of them

No Captain Jack Edward Scissorhands No That was an iconic part of our childhood Fear and Loathing Las Vegas No Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The remake I've seen the original Oh but not the Johnny Depp one So you've never watched any Tim Burton movies Because he's basically in all of them No Oh my gosh Does he sell donuts in Canada?

Yeah I mean Donnie Brasco Tim Horton isn't it? Sweeney Todd Alice in Wonderland Fantastic Beasts Lone Ranger Chocolate I mean he's done so be so many good movies.

That is a lower blow to depth than what Amber Heard left on his pillow. That is a kick in the guts. So do you plan to watch any of them or are you actively avoiding them? No, it's not an active, like, you know. It's not a stand? Not a stand at all. Maybe I'd be quite keen. I don't know.

Are you not a movie person? Not really. Not really. Two and a half hours or whatever. It's a long time to't know. Are you not a movie person? Not really. Not really. Two and a half hours or whatever. It's a long time to sit down. What is your favourite movie? Home Alone. Are you one of these people that gets their movie

and just watches the same thing over and over? Yeah, I tend to do that. So when Caitlin says to me, oh, let's watch a movie, I tend to gravitate towards movies that I've seen because I don't want to waste two hours on something that's not very good. I see what you're saying.

It's like when you go, you don't go to a restaurant all the time so you keep going back to the place. Go to something you know. Back the horse that you know is going to run in, you know? I was just thinking about Johnny Depp last night and remember a few years ago, I did a prank on you in the States.

Remember that? That's right. And it was like years ago and we got this guy, found him online. He's a Johnny Depp impersonator. He looks exactly like Johnny Depp. And we was a movie junket.

We were pretending that Jono had this interview with Johnny Depp. And this guy was going to pretend. And he was, look, turned up, saw him. I'm like, oh, my God, this guy looks exactly like Johnny Depp. This is incredible. And he started talking. And I was like, oh, he sounds very French. And then I was like, oh, but can you do the Johnny Depp voice?

And he was like, no, I can't. I was like, oh, this do The Johnny Depp voice And he was like No I can't I was like Oh this is going to make For an interesting break So we had a break We had to improvise I was like We can't talk Because as soon as he talked

Hey bonjour Why is Johnny Depp In a French accent Croissant So it didn't quite work How we hoped No because you know I went into the interview

And I was like Why is Johnny Depp Not talking Like he just sat there. And then he would kind of whisper off to his assistant. And I was like, I'd ask questions and he would just stare at me. I'd be like, Mr. Depp can't talk today, so you're going to have to talk through his assistant.

That was improvising on the spot, I'm sorry. It didn't quite work out how I'd planned. But he's a dead ringer for Depp. Apart from the gorgeous, charismatic, free-jack scene. Okay, so 0800 The Hits. Missed movies. What have you never seen in the world of movies? Ben Boyce, you're a huge movie buff.

You've seen almost everything. I've seen a lot of movies, yeah. And you give everything a favourable review because he wants to be invited back to the next one. Yeah, so what movie have you not seen that would surprise us? Love to hear from you this morning. 0800 The Hits or 4487 on the text.

Jono and Ben. Just learnt before that producer Bee Humps has not seen a single one of Johnny Depp's movies. Not one. 89 of them. They think there's 89. There might be more. Yeah, so we thought on 0800 the Hitzel, 4487, what would surprise us about the movies that you have not seen?

Yeah, I like to go back. I know you like to do the same, Ben. You take your kids back through a time warp and play them some classic movies as well. Some don't stack up. They don't. But then also you find yourself, I always find myself defending the special effects to them

as well. I was like, for the time. That was amazing. And they don't buy it. Let's play the latest Avengers and get on with life. But we're going to go to the phones right now. 0800 The Hits. Movies you haven't seen. Amber, what is it for you?

It was the Titanic movie. You haven't seen Titanic? No. Well, to be fair, you probably know what happens. See, spoiler alert, the ship doesn't make it. Yeah, the end of it. But it is an epic, iconic movie. You've never once thought, well, maybe I'll give it a nudge?

No, I guess I've just heard enough about it through the rumor mills That I don't actually need to sit down and watch it myself Yeah, I get that, I'm like that with Lord of the Rings I've got enough Information to kind of pick up What it's doing, where it's going There's Bilbo, there's Frodo The one that looks like you, Gollum

There's a ring You piece it together, don't you And has it got to the point where it's too far gone Frodo, there's... The one that looks like you, Gollum. Gollum. There's a ring. Yeah. You piece it together, don't you? And has it got to the point where it's too far gone, the movie? Probably, yeah. I'd say so. Have you had friends who are movie buffs? Like Ben is a movie buff and he's always like,

I can't believe you haven't seen this or that. Do people get surprised that you haven't seen it? Yeah, I'd say so because I guess it was one of those movies that came out when I should have been watching movies, and that should have been one of the movies I watched. I remember going to the movie theater and seeing Titanic, and have watched it multiple times since.

It's a great love story. I'm the king of the world. Does that mean anything to you? Yeah, no, not really. I'm the king. What about the end? Was there enough room on the door for both of them? You don't have an opinion on that because you don't know what I'm talking about.

Well, no, there was a Mythbusters episode about the door thing. So you've even seen the breakdown. You've seen it on Mythbusters. Oh, okay. Thank you very much, Amber. Really appreciate your call. No problem at all. You keep well. See you, mate. You too your call. No problem at all. You keep well.

See you, mate. You too. Thanks. Carissa, how are you? I'm good. How are you? Good, thanks. Where are you?

Christchurch. And what are you doing? I am lying on the couch at the moment. Oh, okay. I'd love to be lying on the couch at the moment. Yeah. Can only dream of that. Well, you could be watching a movie on the couch, but there's one movie we understand you've never seen?

The Back to the Future trilogy. Oh, the whole franchise. You've never seen any of it? No, until Sunday night because it was on, so I thought I'd watch it. Oh, so you have seen it now? I have seen it now, yes. Oh, good.

Not too late. It's only 30 years old. Well. Did it meet expectations? Yes, it did. And I actually was going to watch it again. Oh, she's going back to the future. That's when it came out.

You're like, I'll watch it again. I'll watch it again. I love it. All right. You're going back to the future again, like the movie. Well, there's the second one and the third one as well. Yeah, I was going to watch them as well now because I've actually got into it. Oh, she's hot.

She's a fiend. But you keep just wanting to watch the first one over again. Why don't you get through the whole series? Well, yeah, that would be impossible, I think. You can do it now. You're on the couch. Well, that's true. Oh, wait for it.

No, actually, wait for our show to finish. Then you can do it. Oh, yeah. Oh, back to the future. I always like listening to you guys. Oh, well, we love having you listen. Do me a favor. Pull back one of your couch pillows and dig your hand down and tell me what's hidden in your couch.

It's a wonderland of odd materials, isn't it? What have you got in there? Okay. We've got odd socks and hair ties. Odd socks and hair ties. You might be able to match up some socks later today. Quite possibly. Good on you, Carissa.

You keep safe. Lovely talking with you. Will do. Thank you. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hit. Hey, Belle, yesterday you were mentioning about the Johnny Depp trial. They had a body language expert analys analyzing them, didn't they?

Yeah, and she reckoned that Amber Heard's the aggravator and allegedly the abuser. Yeah, so that's from a body language. And I just Googled body language and found a really interesting fact that there are 18 different smiles. Yeah. But only one of them's genuine. There's only one genuine smile, the Duchesne smile. The rest are pretending like you're a good person or you enjoy spending time with people. Gotcha.

But it did get me lost in an internet wormhole. Jonas Internet Wormhole. We do a lot of judging about bodies, don't we? I'd like us not to. I'd like to be a body positive show. Yeah. Yeah. But I know people do

Yeah People do Well if you two are positive about bodies Can I be the negative one? Depends Can I be the one negative? I'll pull you up on it It's fine when you've got a body like mine

You can throw stones at other bodies You know Well What a skinny white man An out of shape skinny white man I went to the doctor once And he said You are the

What did he say? The fattest skinniest Person I've ever come across And I was like, well you're not so bad yourself Rude Lovely compliment He was saying it for health concerns But anyway, the body language Without even thinking we give off so much

Information about how we're feeling And for example Blinking, we give off so much information about how we're feeling. And for example, blinking. We only blink six to eight times per minute. Oh, really? I thought there would have been a lot more. But when you start lying, people under pressure, they dramatically increase their blinking rate. It's one of those things you just don't ever think about until someone mentions blinking.

Now we're all thinking about blinking. About blinking, yeah. And you're like, you can't stop blinking when you start thinking about it. Facial expressions too. Oh, no, I've done that one. We'll move on from that one. That was the smiles one. Heard that. When a person crosses their arms and legs, they're emotionally withdrawn from the conversation.

They're gone. Right. Which I knew the arm folding kind of makes you, puts you in a defensive mode. Yeah, it does look like that. Yeah, okay. We had a wonderful boss who would, he would do the arms around the back of the head and both feet up on the desk.

That's a beautiful power play. It's a wonderful power play. Once you're folding your feet on the desk. You're like, talk to me. I'll just lean back. You're like, oh, oh, there we go. There you go. I've got to win him over with this one.

Yeah, and then you're kind of like, oh, do we do it as well? So everyone ends up with their legs on the desk. When feeling discomfort, men tend to touch their faces. Women, on the other hand, prefer to touch their necks when they're uncomfortable about a situation. Yeah, I get that. Okay. Customs officers have done research. People who are pointing their feet

toward the exit mean they're more than likely hiding something in their luggage. Whereas people who have got their feet facing straight towards the customs agent

have got nothing to hide. So without even thinking your feet are going get me out of here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got a buttload of stuff from Columbia in here. Ironically in what I just said.

And finally, you can make yourself happy. You can mind-eff yourself into making yourself happy. Just smile all day like a psychopath. Right. Just have a smile on your face and it'll release the endorphins to turn you into a happy person. Well, it kind of is quite, they say it's infectious and it is kind of like, you know, not quite COVID infectious, but smiling to other people does mean, you know, people will smile at you more.

Yeah. And laughter too. Yeah. That's why we spend all morning just fake laughing. Yeah. So you think we're having a great time in here? When really we're just silently clearing our emails during a pink song. In between the songs, it is bleak.

It is bleak. It is bleak. But you're getting the good bits. Yeah. In between, we're like, songs aren't okay. Back on, get a aim, best mates in the morning. Here we are. Thank you very much.

You're welcome. I did nothing. But I sat through that. Scrolling through your feed. He's cruising for news. And what's happening, Ben? Well, Prince Harry launched a brand new campaign, a new eco-travel non-profit organisation.

It's called Travellist. And last night he launched it on Maori TV. Have a listen. Tēnā koutou katoa. I've been to Aotearoa a number of times throughout my life and I've always felt a deep connection and respect towards the Maori people who make me feel so welcome every time. Guided by Maori knowledge and practices,

Aotearoa is a country of sustainability pioneers, and I'm particularly impressed by the recent efforts of the Te Aki Promise. So apparently Prince Harry chose Maori TV to launch it in New Zealand, and he contacted them. Yeah, on Moana's show. And I think she said, we've got an email from princeharry23gmail.com. Yeah, they thought maybe it was a scam, as you probably could do. Yeah, and they said that they wanted to launch it on there,

which is wonderful. What is the initiative? I'm confused. So it's all about sustainable travel. So when you go places, you know, obviously beautiful places, like coming to New Zealand, you want to be sustainable in your travels and not, you know, waste things.

And you want to leave the places how you find them. Where do I dump my rubbish in Kaikoura, though? Because I like to just chuck it on the... And also, Prince Harry was in a sketch, a very funny video, too, alongside Kiwi actors Rhys Darby, Renan Owen and Dave Farnay as well, which was filmed in California.

Saw Harry running, he was jogging through the park and he was accosted by Rhys Darby's character who was a rating agent. Ka pai, Prince, ka pai. Ka kite, hoa. See you, guys. He was a really nice guy. Yeah, well, that was a bit of. Ka pai, Prince, ka pai. Ka kite, eh, hoa? See you, guys. Oh, he was a really nice guy. Yeah, well, that was a bit of a shambles, wasn't it?

Come on, get in the van. We're shutting this down. Let's go home. Oh. Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. Whakamama, whakamama now. You know what that means? Embarrassed.

Well, at least we made him think. Yeah, beautiful. I love it how they set up a big old diesel ute. It did sound like that, didn't it? Big old juicy diesel truck burning up some fossil fuels there. It did sound that for a sustainable government. No, that's wonderful, though. And it's a very funny sketch.

He's a great actor, Harry. Yeah, he did a really good job, actually, didn't he? So very cool. So you're going to check that out. We'll put a link to that on the Hits Breakfast Instagram, okay, in the story. Yeah, right, and you be sustainable in your travels. And it's probably a good thing to make people aware of, given the world is opening up again.

Exactly. You know, don't use 12 tells in the motel, as they say in the ad. And just quickly, our parents will relate to this. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was on 3's AM show yesterday. She was doing a Zoom from home, where she's currently isolating, and her daughter Neva came on in. From entering organised crime in the first place, so you have to do both.

There's the old Zoom issue. I thought I had it totally covered. I've got some TV parenting, I had snacks, but it just proves. It doesn't matter what you do. Well, I see why you've done that blurred background now. Oh, that's very cute. I love how they're talking about organised crime, and then

Niamh comes bursting in. You've got to get tough on these gangs. What really surprised me, and it was in the news yesterday, just in our turn, not a critical worker. Not a critical worker. You think, if anyone deserves to be a critical worker and still carrying on doing their job, obviously her partner's tested positive, Clark, for COVID.

She hasn't tested positive. But I think that's probably just the New Zealand thing. She's not just the most critical one that we've got. I agree, Ben. But you know what she'll be like? She'll be like, if I say I'm a critical worker, everyone's going to be like, critical? What about the bloody building industry?

You know, everyone will flare up about who should be critical. But she's the Prime Minister. I agree. She should be critical. Anyone should be a critical worker as would be the Prime Minister. Which, that makes you exempt

if your partner or someone in the house has it right, you can still go to work. Yeah, as long as you test negative to COVID. Yeah. And also, I think it's to do with some childcare things, which I'm sure they can sort again. Yeah, sort those things. You're critical. You're the most important person in the country. Yeah, And also I think it's to do with some childcare things, which I'm sure they could sort again.

Yeah, sort those. But you're critical. You're the most important person in the country. Yeah. So there you go. It's about interesting news. We're here. Why are we here?

Exactly. Watch and win with Lego Masters New Zealand on TVNZ2. Yes, Lego Masters New Zealand, Monday and Tuesday on TVNZ2 at 7.30. And each morning at 7 o'clock after the show, we'll say the name of someone who has texted in the Hits pop-up code word from the show last night. And on the first episode, Sarah Stapleton. If you can call us on our 100th of Hits.

Oh, she has. She's already breathing, mate. Did you hear that breathy Sarah Stapleton? Is this Sarah Stapleton? Hello. How are you? We can hear you deep breathing, Sarah. Oh, hi, I'm excited

Now you're a part of the watch and win They call it the watch and win in the biz, don't they? So you've watched and now you've winned Oh my goodness, that's amazing You've got a $500 warehouse voucher So congratulations Oh man, I'm so excited I'm going to spend it on Lego, obviously

Because I love Lego. So that is so cool. How old are you, Sarah? 47. And you're obsessed with Lego? Oh, mate, like love it all the time. I love my Lego too. Yeah, I mean, the good thing is no matter how old you are,

it's never weird to play with Lego. When I pull out my Play-Doh, I can feel judgment. Yeah, true. Yeah, and I can feel Ben looking down his nose. But true, Lego, you're right. You build these things, everyone's like, wow, that's awesome. Yeah, you're right, Blake. What's the bald baby doing over there playing with his bloody Play-Doh again?

Eating it. Yeah. Putting it in his ears. You can get a ton of Lego from the warehouse with that $500, so you enjoy that, all right? Oh, thank you so much. It's awesome. What's the most extravagant thing you've built with Lego, Sarah? Good question.

I really hurt myself building a massive Disney castle. I needed basically ACC because I spent too long sitting on the floor. When you're 47, you shouldn't do that. I've seen that in the Lego store. It looks incredible, that Disney castle. So cool. Yeah, it was pretty fun. And you ended up with lower back issues.

I did. I literally did. It was terrible. But there you go. That's what you do when you've got a hobby. And so ended up with lower back issues. I did. I literally did. It was terrible. But there you go. That's what you do when you've got a hobby. And so what do you do once you've built them? Do you have them all on display or you just bust them down again? A little bit at home, but we do actually have a big Lego show here in Christchurch at Horncastle

Arena or whatever they call it these days in the middle weekend of the school holidays. So actually, we fill that whole thing up with Lego. So that's always good to come and have a look at. Awesome. Well, Ben Boyce, he built the grand... We were both meant to build the grand piano. I checked out. I started playing with my Play-Doh.

I got a wee way through it. They're like, yeah, you did well. Well done. Ben built it and it broke when he was doing the vacuuming. Oh no, it was gutting. Oh no. Yeah, we've had earthquake damage before. It's not fun, not fun.

My bad. So you saw the show last night. You loved it. Well, the only answer you can give is yes. Oh, it was brilliant. Yeah, it's really cool to see Kiwis getting in there and getting amongst it. It was great.

Oh, Sarah, thanks for listening to the show and thanks for watching LEGO Masters NZ. It's on again tonight at 7.30pm. And if you text in the code word just like Sarah, tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, we'll announce the new name for someone else winning a $500 LEGO voucher from the warehouse Yeah, fantastic stuff

They're not afraid to use the F word Be family friendly Jono and Ben on the hits Now Jono, we have a segment on the show we like to do from time to time called Cliffhanger Calls, where we get someone's best story and we stop it at a point and then you decide on 4487, you text

through, decide if you want to hear the rest of the story. You know the one. And my daughter Sienna was like the other day, I heard a story from a friend at school about her dad. It'd be great for cliffhanger calls. And I was like, well, let's get Sienna on. And we don't need to stop her at a point, but I just want to see if we would have taken this story.

Oh, okay. Okay. So is she on the phone now? She's on the phone right now. Sienna joins us. Hello. Hey, how's it going? I thought you were going to camp today.

I am, but it's too early to go to school. Yeah. Where are you going? I'm going to Motorcycle Island. Oh, love it. Yeah. And actually, speaking of camping, the story does kind of involve someone else.

So this is a friend's dad. He was camping in America, right? Yeah. And so he a friend's dad. He was camping in America, right? Yeah. And so he was camping by himself. And he woke up, like, and it was, like, in the morning. So he started walking. And he heard this, like, growling. And so he turned around.

And he was, like, he couldn't really see it. So he started running. And then he turned back again. And there was this bear following him. It was a grizzly bear. A grizzly bear. Yeah. Not happy. There was a grizzly bear. A grizzly bear. Yeah, not happy.

There was a grizzly bear following him, like chasing him. And so he starts running, and then he looks into his bag. Which you do, right? I mean, you'd do that, right, if a grizzly bear was chasing you? You'd do this, Johnno, wouldn't you? You'd run. It's the first instinct. Yeah.

And so he finally stopped to check if there was anything in his bag that it was following. So hang on, this is the point. I was like, hang on, sorry, Sienna, to jump in here. But I was like, so how does he, where did he stop? Like, what did the bear do? Is the bear chasing after him? Time out, guys.

Time out, I've got to stop. And so he checked in his backpack to see if he could feed the bear something. No, he checked in his backpack to see if there was anything in there that the bear was like, thought there was like a scent in there. And there was an open can of tuna. So he'd eaten tuna, half eaten it, and put it back in his backpack, and that is what had attracted the bear.

So what did he do? He threw the tuna and then ran down, kept running, and then washed the scent off his hands. Where's the bear? The bear got the tuna. He chucked it. And the bear was kind of wandering off. It wasn't directly chasing him. So there was a lot of holes

as she started telling the story, I was like it feels like there's a lot of holes. There's a lot of plot points in this story that don't quite add up. The beer was obviously angry until he got the half-eaten thing of tuna. That was somehow... Then he would have been more frustrated because he needs to navigate a tin can. It's half open.

Now, did you at any point question the story, Sienna? Well, not until you guys told me it was questionable. I feel like it's probably an actual story, but it's been told so many times throughout the telling. It maybe has been passed down and some details have been changed. Yeah, potentially it was like walking through a woods five k's away. Oh, look, there's a bear over there. Keep walking. And I had a tuna sandwich for lunch.

I'll ask him straight to his face when I see him next. I love it. You know, in primary school you get away with all sorts of wild lies, though, don't you? I tell you what, Sienna, there was a far better time in the 90s where no one could fact check you on the internet. I got away with saying I was the Milky Bar Kid for about two and a half years. You have to explain what the Milky Bar Kid is to see, you know.

Yeah, it was this little blonde kid who hocked off Milky Bars. He was on the ads. Yeah. Everyone wanted to be the Milky Bar Kid. And no one ever said, you don't look anything like the Milky Bar Kid. Well, you couldn't watch it on YouTube and hold it up to your face or anything.

You're like, next time I see the ad, I'll see if it's Jono. But you're right, it could be you. Get away with lying back then, not nowadays. Your story gets questioned on the radio,

cross-examined. Hey, Senna, you go and enjoy your camp, eh? You got some scroggin'? What is scroggin'? Give her some scroggin'.

She's got some trail mix for lunch today. Oh yeah, they call it trail mix too. Back in the 1920s, we called it scroggin' when I was on my horse and cart. Hey, have a great time at camp, alright? Bye, I love you.

Bye. See you mate. Bye. Spy. No what's up. Spy.co.nz She loves gossip more than she loves her own family. That's how committed she is to the world of celebrity Belle Crawford. What's happening? Well, you may have seen

this beautiful photo shared on socials. Nick's happening? Well, you may have seen this beautiful photo shared on socials. Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have shared the first photo of their baby after spending 100 days in the neonatal ward. That's like a lot of parents. Maybe you're listening. You've done something like that.

It's a long time, a stressful time for everyone. And they shared this photo on their Mother's Day, which was yesterday in America. They did cover her little face with a heart, but you get the gist. They're holding a baby. She looks beautiful. So, yeah.

100 days, and that's a very premature birth, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, I'm glad it's all worked out well. Yeah. A healthy baby. Baby's healthy and happy. Do we send them something? What do you want to do, Ben?

Oh, we probably should. A buzzy bee. Let's send them a buzzy bee. Yeah, all right. Yeah, sounds good. Always feel obliged. Then you have to go over and see the baby too. We'll have to make a date to go to that Saturday morning tea or something.

They'll be wanting to schedule us at some stage. Yeah, I'll bring over some sausage rolls from the bakery. Okay, great. If you're a fan of the Royal Family, the Queen's home videos will be featured in an upcoming documentary for her Jubilee. So if you watch all the docos. What? Oh, he's the... Ben thinks I'm going to make a gag about spicy videos.

The Queen's spicy videos. They're not home movies. It's like you're not a movie maker. It's a video. Hey, Prince Philip, he's an adventurous guy. Oh, dear, no. Anyway, her grandson, Prince Harry, made an exclusive announcement on Maori television last night,

launching his new non-for-profit. It's a travel initiative. It's called Travelist, and I've been looking into it, actually, this morning. So it's a whole lot of the travel websites, Booking.com, Expedia, Trip.com, TripAdvisor, all those sites sort of getting together and hoping to make a more sustainable planet

when people travel. And of course, Harry came to New Zealand. He did some travelling in New Zealand, and the ad that he was in, the comedy sketch, was with Rhys Darby, who came up and accosted him for leaving some litter in New Zealand. Kia ora. Just while I've got you here. Does this ring any bells?

What is it? It's a lolly wrapper. OK. You dropped it. I don't think so. Well, according to my report, at 2.17pm, October 29th, Bethel's Beach, Tamaki Makaurau,

New Zealand, 2018. Might have been a confusing time. It was windy. I don't think it was confusing. It was an incredible time. We had an amazing time in New Zealand. It's beautiful. Yeah, it's very funny.

Yeah, dropped that lolly wrapper like he dropped his family. The sketch is funny, and he's a great actor, Harry, too. And I was just reading on the website, 1.8 billion people will travel internationally by 2030, they reckon. So 1.8 billion. So that obviously causes, it's great for tourism, great for economies, but also, you know, they want to make the planet more sustainable.

So think about it when you're travelling. Hopefully he stops going in his private jets then. It's a very good point. It's just a bit opposite of what you're saying. But I love Harry, don't get me wrong. I think it's a great idea. He's going to stay in his house and not go anywhere. No, he travels economy like the rest of us.

Commercial economy. You're his private jets, but it's just a bit... I'm going to come across like a horrible person here, but one of my favourite things is going to a motel and using 39 flannels just because you can. You know? And then you just dump them recklessly in the shower. Someone will get a good rating on this travel list, will you?

Turn the water off when you're brushing your teeth. You should be doing that at home as well. No? Yes? Well, how do you want me to answer this question? Honestly? Not well, no? Yes? Well, how do you want me to answer this question? Honestly? Not honestly, no. The tap's gone full baller. Yeah, or sometimes I just like to leave.

What I like to do is, I always have a water shortage here, is I like to turn the shower on, come to work, and just leave the shower running. So by the time I get home, it's still nice and hot. So you just wander straight into it. And that is Spy. You can get more now at thehatstockhow.nz. Next, Enti joins us. He's our Hollywood insider, and now he dishes the dirt on celebrities.

And Jono, today it's Tom Cruise. Have you got that audio there, Bill? It's called Enti Grab. I just loaded it in. This is a little snapshot of what the Enti lawyer had. Where did you put it? I just called it Enti Grab then. This is behind-the-scenes stuff, isn't it?

It's not on there, but I can quickly get it for you. No, don't worry. He mows in on Tom Cruise, calling him the worst person alive. Wow. There's a lot of bad people alive. I mean, John Pryor uses 19 flannels in a hotel. Does he do anything worse than that? Surely not.

It is the hits you got, John. I'm a bit. Filling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Alleged, quote, inappropriate behaviour. Exposing scandals.

The ongoing defamation lawsuit. Digging the dirt. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. His identity is a secret.

But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. He's got his finger on the pulse of Hollywood and he joins us exclusively every week

on the show. NT, good morning. Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing well, buddy. We're doing well. It's always good to hear your voice.

How's Hollywood? The madness, the showbiz, the bright lights? They're all good. You know, it's kind of become a tradition now with us. Can we talk about Dancing with the Stars for a second? Oh, absolutely. Yes. Your thoughts? What's your thoughts? What's reached talk about dancing with the stars for a second oh absolutely your thoughts what's your thoughts what's what's reached hollywood on dancing with the stars well i've actually been digging into this because i care so much about it is that the the number of people that voted for everybody else but sonia and eli would would equal like half the population

of new zealand which is why they've changed it now. Now it's up to the judges, which means producers, to decide who gets voted off. The audience has no more say in it. You see that? It's what happens in America. You know, the final two is decided by the judges, and hey, we're doing it.

You picked it. Yeah. It's all just one big, I don't know. Showbiz. Showbiz, baby. Showbiz. Showbiz. Showbiz. Hey, we're all here Showbiz. Showbiz. Showbiz.

Hey, we're all here for a bit of a laugh, aren't we? Enty, you obviously come across a lot of celebrities in your job and your role. Who is the nicest one? Who's the most demanding, horrible one? The nicest one is always going to be, for me, Emma Stone. And if you're looking for somebody younger, Sydney Sweeney, who is kind of an up-and-coming actress, she's on Euphoria and things like that. She's very, very nice.

They, without a doubt, all the time, 100% are nice. As far as demanding, Tom Cruise is horrible. Jennifer Lopez is horrible. Hang on. You see, Tom Cruise is horrible end of the statement nothing but favourable things about Tom Cruise and how nice he is

what am I being led down the wrong path what's going on Tom Cruise is one of the more horrible human beings alive really really alive if you think of every human being he's the worst I was at the Jimmy Kimmel show years ago, and he was on one of the guests,

and he came around and shook everyone's hand in the audience. The guy's like, no one ever does that. I'm like, oh, Tom Cruise did that. Because you know, guys, the reason that you get hired to do a movie is not because of your acting ability. It's because of your ability to promote. That's what you are. You are hired for your ability.

Oh, Tom Cruise, he'll go to Jimmy Kimmel. He'll shake everybody's hand. Oh, everybody will love him. Let's go ahead and see the movie. You know, one of the things that you forget about him is that, you know, he is the public face of Scientology, which is, let me tell you a story about Tom Cruise. He caught his 14 year old niece kissing a boy. You know, Tom Cruise had this place in LA, doesn't have it anymore. And it had a bunch of acres of woods and stuff around it. And it was right off sunset. And he had cameras everywhere inside, outside the house. And he caught his 14-year-old niece making out with her boyfriend. And he thought that that was inappropriate. So he banished her for one year

to different relatives' homes across the country and would not let her even speak to her mother. Really? Does he see his kids? He doesn't see his kids. He sees two kids, right? He sees Connor and the daughter, but Nicole's not allowed to see them because of the fact that they're Scientologists.

And tell me the last time that he saw Suri. He can't. He's not allowed to see Suri. He's not allowed to talk to Surrey because of this religion. But you know what? Here's the thing. So Top Gun, Maverick, or whatever, was previewed at CinemaCon in front of thousands of critics. And every single one of them, without a doubt, without question, said, oh, my gosh, this is the best action movie we have ever seen.

Great. Every single one of those critics, when they're doing this, they didn't mention the fact that, oh, you know, he's part of a religion that doesn't even let him see his daughter or talk to his daughter. And they didn't mention the fact that the same day of the screening, that Scientology got sued by countless women in class action suits that said that they had been sex trafficking. So they don't mention any of that. Tom Cruise is going to go on his Top Gun Maverick thing.

He's going to go on his Mission Impossible 7 and Mission Impossible 8, and everybody's going to laugh and smile. He's going to go shake everybody's hands at Jimmy Kimmel. I shouldn't have brought that up. Tom Cruise is just the greatest guy in the whole world. Sorry for bringing that up. Well, and I heard, too, once you shake Tom Cruise's hand, you're a Scientologist for life.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. let's not besmirch my name as well. Well, that's really, I tell you what, if we ever get the chance to interview Tom Cruise, we're going to hit him up about Scientology. No, we definitely won't. You guys do you. And I told everybody, I told everybody like on my podcast, they said, look, this is me. This is my personal kind of, you know, hill to die on with Tom Cruise. One of my best friends is playing the Meg Ryan role in the Top Gun movie.

I want people to go see Top Gun Maverick if that's what you want to do. It's my personal hill. So if you're a Top Gun fan, if you're a Tom Cruise fan, don't let me and my kind of things sway you. Go do it. Go see supposedly the best action movie that's ever been made. I want you to go do that. But I just want you to at least have some kind of idea in your head that maybe, you know,

the wool is being pulled over your eyes in terms of what you're allowed to see. I do agree. He's too perfect. Like there's some stuff going on. You know, no one can be that perfect. Now, your friend who acted with him, what did she say he was like? She likes him. Everybody likes him who comes into contact with him.

I will say this. Do you remember when he did the whole COVID speech where he was like yelling at cast members or something like that? I'm just an impossible seven. He said, okay, that was all written out for him ahead of time. What? It was a script? It was a speech.

It was a script. No. Really? Yes, because he hadn't really cared about it at all, and he wanted to come across as like he was really caring, and oh my gosh, I'm so about this pandemic, because Scientology's official position on COVID and the pandemic, they think it's all a smokescreen and that it's not real. And so Tom Cruise, of course, is the highest ranking,

second highest ranking person in Scientology. He believes that too. But he wanted to come across as, oh my gosh, I'm going to be tough on this. So they had the speech written out and it was a script. It was a script. Wow. Ante. Ante.

Just leaves us with our jaws on the ground. You're an absolute champion. Really do appreciate your time and we'll catch up with you next week. Hey, love ground. You're an absolute champion. Really do appreciate your time and we'll catch up with you next week. Hey, love it. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. This is our game of Word Association.

We play it every morning. Five words. If you match your five with our five words, you win $5,000. Yeah, I'm not going to lie. We only have one goal in life and that is to try and win you $5,000 every morning. It takes priority over raising our children, doesn't it, Ben?

It gets us out of bed in the morning, Shani. How's Kaitaia in the north, mate? Kaitaia's fantastic. Always great there, isn't it? Yeah. It's beautiful. Yeah. You work at an early childhood centre, do you?

Oh, yes, I do. You sound stoked. Hardest job in the world. I can imagine. Busy, busy. No one's working harder than you, I can imagine. A lot of crayons up nostrils. Yes, yes.

Worse than that, actually. Oh, what else goes up a nose? We had to hide the crayons from Jono at work because that kept happening. Oh, well, you deal it all. You're doing God's work out there Shani Good on you, you keep it up And let's try and reward you with $5,000 shall we Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth To match words with this morning

Oh let's go Jono I hate to do a bit of eeny meeny miny mo That's alright I'll try and not put anything up my nose in there Yeah Alright Shani, you know how the game works Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. That's all right. You can send John on. I'll try not to put anything up my nose in there. Yeah. All right, Shannon, you know how the game works? I do, yes. It is in the soundproof booth.

You can't hear this right now. The first word, what pops into your head when I say lash? L-A-S-H, lash. I. I. That was exactly what I was thinking too. Pepper is word number two. Pepper. I. That was exactly what I was thinking too. Pepper is word number two. Pepper.

Pepper. P-E-P-P-E-R. Pepper. Salt. Pepper and salt. Yep. Ice cream is word number three. Ice cream.

Ice cream. Gosh. Some options. Is word number three ice cream? Ice cream. Oh, gosh. Some options. Yeah. I don't know whether to say a flavor of ice cream or cone. Ice cream cone. Hey, that seems like a good option. Yeah, shoe.

Is word number four shoe? Shoe. Oh, either lace, too lace, or running shoe. Oh, gosh. Let's go. You seem to be gnarling some good words. I know you're doubting yourself, but you're doing really well. Yeah, it's hard when you've got, like, two or three.

Yeah, it's the ones that you get two options. What are you going to lock in for shoe? What's John going to say? Let's go lace. Shoe lace. Shoe lace. And final word this morning to try and match up five words for five grand is view. View.

V-I-E-W. View. View. Oh, view. View. Oh, my golly. View. Oh, gosh. Anything? Let's go.

Beautiful view. Beautiful view. No, that's a good option. I'll get you on out of the soundproof booth Jenny you did really well Some tricky words Particularly at the end Here he is Bounding on back in

He's back in again Alright Jenny Do you want to know Where we get this money from Yes Well we're not going to tell you But do you have any Moral opposition to human trafficking

That's not from human trafficking Alright let's see If we can match five words With Jenny The first word we said to Jenny Was lash Eyelash Yeah you'd be correct And human trafficking. That's not from human trafficking. All right, let's see if we can match five words with Shani. The first word we said to Shani was lash. Eyelash. Yeah, you'd be correct. Well done.

Pepper was word number two. Pepper spray. Oh, pepper spray. Why are you going pepper spray? I was thinking pepper spray. Anyway, anyway. Pepper spray, is that not a... Well, it's an option, I guess.

What did you go, Shani? Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt, anyway. Pepper spray, is that not a... Well, it's an option, I guess. What did you go, Shennie? Salt. Salt. Salt. Salt, pepper. Should have gone pepper spray. Oh, jeez. All right, ice cream was the next word.

Oh. Cone. Oh, well done. Shoe. Laces. Oh, no. Oh, no. Laces, it was lace.

Oh, shoe lace, yeah. Very close. And view was the final one. This is one we struggled a wee bit with because it's tricky. View. View finder. Oh, view finder. I didn't think of that. Hey, Shennie. view was the final one. This is one we struggled a wee bit with because it's tricky. View finder. Oh, view finder. I didn't think of that.

Hey, Shani, good luck at work today. You played a really good game with some tricky words, all right? Thank you. Thanks, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I witnessed something driving home yesterday, and I was like far out. It took me back to primary school. The old make the kids run around the block.

At school, like at school. Yeah, but you have to go out on the suburban streets they're like all right it's time to run around the block and no kid is enjoying it apart from the one skinny beanpole who's about 300 meters of rest from the rest of the pack you're right there's always a kid who's amazing right that would be back around the block in no time but it gave me great joy to watch the kids huffing and puffing their way around. Because no one enjoys running. I don't think, even you talk to an Olympic runner, they never look like they're having a good time doing the activity. But obviously it does release endorphins for people.

And people, sometimes it's their jam. Sometimes it's their happy. I mean, you like your running, don't you? I do. But I'm not like, when I'm doing it, I'm not doing it with a smile on my face. Like, this is torture. If someone came to Earth for the first time, and you're like, what are they doing?

They don't look like they're having fun. Oh, they're running. We do that. That's just something we do. I think it's a poor ego joke from a very funny comedian. He talks about it, and he's like, you know, you're at your home, and then you run away from your home. It's sort of like this distance, and then you get back to where you were, a bit tired and puffed and stuff.

And sweaty. And everyone else will be like, well, you were just here. Why did you have to go run away from your home in that direction and get right back to where you started? But then you get to the point where you've got no other option to run back to home. You can't hop in an Uber halfway through. I remember, too, back in the 90s when i

was running around the block at school teachers could smoke at school and no one would bat an eyelid you know and then i'd have you'd have one teacher just standing on the corner sucking on a gas but like offering words of encouragement keep it up kids keep it up while you're trying to run five laps of the bloody block around the school were you a runner what was your sport of choice oh i like cricket rugby things like that you know like running was uh yeah i wasn't i've been you're trying to run five laps of the bloody block around the school. Were you a runner? What was your sport of choice? Oh, I liked cricket, rugby, things like that, you know, like running was, yeah, I'd be doing it but it wasn't really for me. Yeah,

Bell Crawford? I was a dancer, I did dancing all the way through like ballet and stuff but I not to brag or anything but I did used to win the cross country. Oh yeah. I liked running as a kid, I don't love it now though, it's hard, it's hard. Yeah, it is hard. It hurts. And then you'd have Athletics Day, and if someone brought sprigs to school with the 100-meter race,

you're like, ooh. Hard out. Yeah, they're going to be bringing the noise on the 100-meter track. I always admired the kid on cross-country that was still walking in when they were packing up the cones and everything as well. Oh, good on them. And they were often quite fit. I was just like, oh, I'm not going to run.

And they were just walking in I saw one kid one year getting towed in the back of the tractor with the groundsman because he was like, man I've just got to wrap this thing up if you could give me anything to do like running around a muddy manure laden paddock for five hours, this is not even in the top 100 speaking of 660, my mum the top 100 yeah jono and ben just like family the family members you're ashamed of jono and ben

on the hits speaking of 660 uh my mum has an issue uh with someone in 660 and should we call my mum jenny right now hello hello mum it's uh, Ben, and Jono's here as well. How's it going? I'm very good, thank you. It's going well. Jenny Boyce, what are you doing at this particular moment? Driving. Oh, driving.

She loves to drive. She loves to drive. You name a place in New Zealand and she'll go, the best way to get there is me driving. That's what she does. I do. I love New Zealand. I love driving and seeing all the

countryside. I'm somewhere in the middle of the North Island at the moment. What are you doing? Just driving. Who knows? She's driving. I'm like, where are you going? She's like, I might be back in Auckland on Friday. I might be down south next. Who knows? Down south? Have you got no plan or agenda, Jenny?

No, it's wonderful being with you. It's hard and all your kids have gone and doing their own thing. Well, don't say it's wonderful when your kids are gone. Well, you just drive aimlessly from Bluff to Cape Reanga. Nowhere to be. Now, Mum, I wanted to bring you on the show because you told me

on Mother's Day that you had an issue with one of the biggest bands in New Zealand. No, no, the biggest band in New Zealand. In particular, a friend of the show, Chris Mack, who plays for 660. Now, you got watching a whole lot of 660 videos the other day. And you got really upset about it. What was the upset?

What are you upset about? He keeps changing what he looks like. You get really upset because she'll be like, which is the one that Ben knows? And you'll be like, oh, Chris, okay. And then the next minute, which one is he now he now she's getting very upset he's changing his look he changed his collar and he's moving around doing different things i tell you what i've decided to do yeah i looked i realized he had this interesting tattoo well you know ben i don't really like tattoos no however i had to get that in.

And so now I look for that every time so I can figure out which one he is. But he's just like, he's not like, it's not like extreme makeover. It's a must. I get when he's come out in costume or anything like that. You can definitely still tell it's him. Well, he does like to change his looks from time to time. So, yeah, I understand that. Shall we?

Let's call Chris Me Mack, shall we? See if he answers. Probably at the hair salon or something. He might be. Hello? Hello. He's changing the colour. Chris Mack, it's a friend of the show.

It's Jono and Ben calling right now. Hello. Friend of the show, Chris Mack here. Friend of the show. Well, we've got uh you know the creator of ben on the phone as well genie boys my mom's on the phone oh dear hi now my mom was watching a whole lot of 660 videos over the weekend love 660 but she's got she had an issue because with you in particular chris because she was like which is the friend of the show which is

ben's friend chris and then in the next video you had, well, you explain it, Mum. Well, you just keep changing what you look like. And I was struggling a bit. So Mum gets frustrated. What is he now? Which one is he now? I know, I know. I keep changing.

I keep changing my look. And look, it's not good for me either. It's not good for my ego. Because people don't recognise me on the street as much. And that's what I really got into this game for. What's he running from? What's he hiding from, Jenny? Yeah, I don't know.

But I just think that, you know, you're a good-looking young man. I just stay the same. Okay, you know what? I can't argue with that. Sorry, Mum. What's your favourite? You're being told off. You just stay the same. What's your favourite of all? I mean, you've what? I can't argue with that. Sorry, Mum. What's your favourite? You're being told off. You just stay the same.

What's your favourite of all? I mean, you've had bleach blonde hair. You've had shaved hair. You've had all sorts. What should you stick with, Mum? Oh, look, I quite like the blonde look. It's quite cute. Cute.

Oh, there you go. But what are you running at the moment, though, Chris? Look, I'm closer to you, actually, at the moment, Jono. I've kind of gone for the whip it off look. And I've got to tell you, it's so much easier out of the shower. I can see why all you boys do it. Yeah, well, some of us don't have a choice. Oh, well, so, Jenny, you just want a consistent look from Chris Mack.

Is he allowed to change his look at any stage in the future? Well, could he let me know? I don't know what to look for. All right. Okay. Yeah, I'll keep you updated for sure. But I think this might be me for a long time, is rocking the shaved look.

Okay. All right, there you go. So look out for the one with shaved hair in the next video. And your name is Chris, friend of the show. And I love your song, so keep it up. It's great. And really, really basically just thank you for calling me cute. I quite like that. He doesn't get that enough nowadays.

She's never called me cute. I'm her son, but that's fine. Okay. See you guys. The Annoying Ones Talking Between the Songs. Jono and Ben on the hits. Justine, good morning. Thank you for having me.

You've worked with many famous people, we understand. I have over these years. In fact, what do you do for a job? I work as a freelance makeup artist. Freelance, mate. Now, I imagine your brushes have graced the faces of many a New Zealand crap liberty over the years. Including ours yesterday. We're at the top of that list, as we're sure.

Absolutely at the top of my list. If only these brushes could talk. So you've done makeup for who? Most memorable would probably be, so many, but definitely Kylie Minogue would be top of my list. Kylie Minogue? Did she have wonderful skin, nice pores?

Flawless, divine. Where was this? Where did this take place? That was in Auckland when Kylie came for promo. It wasn't a concert. It was just promo. Okay, Kylie Minogue. And, you know, I imagine you're nervous in that situation,

not just meeting a celebrity, but suddenly you've got to go and put makeup on their face. Yeah, the meeting side, not so nervous. It's more the hopefully you're living up to the look that they have envisaged and are wanting. Yeah, do Kylie happy? Was she happy with the work at the foundry? She actually thanked me after.

She said she was unsure coming to Auckland, who she would get, and then afterwards she said, I absolutely loved it, and she wore it out that night to a big promo drink. Oh, doing the locomotion in your makeup. I was trying to think of a Kylie song all through that. Well, you nailed one. You nailed definitely the most recent.

Okay, so Kylie Minogue. Anyone else that you could? I mean, that's amazing. Yes, and another memorable was also Robbie Williams. Robbie Williams. Robbie. Robbie touches everyone's heart. He's a honey.

And so what did you do to Robbie's face? Robbie looked good, you know. He had beautiful skin. Same as everyone else. It's more of the grooming. It's more of the grooming and to shine. Bit of hair. Bit of concealer.

He was easy. Do you find that celebrities like that would often talk to you? Or are they busy? I imagine they're running lines or things like that they need to do. No, they love to chat more than I ever thought that they would. That's because they have had enough of their manager in the air all morning, schedule, schedule, schedule in the air where they have to be next. So when they sit in my chair, they're often relaxed.

They're handed a coffee, and it's time for them. They often don't want to look at their phone. They want to sit and have a nice little chat and ask about places to go eating, drinking, so that kind of thing, because they're new to the city often. Do you know, I noticed something yesterday, and it's something I've raised with Ben as well previously, is I noticed you were having to trim a rogue eyebrow on me. You're telling all the secrets. Great secret, mate.

Now, I've spoken before that my eyebrows, they're not playing ball. They're going in different directions. They're heading different paths in life. I love me. I've got Tony Street saying goodbye to me, so sorry. Still surrounded by celebrities. Oh, I have to tell her.

I'm talking to Jono and Ben. Sorry. That's all right. You're talking about Jono's rogue eyebrows. You've got Tony Street with him, mate. She doesn't want to hear about your eyebrows. You dealt with those weed whacking yesterday. Well, it was lovely to talk with you.

Oh, lovely to talk with you. Thank you for having me. I hope that that answered what you needed. No, it was amazing. Perfect. Thanks, Justine. Oh, good. It's okay. Thank you so much.. I hope that that answered what you needed. No, it was amazing. Perfect. Thanks, Justine. All good. It's okay.

Thank you so much. See ya. Bye. What a fascinating story. In fact, let's throw this right out there right now. 0800 THE HITS, 4487 on the text machine. What was your brush with fame? THE HITS.

Justine, who had a brush with fame, literal brush with fame. She's a makeup artist, and she used her brushes on the likes of Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. Incredible stories. Yeah, and the brushes even touched your greasy, oily face. You've tarnished that brush. I think if I made me a new brush, she's probably got rid of afterwards. Burn that brush.

So we're just talking about, you know, have you had a brush with fame? Have you worked for a famous person? You know, have you weed whacked Jacinda's grizzly ears or something? Yeah. I don't know. Have you ever done anything for a famous person? Well, not as cool as, you know, like, I've been fortunate to interview them, but not to, you know.

Not like clean their yard or sweep around the pool or anything. But I imagine if someone did, like if I ran into Ryan Reynolds, he was like, hey, mate. Take out my rubbish bins. I probably would, to be honest. Alicia's with us on New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you going? I'm great. How are you guys?

Yeah, bloody well. You did something for a famous person. I did. Thank you for your call. Appreciate that. No, no. What did you do for a famous person? Who was it?

What did you do? It was Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart. And What did you do for a famous person? Who was it? What did you do? It was Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart. And what did you do for them? So they were over in New Zealand. I think Rod might have been performing. And there was a bit of a promotion at the Winkatui races here in Dunedin where Rod and Rachel owned a horse for the day. And it just happened that it was one of the horses that I was looking after for a guy that I was working for before I went to school each day.

So I had the privilege of strapping the horse and being entertained by Rachel and Rod for the day. We came around to the stables and we showed them the horse and got to meet them. And then they had a private room on race day and I got to hang out with them and the horse actually won. Oh, won as well. At the Wungatui racetrack. At the Wungatui racetrack.

Check that out. I'm looking at it and it seems like a location that Rod Stewart should never be. Rachel, how did it? He was hard case. After the races, we had a bit of a jam down in the birdcage. There was a well-known racing identity down there who loved to sing along and managed to convince Rod to join in.

No way. You've got a personal concert with Rod Stewart in the sheds. Yeah, pretty much, yeah. That's incredible. Was Rod having a few beers, was he? He was, yep. Up in the stand to watch the race, they had a private room just off that stand. So I got to go up there sort of in between the races and hang out as often as I wanted to.

And what do you talk to Rod Stewart about as a teenager? Racing. Is he a big fan of racing, or was this some odd strange promotion he got caught up in? No, no, he said that he was always a racing fan, so whether or not you believe him or not, but... Do you know if they put any money on that horse? Because obviously it won,

so they would have been pretty happy they did. Yeah, he did, and the only reason I know that is I got tipped. Did he give you some money as well? Yeah, yep. Did he? What a day with Rod! Looking after Rod's horse, singing with Rod,

getting paid by Rod. That's incredible. I know, the dream. Living the dream, Rod and Rachel Hunter. Wow, that's incredible. Yeah, I've got a photo to prove it as well. So, you'll appreciate the photo because Rachel's got quite a short dress. Why would I appreciate the photo? She had good pins.

That sounds like something Jono would talk about, yeah. Classic Jono. He's always like, she shows you pins. That's me. Hey, good on you. You go and have a lovely day. Nice talking to you. Cheers.

Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, Jono and Beam on the hits. Now, last night on Dancing with the Stars, Kerry Woodham was sadly sent home along with her dance partner, Jared, after the first dance-off on Dancing with the Stars. Kerry, you have so much rhythm, and I love your body rhythm, but for me there were some mistakes in there,

more than yesterday, unfortunately. Just being part of it. I mean, I've been a fan of Dancing With The Stars for years, and I've always been too scared. To be a part of this amazing, intense, weird experience has been amazing. It's a dream come true, and you're never too old to live your dreams. That was awesome, what she did on the show.

And she joins us right now along with Jared. Good morning, guys. Good morning. How are you both feeling the day after elimination? Relief, I imagine. For me, it is. For the old girl, it is. I think Jared, being young and enthusiastic,

you could have done another week, couldn't you? Yeah, but I'm proud of what we've done and what we've achieved and what we've shown everyone at home. Yeah, no, because I was mentioning earlier in the show, Kerry, that we see you wandering through the foyer here at work and you've been giving exasperated hands in the air through the windows at us as if to say, I can't pass a doble anymore.

Yeah. And like, I've done lots of difficult challenges, you know, physical challenges and mental challenges in my time on this planet. This is without a doubt the toughest challenge I've ever, I had no idea what I was getting into. Wow. I thought I'd done the homework, but it's just the mental frying of my brain that you're trying to remember the steps.

And it was just, we'd practiced so long. Like, you put in so many hours to get it wrong within the first five steps the moment I was live on television. You're practicing and you're doing all that work as well, and then you've got your actual work as well, so it must be some really long- long demanding hours for you at the moment. It was. It's over now.

It's over now. Don't worry. I'd honestly be like, vote me off week one. I'll be like, I can't commit to this anymore. It is a huge undertaking and people have to be aware of that. I mean, I'm just in awe of people like Nadia Lim who did it while, you know, with a toddler and breastfeeding a baby. I don't know how she did that.

But I had no idea just of the, like your emotions are so raw all the way through. It's the weirdest experience because I've never done any reality TV before. And maybe it's like that on Celebrity Treasure Island where they starve you and put you out. That's the thing. You're in this bubble.

This is your world for this period. So it's everything at the moment. And obviously a couple of emotional eliminations happening uh week one week two kerry what's the what's the talk backstage with the whole texting scandal did that ruffle feathers no because it was just a glitch and even right in the middle of everything i wasn't sure how the voting worked but when i saw the executive producer in tears when Eli was voted off and the rest of the crew in tears, nobody wanted him to go.

And the only reason he went was because not enough people voted. So, you know, I now understand how it works. The public vote is so important. And if you think somebody's safe and you haven't voted, it's entirely your fault. That's Jono's fault. I blame Jono for a lot of things as well.

Now, Kerry, obviously the ZB audience, when it comes to things like the Labour government, they can be quite judgmental. What were they like towards you on Dancing with the Stars? They were really nice, honestly. I was reading the reviews last night, and I was reading the reviews

and it was like I died. It was fantastic. It was like these amazing eulogies and I was like, whoa, broadcasting legend. Okay. Keeping that one for the big day when I kick off. It's a headline in the paper. Legend sent home in first Dancing with the Stars off. Legend.

That's the headline. You can only call yourself that when you're really old. So that's good. We're so proud of what you achieved on the show. Well done for doing it. It takes a lot of courage to do what you've done and also to do such an amazing job on TV and to raise awareness and money for Starship,

who I know are very dear to your heart. So well done. Thank you very much. It was an absolute blast. I wouldn't have missed it for quid. The Hits. For more podcasts from The Hits Network, check out iHeartRadio.co.nz.