Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Were Joined By The Very Talented Singer Calum Scott!

Episode Date: July 5, 2021

On today's show, we spoke to Calum Scott, you'll know his cover of Dancing On My Own - but his rise to fame was an awkward one on Britain's Got Talent. He's such a lovely guy and we had such a good chat with him. We also spoke about the things you hid from your mum after Ben and his daughter tried to hide something from his wife Amanda, but they very poorly disguised the evidence! Finally, we had a chat about whether you can force your food opinions on your children. Jane shared this dilemma; her family are vegan but her 9-year-old son now wants to eat meat. How does she navigate this!? Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

new to your mornings friends of skinny new zealand's most recommended telco just when you thought you couldn't get enough of jonathan then you can have them anywhere anytime welcome to the jonathan ben podcast hi guys welcome 5th of july 2021 uh jmb back at you uh with the podcast i noticed we're doing mini versions of the podcast now as well. Yeah, there's little things, the breakout versions. We don't decide which is worthy of a breakout. Yeah, little snackable options. You know, sometimes you're not ready for the full J&B meal.

My daughter the other night was listening to our review and she said, oh, the review of The Lion King is up. And I'm like, what? Your review of The Lion King is up. And I'm like, what? Your review of The Lion King. I'm like, oh. The highly anticipated Jono being reviewed of The Lion King. I was like, oh, he chatted about it. Was it favourable?

It wasn't. Yeah, I really loved it. But I mean, it wasn't like we were set out to go, oh, here's my review on The Lion King. We're just talking about it. You would make a shocking review. Yeah, I would. The problem with reviewing is you.

Oh, but people would love me, though. The movie companies and the promoters would all love me because I'd never say anything bad about it. Yeah, I know. The problem with reviewing is you... Oh, but people would love me, though. The movie companies and the promoters would all love me because I'd never say anything bad about it. Yeah, I know, but then everyone would be like, oh, why am I reading this guy's thing? Is this good or bad? Like, he's literally found some positives in Adam Sandler's little Nicky.

Yeah, everything has its positives if you look hard enough, you know? So, yeah, you know... Ben even gets... You know Ben hasn't really enjoyed a film when he starts going, the camera work was really good when he starts focusing on it. I was a little in focus and stuff as well. I found something really interesting here. 15 celebrities whose net worth doesn't match their fame.

So the 15 poorest celebrities. Now, I know you get upset. Well, it's a podcast. Maybe you can go through all 15. Would you like me to... Would you like this at the Zone Breakout podcast? Pick a number and I'll start from there. Okay, go from eight.

From number eight. Okay, so the eighth celebrity whose net worth doesn't match their fame, Tiger the Rapper. Oh, yeah. Tiger the Rapper worth $5 million. You would have thought he'd be worth a lot more. Oh, a lot more. Okay. So he went out with Kendall Jenner.

That's right, yeah. World's youngest billionaire. Yeah. Would he regret breaking away from her? Who am I to say? Okay, well, let's go. Seven. Okay, number seven.

Mel B. Oh, Spice Girls? Six mil. Oh, yeah, the Spice Girls. Yeah, okay. She's worth six mil. See, now, this is, six million dollars is a lot of money.

A lot of money, but yeah, the Spice Girls sold millions and millions of albums. Yeah. But there was a lot of them, and, you know, and I don't know what. They sold more than 90 million records worldwide.

But you know, who knows what the back-end deal was like for the, you know, they would have signed them up very young, and I don't know what... They sold more than 90 million records worldwide. But you know, who knows what the back-end deal was like for the... You know, they would have signed them up very young, and who knows? Charlie Sheen. 10 mil. Oh, yeah. Well, he hasn't done anything for a while. I mean, he was the biggest...

You know, one of the biggest movie stars probably way back in the 80s, 90s. And then he was obviously... Two and a half million was huge. And he stored a lot of his money and savings up his nostrils, didn't he? That's in his bank, the Bank of Charlie. Number three. Pamela Anderson is worth $12 million. See, she had an illustrious career running through the 90s, didn't she?

She's worth 12 mil now. 12 mil, right. Nicholas Cage. And at number two. I always wonder, sorry to interrupt, but what does it mean? Does Pam Anderson go along to get a mortgage and go, I'm Pam Anderson, I'm worth 12 mil? You can't cash that money.

It's just to say all their combined earnings is, you know, like what they've got left based on assets. I don't know. Anyway, I'm sorry to pick that apart. Yeah, I mean, unless someone's looked at their 00 check account, all these celebrities, maybe that's it. Maybe there's been a bank manager with some loose lips. Send audit.

And you go, I'll tell you what. Geez, old Nicolas Cage knows as much as he... 25 mil for Nicolas Cage, and I would have thought he... Still a lot, though. I know, but he's purchased a lot of... Doesn't he buy all sorts of obscure memorabilia? Yeah, he does. You're right. That is probably worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

He's just blowing his money on stuff that makes him look like a madman. And the number one celebrity who's not as worth much, as much as you'd think they are, 50 cent. He's worth more than 50 cents.

But $30 million, 50 cent. I would yeah. But $30 million, 50 cent. Okay. I would have thought he'd be worth, you know, in the hundreds. Now, Nicolas Cage blew $150 million. So $150 million on things like dinosaur skulls and European castles and things like that. So he's obviously got a lot of stuff. But then, so maybe it's not saying his assets.

No, surely it's, maybe it's just hard cash. $150,000 Superman comic. He spent money on it. Cage, this is why you've only got 25 mil left. He spent $150 million on a dinosaur skull. Oh no, Superman comic and 70 million year old dinosaur skull. He spent a lot

of money on it. Oh, shit. Listen, if you were my friend and your name was Nicolas Cage and you're like, hey, I'm just going to go and buy a dinosaur skull. How much is that worth, mate? Millions. Oh, shit. Listen, if you were my friend and your name was Nicholas Cage and you're like, hey, I'm just going to go and buy a dinosaur skull, how much is that worth, mate? Millions. How much? You tell me. Well, I don't know.

It just says he spent. Look, it's all part of my $150 million of expenses. Yeah, I know. But listen, why don't you put some of that in the bank? I've allocated myself. No, I just thought $150 million is enough for me to go out and just buy some stuff. It's a lot of money, Nick. It's a lot of money.

I know, but I've always wanted... Are you sure? I've always wanted two European castles. You know I've always said two European castles. You did. Okay. As well as a dinosaur skull and a Superman comic. You know I love that Superman comic.

Well, who am I to tell you what to spend your money on? But as a friend, I'm a little worried, okay? So there we go. That was a list of 15 of the poorest celebrities who you'd think would be worth a lot more. Yeah, interesting. It was interesting. Here's the podcast. Now very shortly we're chatting to UK pop star Callum Scott. Now he

first got famous on the TV show Britain's Got Talent and like an amazing audition I think it's been viewed 330 million times or something on the internet. They tell me that's a big thing nowadays. Yeah, but I didn't really, I hadn't watched it for a long time and there was a bit beforehand where his sister auditioned jade scott she came out first and then he auditioned after so this britain's

got talent you got simon cowell's one of the judges david williams is another judge on the show and his poor sister got a bit of a hard time when she came out and auditioned in front of simon cowell a bit of a hard time when she came out and auditioned in front of Simon Cowell. You know what, Jade? There were parts where I thought you were pretty good, and there were a lot of parts where you weren't very good. I thought it was okay. A bit club singer-ish.

Yeah, so he kind of cowled with his... He's got a very smug look on his face, doesn't he? He's got a permanent smugness on that face. Yeah. Sort of raises his hand to cease the music. Twice he did that. So she didn't even get to finish both of her songs. So she's in tears. She's got, like, this mascara running down her cheeks.

Poor thing. And then... He comes out. They roll the brother out. And he's crying. Like, he's emotional for his sister. And then he has to perform. And he sings this. You're Callum, Jade's brother. Are you okay? Yeah. brother out and he's crying like he's emotional for his sister then he has to perform and and

he sings this your callum jade's brother are you okay yeah okay whenever you're ready good luck thank you So he's performing crying. He's got tears running down his eyes. His sister's just been brutally taken down. She's still crying out the back. What? You know? It's the most savage piece of television since TVNZ cancelled Fair Go and played Pop Stars on all nine of their channels.

Brutal. But then Callum Scott gets the golden buzzer from Simon Cowell and then it's the static emotions. And he's throwing him as a tear. Oh, gee, it was what a mix of emotions. It would be like, you know, when you renew a contract. On one side, you're really happy, but then immediately after you realise you've got to wake up with me for the next five years. Huge, huge range of emotions. You know, we should talk to Callum about this next.

Yeah, well, he's going to join us in just a few moments from the UK, Callum Scott. And why don't we play this? He will release this as a massive single after Britain's Got Talent, Dancing On My Own, on the hits. That's Callum Scott, Dancing On My Own. He's got a new single out. It's called Biblical.

Won't you give me tonight? It's the title track from an album with the same name, and he joins us right now. We're really excited about this. You've managed to get the Zoom working, Callum Scott, have you? How you doing? I'm good, man. How are you?

Lovely to see you buddy what room are we in here i like to get a bit inquisitive about what room we're visiting so this is my little um studio i'm back up in my hometown of hull in uh in the northeast of england so this is my little studio i put a guitar on the wall so it looks like i know what i'm doing and yeah this is where i've been doing all my lockdown stuff guys this has been where i've been writing during lockdown well it must be exciting to have music coming out well you know biblical do you feel pressure uh you know with that album and the song's been such a success or is in more pressure now that i've asked this

question no do you know what i feel like 2018 was the year i put out my album toured all across the world i think i even told uh the powerhouse in yeah i think your power station yeah yeah so um so yeah so 2018 was a mad mad year and then 2019 is where the label and i was just like okay let's write the second one and it was just peace and quiet but it was bizarre i've never been used to that kind of tranquility so that was where i put the the focus on and the concentration and with that came the pressure because i'm like how am i gonna match up to everything i've just done like even all on the floor down here there's just tons of plaques from all over the all over the

world and i'm like looking at those like i not going to be able to do that again. No, right. We've got the same. We've got a ton of plaques down here. A lot of awards. Yeah, yeah. It's just all the hundreds, hundreds. I was saying a word for it.

We're definitely not going to show you. But actually, speaking of the power station, you were here in New Zealand in 2018. I was reading that someone threw a soft toy sheep onto the stage when you were up there. Now, that does nothing for New Zealand stereotypes, so can we apologise on behalf of New Zealand about that? I probably brought that sheep home, you know.

I'm very sentimental. Somebody throws me a gift, I'm taking it home. Unless it's knickers, then we're on to a different topic. Do you get knickers on stage? Yeah. Yeah, knickers I've had before, yeah. What else have you had thrown up there? I've had people, I've had some amazing times on stage, you know. I've had before, yeah. What else have you had thrown up there? I've had people, I've had some amazing times on stage.

You know, I've had people proposing in the audience. I've had people pass out. I've had people fighting. Who fights at a council? With those beautiful love ballads. They really fire people, aren't they? They do. Oh, that's hilarious.

It was some guy that was probably there against his will with his girlfriend. He's like, I don't want to be here. Don't want to go to Cal. Punch someone in the throat. You'll probably stick to death of talking about this, but we were introduced to you from the wonderful uterus of Simon Cowell's Talent Factory. And we didn't actually witness the whole audition process with you and your sister. That was an emotional rollercoaster.

I know. If anyone hasn't seen it, you and your sister, that was an emotional rollercoaster. I know. If anyone hasn't seen it, you and your sister auditioned for Britain's Got Talent. She came out first, and then she didn't quite make it through, which must have been devastating, obviously, for you and her. He was ruthless. He was arrogantly putting his hand up to stop the music. And then you had to perform afterwards.

It was really emotional. It must have been such a rollercoaster for you that day. I know, mate. It was like the best and worst day because, you know, my sister was the one who discovered that I had a voice because I would be like, I was a drummer back at school, never wanted to be a singer. I always thought the singers weren't the coolest. And then, like, you know, I'm singing in my room.

My sister overhears me, puts me in a couple of karaoke competitions. I got the buzz for it instantly. And then she was the one who entered into Britain's Got Talent. So at the time I was kind of being like, I don't want to do that. I was in my Maroon 5 tribute band at the time. So I was living life. Oh, yeah. Because I don't have tattoos, I was wearing like the tights with the tattoos.

Oh, the sleeve. Were you Adam Levine? Yeah. Obviously, yeah. Name another Maroon 5 member. I didn't know there was much of a market for a Maroon 5 tribute band. Was it? Was it?

Yeah, but, boys, there was one less of us, so we called ourselves Maroon 4. But, yeah, no, so I was in that little band and I was enjoying myself and I was getting experience. And then, yeah, when she went on and she didn't get where she wanted to go and she was really nervous, man. She was so nervous. And then when I went on, it was like a mixture of, like,

I hated Simon because he just, you know, scowled on my little sister. But then again, I wanted to impress him. And, you know, the whole thing was just, it was just an emotional rollercoaster. But I think, again, you know, that's why the performance in that and the audition is so raw and powerful is just because of you know the the emotions i was going through you know and i don't think i've ever stopped performing like that you know since yeah you got the golden buzzer from simon cowell uh and then you golden seal of approval yeah which is amazing but then you lost to a dog in the final, I understand.

I'm going, I'm going. Where is that dog now? Because we're hoping to interview the dog today. We were told we ended exclusive with a dog. We've ended up with a second place getter. No, it was honestly, I know it would have been just such an awkward and weird time for you and your family, but champagne television. Oh, Jesus. Yeah, I know.

I had a lot of people going, it must have been fixed. You must have, like, known about it. I was like, no, that's why it's so emotional is because I had no idea what was going to happen next. But now, you know, that gave me a platform and I've taken advantage of that and I've worked hard and put out music and it seems to have done that and I've, I've, I've worked hard and part music and it's, it seems to have done well. And also you've got to watch out.

There's another Callum Scott doing quite well at the amateur golf champs recently. I don't know if you know about this. I hope he loses to a dog. Nice to meet you, mate. You're going to have a great day. Lovely to meet you guys.

Thank you. Cheers boys. What a top two. That is Callum Scott. His new music is out right now called Biblical. What is the hits? You've got Jono and Ben. Broadcasting live and mostly awake.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, over the weekend, my daughter, nine-year-old daughter and I, it was just the two of us at home for a little bit. When did you stop talking about the age before you started doing it? When does that cut off? Yeah, true. Yeah, I don't go to my friend, 39-year-old Jono. I'd like you to do that more often.

Oh, I can, I can if you want. But my daughter and I were just, we were the only ones home and we were playing around with this sort of soft, I guess it was a soft plasticky ball that we had. And my mum's rule was always, no balls inside. But my mum wasn't there over the weekend

and we were kicking this ball around. You put your balls wasn't there over the weekend and we were kicking the ball around. You put your balls anywhere. So we were kicking the ball around and it was a lot of fun. We were having a lot of fun and kicking it around the lounge and kicking it around, playing a little bit of a football match throughout the house. Can I just say that I'm very irresponsible but this sounds like a recipe for

disaster. Yeah I know it was and I kicked it. It was all on me and I kicked it and it was in Indy's room and it hit a picture that was sort of on a shelf and it fell down and the glass

the glass and the frame broke so that's where that's where the fun sort of stops you know yeah it's all on me

shouldn't have done it you want to blame other people don't you did you were you looking around the room no one asked to blame really it was all me

I was the responsible meant to be the responsible adult but i was caught up having a bit of fun i was like hey live your life it's a bit of fun live your best life play soccer on the inside and then i was like well hey i can get this sorted there's no one else in the house i was like hey andy i'll get this sorted you know i'll just put this aside and i'll get it i'll get a frame after work on monday don't worry and i'll get this hey let's not let's not worry your mom's got a lot going on let's not worry let's not worry mom with this let's dad will sort this out oh so okay so now you're swearing your swearing your kids to secrecy to hide your it was for the benefit to hide your picture frame crime uh you're like hey keep this between us now one thing i know about kids is they are shocking

accomplices like you never want to rob a bank with a kid. Because as soon as the police separate you in those interview rooms, they're coming clean. They're spilling the beans. Well, the problem was that it was actually me. My clean-up job wasn't as good. Like, I didn't quite get rid of the things that I should have. And then man is like, what's the frame that's in?

Where did you put the frame? It was next to the bin because I was going to get some paper and stuff to wrap it all up. Oh, so you didn't even put it in the bin. You had not disposed of the evidence. I thought I'd hidden it enough out of the way, but as soon as she drove the car back in the driveway, she's like, why is the frame out? So there we go. Well, that was on me.

That was on me. I tried to keep it from me. Sloppy clean-up job there, boys. I know. That's why I say, never commit a murder with my free bed. He drops the ball on the clean-up. We kicked out of the mafia. They were like

mate you're out did you bleach the ground oh i forgot to bleach the ground again no okay so uh you've almost tried to swear your kids to secrecy to hide this from mum yeah but it didn't quite work but i thought there must be other examples over the years of uh you know kids growing up you know when you were growing up when you've tried to sort of hide something from your mum and maybe it hasn't really worked out. Traditionally, too, it's dads trying to get you to hide stuff from them, too, isn't it?

I remember my dad, John Walter Pryor, we were wandering around, he took me skateboarding and I really over-rested my skateboarding skills at age sort of seven or eight because I was at the top of a giant hill and he was down the bottom. And he's like, go, go, go, you can do this and i was like maybe i can maybe i get my dad saying i can do it he believes in me and so i went down this hill rate of knots hit a stone and then thankfully though it wasn't that bad i caught all of the impact with my face on the road

so it was almost like a cheese grater it got down and he's like oh maybe we can keep this from mom and i was like i literally look like two face off batman i don't know how we can keep this from mom doing mom's the word what have you hidden from mom on 0800 the hits uh 4487 juliet you were telling us a story off here was that for on air or was that to remain off air? Oh, I'll tell it on air. Why not? Yeah, go on now. This involved your mum.

Yeah, so my mum, when she was younger, she entering adulthood and started drinking, going out with friends. And when she would come home, grandpa would wake up in the middle of the night and if mum had had a little cheeky chunder outside, he'd get the hose and... Cheeky chunder. He never made chundering sound so cute. And he would hose it away just quietly so grandma never knew.

I don't know if grandma knows now. I don't know if she listens. I think she listens to my husband. She was... So mum, yeah, mum, dad, grandpa would... Grandpa and mum would work together to hide the evidence from grandma. Yeah, gotcha. Hide the binge drinking. That's the evidence from grandma. Yeah, gotcha.

Hide the binge drinking. That's the Kiwi way. Yeah. That's the way. Let's kick it off with Casey in Cambridge. Maudina, Case, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning. Good to have you on.

What did you hide from mum? Well, as a teenager, my mum had a family heirloom ring that I really, really loved and I used to love wearing. And I snuck it off to school one day, as you do, and dropped it down the deck. So I never confessed to Mum for many, many years and she went crazy looking for it. And she actually rang one of those clairvoyant people who said to her,

you may need to have a conversation with your daughter. Oh, they snitched on you. Someone should tell the clairvoyants what happens to snitches in prison. Wow. Yeah, so I actually didn't confess straight away until another couple of years later when I sort of said, oh, yes, I know exactly where that is. Oh, that is, and did you find it?

No, because it was down a deck that we couldn't get under. Oh. Hmm. I love a clairvoyant. You're like, wow, this clairvoyant's really good. Yeah, yeah. But I don't want to admit to this. Hey, give me a call, Casey.

Appreciate it. Let's go to Joby. Welcome from Midhurst. Jeez, it must be cold in Midhurst, Joby. Yeah, it is. How cold, bruh? I don't know the degrees, but I'm pretty cold. There you go.

That's all we need. Wonderful weather report from Joby. What have you been hiding from mum? I hid an eel in our swimming pool. You hid an eel in a swimming pool? What? Now, there's holes in your plan here. Surely she's going to look outside and see the eel.

Yeah, the pool was like nowhere near where she could see, so she never went for swims. It was more just us and the kids. Oh, so a pet eel. So me and my older brother knew, but my little brother didn't. And so what, you'd go and feed the eel and pet it? We used to go for swims with it sometimes too. We love that eel. We love that that eel did you name the eel uh i think my brother has named it um big beauty or something

how big was this thing oh it's probably about a meter and a half long oh my god i don't know how the logistics of how long an eel can survive, but that's great. I'm glad it was happy and you looked after it, but what a wow. Do you know what, Joby? I better not tell this story while you're on the phone. Thank you for your call. I was told never go swimming with eels.

Oh, they can. Because they can latch on to certain parts of your anatomy. Not big beard. Not big beard and do a death roll. Oh, Jesus. Roll it off. Clean off. I feel like that's just a rumour to scare

the kids. But hey, I don't know. Jill, we'll get you on from Auckland. What did you hide from Mum, Jill? Oh, good morning, guys. So I used to play netball when I was younger and during one of the games, my dad got into a verbal argument with the coach because she wouldn't put me on and

he decided it was best not to tell my mum. Let's not tell mum about this. I love the sidelines of kids' sporting games, don't you? You've got kind of three types of spectators. You've got the happy, passive, supportive spectator. You've got the one who just shouts out advice, even though they've never played

the game. I'm doing that at Poppy's Netball. I'm like, I'm yelling advice. I've never played netball in my life. And then you have the ones who are suppressing their anger on the sideline, and your dad let his boil over. That's funny because my mum actually found out the following weekend when the coach told her. Thank you, Jill.

Appreciate it. Great text here on 4487. My husband took the kids to the beach. He packed all of the older kids in the car and then drove off down the road, but he left the baby in the capsule on the footpath. Don't tell mum. It was a don't tell mum situation. The kids were sworn to secrecy,

but they told her the minute she got home from work. Oh God, so good. Thanks for your calls. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Ah, jeez, my teeth, my dentist said my teeth have decided that they're all sick of sitting next to each other and decided to go off in different directions.

Are they? Like a musical group that had broken up? Oh, we're done, guys. Maybe we'll get the band back together in one day. I'm going solo. So, yeah, she's like, oh, you need to go to the orthodontist. I don't know what an orthodontist did. Did you?

No. No. Well, they specialise in, like, braces and stuff, don't they? Yeah. But I thought that was the dentist. Who knows? Oh, yeah, I got a bit confused the other day when I went to the dentist as well, because I was getting a scale and polish.

And they're like, well, no, she hasn't been to the dentist for a while. And I said, but isn't this what I'm doing now? But it was like, no, you need to go get x-rays and think yeah it makes sense he's like i'm a butcher i don't know why you walked into west me and meets yeah maybe that's where we're wrong i could put a sirloin in your mouth uh you know went to the orthodontist and i know everyone's probably experienced the same fate when you go to a professional, any professional no matter what

you pretend like you understand the lingo but you've got no idea you go to a mechanic and they're like you try shaft Johnson rods out and you're like yeah probably is mate better fix that but what I had to do because the orthodontist she was lovely

and she had uh another person working with her who was taking notes off to the side and so as she's doing like uh the appraisal i guess uh the run through of what's gone wrong yeah she's saying stuff and then the other orthodontist is writing down notes as she goes based on your mouth basically and they put that medieval device in your mouth that just sort of winches your jaw open yeah like you're very vulnerable you just got you put anything in my mouth at that stage and i couldn't do anything about it so i could never be trusted to be in that profession because i'd be like oh there goes my wallet and keys in your mouth can't do anything so I've got that open. And she's doing like a live

review of my face. In front of you? I can hear it all. And she's like, jawline, weak. Lips, average. Literally, lips. Nose, slightly elongated. Could do with some work. Eyes, lifeless, dead

inside. But she'll let you go that far. No, could do with some work. Eyes, lifeless, dead inside. But Sean didn't go that far. No, I just made that last one up. But then she got into code, which I couldn't quite figure out what the code was. It was like C4982, well below expected average. I'm like, Jesus, what's this? I'm failing on all counts. My face feels like an absolute failure. Your jaw, you're like, what am I?

I didn't even know. Yeah, PQS9, non-existent, requires work. And you're trying to figure it out as you go along. What does this all mean? Yeah, so I'm very self-conscious about my face now after walking out of there. It's like one of our critiques with our boss, isn't it? You know what he does when he's doing something average?

Yeah, she didn't even do a compliment sandwich. It wasn't like, you know, sort of forehead, nice. There, in the right position, something. You know, you give some credit. Ears, they't like a forehead. Nice. There. In the right position. Something. Give some credit. Ears. They look like they're attached properly. Yeah, they're alright. They'll do. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's

Breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Love a meaty bit of content. Ironically, quite a good word to use. Welcome Jane to the show. How are you, Jano? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, great. Lovely to have you on this Monday morning. Now, Jane, you've got a bit of an issue with feeding your kid. Yes, I have a nine-year-old son, and we have just, years ago, I just kind of went off meat, no drama, and then I just gradually became vegetarian, vegan, and so my kids are vegan, and that's just the way it is.

And now my son has said to me that he wants to eat meat, but that's fine, but he wants me to cook him meat is the kind of issue I have. Yeah, right. Now, I have a big question. Is it vegan or vagan? How do we... Vegan.

Vegan, yeah, okay, okay, got that out of the way. Okay, so you're okay with him having meat but just you don't really want to touch it i don't want to chop it i don't want to buy it costs a lot um and then i'm also like well do i get him a steak because i don't have to really touch it i can get them tongs and just chuck it on a fry pan or do i get him something because then i'm thinking about his indigestion and things, if he hasn't had meat, like what's a big steak going to do? Or do I get him a ham sandwich?

Or is processed meat bad? Or what do I like? Jeez, I can see you're in a right hole there, aren't you? Yes. And the big question is, can you force your food beliefs on your children? I don't think so, but is he going to cook it? No. Yeah, I see what you're saying.

But I suppose people force religious beliefs on kids, don't they? Well, that's part of the household you grow up in. I mean, we're raising our kids practicing Satanists, and that's our choice. That's our choice. But you could also raise them to believe something and then they might change their mind. Yeah, and that's everyone's right to do.

I guess it's your responsibility to raise them in the best way that you see fit. To a certain point where then they can make their own decision, i.e. I want to eat meat now. I'm honestly just like maybe I should just let him just say, oh, just eat McDonald's with your friends. How old is he? He's nine. So he's old enough to make that call, would you say?

Yes. Well, let's chuck this out there for you, Jane. 0800 the hits, telephone number. Can you force your food beliefs on your kids? Yeah. Well, I guess if they're not for any religion, you know, because I know there's different cultural things and stuff. Yeah, I understand that that can be part of it.

So I'd say in that circumstance, that's fine. But when it's not, I guess between sort of zero and five, there's no choice. They don't know what they're eating, so they kind of have to. You're responsible for feeding them and giving them nutrients. Poppy, our daughter, she's not really into meat. She just doesn't really.

She just eats fish, a steady diet of fish fingers. Relentless. Fingers of fish, night after night. And you never get sick of fish fingers. Relentless. Fingers of fish, night after night. And you never get sick of fish fingers. It's amazing. Or chicken nuggets. Yeah, she's never going to go off those. So yeah, 0800 the hits.

You can text 24487. If you believe something with food, can you put that on your kids? Or are they allowed to eat what they want? Kids, we've got Rebecca on the phone. Welcome from the Waikato. How are you? Hi, I'm great. How are you doing? We're doing well, Rebecca. You're on your got Rebecca on the phone. Welcome from the Waikato. How are you? Hi, I'm great. How you

doing? We're doing well, Rebecca. You're on your way to work, mate? Yeah, on the way to work. It's foggy and freezing. Yeah, foggy and freezing. Couldn't be a bleaker start to Monday morning. Can you force your food beliefs on your kids, Rebecca? Oh, no.

I think if he's asking for some meat, he needs to cook up some steak. Cook the boy some steak. He had a juicy sirloin on that fry pan. Or some ribs. Yeah, ribs. Oh, now you're really going for it. Chicken, all the greatest meats.

She's turning into the bad butcher, isn't she, cooking all this stuff. Hey, thank you, Rebecca. Appreciate it. Kim, you're on from Tūrua. Morena. Hi. Good morning. Can you put your food beliefs and issues on your kids? No, definitely not.

I think she should let the boy have his steak, but I had a friend who had the opposite thing where the whole family, they ate meat and the daughter decided that she didn't want to eat meat, mostly vegetables and only fish. So she made that choice herself at the age of, I don't know, six or something. And now the whole family eats less meat. Oh, right. Well, listen, they wouldn't be as eats less meat. Oh, right.

Well, listen, they wouldn't be as clogged up. They enjoy it. Yeah, no, you wouldn't be backed up, would you, with a less meat diet? Someone's actually texted in saying, I've just did 42 days off meat and then started eating them again, and my body's really struggling to digest it. Yeah. So going from zero to 100 is an issue for your digestive system. Yeah.

Hey, there you go. There you go. We'll get Nathan on. Nathan joins us. Next to his name says parenting expert and expert in parenting, Nathan Wallace. Is there such a thing as an expert parent? I don't know.

Someone's laden to us, Matt. Trying to work our way up as we do it. Yeah, well, as long as you've got that on your email signature, I'll believe it. What do you think here, Nathan? Do you think you can force your food beliefs on kids? Of course you can. Everybody forces their food beliefs on their kids. You decide whether their first meal is going to be ferrets

or whether it's going to be a mild curry. You know, when parents decide to give their kids meat, we don't talk about them forcing their dietary beliefs on their children. We just think it's normal. It's when we take away meat. But really, like you said before, with religion, certain religions don't eat certain things. yeah i think we all sort of enforce our dietary restrictions on our children whether we're conscious of it or not so what at what age

do you think that kids can sort of start making those uh those choices for themselves is there an age or is it just when they're as soon as they're old enough to cook they're old enough to start dictating what they're eating then they're old enough to cook. If they're old enough to start dictating what they're eating, then they're old enough to start cooking. Jeez, I love you. You are a parenting expert. I love it. Yeah, I would say with that nine-year-old kid, yes, absolutely. If you want to eat meat, mum's grossed out by meat.

To mum, it's murdered flesh. So I don't want to be cooking murdered flesh. But if you want to do that, then go for your life. But you have to learn to cook it. And you have to clean up the mess. And, you know, it's your responsibility. Yeah, there's a lot of clean up after a steak session, isn't there?

People stand around the barbecue and you've got to try and cook a steak in front of other people and they're like, don't turn it, don't touch it, don't, oh, there's so much pressure. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Perfect steak. Well, thank you, Nathan. There you go. And so, just when you're old enough to cook and clean yourself, that's when you can

choose your diet. Great response. If people want to get any more advice from you, Nathan, where can they find you, buddy? Just go on to follow me on Facebook's easiest way or just go onto YouTube. There's lots of tips there under Nathan Wallace. There we go.

Thank you very much. Jeez, what an informative segment that was. It was, actually. Wouldn't usually expect that from you, Ben, your lowbrow brand of content. This show always surprises. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand.

If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, over the weekend, I went out for dinner with some friends. This isn't one of my own about the split bill situation. Okay, I'm not going to get into that. I know we've had debates around splitting a bill at a group dinner situation. But, you know, we're saying you're not going to, it's not a moan about the split bill situation. Okay. I'm not going to get into that. I know we've had debates around splitting a bill. At a group dinner situation. But you know, we're saying you're not going to bring it up.

You've inadvertently brought it up. Well, I know. Did you split the bill? Do you want us to ask the question? Yeah, we did. Was it an even split? But well, there was a bit of an awkward moment though, actually, when we came to pay for it, because it was like the restaurant was sort of located onto like I guess a second story.

It was upstairs and down below was a shop. And under the table, unbeknown to my friend, she had a purse down under the table. There was obviously quite a, I guess, a little bit of crack in the floorboards and her purse had fallen down because she went to get her purse out and she goes, I put my purse under the table. We're like, did you?

What sort of derelict place are you dining in? You're on the second floor and there's holes in it. Yeah, well, the people didn't even know. At the restaurant, there was a little bit of a hole that was there because I guess it was under the table. That feels like a huge structural problem. Maybe it was. And so this, yeah, this thing fell down.

And so we could shine the torch on your phone down there and you could see down the bottom that her purse was down there. I was like, great play for getting out of the bill. That's all that matters. If only I could throw my wallet down there as well. It's just not jamming in. He's trying to kick it down with his foot. Yeah. But yeah, so in the end we had to, I was like, oh, this is trying the whole

split bill situation right up there. So now you had to cover her costs. Now you feel like you are. But I understand in this situation that it was an unusual circumstance for it to happen that a wallet would just go, you know, a purse would go missing. Don't you hate it when people lose something and you're in a group situation, someone's like,

oh, I've lost my cell phone. And then you have to half-heartedly care. And you sort of join the search party. It's not under this bit here. No, I can't see it over here. Or a concert as well, eh? Where someone's like, what's up with you? What's going on?

Has someone lost an earring or something? No, I can't find that. Sorry. It's on you. It's your responsibility. You're right. But when it's your thing, though. You want everyone in the search party.

Come on, everyone. Call the police. We can fight this together So did she get her purse back the next day? The next day when the shop opened She had to go get it back But yeah I thought it was a very unusual circumstance At any stage through this process

Did anyone go Oh we should get that hole in the floor fixed Because that's probably the most alarming thing for me Yeah well that was probably more on the restaurant than us Nine diners perished As they fell through the floor of a second-story restaurant over the weekend. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits. The Hits.

Good morning, New Zealand. Welcome along to the program. It is Jono and Ben back with you on the Hits on a Monday morning. Hey, lovely to be here. Chew, you doing well, mate? I'm doing fantastically. How are you? Yeah, good.

Ben, how was your weekend? Yeah, it was all good. are you? Yeah, good. Ben, how was your weekend? Yeah, it was all good. Yourself? Yeah, good. It was cold, eh? Cold. I was driving down. We come off the motorway here for work and there's quite a sort of a steep, slopey hill

which heads down into the city. There was a guy rollerblading down the hill this morning. Rollerblading? At 5 in the morning. Unusual mode of transport. I would have thought the old rollerblades. Especially at that time. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't have blinked an eye if it was 1997,

but it's 2021. It's, you know, 4.30 in the morning. And the wind chill factor, too, on rollerblades. And things could go wrong at any moment, particularly in the dark. Oh, yeah. Like along beside the water, you know, in Wellington or Auckland, it'd be nice, you know, rollerblading away you go, but not with this. Oh, anyway. Like along beside the water, you know, in Wellington or Auckland, it'd be nice, you know, rollerblading away you go, but not this. Oh, anyway.

Yeah. They're the ice skates of the footpath, aren't they, rollerblades? I hope he got to work safely because he was gunning it down at about 80 k's an hour. I'm worried about him. Hopefully he did. Hey, $5,000 back again this morning on the show. That's at 7.45, as well as Callum Scott out of the UK. Popstar, he's a lot of fun to catch up with.

We talked to him about winning, well, not winning, but going to the final of Britain's Got Talent and how it was when Simon Cowell was pretty mean to his sister on the show. Really mean? Yeah. Jeez, there's a wild bit of footage.

We'll get to Callum after 8.30 this morning. That is the hits. You've got Jello and Ben, 6.04. I don't feel like nothing at all. It's Britomars,'ve got Jello and Ben, 604. It's Britomars, the lazy song on your Monday morning at 607. I had to represent the hits over the weekend on the racetrack. I was asked to. We didn't have to.

No. It wasn't like that. Get out there, mate. You're the only one. You're our only hope. Go and save our credibility on the racetrack that's a lie we'd rather be comfortably parked

outside a cafe here on the hits rather than racing around a racetrack yeah probably be if you could do anything on the hits it'd be who can eat

their eggs benedicts the fastest at brunch lovely brunch but you know there's a show that they're doing for sky tv

and they get people on oh I don't know what else, yeah celebrities you know they get celebrities on Ben do they? To race around so when you think of celebrity, ring ring, hello Jono Pryor, come on mate, get out here Do you always wonder how many people they went through to get to you when that happens

and they're like we'd love for you to be on the show and you're like that's nice, I mean it's great but I mean how many they must have made hundreds of calls. Oh Mick Roberts has said no yeah it'd be a long list you know I mean, it's great. But I mean, how many? They must have made hundreds of calls. Oh, McRobertson said no. Yeah, it'd be a long list. Yeah. You know, I mean, look who they ended up with on The Masked Singer. I didn't even get a call from The Masked Singer. So, you know, I went out there and it was like a radio station battle on the racetrack.

So who could do the fastest lap in a car? So you had The Rock there. Roger was there from The Rock. Lee from Georgie. You know, credible, respected stations in that world. You would imagine. You know, the motorsport world. Yeah, yeah.

The Hits, I've got nothing to lose. This is the great thing about being at the Hits. You've got nothing to prove on a race trip. All the pressure's on there. Yeah, yeah, you're right. And I went out there. And listen, I lived up to the Hits' name. Didn't win.

But you quite enjoy that sort of thing. I do, I do. It was really fun. You end up going like 250 k's and you're like, jeez. And I was doing it. That is so scary. No, it's maybe, yeah. And you're going into the corner and he's like,

don't brake yet, don't brake, don't brake, don't brake. And then you brake beyond the point of where you're like we should have been braking about 200 meters ago yeah like everything you learn to how to drive on the road you don't do that on the on the racetrack yeah i was like let's break now eh should we break and uh yeah the drive home actually was very exciting too on the racetrack you're still applying the same yeah no it's very fun it's a lot more to think about like when you just watch cars racing you're like oh they're just going around a track there's so much to think about it's almost like half a dozen things you need to be doing when you're turning the corner really yeah you don't think about i've forgotten what

they were clearly i wasn't doing them very well but i was like whether i win this at extreme pace or come last it's a win-win for the hits because you know if we win well it's a surprise for the hits but if we don't win then the hits people are like oh well nice you drove sensibly yeah around the race track you didn't take any risks that's all we want to hear you know sensible parent driver well done oh yeah next on the show we got news and beeps our producer juliet has beeped out some headlines from actual news stories, and we've got to guess what they are. We'll find out after 6.60 on the hits.

I'm just walking down the city. That's all she wrote. That's all she wrote. And it's 6.60, all she wrote. You're on the hits, John O'Byrne, 6.30. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the Beeping News. Yeah, the Beeping News. I think Jesus was doing the beep test back in Bethlehem Primary School. Do you know what's almost worse? At the gym sometimes, in the class that I go to,

they sometimes make you do the beep test but burpee edition, so it slowly gets faster and faster, and then you can't keep up with the burpees because it's beeping all the time. The burpee beep test. I know. So no running, obviously. No running, just constantly burping and burping every time. Yeah, it's the beep test.

Oh, anyway. The beep test was hard enough. I know. Why had to make burpees? Oh, well, so this is Yeah, the beep test. Oh, anyway. The beep test was hard enough. I know. Why had to make burpees? Oh, well, so this is probably a better beep test. The first news headline. Nine-year-old girl from Mexico has... than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Listen, for the sake of aggravating the audience and ignoring the obvious answer, I'm going to say nine-year-old girl from Mexico has a higher IQ level than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Well, I'm going to say a nine-year-old girl has spent more time planning her upcoming birthday party than the other party, because that's what they do at nine years old.

They love planning a birthday party. Nine-year-old girl from Mexico has higher IQ than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Well, you were right. Who would have thought you were right on that one, eh? Well done. So she's got an IQ of 162, and Einstein and Hawking were said to have IQs of 160.

Now, I never really understand how IQs work. It's because your IQ's very low. Yeah. You got that right. But someone with a normal intelligence will score an IQ of around 100 on a test. So that's just like the general. And she's at 162. She's currently studying two degrees at nine years old.

They're both different types of engineering degrees. And her dream is to eventually work at NASA. Oh, well, go on then. That is amazing. Remember Donald Trump was always rambling on about his IQ test, wasn't he? Oh, he took, like, the cognitive test. The cognitive test, which was just basically, are you brain-eating for old age?

Yeah, yeah. He's like, I nailed this test. It's like, yeah. And he got it completely wrong. Next news headline. Chinese city builds a **** around a tiny house after owner refuses to move. I'm going to go... They built a tiny great wall around the house

after he refused to move. I'm going to go... I also had a great wall. We've been working together for far too long and I'm not quick enough to come up with another answer on the spot. Damn. Chinese city builds a motorway around a tiny house after owner refuses to move.

Oh, we're both wrong. Yeah, so this owner has been refusing to move for 10 years. You've got, like, you imagine the left side of the motorway with traffic going one way, you've got the right side and traffic going the other way. It almost, like, splits in the middle. Imagine, like, a broken zip. You know what a zip breaks? It, like, splits, and you've got it almost like splits in the middle. Imagine like a broken zip. You know what a zip breaks?

It like splits and you've got this house just right in the middle. And it's now kind of become a bit of a tourist attraction because it's so weird and the house looks like a shack. Oh, true. And so they're still living there. She's still living there, the woman, yeah. And she said she refused to move because the government didn't offer any better options. But, mate, you're living in between a motorway.

I think that's pretty shocking. Literally, like a house you're living in between a motorway. I think that's pretty shocking. Literally, it's like a house in the middle of the southern motorway. Imagine that. Very good. And the final news story. Scientists find that while stress can turn your hair grey, colour can... Make you look older.

That's what I'm doing. Scientists find that while stress can turn your hair grey, the colour can also cost you a butt load in hair dye products doing Scientists find that while stress can turn your hair grey The colour can also cost you a buttload In hair dye products Scientists find that while stress Can turn your hair grey Colour can be restored without hair dye So they did

Some research and taking stress Out of your life Can actually bring the colour back Into your hair So they concluded that the greying process isn't just like a one-way linear process. You might not get all your colour back, but if you take a few more holidays, reduce the stress.

What did the scientists come up with about, say, some guy who's been quite stressed, he's lost all his hair? Does that come back? I think that's irreversible. Oh, yeah, right. Too far gone. I'm so sorry.

It's coming back, guys. It's coming back. It's coming back, guys. It's coming back. And that is the news and beeps for you. Before 7 o'clock this morning, your chance to get your hands in the drawer

for a $5,000 travel voucher. We'll do that before 7 on the hits. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this.

Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. You're on the hits with Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The hits. You're on the hits with Jono and Ben. Hey, diddle diddle. It's time for a Jono riddle.

Oh, you've got a riddle for us, haven't you? I've got a riddle. Yeah, and I know how much you like bringing a riddle to the show. I do. From time to time. My daughter was obsessed with them for a while. Okay, every day this week, I challenge all of us, Juliet, you, and Ben, to come to the show with a riddle.

We'll do a riddle a day. Here's the first one. If Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother, it's too early in the morning for this. What am I to Teresa? Wait, say that again? If Teresa's daughter

is my daughter's mother, is my daughter's mother. I should's oh i should have left this to 8 30 what am i to teresa so you can i'll give you friends well done that's the riddle that's the riddle oh listen i'm gonna i'll give you the i'll give you the options and you can text in So is it A. The grandmother B. The mother C. The daughter D. The granddaughter

E. I'm Teresa I think it's I'm Teresa If Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother What am I to Teresa? We'll give you the answer very shortly Alright it is the hits You got John O'Byrne Too early in the morning for that

Well maybe not for you We'll find out if anyone gets the riddle very shortly on the hits It is the hits John O'Byrne the morning for that? Well, maybe not for you. We'll find out if anyone gets the riddle very shortly on the Hits. It is the Hits. Jono and Ben, 6.29, Monday morning. Scrolling through your feed. Oh, do we want the answer to Hey Diddle Diddle? Oh, yes. Jono's fun riddle?

Yeah. Okay, so the question was, if Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother, what am I to Teresa? Grandmother, mother, daughter, granddaughter, or I'm Teresa? The answer is you're Teresa's daughter. Teresa's daughter. You're Teresa's daughter, because my daughter's mother is a more complicated way of saying me or my female partner. True.

Oh, fun riddle. You know what? I read the riddle out. I explained the riddle. And I still don't understand the riddle. You know what? I read the riddle out. I explained the riddle. And I still don't understand the riddle. Well, great you brought it to the program this morning. Do you understand it now? No, but I wasn't really there.

I invested in it. It was like... No, but it was good. It filled in some time on the radio show. And I'm sure people out there were. I was just like, one of those ones, I'm like, I'm not going to get this. You know?

But I do like a riddle. Like maybe, as you said, after 8 o'clock, I'll be like writing it down and trying to work it all out. Yeah, I can tell. But, you know, at the back end, he tells me he's not that invested in it. Anyway, here's some news from overnight. Bit of sport over the weekend in New Zealand.

The first game for the All Blacks of 2021. And they took on Tonga. 102-0 was the result. 16 tries to zero in that game. Which kind of felt bad for Tonga because a lot of their best players, they couldn't get into New Zealand. You know, like the players are playing in the European Cup and overseas and stuff. They couldn't get here because of COVID protocol.

Yeah. So it's a bit of a shame. But apparently one of their players had to pull out 24 hours before because he was ineligible because he'd once played for Hong Kong. Years ago. Oh, really? Yeah, like, come on, give them a break. Yeah.

Cheers. What I thought was really interesting, because we had actually Ethan Blackadder was in the studio with us on Friday. Now, he's Todd Blackadder's son, or Todd Blackadder's son. So it was his first test over the weekend and it was 102-0. His dad, his first game as captain for the All Blacks, was also against Tonga, exactly the same score, 102-0.

What? Yeah, in 2000. It was exactly the same score. Wow. Say what? That's crazy. It is crazy. Do you know, and I felt really emotional

for the Tongan captain. Did you see him speak After the game It was beautiful He was sort of being interviewed And he burst into tears He was like You don't know

What's been going on Behind the scenes To pull this team together He'd been in lockdown Quarantined to get through there So they'd done a lot Yeah And for their efforts

They got punished 102-0 Surely All Blacks Just give them at least One try Yeah Put in like a mercy rule Or something

Where the All Blacks Can only You know They stand at half way Or something I don't know Something And another little bit

Of sports news From over the weekend A group of Dunedin footballers Were greeted by a seal On the field Over the weekend So Dunedin residents Watching a girls football match on Saturday morning.

Seal came off the beach and onto the Ocean Grove sports ground. Oh, did he sing at halftime? He did kiss from a rose, yeah. So, the seal stopped on the artificial cricket pitch, but as soon as the game started, it kind of went into the middle of the game, and then they went, oh, we don't know what to do, so they moved to another field that was free, and then the seal wandered across to the other field as well.

Oh. And the SEALs wanted to be part of the action. Essentially streaking. Well, yeah, I guess in some ways. They would have been arrested if it was any other situation, but you don't know. SEALs, they can get quite a, they've got a bit of an anger problem, don't they, SEALs?

Well, yeah, that's the thing. You want to stay away from them. You don't want to upset them, and there was actually some good comments on stuff.co.nz for a change. A few seal puns, which I enjoyed. Like I heard this, he scored at the last minute to seal the win. That's probably my favourite out of all the puns. So there you go. Oh, thank you very much there, Ben.

Great puns, great seal news, bit of rugby stuff at the top there. And he informed me he had no invested interest in my riddle. Your chance to get a hold of a $5,000 travel voucher before 7 o'clock on the hits. Dancing with a stranger, it is the hits. Jono and Ben on your Monday morning. Uh-oh, call him Alice from Alice in Wonderland because he's got lost down the rabbit hole again.

Jono's internet wormhole. And speaking of animals, I've got a list here of the most attractive ones. Now these were released. Who came up with this list? I don't know. There's question marks over who

formed this list, but it's done basically on their dashing looks. The third most attractive animal, sorry, fourth most on their dashing looks. And the third most attractive animal, sorry, fourth most attractive animal, the llama. Aww. Yeah. They're cute. Yeah, they're quite cute.

And you can brush their hair to the sides. It's got a pretty strong facial bone structure. Chisels, you know, sort of like a chiseled piece of art that Michelangelo would have created, the llama. So, yeah. And they've got a lot of arrogance don't they arrogance of a hipster ordering a glass of kombucha yeah you're right that's the llama in the place yeah but i mean you could slap some calvin klein undies on that llama and put them in a modeling campaign um next one number three

of the most attractive animals now i don't know if you've ever seen this, but this is the all-black, long-haired stallion horse. Oh, yeah. Have a look at this, Juliet. Like the one on the old National Bank ads, you know? Yeah. Oh, that is majestic. Yeah, it's just got a long, flowing mane of an Italian gigolo named Claudio. And the horse walks into the bar and the

bartender says wow you are handsome to number three the long-haired stallion if mike hosking was a horse that would be him yeah that would be him yeah next one he's a hundred percent pure aussie beef and you'd like to take him out back, stone the flaming crows. It's the Australian kangaroo. Oh. Oh, yeah. It is the second most attractive animal, apparently. Really?

Quite muscular. You see some photos online. Some of them are quite ripped, aren't they? They're quite like, you know. Maybe you need to go like a handsome kangaroo, Juliet. Look at this one. Yeah, that's the one. Look at that.

And look at his muscles. He's like, get over here, mate. He's just been to the gym. He's flexing. Give us a 4X and I'll punch your lights out. Yeah, the Aussie kangaroo. But the number one most attractive animal, as voted by the internet, the silverback gorilla.

Oh, yeah. Very handsome. Just Google handsome gorilla, Juliet. Handsome gorilla. And this silverback gorilla is a combination of George Clooney's Just Google handsome griller, Juliet. Handsome griller. And this silverback griller is a combination of George Clooney's silver seductiveness and Dwayne The Rock Johnson's protein-pumped muscles. Very handsome. People going ape for the silverback griller.

So who came up with this? Did you come up with this list or someone else? Where is this? Or did you just take someone else's list and then just add some words to it? How did this all come about? The internet. I got lost on a clickbait article of the most attractive animals. Don't ask me what I was Googling.

Don't ask me what I was Googling to be fed the most attractive animals. I reckon that list isn't right. What about a swan or a peacock? A peacock, yeah. You know, they're gorgeous. Hey, listen, I didn't make the list. Don't shoot the messenger. But maybe peacocks are too cocky.

They're sort of, look at us, I've arrived, darling. The peacock is here. I might have been number 10, but you say my list go on for too long. So I only zeroed in on the top four. No, fair enough. There you go. For whatever reason, they were the most attractive animals. We've got your chance to get that travel voucher very shortly.

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Is there an expiration date on these vouchers? There might be, actually. Hey, Linda, whether you want a holiday in 2055 or 2022, you're in the draw, mate. Thank you very much. Hey, I could be dead by 2055. You'll be on a permanent holiday. Yeah, I think I might be going in 2022 Hey listen Linda Stace, Mike and Anika They could be pulling your name out on Friday afternoon

$5,000 worth of travel Where would you go? I've never been to South Australia That would be fantastic Or just somewhere warm And hot And an infinity pool and cocktails A lot of demands here.

I love it. Warm, hot. Golf for the husband. Golf for the husband. He's off playing golf. You're swallowing in the infinity pool drinking cocktails. Yes, get rid of him at the golf course. That would be perfect.

All right, well, this sounds like a dream holiday, Linda. You go and have a wonderful week, okay? Best of luck for that draw. Spy. Go WhatsApp drawer. Spy. Go WhatsApp spy.co.nz. This is celebrity news at its finest. To be honest, I don't know what celebrity news is at its worst, so I've got nothing to judge this by,

but I assume this is doing a pretty good job, Juliet. So the 10 highest paid movie roles of all time. I came across this article, and I was quite curious, because you think of all the massive movies that have ever been made and the actors or actresses that were in the lead roles. Yeah. And I wonder if you'd be able to guess, what do you reckon the top one would be?

Most highest paid actor for their one role in a movie. Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Hobbs and Shaw. Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Tooth Fairy. Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Jumanji. Anything Dwayne the Rock Johnson? Tooth Fairy? Dwayne the Rock Johnson, Jumanji? Anything Dwayne the Rock Johnson. No, it's actually Will Smith when he played Agent J in Men in Black 3. I want to go on Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible. Well, he does come in.

I think he's at number three. So Will Smith got paid $100 million for that third Men in Black one. So that's not even all of them combined. Number two is Keanu Reeves as Neo in the Matrix trilogy. So for the three films, he got $250 million total. So that's about $83 million per movie. Wow. Nuts.

Number three is Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol. He got 75 million for that, which allowed him to top Forbes' most powerful actors list in 2012. Oh, I'd love to be the most powerful actor. That would be so cool. Hello, Tom Cruise, most powerful actor. Yeah. And number

four is Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark or Iron Man in Avengers Infinity War. Now, I think he had a bit of a back-end deal, didn't he, with Marvel on those? He got a cut of all the... Smart. Yeah, the revenue, I think. Yeah, totally. And he's the highest paid actor of the Marvel Universe.

So, yeah, he did actually negotiate in his contract to earn whatever kind of a percentage of what the whole movie earned. Same with Sandra Bullock. So she was initially paid $20 million up front for her role as Dr. Rhinestone in Gravity, which is, have you ever seen that movie? It's like the one in space. George Clooney, right? Yeah. But she also negotiated 15% of box office revenue,

which got her at least $70 million. That's the key, isn't it? That is crazy. That's the key. Your next movie deal, I'm going to negotiate you in a box office deal, okay? Just give me a movie. That's the key, isn't it? That is crazy. That's the key. Ben, your next movie deal, I'm going to negotiate you in a box office deal, okay? Just give me a movie. That's the first negotiation. That's a

tough negotiation. Oh, well, we've made our own movies. They've got nothing on the internet. No traction. And Chris Hemsworth's latest project is a shark documentary, a documentary on sharks, which involves how they feed and the science behind them.

And he has to give a shark a swab in its behind as part of the documentary. Oh, a digital relay. Yeah, yeah, as part of research. Is this necessary research? I don't know. Is the shark like what? Well, he's studying the eating habits of sharks. I don't know why, but it's all part of it.

And yeah, it's quite weird. Well, listen, if anyone was going to swab you, you'd let Hebsworth swab you. He could swab me all day long. Oh, God. Oh, God. I'm going to try and get that out of my brain. And that is your spy update for you.

For more, you can head to the hitstartcode.nz. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, the Pfizer vaccines that the New Zealand government were waiting to arrive, because next week they were meant to be running out. So it was just like, we're waiting on a shipment, guys. Because I remember Hippo was like,

oh, the day that they run out we're expecting some new ones to come in. He didn't feel fully confident. He didn't look confident. His voice was quivering. 150,000 doses. Well, they arrived yesterday afternoon. So there you go. Two days ahead of schedule which doesn't know we're happy with. Oh, the Hippo will be happy

about that. Yeah, Chris Hippikens was very happy about it. He said he spent most of last week biting his nails and watching shipping trackers to find out where they were. He was like, oh, it's like when you order something from... Tracking DHL. Culture Kings or ASOS or something online. You're like, oh, God, where is it? Okay, so it's at the domestic airport. Wasn't it okay?

Oh, yeah. Yep, all right. And so the track and trace worked well? Yeah, it did obviously work well. Did Hippo go, all right. And so the track and trace worked well? Yeah, it did obviously work well. Did Hippo go and pick it up from out at Highbrook? I don't know. Or did he be wanting to not miss the courier that day,

not get the card where you have to go pick it up like you said? I hope he does get it sent to his house too. I hope all the vaccines arrive at... Do they have to be kept refrigerated or something, don't they? Yes, they do. Yeah, I think they do have to be. And so then when they take them out, they have to use them within a certain time period. What's happening

with the rollout of that? It seems all higgledy piggledy to me. They're doing it in age brackets, I think. So they're calling a certain age bracket, starting from older to younger. Don't you worry. You're at the front of the queue for New Zealand, mate. Good!

My gold card should get me to the front of that queue. This is like 75 plus Zealand, mate. Good. You know? Get out there. My gold card should get me to the front of that queue. This is like 75 plus first, mate. But do you know, there's a guy here at work. He's like, I just got a random text last Friday. I think there was a few things that maybe not weren't legit. I don't know. But he went and got it done. Oh, so maybe it wasn't legit.

Well, I hope it's legit. Or else he was injected with something else. He's like, the guy had no teeth. But I trusted him anyway. But yeah, he just got a random text and turned up and got it done. Oh, really? Oh, there you go. But then, hey, who knows?

Who knows? Thank God I'm not in charge of it. It would be more of a shambles. After 7 o'clock, your chance to win $5,000. Five words, 5K. It's back on the hits. New Zealand's Breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits.

Kia ora, good morning. It is 7 o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on New Zealand's Breakfast. Now last week we had a bit of an intervention on the show about someone emailing early in the weekend. And I said, no emails. It was almost like you went the opposite way. And then it made me, like I was going to see what I will all later in the morning. And I was like, oh, maybe I can't because Jono hadn't started the ball rolling. The three of you pulled me aside and you said the emails were coming too thick and fast.

First thing on a Saturday morning. Like six o'clock Saturday morning. So you went the opposite end. You didn't email. Then I felt like, oh God, he isn't emailing. I'm very self-conscious about my emailing now. Does he hate us? I don't know.

And I had some great emails to send too. Some of the finest emails. Yeah, because I was going to send one about nine o'clock in the morning and I was like, oh, no one's emailing. Oh, I better not. Some of the finest emails. Yeah, because I was going to send one about 9 o'clock in the morning because I was like, ooh, no one's, ooh, ooh, I better not. Better not. See, now we've messed with the equilibrium here. See, what usually happens is

I get the ball started at 6, everyone knows it's okay to email. But now no one knows when the appropriate start time is. Exactly. I sent one this morning I was going to send. It was my drafts over the weekend because I didn't know what to do. Got another one ready to go too,

but I was like, I can't send that yet. Do you want me to go back to you, Marnie, really? Was it comfortable? It's what we all knew. Yeah, that's what we all knew. It was annoying for you guys

getting bing, bing, bing at six o'clock on a Saturday morning, but it was nice. We all knew our place. You all went, oh, bloody Jono, and you moved on with your day. Yeah.

The Warehouse presents Jono and Ben's Battery Operated Torch Tour. This is fun. Yeah, the Olympics just a couple of weeks away, and the Warehouse is a proud sponsor of the New Zealand Olympic team. And we're teaming up with the Warehouse for Jono and Ben's Battery Operated Tour. So we're visiting the warehouse stores next week but our torch is starting on Friday in Invercargill at the Invercargill

store, the Levin Street store, sorry, this Friday and if you go down you can get your photo taken with the torch, register your details and you could win $10,000 cash. $10,000 because we figured that the torch didn't do the usual tour of the world.

No. That it usually does. So we're manufacturing our own tour. Now, we can't have one with open flames. Ben's not allowed around open flames. He's an arsonist. So we've gone for a battery-operated torch that we're going to take up the country. And as Ben mentioned, if you have a photo with any of the wadi-fadis throughout New Zealand,

throughout Aotearoa, then you can win $10,000 and nothing screams Olympics like Jono and Ben. Highly trained athletes. Now we're going to go on the road with the warehouse and our battery operated torch tour next week. So come on down and check us out. If you want to check us out. We're available. We'll come and check the warehouse out and get a photo. If you want to check us out. I mean, we're available.

We'll come and check the warehouse out and get a photo. We're available to check out too. We're pretty disappointing. But yeah, what if the battery runs out too? I've just factored this in now. Oh yeah, well, the warehouse. You want a long lasting battery, don't you? The batteries are in the warehouse.

So there you go. Yeah, there you go. You can check those out too. At the John O'Bens Battery Operated Torch Store, it's thanks to the warehouse. It there you go. Yeah, there you go. You can check those out too. The Jono and Ben's battery-operated torch tour. It's thanks to the warehouse. Affordable sports gear. It's easy to make your start. And they are a proud sponsor

of the New Zealand Olympic team. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our Game of Words Association. We play it every morning on the show. We say the first things that pop into your head.

Well, we tell you something, you say the first things that pop into your head. And if your words match with, you say the first things that pop into your head, and if your words match with our words, you win $5,000. Jono is with us from Tauranga. More in, Jono, how are you? Yeah, I'm good, thank you.

All the better for getting through, mate. Lovely to have you on. Now, I couldn't think of a better way to start the week. $5,000. The only better way to start the week would be waking up this morning and being told it was a public holiday. Now, that's not going to

happen. But we could get you $5,000 Jono. You need to send either Juliet Ben or myself into the soundproof booth. Who's it going to be? Ben Jono. I'm going to have to go with you Jono. I was thinking yeah would the Jono connection be strong? He only feels obliged because

of the namesake. And I'm also auditioning Jono to take over from Jono after this as well. Well, I like him. I think he's a great replacement. All right, I'll head into the soundproof booth. Try and win your money. All right, Jono, you know how this works. It's going to get quite confusing with the two Jonos.

But anyway, Jono on the phone right now. Here is your first word this morning. Coriander. Coriander. Spice. Spice. Nice. Jandal is your second word this morning.

Jandal. Jandal. Can I come back to that one? You can come back to that one for sure. The third word this morning, Jono, is prom. Prom? Prom? Prom.

Prom. The Americans will say prom. Prom night. Prom night. Yeah, nice. The fourth word this morning is score. S-C-O-R-E, score. Score.

You can score. Goal. Score a goal. And the final word, of course, we've got to come back to Jandle, but the final word is oil. O-I-L, oil. Oil. Oil.

What have you got there? Oil. Slippery. Slippery, yeah. It's tough, eh, when these words come out for the first time. All right, Jono, we're going to go back to Jandl now. Jandl. Jandl.

Flip-flop. Flip-flop. Nice. There's some good words there, Jono. I think you did a good job. Under some tough, tough circumstances, we're going to get the other Jono. Our second favourite Jono had this little

game this morning. Back out of the booth. Jeez, you could not swing a cat in that soundproof booth, could you? Who started swinging cats in rooms? Every day you come out with a new little thing about the soundproof booth. Especially as a way of measuring a room. You'd be like, I'm a mate. I'm going to pass me a cat here

and I'll just imagine you walk into, you just moved into a flat, Juliet, if you just started swinging a cat around. I mean, it's a great room if you can swing a cat around. No, not for the SPCA. Alright, we're going to get into this now and see if you can connect with Jono

and win him five words for $5,000. Okay, take it away. Coriander. Well, the first thing that comes into my head is i despise coriander okay it's like an assault upon your mouth oh really that bad yeah okay you can pick it out i guess there's an i hate coriander group on facebook yeah there's an i hate i hate coriander day i know about tours reading the other day. But I'll probably go... Herbs? Herbs and...

Spices? Yeah, spice. Spice was the one that Jono went. Oh, Jono, I'm sorry. Oh, jeez, mate. No worries. Oh, mate. Okay, let's do this dance.

You know how it works. All right, Jandal. Flip-flop. Yes, well done. Prom. Prom. Americans say prom. Dance.

Prom night. Score. What are you scoring? Settle. Score. Settle. Score. Oh, settle.

Score. There we go. And oil. Oil. Baby oil. I love it when we extract those oil from those babies. Hey, Jono, thanks so much for playing, my friend, and hopefully we get to do it again.

No worries, mate. Thank you. It's tough, eh? It is. That was hard work. Corey and producer Humphrey. I get herbs and spices. I see how you got there.

We got some Spying Salmon news on the way. Spy. The what's up. Spy.co.nz. Now over to our resident millennial on the show. Everyone says millennials are entitled, but I was at Briscoe's over the weekend, and have you ever witnessed an old lady

being told her gift card has expired? Now that's a scene. I can imagine. All right, what's happened to Spy, Ju? So Nick Cannon, he's an American comedian. He was the host of The Masked Singer in the United States. And he used to be married to Mariah Carey for about eight years. He's welcomed his seventh child.

And this is just a few days after the birth of his fifth and his sixth child. What? So basically, his current girlfriend, who he's with now, has given birth to their first child together, which is his seventh child. The weekend before, his ex-partner Gave birth to twins And he's also got two children with Mariah Carey Who are twins as well

So he's got two sets of twins But hold on he must have Because you've got to be pregnant for nine months So he moved on from his previous partner To his new partner Obviously before his previous partner was pregnant. Well, here's the thing. He says he's a proud polyamorist,

which means that he kind of has multiple relationships going on at the same time, a lot of open communication with those sorts of relationships. And he's also made no secret of wanting to father as many children as possible. The guy, Nick Cannon, needs to retire his cannon. Cover that cannon up. Cut the cannon off of anything. So two sets of twins and seven children total, that's a real

real handful. Ben, what do we say in these situations? Happy. One, two, three. As long as they're happy. The hits. The motto of the hits, right? And in other quick news, a weird couple, Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd,

were spotted on a dinner date together. He's 31, she's 46. They haven't really been linked in the past, but maybe it was a professional dinner date, who knows? Maybe it's a romantic thing, but she's no longer obviously with Brad Pitt. But, you know, there's a big age gap there. But what does it matter? As long as they're happy.

You guys are catching on, aren't you? Oh, that'd be nice. That'd be nice. We'd love to see it. He seems like a bit of an old soul. I would have thought he was older than 31. Yeah, true. True.

Yeah. He dated Selena Gomez for a little bit there. He also dated model Bella Hadid, who's Gigi Hadid's sister so he's done quite well with the models. You're the same you're an old soul producer Juliet. She spends her weekends crocheting and walking.

You just said that before actually when you just popped out of the bathroom she's like I'm so glad my drinking days are over. You're like you're 24. Mate, we need to sort this out. You're like, you're 24. Mate, we need to sort this out. You need to not turn up to work tomorrow and go on a nine-day bender. I don't want to see you until next Wednesday.

I had two wines once and all that was too much. Maybe that can be our next story arc. See how long I can just drink. The chase starts soon as well, Juliet. You want to watch that? Thanks very much. And that is Spy. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jon you can head to thehits.co.nz. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits.

Got a good morning. Welcome along to the show. It is a cold, cold morning around the country. Auckland this morning, just after 6 o'clock, it was 3 degrees in Auckland, and then we were like, oh, it's cold here. But down in Twizel, negative 6 degrees around about the same time this morning.

Oh, but listen, let's not judge on degreeage. We should. Whether you're in Auckland or whether you're in Twizel, let's just all agree collectively that we're all cold, okay? It doesn't matter who's coldest. Some of the kids over the weekend, we just saw a photo of Bee Humps, British Bee Humps' family out there

playing rugby down south in frosty, frosty conditions. In bare feet as well. No, I just made them sound harder by saying bare feet. Kids just don't feel the cold at all. I picked Poppy up from after school and she's like in a T-shirt. I was like, put a jersey on.

Turned into that guy. Put a jersey, you must be freezing. She's like, whatever, old man. It's like, I don't know what age you start feeling the cold. She could probably go swimming in the beach and she'd be fine. Yeah, well, they do. They stay in the pool for so long. But then they come out there and they're shivering and stuff. But they just stay.

I mean, you'd say they're in a hospital with hypothermia. But they're not feeling it. Welcome to the Space Jam. Space Jam's a new legacy. Ten shots at 10K with Jono and Ben. It stars LeBron James, NBA champion, as well as all the Looney Tunes that are in cinemas this week, the slam dunk movie of the year.

We're putting dads in a jam to basically go to get 10 shots at $10,000. This Friday we're going to do this, and you can actually win each shot that the dad doesn't make. We'll give away to the next caller on air $1,000. We've got Aston on the phone. You're 13 years old, Aston? Yeah. Yeah. That's right. Is it a good age, 13?

You enjoying the 13th year? Yeah, yeah. What's been a highlight? Probably just going to high school. Oh, nice. What do you want to be when you're older, Aston? You tell us. Probably a doctor. Yeah, well I can't make that come true. You're going to need to go to university. There's nothing we can do here at radio. We can give you guys a family going to need to go to university. There's nothing we can do here at radio.

No, but we can give you guys a family pass to Space Jam and New Legacy. That's what we can do. And we can hopefully put you guys in the draw for 10 shots at $10,000. Oh. All right. Now, we need to put your dad in a bit of a jam right now. So we need some questions that your dad hopefully will know the answer to. But when put on the spot, he might crumble a little bit.

So what's your dad's name? His name's Roman. What's your birthday? The 11th of November, 2007. Oh, 11th of November, 2007. Wonderful date there, Aston. Okay, let's go your best friend. Who's that?

My best friend is Malachi. Does Malachi have a surname? Yes, his last name's Kana. Malachi Kana. Do you reckon Roman's going to go on that? Hopefully he'll know it. Oh, okay. He's backing him.

He's backing Dad in here for 10 shots of $10,000. And the third question, have you got any siblings? Yes, I do. Okay. What is one of their birthdays there, Aston? The 1st of March, do. Okay. What is one of their birthdays there, Aston? The 1st of March 2020. 2020? And it was just last year.

Yeah. And who's this? Whose birthday is this? My sister Eleanor. Okay, we're going to go through to Roman, your dad, right now. All right, put him under the pump. Love this. Very stressful for fathers.

It's more stressful than when a dad pulls into a driveway after a hard day's work and realised they were meant to pick the kids up and forgot to. Morena Roman speaking. Morena Roman, it's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. You're on the radio, your son's here, there's a lot going on,

but don't you think too hard about it. We've got some questions for you, Roman, this morning. Some dates. We're putting in a bit of a jam thanks to the new Space Jam movie, A New Legacy. And if you get these correct, you go on the draw for 10 basketball shots at $10,000. Awesome.

Sounds great, mate. Just first question, too. Are you not playing in the NBA? I mean, I wish I would, but no. No? Okay, good. You're eligible for no. No, okay, good. You're eligible for this. Ashton, his birthday,

what is the day and the year, please? Ashton's birthday, the 11th of 11th, 2007. Oh, well done. Beautiful. Easy date to remember too, 11-11. 11-11's good. Yeah.

Well done. He's one from three. Okay okay we want the first and last name of aston's best friend bff oh he thinks he's got heaps of best friends but um he's got one in particular it'll be uh malachi oh wow we thought that one might trip you up, but it didn't. I know a lot of my kids' friends' first names. Yeah, last names. I couldn't back it up with the... Yeah, well done, well done. As in sister, Eleanor, what is her birthday in the year, please? Actually, this is a tough one.

This is actually to his mother, so it's not on my side, but... Oh. Yeah. Oh, you made it extra tricky okay oh sorry about this it was uh she turned uh one not so long ago it's in march um he's like guys this is this isn't even my kid no i know i know it's my boy's sister yeah yeah no i'm gonna give you that one because we did yeah like you like you did really well to know it was where. Well done.

You guys have got a family pass to Space Jam A New Legacy, and you guys are in the draw for 10 basketball shots at $10,000, all right? Awesome. Thanks, mate. Get Space Jam A New Legacy. It's in cinemas July 8th. And this Friday, someone will be taking 10 shots at $10,000. If you want to get in the draw, nominate yourself and your dad at thehits.co.nz.

And make sure you tune in this Friday because even if you're not the one making the shots, you can still win the cash. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from 6 on The Hits. And via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast. Friends of Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh.

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