Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: What Is The Worst Song Ever?

Episode Date: August 8, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast, Jono goes down an internet wormhole trying to find the worst song ever, Ben chats about his Cat attacking his vet and we chat to a lady who spent a whole day with her pants inside out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast. Kia ora, 9th of August today. I must say, happy birthday to my friend Mark Emel, who lives in Santiago, Chile. Oh nice, he always calls you, but he's not the best at checking the time zone, is he? No, the problem is, yeah,

like when you live in Santiago, Chile. Chile or Chile? Chile. Maybe that's a good question next time he calls you. Yeah, next time he calls. He, you know, it's 11 o'clock midnight there and it's, you know, morning tea here. He's like,

hi, man, how's it going? You know, full, as you would be at 11 o'clock at night. Yeah, I mean, it seems like a great place to be living. The time zones have never synced up for both parties,

but, you know, his birthday today over there. Oh, happy birthday. He won't hear this. He's not listening to the podcast over there. He can get it worldwide, mate. Should I text him?

I'll say, listen to the podcast today. Podcast and special happy birthday shout out. Yeah, can get it worldwide, mate. Shall I text him? I'll say, listen to the podcast today. Podcast special, happy birthday. Shout out. Happy birthday to you, mate. Santiago Chile. They had a lot of COVID. He was locked down.

Him and his partner, Sarah, they were locked down in an apartment for a year. Really? 12 months. They could walk out to take their dog for a walk, half an hour a day. The rest of the time. Locked in an apartment? In an apartment. We moaned about lockdown here.

Oh, no. We had nothing to. People had the right to moan. Obviously, it affected businesses and things, so I won't say that. But, you know, just think, 12 months. Over 12 months, I think it was. Remember, I'd come in and I'd be like, it's been 40. You're like, no.

Yeah. So there are obviously, I I mean the rest of the world feel like a lot of them are out now yeah they're out and about he's never had it yeah because he was in an apartment

he's locked in an apartment that's what locked down an apartment for over 40 months but he reckons that he's gone over to Brazil nightclubs wild wild times still hasn't caught it

calling you through it all through it all yeah you're living vicariously through him that's right except for his lockdown stage. That's the part I don't want to be.

Living through. Really fun show today. We talked about people who had clothing mishaps, got their clothing a bit wrong. There's some great goals in that one. After a lady wore

Nutritionalist, what did you say? Nutritionalist or Nutritionalist? Well, let's put this to bed because we did start talking about it. This is like Chile. Chile.

Chile or Chile. Let's answer this to bed because we did start talking about it. This is like Chile. Chile. Chile or Chile. Let's answer both questions now. How to pronounce Chile? Oh, there's a guy we always use. He's really good. Hopefully this is him. Yeah, I'm sure he'll have that. This is him.

Yeah. The name of the country. No. Chile. Chile. In Spanish, this is pronounced Chile. Chile. Chile. Chile. In Spanish, this is pronounced Chile. Chile. Chile.

Chile. This is normally pronounced Chile. Chile. He's literally given us all three options. So it felt like if we were... So in English, we can say Chile. Yeah, right. But in Spanish, you'd say Chile.

But then you can also say chile there's three he's confused me even further yeah what was the other one nutritionalist it's nutritionist nutritionist yeah that's what i mean where's the where'd you get that a list from well no because we'd both both made the mistake this morning of going we spoke to nutritionist claire turnbull and then so it's nutritionist nutrition yeah i thought so i'd like to hear a pronunciation from the internet Let's go I'll bet I get an ad served to me first

Nutritionist Nutritionist Yeah Not nutritionist I hate it when we do stuff like that It makes us You can tell the shows that are pretending to be smart. We're definitely one of those.

When you're just trying, you try and chuck out big words. Yeah, you're like, oh, I think that was something. And you're like, I just say it, and I hope that no one else pulls me up on it, and you did today. You're like, is that the right thing? But I'd said it as well. But you were right.

You were right. It wasn't the right thing. I was totally wrong. Nut oh we're just a nest you never list nutritional you never want the bosses of a radio station to hear the radio announcer going is that a word yeah you know all right we'll enjoy the podcast with some words that may be made up as well enjoy mature responsible and considerate three words we sadly can't use here jonathan bean on the hits producer joey doing well yeah good thanks yeah good uh i overheard a conversation you got into a new flat i did yes congratulations thank you that was really quick you're only just

going for it yesterday yeah yeah hopefully um they don't check our references or anything because they were all made up. How was the flatting game at the moment? Was it hard to get a place? Well, we thought it was hard, but this one took about 24 hours. So fingers crossed we get over the line as well. Because we haven't signed anything yet. We've paid the money, but fingers crossed.

Bit of a tumultuous run in your last flat from what I gather. Yes, it was a bit of a first time flatting experience. And so do I feel sorry for the neighbours who are around you? Maybe not the neighbours as such, but maybe the landlord. It's not the cleanest house. But hey, we've got a few weeks to make dividends of that. Jeez. Hey, well, speaking of houses and stuff, on my street at the moment,

an abundance of road cones. So many road cones, but nothing happening. No one's coming and doing any work. Someone placed at least 50 to 80 road cones. That's a lot of road cones. And the thing I love about road cones, and it came up on Paddy Gower's documentary, and it was $150 it costs per road cone.

People like Joel are taking them to their flats, aren't you? How many road cones have you got in your flat? No road cones at our flat, don't worry. There's probably about 12 in there, you know, around the place. But my thing with road cones is if they're so expensive, just make cheaper ones. Like they're just orange bits of plastic. Why do we have to make $150 road cones? And they're like, oh, everyone's stealing our $150 road cones.

We'll just make cheaper road cones. But I guess what else? I mean, maybe that's the cheapest. I don't know. Make them out of paper or something. I don't know. But what's that? Why do they have to be so expensive to produce? But that's probably the cheapest you can make. I mean, that's pretty good, isn't it? Isn't that pretty good? $150? I know, but if I had just bought something for $150, I'm not going to leave it

on the side of the road. Well, yeah, true. I see what you're saying right now. For Gen Z Mundus to just pick up and do what they put on their head. They do end up, like, I never know. How do they end up at the top of a tree? I mean, I know how, obviously. But these trees that are so high, there'll be a road coming up the top. That's wild.

I always love driving around and seeing them on top of, you know, dignified statues of the founding fathers and sisters of this country yeah you know like there's a road on kate shepard's head who climbed up there and did that they really seem like they're a lot more for prank purposes than they are for actual traffic purposes it's a it is a weird weirdly shaped orange symbol of power, isn't it? It was kind of like when Donald Trump was president. You could just put one down and everyone will abide by,

oh, there's a road cone there. I can't park there. My dad has, you know, this might be throwing him under the bus here. He, through the earthquakes in Christchurch, he managed to nab a couple of road cones. And what he does now, they're in a very busy street. If they've got friends coming over, he just puts road cones out. And they just park.

And no one ever park. Like, no one's like, oh, then he'll move them away so they can park there. Yeah. He's like, who's put them here? No one ever questions who's put them there

and what they're there for. And what's stopping you from driving up and moving them and just parking your car anyway? Like, what is the worst that can happen? We're getting towed, but you're right.

We place a lot of weight and importance on these orange things. Scrolling through your feed. He's addicted to one thing, the news. And it's time for him to take another hit or else he'll start getting jittery, won't he? Ben, what's going on? Well, 10 years ago, it was 10 years that Prince Harry was in his, you know, single days.

His sort of wilder single days. Remember when he went to Las Vegas? He was in Las Vegas. Yeah. He was doing all his shirtless partying in Vegas. Yeah, they were playing a game of pool billiards, and he was playing with a couple of Vegas dancers, and they were playing the strip version of the game

where they had to obviously take off clothes when, you know, when balls were sunk. And Harry ended up stripping down to his birthday suit at the time, and apparently his underwear from 10 years ago was held onto by one of the dancers and she is now auctioning auctioning auctioning

it's a hard way to say it it's early it's 6 or 7 in the morning but she's putting it up for sale on charity well a little bit for charity and a little bit for herself as well

and they reckon she reckons it could get a million bucks a million dollars for Harry's underwear is the charity just herself the whole charity what charity is she giving it to

okay so it's a part of the auction will herself? Well, yeah, a lot of it is. What charity is she giving it to? Okay, so part of the auction will, well, basically if you bid and it goes over $800,000, the winner will get a very flash bottle of Dom Pillon wrapped in 24-karat gold wine. That's worth over $200,000. So you get a bottle of that. And then part of the auction, just says part of the auction is going to go to charity,

the rest will go to her. But I reckon, would it get a million dollars for harry's underwear i wouldn't have knew or used well they definitely will use yeah what's happened to them since have they gone have they not your mum washed your dan carter underpants that you got signed the jockeys have they gone through you know personal a personal cycle or are they still og yeah if i if i took a swab will i get some dna Oh, geez. She says she's holding the auction to remind people of the fun side of Harry, the side before...

The side he wants to forget about and move on with his married life and his children. Exactly. And a French scientist has had to apologise for a spicy space prank. He tweeted a picture of... It was basically a slice of chorizo, of a sausage. But he said, and it did look a bit like a little distant star. He said this was a star that he'd seen through the telescope in the sky. Look at the detail.

This is amazing. People are like, wow, that's amazing. I remember this photo on the Herald. And later he's like, hey, it was Toretto. Just a piece of salami. Yeah, a bit of sausage, a bit of salami. He said it was just a bit of a fun prank Some form of amusement

Did it get away on him? Maybe You know when it starts picking up news all over the world You're like, oh dear God Oh dear God What did we have an issue with? Oh, we had some lady who Oh, she slept with a ghost

Now she slept with a ghost We recorded this call and we were like Oh yes We were like, oh my God, this lady She's like slept with a ghost She's in a relationship with a ghost We recorded this call And we were like Oh yes We were like Oh my god this lady She's like slept with a ghost She's in a relationship with a ghost We recorded this call

None the wiser Well no we had no idea that No And then it picked up in the UK In the States It was sort of Worldwide The bad world news

Worldwide attention Oh my god this is the craziest story We've ever had Our producer came up to us This was a previous radio station Previous radio station You know Three weeks radio station You know Three weeks later after

You know the Whirlwind Whirlwind World Tour We'd done interviews We were thinking radio awards Everything He was like Hey I I actually teed that caller up

And we're like what? Well you made it up You cheated And we just went Oh dear god That really got away on us Yeah exactly Because the whole

I remember the pre-show meeting I was like we're going to find someone who slept with a ghost I guarantee it put my name to it

everyone was like no we won't and then I thought oh well there we go felt validated for a moment there have you ever slept with a ghost actually

4487 bring it back eh you're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the hit. I've got a wonderful amount of citrus growing on the property, Ben boy. So I boast a lot about the lemons that I have on offer.

And I always brag that I bring in copious amounts of lemons. Bags and bags and bags of lemons. Never bought them. No, you bought them one, I think, after a while. But I've also got a tange yellow tree out the back. And my parents, when they come and say, they're like, oh, Jay, you've got to use the tange. I'm not a garden Yeah But I've also got A tangelo tree Right Out the back And my parents When they come and say They're like

Oh Jay you've got to use the tangelo I'm not a garden person You know Yeah right I generally let the tangelos Fall off the tree Some rat will come along And nibble them

And then I mow over them With the warm mower That's the life cycle Of a tangelo And I was like No no Annie and John are like They're beautiful tangelos

You know juice them Eat them So what are tangelos Are they It them eat them it's all those tangelos it's kind of like an orange because there's tangerines as well there's a whole

must be a whole lot of yeah I've never heard of a tangelo so yeah citrus family they had many offspring didn't

they but yeah tangelo quite a sort of bit more bite to it than an orange right

a bit more sour slightly and my mum every time I phone her have you because her big thing is

like well if you're not going to use them then pick them off put them in a bag and give them to the neighbours. A nice neighbourly gesture. But the problem is, and I did this yesterday. The problem is once you front a neighbourly gesture, the neighbour then feels obliged to return with a gesture.

Right. And we have lovely neighbours. Blessed to have beautiful neighbours. So I handed her a bag of Tangellos or Tangeray, whatever they are. Yeah. And I got on with my day and then I heard a, yoo-hoo. And then he's gone out and he's picked some lemons. And he's like, here's, I'll return the favour with some lemons.

So now it's about, he just wanted to even, like, you've given me something, I've given you something, let's call it. It's like you with the coffee situation here at work. You don't like it when one of us goes I'll get coffees for everyone because then that puts us in this thing yeah then you've got

to do that and then we get into the system of yeah which is that's right then I'm like oh jeez

I need to pay for coffees tomorrow because I produced a behemoth yeah that's right so that's it's on my mind

yeah you can't let it go yeah the same thing with an able gesture isn't it you're either you're either

even the playing field immediately or you're in debt it was lovely that they did that and they drop off well that was the other thing because they're very generous

with lemon curd she makes lemon curd delicious on toast we get a jar of lemon curd I'm like I can't make preserves

so I go and buy like a box of roses and I chuck that on their lawn so it's a tip for tap but you just want to you need to keep it to that even key I had an awkward encounter so I go and buy like a box of roses. I chuck that on their lawn. So it's a tit for tat, but you just want to, you need to keep it at that even key.

Yeah. I had an awkward encounter, I told you about that before, with new neighbours, didn't realise they were new neighbours, and my wife had been across the road, she'd, their car was parked,

or I think the lights were on or something, and she'd gone across to go, hey, knock on the door, just so you know, the lights have been left on outside, and they're like, oh, thank you very much, and while my wife was there at the door, she's like, oh, your dinner the door, just so you know, the lights have been left on outside. And they're like, oh, thank you very much.

And while my wife was there at the door, she's like, oh, your dinner smells delicious whenever you're cooking. And then my wife had gone, she was heading off. I didn't realize this whole conversation had happened. I get a knock on the door 10 minutes later with a lady with plastic containers.

Oh, a Tupperware container. Here you go, here you go. And I'm like, no, I didn't order anything. Thanks very much. And I was in the middle of something, I think I was at the final, and I was like, no, no, I didn't order anything. You must have the was in the middle of something I think I was at the finals like no no I didn't order

anything you must have the wrong house slam alright have a great evening did you shut the door on him first

I said have a great evening alright goodbye and then later on when my wife got home she found the same containers left on the doorstep

with little notes saying this is from your neighbour because she thought that I was a what a monster I look like so I haven't

returned the favour since then because I don't know how to pull that back. Well, it's too long now. You can't even think about pulling it back. Well, I'm not going to make my day. Hey, you know seven months ago I slammed the door in your face and you were just trying to give me a lovely hot meal.

Yeah, I made burgers tonight. Here's an extra one. Would you like one? You can't claw it back. I just smile and wave and that's it. That's fine. And then she was like, oh. And so she would have had to go home, get a note, come back.

I had so much effort to go to. You're like, I've got some stuff happening, lady. There's a lot going on. No time for your generosity. We didn't order anything on Uber Eats. What an idiot. This is the Jono and Ben podcast. Wall-to-wall talking without the niggly popular songs in between.

Good morning. Tuesday morning. We're looking for the best song ever. After 9 o'clock this morning, we're putting the biggest songs of all time head to head. You decide what is the best song ever. Yesterday, some great songs made it through. Alanis Morissette.

It's like rain. Oh, Joan. Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen. A bit Gangster's Paradise. And if you like a bit of dirty dancing, you'll love this song I Had The Time Of My Life There are some

very sexy songs in that soundtrack isn't there? After 9 o'clock this morning we've got the likes of Peter Andre Pink

Oasis Spice Girls Tupac John Farnham GNR Bon Jovi I mean there's a whole lot of great artists

Love it Love it We're celebrating the best of music here on The Hits Like John Farnham, GNR, Bon Jovi. I mean, there's a whole lot of great artists. Yeah, love it. Love it. We're celebrating the best of music here on The Hits. And Ben, I've got the worst songs ever. Now, this has been compiled, and I only like to imagine some sort of cynical music reviewer who hasn't been outside in six years compiling this list with utter disdain.

And I don't know what the list is based on but I'm picking it was compiled by a lot of positive people okay right so the worst songs ever these are the top five now I personally I didn't mind this song but it's landed in at number

number five Puff Daddy I'll Be Missing You what? that's a great... No. He wrote this about his dead mate, for goodness sake. Who wants to put this one in the worst songs ever? I mean, have you not heard like Crazy Frog and things like that?

I'll Be Missing You. Well, apparently no one's missing that song on the worst songs ever. I don't believe that, but okay. Next one here. Celine Dion. No, stop it now. Stop it but okay. Next one here. Celine Dion. No, stop it now. Stop it now. Get out of here.

Do you want me to? No, keep going. We'll be under time for news if I get what you have. Celine Dion, My Heart Will Go On. Unfortunately, like the Titanic, the reviewers said this was a disaster. Our friend Dan loves Celine Dion. Remember we went to Las Vegas on a boys trip and then wanted to go to Celine Dion

and no one else would go with him. So he went to Celine Dion by himself. Front row. He says, on a lads tour. He went to Celine Dion. So that's in there at number four. Don't break my heart, my achy, breaky heart. Well, we're going to break his achy, breaky heart

because Billy Ray Cyrus is in at number three. Don't tear my heart, my achy, breaky heart Well we're going to break his achy breaky heart Because Billy Ray Cyrus is in At number three Achy breaky heart These are all I told you I'm not happy with this And I kind of agree with this next one The rednecks

Cotton eyed joe Where did this song come from And where did it go I kind of agree with this next one. The Rednecks, Cotton Eye Joe. Okay, all right, all right. Where did the song come from and where did it go? No one cares. It came back a little bit like I think it was a TikTok dance or something. You know, like as songs do, it comes back into fashion again. So, yeah. And again, I don't agree with this, but the number one.

This is the worst song ever. We built the city on rock and roll what this is a terrible list of best songs this is the worst list of the worst songs ever should have built the city

on some more solid foundations so they'd have a bigger hit but yeah apparently top five worst songs well you have after nine o'clock this morning I've offended Ben he's not happy

you get to decide so you don't feel like I do right now and a little bit miffed. Well, there already is probably four out of those five songs are in our account now. Yeah. The hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast. Scrolling through your feed.

His body is a news mountain and I'm ready to explore it. Ben, come at us. There seems to be a new political poll every couple of weeks, but the latest one has seen the Labour Party at its lowest, polling at its lowest since 2017, according to this poll. The National Party is down slightly, but with ACT, it can form a government. Just with those two parties? Yeah. National and Labour both slipped a wee bit.

Benefiting a lot was ACT, who were up a wee bit as well. And Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Christopher Luxon Both slipped a wee bit. Benefiting a lot was ACT, who were up a wee bit as well. And Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Christopher Luxon both dropped a little bit down three points in popularity for the preferred Prime Minister. I mean, Labour's had to make... Why am I chiming in on this? But I'll do it anyway. I've got no expertise.

They've had to make some big calls during a really tumultuous period for this country, haven't they? Some of those calls people have agreed with and some of those calls many haven't agreed with. And I think it's the life cycle of many parties as well, right? Yeah, the greats. And TV show hosts. I mean, we saw it.

We were riding high for a while with a TV show and that all, you know. Yeah, it's just the, what do they call it, the bell curve of popularity. Our bell curve was really low and flat for the entire period. Yeah, and they were doubtful again. But also the bell curve of popularity. Our bell curve was really low and flat for the entire period. Yeah, and they were down back in. But also the bell curve of success, the All Blacks

arguably are going through it at the moment as well. There's cycles and I think it was the great Helen Clark. Is she a Dame yet? I feel like I should call her Dame Helen Clark.

If not, I've just given her a new title. She always said, second term, they love you the first term, second term, they'll start turning on you. And I think that's what we might be seeing for some people.

And, well, ended, of course, over the weekend, Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, their relationship. And according to a source, I always wonder who that source is. Who's that person talking about it? It's a Sriracha. No, no, no. Who's the person talking about it? But it was ended because of Pete Davidson's immaturity.

And that didn't mean he was going around wedging everyone and doing things like that. Licking his finger and shoving it in her ear the whole time. But when you look at it, maybe this is true. I mean, she is 41 years old. She is a mum of four. He's 28 years old. You know, maybe they're at different stages of their life.

I mean, alarm bells should have been ringing for Kim Kardashian when he got her kid's names tattooed on his body. For me, I'm like, is this guy, is he a sound decision maker? Well, yeah. It's like me. I've got all the scribble all over my body. But yeah, well, listen, I wish them both the best. Yeah.

Yeah. I think they had a fun time while it lasted. I hope they're happy at the moment. Yeah, he got some good Instagram shots, Don't you? Yeah, I think they had a fun time while it lasted. Hopefully they're happy at the moment. Yeah, he got some good Instagram shots, didn't he? Kanye West, though, obviously, you know, everyone's like, what does he have to say on it? Well, he put out a bit of a social media post yesterday with, like, a fake newspaper headline saying the death of Skeet Davidson,

which is, you know, his nickname for Pete Davidson. And he was like, the death of Skeet Davidson. So he's like, I'm done. I'm done. It's over for me now too. For Kanye? I can put that aside as well. I mean, he went on a relentless online bullying campaign, didn't he?

He did. Yeah, and even lost him the slot at Coachella, didn't it? Yeah. Yeah, and he didn't back down from bullying. Oh, no. And he's got the final nail in the coffin today. Everyone just being a bit nicer to each other. How about that?

How does that sound? What I appreciated yesterday though was talking to NTR, Hollywood Insider. I didn't realise Kim Kardashian owns 90%, 90% of Kanye West's Yeezy. Yeah.

Fashion line. Oh no. 90%. I think at the end of the day they're all going to be alright. They'll be fine. They'll all be fine. Let's not worry about them.

Worry about us though. Yeah, please do. About bell curves. If you've got any worries today, increase our bell curve. At least make it a curve. Yeah, that'd be nice. We're not flatlining the entire time. And not afraid to use the F word. Be family, friendly, fun.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Told a story a couple of days ago about something that happened over the holiday period. Went to a water park. Love a hydroslide. Love it. Love it. This is in a seven-year-old boy. He's never really grown up from that, have you?

No, I don't know what it is, but I really love it. Not with merch. He's got a Toy Story 4 backpack. He's got little figurines around the house, a little Avengers and Simpsons figurines. Maybe it's your kid at heart. Maybe it's because, you know. He's just a big kid at heart. Yeah.

It's your character. But, you know, so're just a big kid at heart. Yeah. It's your character. But, you know, so one of my daughters, Sienna and I, we loved it. We had a great time at the water park. And as you know, every kid and every person has things that they kind of go, oh, maybe this is not for me. This is, you know, things I'm a bit tentative about. Well, my other daughter, Indy. Like how I decided to pursue a life of Catholicism, Ben, being a Catholic,

and you decided to practice worshipping Satan. Well, I don't know if worship Satan is quite the truth of the matter. You've really embellished that there. But my daughter, Indy, she was a bit nervous about it, and we had a bit of a conversation going, well, hey, we're here. There are some things in life that sometimes you try these things, you put yourself out of the comfort zone, and at the end of it, you're like, you're really proud of what you did.

You achieved something, you know? And it's okay to be a little bit scared. So is this happening while you're all soggy and togs at the top of the water slide? Yeah, so we walked to the top. We didn't go the first time. She was a bit nervous. And so we walked all the way down, down the water slide, down the stairs, and that's fine. I said, before the end of the day, why don't we try?

Why don't we try one time? Give it a go. And she did to her credit we walked back up there before the end of the day and walked to the top and we're looking and she could tell she was quite you know quite nervous i understand i'm like it's okay whatever you think in your head how bad it is it's not going to be that bad because look there's little kids they're doing it they're having fun i'm going to be with you we'll be on a a tube together trust me it's going to. No, you use those two wonderful words, trust me. I know.

Whenever I find anyone's telling me to trust them, and whenever I say to anyone, trust me, the less I trust people. Yeah, it's something I normally say. Yeah. Do you say it much? All the time. All the time. And that's the thing.

I'm always having to resort to trying to convince people to trust me. I'm not trustworthy. I won't lie. That's why I'm always having to resort to trying to convince people to trust me i'm not trustworthy i won't lie that's why i'm always like just trust me can you open the the nozzle uh from inside the gas station trust me i'm okay i won't travel away that sort of situation and i'm never allowed i'm never allowed so i said to my daughter and she said okay i'll give it a go uh we'll just do it once it'll be fine and it wasn't fine it wasn't fine she was she did not enjoy it. It was the longest water slide ever. Poor little thing.

I felt awful because I thought it was going to be a really teachable moment. And she ended up being a little upset. We've got through it. We've moved on. But it was one of those things where I just felt awful. Yeah, you would do. And you should. I'm not going to make you feel better, mate.

Trust me. Trust me. All right, thanks. Trust you. Trust me. All right, thanks. Trust you. I trust you. So this is what we want to open up this morning. I ain't having the hits. Why are you dark at dad?

Yeah, what's something that happens that maybe your father did? You know, it seems to be quite often. Generalization, the dads. They're reckless. That would sometimes make a blunder like this. Yes. Yeah. I'm just always throwing stuff out like a hurricane. Just, oh, what would sometimes make a blunder like this. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I'm always,

I'm just always throwing stuff out like a hurricane. Just go, what's that? I'll chuck it out. You know, I like chucking stuff out and having a, having a clear space. And,

uh, you know, every second day, where's my poppy? Where's my, oh, geez, a hairbrush.

And, uh, well, it's not like you're using it, but I don't know why she's asking you. Trust me. I have no need for it. Trust me. So, Andrew, the Hits 4487, what happened when you ended up being a little bit dark at dad?

We'd love to hear from you on New Zealand's Breakfast after Anne-Marie on the Hits. Ah, well, I'll... If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Jono and Ben on the Hits. Just talking about why you're dark at dad. A lot of texts and calls coming through. Another thing, I used to get dark at my own dad, and he was just trying to teach me maths, how to do maths.

Now, John Pryor, my father, very scientific, sort of he's like a navigator in the Air Force. Very mathematical brain. And when he's trying to teach a brain like mine mathematics, it was almost like kim kardashian and pete davidson you you know it's never going to work out but you give it a bash anyway and that's how and that's how it ended up and so we would have some very dark nights this is your one time table hello oh my god so why are you dark at your dad on 0800? The hits, Adele Morena.

Good morning. Good morning to you. Dark at dad. Why were you dark at dad? Well, a few years ago, my dad, he got married, and he didn't even tell me he was getting married. Oh, he got married in secret. That's how I felt when I discovered J-Lo and Ben Affleck were married. feel cheated don't you yeah oh so this when did you find out like how long after the wedding

like a couple of months i think it was had you met his uh his partner his wife yes about maybe once before right so you knew he was in a relationship, you just didn't know that he got married and you weren't invited. Yeah, exactly. How did he drop the news? Because it's a big bomb to drop. Yeah. Well, I think I went over for dinner

and yeah, he told me. Did they have a party? No, they didn't have a party, but it still doesn't make it any better that he didn't let me know. No, I get it. Firstborn daughter, you know? Yeah, firstborn daughter, that's right. And so have you recovered?

Has the relationship recovered from this? Well, we're okay. We're okay. Yeah, we're not super close, but we're okay we're okay um yeah we're not super close but we're okay oh that's good oh that's good yeah you've got to have a relationship with your parents don't you absolutely yeah ben i know you were dark because you didn't get to go to movie world on the gold coast just thinking of that but i thought maybe it's not the quite the same but i'll tell you my scenario so So my parents, much like yours, they separated

and then they were in new relationships. They both got remarried. I went to the wedding, so that was good. Were the weddings good? Yeah, it was good. Good food? Yeah. But then they both decided to go separately with their new partners and

my sister to Movie World, Hollywood on the Gold Coast. One went for a trip, and then I was like, oh, I didn't get invited to that, okay. But maybe I'll get the next time. And then my other parent went with it, but took my sister a few months later, Hollywood on the Gold Coast, Movie World. I did it twice.

Twice. I would have loved Hollywood on the Gold Coast. Yeah, so it's not really in the same realm as your dad getting married. But that's his little story. Did the same sister get to go twice? Yes. Yeah, yeah. Mealy got twice. She went twice with both.

So he hasn't quite gotten over that yet, Adele. Yeah, I get that. I get that. It happens, but you move on. You move on. You do move on. Have you? I went that. It happens, but you move on. You move on. Don't you? You do move on. Have you? I went myself. I went many years later with my wife, Amanda. Have you moved on, Adele?

I have moved on. Would you like to go to Hollywood on the Gold Coast with me? I would. Is that my prize today? Is it? Well, we'll see. I don't know if I can quite organise that. I'd say it's a very weird prize.

And then he invited to take me on a trip to... I'll go with you, Bearden. I'll take you. There you go. Well, I don't know what's happened here, but this has got really weird all of a sudden. Some sort of children of divorced parents holiday is happening. Oh, Adele, thank you so much for your time this morning, mate.

You're a champion. You're awesome. No problem. Thank you. Have a your time this morning Mate you're a champion You're awesome No problem Thank you Have a great day See you mate Let's go Jono and Ben With five words

For 5k Stop any time To keep the cash Thank you Or play on To win more It is our Game of Words Association

We play it every morning At this time on the hits You can win $5000 If you match all our words, but there's plenty of cash to be won along the way. We're going to go to Christchurch, where I was talking to my mother, Annie Pryor. Annie Catherine Pryor said very cold in Christchurch at the moment. Is it cold, Caroline?

Yeah, it's raining and a little bit gross. A little bit gross, just like me. Just a little bit gross. Now, Caroline, we understand you're not playing today. You're putting forward your daughter Izzy at 11. Yeah, she rang while I was driving. Oh, so 11-year-old Izzy's grabbed the phone. She's got through on 0800 the hits.

And Izzy, are you ready to play five words for $5,000 or whatever figure you feel is an appropriate time to pull out of the game? Yeah. Okay, now you need to decide who you're going to send into the soundproof booth. Jono, please. All right. I'm going in. Jono will head on in there, and then we'll see how many words we can match up

and see if we can win you some cash. That'll hopefully warm things up for you a wee bit in Christchurch. Here is your first word. What pops into your head? Mum can play as well. When we say Timberlake. Timberlake. Justin.

Justin. Exactly what I was thinking. Last. L-A-S-T. Last. Is the next word? Last place. Last place.

Last place. Good option. Rattle. Rattle. Thank you. Snake. Rattle snake. Gravy is word number four. Gravy. Gravy. Gravy is word number four

Gravy Gravy Meat Gravy boat Gravy boat Those are the containers that you pull the gravy from And world W-O-R-L-D

World is the final word World map World map Great options for your words this morning RLD, world, is the final word. Worldmap. Worldmap. Hey, great options for your words this morning. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth and we'll see if we can match some words. Do you know what I was doing in there, Izzy? I was cleaning my shoes with a dead old wife.

I've been meaning to get onto them for the last couple of weeks. That's fantastic. You've got nothing else to do in the soundproof booth. You can do that. Otherwise, you can just sit alone with your dark thoughts or clean your shoes. How'd you go, Iz? Pretty good, I reckon. All right, she's going in confident. Ben, you can just sit alone with your dark thoughts or clean your shoes. How'd you go, Iz? Pretty good, I reckon.

All right, she's going in confident. Ben, what do you know? Yeah, pretty good, I reckon, too. Yeah, I reckon pretty good. That's a good way to sum it up. Now, remember the new format. You can pull out whenever you want, Izzy. Let's get into it.

Word one, $25. Word number one this morning, Timberlake. What pops in your head when I say Timberlake? Oh, you'd be a fool not to say Dennis. Is that what you're looking? Dennis Timberlake from accounting? Justin. We're almost going to have to take your first answer there.

You're gagging or not, but you've got $25. Izzy, do you want to go through to our $50 word? Yes, please. Okay. All right. You want to go through for $50? Word two, $50. All right. You want to go through for $50? Word two, $50. All right.

The word is last. I've got two. I've got two. Okay. One is Anzac themed. Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah, right. Are you into Anzac Day, Izzy? Well, yeah. Everyone's into Anzac Day, but it's not on our memories as much as right now, but it should be. And then the other one is in relation to a position

that you would have during a running race, the Commonwealth Games. You sound a bit more optimistic about that one, so I'm going to say last place. Yeah, well done, last place. All right, Izzy, you've got $50. Do you want to go to the $100 word? If Jono gets this wrong, you get nothing.

But you can take your $50 now. What do you want to do? What was the $100 word? This word is rattle. Rattle is the next word, alright? Go on to the next word. Alright, we're going to go with the $100 word. Word three, $100. Rattle. Snake.

Oh, Jono, $100. I'll keep Snake. Oh, Jotta, $100. I'll keep the $100. She's leaving. She's walking away. Oh, well, Izzy, well done. I think you played a really good game there. You got $100 because... You should walk away from school as well.

$100, that's enough to pull you through life, Izzy. Stop now, mate. Stop now. The next word was a tough one. It was gravy. Oh, gravy. Yeah, I'd go roast. Yeah, see, it. Stop now. The next word was a tough one. It was gravy. Oh, gravy. Yeah, I'd go roast. Yeah, see, it was gravy boats.

You played a good game there, Izzy. And world was the final one. World's earth. It was map. World map. Okay. Hey, you pulled out at the right time, Izzy, and that is the key to this game.

You go and enjoy that $100, and you go and have a wonderful day at school in Christchurch, okay? Okay, thank you. Look out! Scary dinosaurs. Not Jurassic Park. It's these guys. Jono and Ben on the hits.

I've noticed something. Since having a dog in my life. You're only new to the dog game. You've been, you know, messing around with dogs for a while now. Yeah. Well, yeah yeah for a couple of years now uh you have had the dog for six or seven years now i think uh this one but we had a few growing up obviously but yeah you've just you're new to the dog you dip your toes into the dog game yeah i have and i must say i've enjoyed they really they integrate themselves into the family just before you know it yeah you know oh

they're just part of the family now aren't they and the most exciting part of my day is coming home and i've been away from the dog for an extended period of time and boy oh boy they're excited to see you yeah are they frothing to the point where you're like are you taking the piss no one has ever been no one in the history of my life is ever this excited to see me that's a very good point you imagine if it was applause like imagine if the equivalent was applause that someone would say you'd feel like they would take you whoa he's home you know you'd be like all right they're taking the bus yeah someone's taking the bus like every time like he knows i come home every day yeah you know and the novelty of that is just not worn off from it's like you know when you see those videos on instagram and tiktok of you know kids who've

been overseas and they sneak back into the country and surprise their parents. And the parents are like, oh my God, it's like that every day for me with this dog. He's jumping up and down. Yeah. I love it. Very exciting. And there's a comedy bit. I forget who does it.

But it talks about how the dog is, seven years dog years. So you think about when you go away for a few hours. If that's true, how long that could be for dogs if your time's up by seven. Well, no wonder he's so pumped. Yeah, I think that's the comedy. It's been six months since I last saw you. You're never coming back.

You had a wonderful saying that, what was your wonderful saying? Oh, it was a good saying. It was something about like, oh yeah, for you, a dog is only part of your life. But for a dog, you are... Their world, their everything. Yeah, I messed up.

Something like that. It's along that you get... Yeah, you are part of the world, but for them, you are their world or something. I was like, yeah, that's very good. Again, not one of ours, but... Wonderful saying. It was. Memorable.

We almost got there. 90% of it. But I like it how it's just Everything in perspective too Like a dog Couldn't be more excited Than when You know It's owner or owners

Come home And that's the That's the greatest thing To happen in that dog's day It's like Ben The excitement and joy On your face When you peel back

A fresh tub Of low calorie hummus And you dip that Celery stick in You know That's the greatest Moment in your day The hits.

This is the Jono and Ben podcast. That's some very sad news. Olivia Newton-John, singer and movie star, has passed away at the age of 73, battled breast cancer for 30 years. She died peacefully, according to the family. That's all the news to hand at the moment. But of course, her iconic role,

one of the most iconic roles, Sandy from Grease. That role she almost turned down. Apparently John Travolta had to convince her to do it. at the moment, but of course her iconic role, one of the most iconic roles, Sandy from Grease. That role she almost turned down. Apparently John Travolta had to convince her to do it. You can't imagine anyone else in that role, an iconic movie, an iconic role, and we thought, why not? Let's play it right now.

A great tune from a great person. Go on and on, go on and on, go on and on, go on and on, go on and on, go on and on, go on and on. Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice. Jono and Ben on the hits. I just want to get your clothing catastrophes on this morning. 0800 the hits 4487 if you want to get in touch with New Zealand's breakfast. You know, maybe you wore a pair of trousers as a jacket or something. Nightmare situation. Trousers aren't meant to be worn as jackets, Ben. No, you're right.

Maybe you turned up to a wedding, four other people in the same outfits that weren't the bridal party. So yeah, 4487 on the text because we're joined right now by a nutritionist, Claire Turnbull. Good morning. Good morning.

I'm good, thank you. How are you? We're doing well, mate. Couldn't be better. Something caught our eye on the social media. Yes. Well, I was standing in my kitchen, as you do, 5 o'clock, and I looked down at my trousers and I was like, that's weird.

These trousers have normally got a massive white arrow down the side, like a big logo. And I was like, that's so strange. And then I realized when I turned around that my trousers were inside out and it was so obvious, like the seams were inside out. There was so obvious like the seams were inside out there was a big white label basically flapping behind my bum looking like a tail and i had been at daycare school drop-off to the dairy like literally everywhere and nobody told me so all day this is five o'clock in the in the evening that you'd notice this i was like come on now people we've

just got to tell each other if we've got these things going on it might be the evening that you'd noticed this? I was like, come on now, people. We've just got to tell each other if we've got these things going on. It might be the new thing. You might be on to something. I hope so. Do you think people were slightly concerned? Because obviously, you know, if you follow you on social media, you do a lot of, you know, mission nutrition. You do stuff about people sleeping better, eating better.

Are people like, oh, what's going on with Claire? Maybe she's a bit tired. Oh, no. Well, luckily, anyone that's got small children can probably, you know, empathize with life. And it's amazing you actually get out of the house in the morning with clothes on at all, you know, because your kids get their lunchbox and their clothes on.

You'd be, you know, you'd never dress your kids with their clothes the wrong way around. No, they're well looked after. The amount of times I've turned up here naked, Claire, it's just been... It's embarrassing. It is embarrassing. Too bad, too bad.

Speaking of which, your nutrition classes, you've got something happening online at the moment, getting your eating back on track after a lockdown. I was blaming lockdown for a long time.

I'm still blaming lockdown. So many people are struggling off the back of that crazy time. And the main thing also is so many people now working from home. When you have a break, you go to the kitchen, you nibble, you pick. People's eating now has just gone, you know, all over the show and the stress.

So, yeah, I'm running a masterclass to basically help people get their eating habits back on track. Yeah, yeah. Amen. Make you feel any good. Yeah, that being stress. Yeah, that stress. It's put down to stress.

That's my problem. What's one tip? I know you're running these masterclasses online, so you don't want to give away all your gold to us. What's one tip? Maybe don't put a biscuit in your mouth. Make it more difficult. Make it much more difficult to access because we're lazy by nature as human beings, as we know. And if it's much more difficult to access those foods and easier to access the healthier foods, you know, if you've got to climb on a chair to get the biscuits, you've got to be pretty committed, right? Put the Tim Tams inside the toilet. Put them exactly inside a little cage somewhere that you've got to grab a chair

or somewhere or in the garage or somewhere else that you can't access them because then you have to flick into your conscious brain to start thinking before you eat the entire thing. I saw a little social media post just before with one of your kids, and you've got a little rule in the house to do with snacking before dinner. Yeah, so we have a vegetables-only rule. So if they come, you know, I'm hungry. I'm like, that's fine.

You can eat vegetables, frozen corn, peas, carrots. They're just eating frozen corn. You're not even heating those up. No, no, no, no frozen corn. peas, carrots. Are they just eating frozen corn? You're not even heating those up? Nah, nah, nah. No frozen corn. No, no time in this house. No, frozen. There's not even time to thaw out the corn.

No. Jeez, you're running a busy operation. No wonder your pants are on backwards. It's so nice. Honestly, frozen peas, frozen corn, it's where it's at. Cleo, thank you so much for your time this morning. If people want to check out all you're doing for this year, a new masterclass, where can they get it?

Yeah, just go to claireturnbull.co.nz. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZV. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. Clothing catastrophes. Brenna, welcome. Hey, how are you? We're doing well, Brenna.

Clothing catastrophes. It's a double C. What happened? I wear the exact same jumper almost every day in an array of different colours. Oh, right. So you've got like a set of the same jumper. Oh, absolutely. Okay.

Nice. When you find a good jumper, you get it in different colours. Okay. How many versions of the same jumper have you got? Six. Wow. You're like Simon Cowell with V-neck shirts. Yeah, okay.

And so what went wrong? I wore it backwards for the whole entire day at work. Oh. A V-neck, and I just didn't notice. Oh, it's a V-neck as well. Yeah. Oh, so it was coming down't notice. Oh, it's a V-neck as well. Yeah. Oh, so it was coming down your back. Oh, okay.

Yeah, no one said anything you didn't notice. Oh, well, I guess this is what happens. Bringing sexy back that day. Showing a little bit of back. Do you remember those two rappers? They were kids. Criss-cross. Criss-cross, yeah.

Do you remember them? They wore all their clothes backwards. Yeah, that was their thing, right? Or unless that became their thing after they did it accidentally like you did and then decided to roll with it. Like jeans, shirts, jerseys, hoodies. Hoodies was a weird one backwards because you just had – It didn't work, but they did it.

They tried it. Well, good on you. Thank you, Bryn. Appreciate it. Too easy. Cheers for listening, mate. 800 of the hits, clothing catastrophes. Michelle The Hits Clothing Catastrophes. Michelle, what was it for you?

All right, well, my son is now 22, but when he was about three, we came home one day and it was super scorching hot and he was desperate to go for a swim and I was really grumpy and over it for my long day and I said, fine, you've only got five minutes. You've got to get into your costume and get down to the pool.

Otherwise, it's not happening. Right. Because I'm South African and costume came out and he didn't know what costume was. Togs was the one to go with. Right, yeah. And so he had obviously ran upstairs, had a little bit of a think,

what the hell is a costume? So he scrounged around in my underwear drawer because he didn't have one, and slowly came down the stairs. I just saw these little bare feet and little bare bottom cheeks. And he said, don't laugh, don't laugh. And he came down wearing a bright purple spandex G-string of mine, Borat style. He pulled it over his shoulders.

He hadn't quite tucked everything where it needed to be either. So unfortunately I did not last. He'd be like, why is mum wanting me to wear this to the pool? So much confusion. But I really want to go swimming, so this is what it takes. I am getting in that pool. I don't care. I will do whatever it takes.

And caused quite the commotion at the public pools that day as well. Unfortunately before the phone time otherwise I would have had some amazing food. Thank you Michelle. Appreciate it. Thanks so much guys. Have a good day. That's a great call, eh? We apologize in advance. Jeez, sorry.

Sorry about that. Sorry you got roped into this. Jono and Ben. Sorry. On the hits. Ben, you took your cat to the vet. Yeah, no, that's an interesting experience. I mean, full respect to the vets.

Were you giving them no respect before this? No, no. It's a profession that they have to deal with because you can't really reason with an animal. You can't really tell the animal what's going on. The cat was at home. He was sitting comfortably. Next thing you know, I'm putting him in its little box sort of thing with a blanket down and you take him in the car. He's like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I was like, where are you going? He's like, mate, you've got to go get your checkup. But he doesn't quite understand that. He thinks you've kidnapped him. He's like, what is going on? Where are you taking me? In fact, why do you need to take your cat to the vets anyway? Oh, so he had to get a checkup.

He had to get his vaccination and all that. So he got his checkup. You've got nine lives, mate. I'll save you eight expensive vet visits. But the cat, you know, was looked at by the vet. You know, he gets brought in. You know, we bring the cat in with the vet. And the cat, you know, he was fine in his box, you know,

with his little blanket, and he was fine. But then when you take him out, the cat's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what's going on here? What's going on? They get pretty jittery in unfamiliar situations, cats. The poor vet's having to prod him and check him, and you know the cat's not really loving it too much. But you're like, well, this is the full respect of what the vet's having to do.

This is why you've got the full respect. You've got to do that. But then I noticed the vet was sort of grabbing around his sort of stomach area and sort of looking at me, and I was like, I know what's happening here. The cat's, you know, locked down, as you said earlier today. It hasn't been kind on everyone's waistlines. It wasn't kind to – now, this is your second animal you've been fat-shamed for. Yeah.

Remember your dog got fat-shamed? Fat-shamed when we were filming a dog TV show. The vet on that show was like, ooh. You grabbing the challenge the dog would be like can you please not this is so degrading you're still grabbing chunks of my rolls and you can tell the vet with the cat today uh you know last night sorry i was was sort of looking he was going your cat's a little bit and you could tell he was trying to find the word in the pc way yeah and he just went chubby it's just just a little bit chubby he cat shamed or fat shamed the cat in front of me, which is fair enough. And then after that, he was going to have to give the cat the vaccination.

And I was like, well, the cat. This has been a fun trip for the cat. I was just sitting on a couch purring before. Yeah, and I was like, well, this is going to be interesting because the cat, you could tell at this stage, the cat wasn't particularly happy with everything going on.'s been offended he's been offended i don't know if the cat's been on tiktok and if he's an anti-vaxxer or not but anyway he was getting his vaccination and no choice i was like this is happening and the vet sort of brings out an evil injects the cat and the cat hissed and then bit him and i was like oh no this is as i was trying to hold the cat you know it was

all fine but i was just like and the vet was you know, it was all fine. But I was just like, and the vet was, you know, it happens, it happens. But I just thought, well, geez, in that line of work, they're doing some amazing things each day, you know, like just in the. He's like, I could be telling humans they're chubby and they wouldn't. No one's biting me. I could be a GP. No one would end up biting me. Yeah, they might get hurt feelings.

Yeah. So I was just like, spare a thought for the vets. I mean, there's a lot of great people doing great medical work around the country at the moment, particularly with all the illnesses and sicknesses. But, you know, the vets in particular, the nurses, I mean, it's just... You're dealing with the most difficult of patients, aren't you? The cats that are biting after being cat shamed at the vet. Scrolling through your feed.

Yeah, well, the news that will shock you. Not because the news is shocking, but the news hosts are. Ben, what's happening? Oh, it's the very sad news. If you missed it earlier this morning, Olivia Newton-John, the singer and movie star, has died at 73 after a 30-year battle with breast cancer. She died peacefully with her family. She was known, of course, for many things.

Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for the iconic role in greece as sandy who you were saying earlier this morning she almost didn't take the part didn't take the didn't take the role and she's 28 years old and she was like i'm too old to be playing a high school kid who was meant to be you know like in high school uh but that's a fair it's a fair concern from a 28 year old johnvolta, who was, I think it was 23 at the time, convinced her to do it. And, yeah, I mean, can't imagine anyone else in that iconic role than her. And, yeah, he became very close with her. I think he's a very, very dear friend of Olivia Newton-John's till this day. Yeah, he's put out a bit of a post this morning saying,

My dearest Olivia, you made all our lives so much better. Your impact was incredible. I love you so much. We'll see you down the road and we'll be together again yours from the moment i saw you in fever you're danny you're john isn't that beautiful what a wonderful meal i never know what to say in those these moments john travolta's summed it up beautifully she had to be sewn into the famous pants the black leather pants uh because they were so tight well they sewed them on and what didn't release them for like eight weeks of filming. And the zipper broke in the iconic movie of Grease as well.

It's like you trying to put me in our suit pants. Yeah, she also had hits, you know, hits like this one, Physical. 81. She came out with this one.

This was number one on the US chart for 10 weeks, breaking a whole bunch of records in the 80s. Just been watching the video of Let's Get Physical.

Very erotic. Very erotic. Just, you know, muscular men in G-strings in the gym. I don't know if I'd get away with that at Snap Fitness. No, no. You know, just doing like the rowing machine and the, you know, the bike thing when you pull the handles towards you

and you're kind of thrusting. Yeah. Doing that as well. Very erotic. It was a 1981 WAP. Yeah, it was. But very sad news. RIP Olivia Newton-John. The Commonwealth Games ended, was that as well. Very right. It was a 1981 WAP. Yeah, it was. But very sad news, RIP Olivia Newton-John. The Commonwealth Games was ending right now.

The closing ceremony is on. Who turns up to that? Does the whole team have to stay for that? I don't think so. I think they can choose to, but I guess it's a celebration time. They've done the events. It's party time. New Zealand's most successful Commonwealth Games ever.

49 medals, 20 golds, which is incredible. Producer Joel's pointing. I was just talking about that awesome prediction you guys did with this one. New Zealand will win 50 medals at the Commonwealth Games. If we don't, we'll break it down per capita to make ourselves feel better.

One off. 49 medals. So that was in January. We did that as a joke. Yeah, but we did it incredibly well. So congratulations to all our Commonwealth Games team. Did New Zealand proud. I don't want to open up old wounds, though, but I do, watching a lot of Commonwealth Games,

which I loved, I do feel like our flag, the colours with the black singlets and the fern, I'm like, maybe the flag debate. Maybe you should have gone. Are you trying to kick it back into gear? The black flag with the white fern, I'm like, maybe the flag debate, maybe you should have gone. Are you trying to kick it back into gear? What the hell? The black flag with the white fern, that was never an option. But I think that's what they wanted, what John Key wanted at the start.

It was the Prime Minister. Hey, well, listen, Sam Uffendill mightn't be in the National Party for much longer, so maybe you can take his spot and get the flag referendum. I'm not trying to get involved in politics. I'm just saying that the flag... Let's have a flag referendum. No, I'm just saying the flag. Don't just start a flag, just say, spot and get the flag referendum. I'm not trying to get involved in politics. I'm just saying that... Let's have a flag referendum. No, I'm just saying the flag. Don't just start a flag.

Just say, let's get that flag. That seems like it's... The silver fern on the black flag was a beauty, wasn't it? It was a beauty, but it was never an option. It was never an option to vote for. And the final thing. It never was one of the final. We had a variation of it, but never that...

Didn't we have a Kiwi with laser eyes? That beat a silver fern. I think we have a Kiwi with laser eyes? That beat Silver Fern. I think we said $20 million on keeping the flag the same, which is money well spent in New Zealand. That is what is making news this morning.