Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Inside knowlege on the Taylor Travis contact..

Episode Date: September 12, 2024

We go live to New York to chat to our entertainment reporter Nicole:  Hanging out with Chris Martin, Halsey, and Katy Perry! Oasis reunion won't last... How much insurance on the show? Taylor and Travis contract... Real or Fake? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. What's going on in America today? There's a big presidential debate, but we're going to ignore the debate. Sorry, that's quite distracting there, Jono. Welcome to New York, down a slip. Yeah, I thought you'd like, I just want to mix it up,

because otherwise I'll just play Jay-Z, New York, you know. Yeah, no, that's a great song, that's a great song. But we're going to leave politics out of it, because we're going to cross live to our American correspondent to find out what else is going on particularly in entertainment news it's nicole uh from new york good morning hey guys hi can we please acknowledge the last time we spoke to you and your wonderful your wonderful son who came on and said he was autistic but he was mean to say he was artistic artistic and then but like my husband was like you can't just like say that like that's like you know and he was like what does that mean and then i was like oh no i don't want it you know

and he was just like i'm good at coloring like i'm really good at like everybody he was like why are you yelling at me autistic people would be great artists too yeah true right but i just was like you had one second with them you've been begging to talk to them, and that's what you say? I wanted to come up with that. You've moved on to better things. I've seen on your Instagram over the last couple of weeks, you've been hanging out with Chris Martin from Coldplay in the studio, Joey Chestnut, who's the world champion hot dog eater.

He's been in the studio. Big stars. Yeah, we had Halsey at the end of last week. We have Katy Perry's coming in this week. It's just action packed here. We have, we've got an interview with the Briscoes lady. She's great. She's a New Zealand icon.

She is a New Zealand icon. New Zealand's Katy Perry. Do you know the sad thing is we don't even actually have the Briscoes lady. We probably couldn't even get her, to be honest. She is very famous. Yeah. You know what? Now that like we have a connection and we know each other, guys,

I feel like I'll talk to some of these celebrities and see if I can send them your way. Tell Chris Martin to pop in and see us. He's coming to New Zealand in November. Actually, do you know a story about Chris Martin when he was in New Zealand? You were at the radio station, weren't you, Megan? Yeah.

The old radio station I was at, he just turned up. Went upstairs and was like, hey, do you want to chat? Yeah. Super chill, by himself. Apparently he walked quite far to get to the radio studio. He was in town and just came up and said, hey, I'm here. I would like to have a chat if you want to talk to me. It is funny because he'd have a crazy entourage,

but he had a good amount of people with him. But he couldn't have given two you-know-whats about them being there. He would have probably been very fine rolling up by himself and sitting down and being like, what's up, guys? He does have that vibe yeah i feel like you could walk past him in the street and you wouldn't notice it you know i don't know who he was but yeah you're right he's quite unassuming compared to other rock stars yeah yeah yeah he's someone who can get away with like a hat and some sunglasses and just look like like a downtown dude like every other 40 something white guy correct like literally he is in the picture of him with glasses

and a hat on in the textbook next to just regular white guy walking. Now, speaking of, you know, over 40 white guys, is the Oasis reunion big news over there? Because it is blowing up here. Okay, so, yes, it was for some people. The big joke, obviously, and I'm sure you guys have made it also, is that they'll do one show and then they'll hate each other again. So the insurance alone on this tour has to be through the freaking roof.

But they've also got to go through so many rehearsals. Are they going to make it to the first show? I don't even know if they will. And I don't know why. Listen, Oasis, yes, they had some great songs. They had a moment. But once their brotherly BS got in the way, like, was anyone missing them?

Like, it's just, like, why don't you sail up into the sunset and do your thing? We're good, guys. Like, we're good. Like, I wasn't losing sleep over their feud. I heard something the other day that one of the brothers' net worth is, like, in the millions, like, let's say $70 million or something like that.

But the other one's only down to like 5 million through divorces and stuff like that. I think it's Liam. I don't know if it's true or not, but maybe that's a reason like the bank account's a little low. It's like, oh geez, we better get back out there. You can't believe everything on the internet

because the internet says I'm worth $5 million and I don't even have clips to a million. So I mean, I'm in the same echelon as one of the Oasis dudes. True, Nicole, that the kids have just gone back to school over there. Is this the start of the school year, right about now? I mean, I was this close to throwing both of my children off the balcony. It was, so, like, every person, because on my radio station,

we are, like, broadcast to all of North America. And every single person that would, would like call the show was like, my kids have been back to school for weeks in New York city. I don't know what they have like against us. They make us go to like, like the bitter end and they don't have them start until like a couple days after labor day here. So it's like,

I were dying for just like, go like, I don't want to come up with activities for you anymore. So yeah, they literally have been to come up with activities for you anymore. So yeah, they literally have been to three days of school. Wow. Like only three days. Out of any area to extend the school holidays, people who are living in apartments with kids.

Yeah, you feel like you're in a box. You feel like the walls are closing in on you. And it's like, okay, what are we doing now? What are we doing now? I don't know. Go do something. I don't know, but I'm not a teacher. It was a big night in your city last night, New York. What are we doing now? What are we doing now? I don't know. Go do something. I don't know, but I'm not a teacher.

It was a big night in your city last night, New York, the MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift, one of the big winners. And when she won, she gave a lovely shout out to her boyfriend, Travis Kelsey, who was there when they were filming the video. I would always just hear someone cheering and like, woo!

Like from across the studio where we were shooting it. And that one person was my boyfriend, Travis. Everything this man touches turns to happiness and fun and magic. So I want to thank him for adding that to our shoot. They'll froth up at anything that crowd won't know. Can we ask about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey? Because there was stories going around about a contract

that they're saying is bogus, that they said their relationship was going to end at the end of September, they'd signed a contract for mutual benefits. What do you know about that over in America? It's completely false. It's not real. Now, the way that it got picked up so quickly and like spread

like wildfire was because those contracts do exist right these celebrities some of them are like they are manufactured relationships to help sell an album or to help like sell a movie you know get like ratings up and this was just not one of them so somebody knew what um what pr agency he used and literally like photoshopped it and like created it was like on reddit or something yeah This was just not one of them. So somebody knew what PR agency he used and literally like Photoshopped it and like created it. It was like on Reddit or something. And some journalist didn't do his job and was like, oh my God, and then threw it out there

and then everybody went nuts. With me, I was like, oh, the wee kicker is that his rep, Travis Kelsey's rep, has put these showmancers together before. So everyone's like, where there's smoke, there's fire. But I feel like at this point, they do not care. They're like cheesy with each other because they are just like head over heels. There is no truth. I think this is it for them.

They were partying at the US Open. That's in New York, isn't it? I saw them in like a corporate box. He had a bucket hat on. Yeah, do you guys want to light that bucket hat on fire or do you need me to do it? I tried to wear a bucket hat a couple years ago, and my kids were like, please don't. Please don't wear that out of the house.

He was in full Gucci, though, wasn't he? He was like full Gucci. Yeah, I was flashed. I even went, could I start wearing a bucket hat again after that? What do you think, Nicole? You're not making it cooler because it's a designer. A bucket hat is just bad, and I'm sorry if I'm offending anybody who likes them.

They're just lame, and making it Gucci, Dior. I don't care what it is. It's not cool. It's never going to be cool. Do you know, I actually, about five years ago, I wore a bucket hat into work. Denim. It was denim.

Denim bucket hat. And I got mocked. And Ben said I looked like a party pill dealer from a music festival selling pills to young kids. And so I've never worn a bucket hat since that day. If I had been there, I might've lit it on fire while it was still in your head. So you think the relationship is strong,

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelsey. I see she's back at the football. She's back supporting the chiefs games. Yeah. I mean, this, I really do believe this is it.

I don't think she's ever felt this comfortable being this public in a relationship. Just like she doesn't care. Like everything else was so crafted, even if she was. But like those moments are what make me think that it's real. They don't care anymore.

They're just being silly and goofy. And a year into a relationship, you're still in like honeymoon phase. I was like super in love with my husband a year in. I mean, I haven't been like that for a minute. It's like now after the school holidays, you're like, is it going to last? What's holidays you're like is it gonna last what's happened barely made it through the pandemic get the kids and the husband out of my house