Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 11 - BEN HAS BEEN NOTICED BY THE ROCK'S TEQUILA COMPANY! But Not The Rock himself... Yet...

Episode Date: May 11, 2021

Yesterday Ben got his tattoo for Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and posted the video on his Instagram. And overnight we received a comment from Teremana Tequila, The Rock's tequila company! THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, PEOPLE!!! We also discussed your "irrational irritations", the minor things that wind you up like there's no tomorrow. As well as this, can you stay friends with an ex, and can you tell your partner to stop being friends with their ex if they are? Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast. It's the 11th of May. It's Tuesday here in Aotearoa. Welcome, Ben.

Boys, welcome. Welcome, yes. Welcome to me. Welcome to you. And welcome to everyone. It was a good show today, we had a lot of fun today, didn't we? We finally put a tattoo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson on your sweet little tush, your tight little tush, left cheek, upper left cheek you went for. It's got Dwayne The Rock Johnson and a love heart and we've sent that off to Dwayne The Rock Johnson in the hope that you're going to be featured on his Instagram account. Yeah, head to my Instagram at the moment and just tag him in,

so make sure he's seen it, and tag in Terramana, his tequila company that he owns, because they seem to post on a Tuesday, American time. Tequila Tuesdays, which would be tomorrow our time. Yes, so maybe this is a chance. American time Tequila Tuesdays Which would be Tomorrow our time Yes So maybe this is A chance As you said

He seems like a very busy guy And moves on to things Pretty quickly So But hasn't really captured His attention in the first I reckon we've got 24 to 48 hours

It's like finding A missing You know A missing person You've got 24 I've watched Climate Investigation Climate Investigation

Oh you do I guess you've got it The first 24 hours are the most pivotal 24 to 48, you're starting to lose it At the end of 48, kiss them goodbye Well I'll tell you what I've found a little bit Unusual because obviously I've got this tattoo And I think 90% of people

Just take it as being legit Because it is, but there is probably the 10% Of people that are like You know in the 90s you could fake anything up in radio like we could fake a helicopter being in the studio right now i've hired a helicopter in the studio yeah i'll be beating my chest and i'll be like oh they've got a helicopter in the studio and you didn't have to prove it you didn't have to no but now everyone's a lot more skeptical about savvy savvy the internet's made everyone savvy and i've noticed

that people you know around the office and stuff, it's like, oh, you've got a tattoo? And it's like, yeah, and normally you really get it. And I want to prove that I've got it. But then also at the same time, I realise it's a corporate office environment here at NZME. And pulling your bottom out is frowned upon, isn't it? Yeah, it's not something that I would do.

Last time I did it, I was pulled up to HR. Yeah, so I've sort of been caught into a little bit of a like, oh well, yeah, and I don't want a front footer going, here, have a look at my, you know,

because it's kind of like. Well, you can tell anyone who asks you, they want to see it. Like Harriet, who we work with, she asked you and I could tell.

Yeah, but I was in the middle of the office. I wasn't going to do that. Yeah, I could see in her eyes. She's like, I need to see evidence. I know. And I could tell you

wanted to give evidence. I'm happy, because it's not only just on the, it's the top half of my bottom. It's not like it's, you know, but still. But then you don't want to go, hey, well, follow me to the cupboard. You know, you're to a private, let's go to a more discreet location. Yeah, so it feels a little bit weird. Or if it was on your bicep or something, you'd be like, yeah, look at this. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, those, but then you did pull it out. You got it out for Millennial Max. Oh, yeah, because Millennial Max, we were in the show, we were in what I thought was this yeah yeah well those but then you did pull it out you you got it out for millennial max yeah because millennial max we're going to show we were in a we're in what i thought was a a safe space in a meeting room a safe space aka a glass office a glass walled office yeah it was like a uh you know you grow tomatoes and everyone could see it but i thought it was just us there at the moment and then you wanted to see it so yeah i was like oh yeah well i can't see it i'm like

okay fine and so i showed it and just as we were walking past Bree from ZDM's like, saw that. So then she came back and then she doubled round, didn't she, Bree? She wanted another look. Yeah, she had a closer look.

She's like, is that real? Struth. Struth. She's like, cork hats, koalas. Stein the Christ.

You flaming mongrel. Yeah, he's had more work done than Shane Warne. That's what she said. I don't know if Shane Warne's had any work done, has he? I don't know. But she was very impressed. And I noticed when you posted as well, she's on the campaign. She wants to get The Rock's attention.

She tagged The Rock in for you. She did actually, which is lovely. And she's got the blue tick. Oh, yeah. What's the blue tick? It means you're verified. Yeah. Are you verified?

I am actually. Someone else did that for me. The blue tick sounds like you've got some sort of infection. Oh, it's verified's the blue tick? It means you're verified. Yeah. Are you verified? I am, actually. Someone else did that for me. The blue tick sounds like you've got some sort of infection. Oh, it's verified. And my daughter wants to get the blue tick. So it doesn't really... How do you get a blue tick? Oh, you've got to send off details to wards.

You've got to be approved. Oh, by Zuckerberg. Oh, I don't know who it is. It's like the sorting hat of Instagram that decides on. You shall be verified. You'll be validated with a blue tick your life is now worth something

you can go around and say you're a better class of person well anyway that's exciting there are a lot of fake accounts out there so this is kind of saying the person whose account it is, is actually that person which is in essence a good thing but it doesn't it's tricky to get it done.

I'm not saying that. I did no work. Someone else did it for me. Yeah, so you got a blue tick. He's blue ticked. He's blue tick approved. And Dwayne The Rock Johnson, he's also blue ticked. And we'll see if he posts on his Instagram.

Good luck. Godspeed. God bless. New Zealand. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

Hey, after the show yesterday, two members of staff, they had an altercation and we're like, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, guys. If you're going to have an altercation, do it in the studio with the microphones on. And it involved young millennial Max, who in the studio with the microphones on and it involved young Millennial Max who's a producer on the program and Alan Shepard who's

100% Aussie pure beef isn't he? Aussie Alan comes to us, he's in the middle management now Alan has an issue with something Millennial Max does with his clothing so we brought them into the studio to hash it out. Max, what's going on with the shirt?

You need to iron it. No, no, no, no, no, no. That offends me. Ellen hates that you don't iron your shirts. And they are, they're fresh out of the dryer, those ones. But you always dress really lovely though, Millennial Max. You do, you make an effort. You've got a collared shirt on every day, I appreciate that. Yeah, well, see

look, we work in quite a casual environment here at The Hits, you know. I like to dress myself down. Not going to the full effort of ironing my shirt and, you know, rolling up the sleeves a little bit. I can dress down a shirt. So this is casual, Max? It's casual, Max. Because I don't want to be too formal for the office.

It looks bloody ugly, bro. I'm going to give you an ironing lesson or I'm going to give you a formal warning. It does. Well, the good thing is, like, Ben looks to you and you're like, he's like, you're well-dressed because he's used to looking at me every day. bro I'm going to give you an ironing lesson or I'm going to give you a formal warning it does well the good thing is like Ben looks to you and you're like he's like you're well dressed

because he's used to looking at me every day no no Jono like who knows what he's turned up to work for that's a good thing I've lowered Ben's standards

so I'm going to say it looks a little shabby from you this is just what is that that's an insult a little shabby like

yeah I mean I'm sitting here in a t-shirt with a motorbike on the front. The legend lives on. The legend lives on. What is that? Black Hills Rally.

It's a motorbike rally of the States. Yeah. Yeah, with some sort of gang member on a motorbike there in a bandana. Smoking a cigarette. And you're saying this is the guy calling you Shabby. So that was what happened yesterday. Millennial Max's shirt. The only thing more wrinkly than that shirt

is my forehead, Max. I swear he needs to get ironing on that thing and it irritates Alan to no end that Max turns up with unironed shirts. He kind of looks like a dishevelled sales representative, Max, doesn't he? Who's had a big night out and he's sort of, I'll just tie

on all the way through to work. I think he looks great. I think he looks great. I think he looks great. I think he's made the effort of wearing a college shirt and I feel like we shouldn't be throwing stones if we haven't done the same thing. Hey, fair call. Fair call. Old motorbike man over here. I'll stop throwing stones.

Get off your Harley that you don't ride. All right. So this irrationally irritates Ellen. I do understand why it annoys Ellen. Unironed clothes. Is there anything that irritates you, Producer Juliette? Oh, especially in emails. But when people don't use manners and they ask me to do something

but they don't say please, oh, that grinds my gears like no tomorrow. Like when I email you and go, load in this audio. Maybe. You know, it's worth 10 seconds left on a song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can we get that audio on next? You're like, oh, I can't physically load that 40-second piece of audio in in 10 seconds. Oh, well, I'll add a please at the end of it.

Thanks, John. Sorry, Julia. What ever takes you irrationally, Benjamin? Oh, I feel like I already had a crack at you about your... Oh, no, double down, mate. I'm here. I'm your punching bag. That's what I'm here for.

He's quite breathy. Have you noticed that he's quite breathy Have you noticed that he's quite breathy like he does a little nose Oh he does A little Yes I'm sorry

Like a dragon post flame you know where you just got a little bit of like a Just a little bit of fire up my nostrils Just a little bit of that Like in the middle of songs

and stuff it would just be like Just a little Like a little gerbil in the middle of songs and stuff, it would just be like... Like a little gerbil. I'm sorry my respiratory system offends you. Like, I'm sorry this engine requires more oxygen to run. This finely tuned machine that is my body. I apologise that I need to do the basic human task of breathing and it offends you.

Even breathing, he makes the like, oh, look at me moment, doesn't he? He can't do it quietly. So we want to check this out this morning. You notice I'm not saying what irritates me? Because nothing, nothing. I find it, you know, if I could pick one thing about both of you

is that you're too generous. You're too kind to a fault. You're trying to look like a better person right now. What irrationally irritates you? Is it people with bad manners like Juliet? Is it people not letting you in in traffic and doing the... What I don't like is when you let someone in and they don't even do the one index finger off the steering wheel.

Yeah, that's annoying. This is what we want. What irritates you? 0800THHITS4487 is the text. We'll start with Kate. You're on, Morena. Welcome. Hi.

What is it for you? So it's not me but my sister gets really annoyed when I sneeze because she said it's just like too loud and too forceful and yeah apparently I don't do it properly Sneezing is the most unusual

act isn't it and everyone has their own unique sneeze. Some super loud, some real Yeah we used to work with Bronnie and Bronnie would go It's like she's trying to suppress it just so much Unique sneeze. Some super loud, some real... Yeah, we used to work with Bronnie, and Bronnie would go... It's like she's trying to suppress it just so much. It felt like hemorrhoids were popping out the other end. Give us an example of your sneeze, Katie.

It's kind of like... Probably not like that, but yeah, I've been trying to do it a bit differently each time to see if I can kind of get it right. Yeah, she's trying to change her sneeze. I don't know if you can change your sneeze, can you? Your sneeze is just gifted to you from... Yeah. Sometimes I'll do, like, a less annoying one, and she'll go, oh, that was nice.

Like, that was a good one. Oh, you're getting instant feedback on your sneezing, hey? Well, thank you, Kate, and I'm sorry that winds your sister up. We'll go to Kylie in Auckland. You're not happy? on your sneezing. Well, thank you, Kate. And I'm sorry that winds your sister up. We'll go to Kylie in Auckland. You're not happy? Something irrationally irritating? Hey, guys. I have a few, but probably the one is when my husband takes the rubbish out

and then doesn't put the bag back in the bin. And I'm working, and then I put something in the bin, and then it's got no bag. You sound dead inside. But, you know, just the simple act of putting a put something in the bin and then it's got no bag. You sound dead inside. But you know, just the simple act of putting a bag back in the bin, it is so, it feels like the world's biggest job to me. It does, yeah.

I mean, it's a really hard task. You take one out and you put one in. It's kind of like the hokey pokey. It's like replacing the toilet paper roll, isn't it? You'll fight to the bitter end just using every last square so you don't have to just take five seconds to replace the toilet roll. Appreciate it Kylie. Someone's text in too

saying soft handshakes. Soft handshakes wind this person up. You always question, I always question that too when you get a soft handshake. You're like, have they not been taught? I thought it was saying everyone's been taught. Yeah, but some people don't do it. Another one at the moment I find as well

is when you've just hand sanitised as well and shaking hands because it's always... Greasy. Greasy. It's a greasy... It's an odd feeling. It's a clammy, greasy thing, yeah. And it's very 2021.

But you don't know how hard, you never know how hard your own hand shakers. Do you notice that? I don't know how hard I'm going. Oh, yeah. And some people have got some rock solid handshakes. I mean, you've shaken my hands many times. Where am I sitting?

Yeah, you're pretty good. Yeah, you're pretty good. It's not like you wouldn't go, oh, that's not strong enough. That's too strong. We're sitting mid-region. Yeah, no, good. I think you're good.

It's a good solid handshake. Let's go to Sarah. You're on. Whatever actually irritates you, Sarah? So mine is, it usually happens in the office, like colleagues that do this. When you go to the sink to do your dishes and they've left the dishcloth in the sink

and it's all wet, they haven't squeezed it out and hung it out sitting in the sink. It's just gross. Oh, you haven't wrung out the dishcloth. Yeah, no one likes a soggy cloth. No. Soggy cloth, biscuits, whatever. Now let's go to Matthew. You're on from Cambridge. Welcome. Hey. What's irrationally irritating you? When people don't trim their hedges along footpaths and you have to duck or dive to avoid them or you don't see them and they hit you in the face

and if it's raining and you get wet. Oh, nah, not a fan. Ducking for hedges. This is a very specific problem. But I hear you too. Like on a wet day, if you bump into a hedge, it unloads on you, doesn't it? Oh, and you just get absolutely soaked

from like two seconds worth of negligence. Hedge ducking. Not good for Matthew. Appreciate that. So many texts rolling in on this. I hate it when people stand in the middle of the supermarket having a conversation with two trolleys. They cause a traffic jam.

Which is good. People not returning their trolleys at the supermarket. And I've just looked here. The top five most annoying things that people do. And out of five of them, I do four of them. Type in caps. Oh yes, you do. I don't return my trolley card at the supermarket.

I don't stand to one side on the escalator. I'm a lowlife. I must be an irritating individual to live with. There we go. That was really interesting. It's quite good getting those off your chest, though, isn't it? Therapy. Warning, this show contains traces of Jono and Ben.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Now, we've been on a mission to get the attention of one of my heroes and one of the world's biggest stars. Please welcome Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne the Rock Johnson has been Ben the Pebble Voices hero. He inspires me.

Now Ben's challenge. Can he get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram? Yeah, it's been a dream of my friend Ben's challenge. Can he get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram? Yeah, it's been a dream of my friend Ben's and it's been my doozy, my job, my contractual obligation. Actually, a clause in there. 7.1, I think you'll find on my NZME contract. It stipulates that I must make Ben's dream come true. I just love him to know who I was.

And you thought, you came up with a good idea, I thought, is trying to get on his Instagram account. Because obviously if he posts something on his account, then at least he knows for a brief moment in his busy, busy schedule. Yeah. He's thought of me and he knows about me. He's pulled himself away from huffing protein powder and doing 300 bench presses.

He's up to 297. He looks at his phone and he sees you. Yeah. And then he puts you on his Instagram account. Thanks to the hits, you know, the listeners to this radio program, we have devised, well, you devised a bit of a plan to get on his Instagram account. Yeah, it was to ink the deal.

It's a tattoo. It's a radio station staple. I'm not saying we're changing the game. I'm just here to play the game, baby, because tattoos get results. You're like, once you do a tattoo, you're like, wow, that's a level

of commitment that probably no one should show to Dwayne the Royal Johnson. So we pitched it yesterday. The audience was split. Do it. Get it done.

If you're passionate about something and you get it tattooed on you, you're not going to regret it and it's part of your journey. No, I think you're making a last term commitment for a short term reward. You're going to be excited

for a few months but then you've got this thing you have to look at every day that's permanently on you that's really hard to remove. So you made a decision yourself. We left it up to you because it's 2021. Apparently we can't bully people into getting tattoos. Not like the good old days. I'm a grown adult and I have

got a few other tattoos on my body. There's some I don't regret and others I'm like, oh, maybe. You've got Lorde's signature on your wrist. I have. She signed my arm and I got it tattooed as well. So if she doesn't release any more music, you can just be a very committed Christian who can't spell. But I decided that I did want to do this

if I got to choose how big it was and where to put it. So after the show yesterday, we put a love heart with I heart Dwayne the Rock Johnson onto my left butt cheek. On your caboose. Yeah.

Yeah, on his tight little taut left cheek. The big day's come. I know. The day that your life changes. Yeah, it's a lot bigger than I, oh, we're going to, oh, here we go,

we're doing it now. Yeah, because there's three words on the tattoo, so it's kind of, yeah, a little bit bigger than I... Oh, here we go. We're doing it now. Yeah, because there's three words on the tattoo. So it's kind of, yeah, a little bit bigger than I thought. There's four words. Oh, yeah, there is. Dwayne The Rock Johnson. This is it. This is you on your journey.

I know. If he doesn't post this, I mean... Well, it doesn't matter because you win at the end of the day because you still love Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And that's why I'm doing it because I love him. So that was yesterday with Fabian at Three Dice Tattoo. And you've done it. You've got the end of the day because you still love Dwayne the Rock. I do. And that's why I'm doing it because I love him. So that was yesterday with Fabian at Three Dice Tarou. And you've done it. You've got the tarou.

It's up on my Instagram, ben__boys__. We put it up on there. And if you want to get on there and tag The Rock, help us out. Tag The Rock and Teramana who make the tequila because we did it with tequila because he posts on Tuesdays normally people enjoying his tequila around the world. So we thought with this and then the combination of the tequila, surely he'll put it up, which will be, I guess tomorrow will be Tuesday in America.

And if he doesn't put it up tomorrow, I think that's the dream over. I think we've got a one-week window. He's a guy who would live in the moment. Weeks a year in Dwayne The Rock Johnson's life. Imagine all the stuff he does between Sunday to Sunday. So much stuff. I can't even name the stuff.

But we got on this morning, though, and overnight. You were quite excited, though, looking at my Instagram accounts. Yeah, we said, Ben, Ben, look at this. And Juliet held up the phone. And what? I'll let you do the honours. I'll let you. Because this is your journey.

This is your dream. Well, Tiramana, who are the tequila company, the Rocks tequila company, the Rocks Tequila Company, they had noticed it. They had liked the post. And they had also responded with a bit of a message as well. Salud.

Yeah. Which is Spanish, you know, what you'd say before drinking. It means good health, right? And cheers. Yeah. So it was like, okay, this is a good start. We've had a salute. They know. They know about it.

They know. No, no. We are another step closer to the Rock. His company knows about salute. They know. They know about it. They know. We are another step closer to The Rock. His company knows about it. This is, yeah, this is positive on day one. This is really good. We just need to keep the momentum up now. So tag in The Rock if you get to

my Instagram, ben__boys__ on Instagram. Help us out and let's get this to The Rock. He's got over 2 million people on his Instagram account. That's more than the population of Auckland. To put that in perspective for the South Island, that's 157 gores on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's

Instagram account. That's half of New Zealand. And you could be on there. Oh, I'm excited. I have a really good feeling. I have a really good feeling and if you're on there, it's been a huge success

and if not, well, you can deal with the fallout of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tattoo on your ass. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. Sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben Breakfast on the Hits.

The Hits. We were just talking to Spy before moments ago previously on the Hits breakfast with Jono and Ben and producer Juliet. What were you saying in Spy June? Because I can't remember. Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez and her ex from the early 2000s,

Ben Affleck, went away on a weekend together, a weekend trip together. Yeah, and we're happy for two reasons. Firstly, that the amorphinated name of Bennifer is now back in circulation. And secondly, we're happy because it gives us the opportunity to get your calls on, are you friends with an ex? Does this happen?

Can it happen? Can you have a purely, I'm sure there's people out there who can have a purely platonic relationship with an ex-partner. But then you're relying on both parties to be of the same mindset, you know. If one's still like, oh, jeez, I could do some squiddles with them, you know, then it's never going to work. You understand what I'm saying? Yeah, I know what you're saying.

It really depends on me, I reckon, on the circumstance of how the relationship ended, what people are doing now. You know, if the relationship came to a natural conclusion, both people went, hey, to be honest, I don't think this is working out. And they're both feeling fine. There was no other parties.

It seems like in that situation, everyone's adults and they're like, cool. And I know friends and family are like that and they get on really good. Well, we've got a lot of texts rolling in on this. So I'm still friends with my exes and so is my partner. We're friends with all the exes.

We all hang out together. That works well. I don't speak to any of my exes. Another person says there's a rule of thumb. It's never a clean break when you're still hanging on to a relationship, even if it is just a friendship. Rebecca Morena, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you?

I'm good. How are you guys? Listen, I'm a little full this morning. I had quite a stodgy meal last night. You still go. Sometimes you do second dinners as well. Yeah, double dinners. Yeah, I did a double meal last night. You still go. Sometimes you do second dinners as well. Yeah, double dinners. I did a double dinner last night.

But anyway, you don't need to know about my indigestion this morning. Rebecca, you're having this exact situation with your partner right now. Yeah, I am. So my partner is good friends with his ex and it does kind of bug me a little bit. They have coffee every now and then and go out for lunches together.

I'm never there, but when we do bump into each other, it's super weird. So has she got a new partner? No. No, she doesn't. And I trust him. I trust him. He doesn't exactly go hiding it from me. That's good.

But, yeah, I don't know whether I drop it or ask him to stop seeing her. Like, I don't want to be that person, but is it crossing a line? So you're asking, can you actually say, please stop seeing your ex-partner? It makes me feel weird. Yeah, it just makes me feel a little uncomfy. I don't know.

Okay. I don't want to be that person, but... See, the problem I have is, if I was you, I would I was you I would say something This is the current situation He's not there to keep his ex-partner happy He's there to keep you happy So you can front foot it, you can broach it

That's my opinion but you know there was a time Where their special parts Were connected I know and that's why it's so weird to me And when I'm talking about special parts I mean their hearts If I was talking about the parts, I mean their hearts. Yeah, that's what I thought you were talking about.

If I was talking about the other parts, I would say their private parts, everyone's connected. Yeah, I think you can say something. What about you, Ben? You're pretty chill with it, right? Yeah, I do think you're probably right, John. I think you probably can have a conversation and go, hey, I do feel a little bit weird about it, but I do like the fact that he's open about it, his front foot.

They're not hiding anything, which makes you think that nothing's going on. And they are just what you say, just friends. And there's a friendship there. And maybe you can be friends with an ex. Listen, did you know, this is a fun fact, that Bill Gates, former Microsoft founder, was best friends with his ex-partner. And his marriage has worked out fine,

from what I understand. I haven't read the news in the last week and a half but from what I gather they're still going along smelling of roses. Bill and his wife. Well let's get some help from the hits fam on 0800 the hits or 4487 this morning. Can you tell your current

partner to stop being friends with their ex or is it just being petty? 0800 the hits the number 4487 Rebecca we'll get you some help next, okay? Thank you. We'll start with you, Nikki in Auckland. What do you reckon? What do you want to say to Rebecca?

Can she jump in there and tell her new man, no, don't see your ex? No, I don't think she should. I think she should be very honest about how she feels, though. I currently have my daughter's father, my ex of 16 years ago, living with me because his marriage has broken down. And he organised with my ex-fiancé five years ago

a dinner for Mother's Day with all the kids together. Oh, right, so you got it along, happy, happy families. We do, yep. So are you both single at the moment? Yes and no, that's not ever going to happen. I was going to go, hmm. I was going to do one of my hmm. I'm okay.

You knew the next question that was going on. I think especially when kids are involved, you've just got to put it aside once upon a time. You're friends and you can get back to it. But I understand why Rebecca would feel insecure about it, but I really believe that some people can get past it and there really is nothing there other than the friendship they started with.

Denise could be really open about how she feels and I think they can get through it. That's what a sensible adult sounds like, Ben. If you could be more like Nikki, I'd appreciate that. Here, I agree with everything she said. It was awesome. So, you know, I just went on to psychology.com, which is going to be great. My internet history is going to look very

sophisticated. But they said if you want to continue on being friends you both need to openly and willingly admit that you don't work together as a couple and that this is

purely friendship. Write that down in a contract. And that's what they say on psychology.com Ben. Yeah, that makes sense. They also say how to know when your co-host

is cheating on you too. So I'll get into that article after the show. We've got Kitty on from Christchurch. Morena, how are you? I'm good, thanks. Your thoughts? Rebecca, can she tell her partner to stop seeing the ex? Look, I was sort of in her position.

I was with my ex for 16 years, had children. We separated, you know, one left the house, one stayed in the house, but we couldn't sell it. And we ended up having to both live in that house for a year until we could sell it. Now, I had a new partner, and he had a new partner. And you were both living together. Yeah, we were both living

together. Now, it wasn't ideal, and everyone knew it was just because we couldn't sell the house. And we finally sold it and both moved on. But we do see each other at family functions, and we're very civil to each other's partners. We can all chat, and if we don't meet for coffee and that, no. But it's amicable.

It's amicable. Yeah, good on you guys. Describe how fun were those 12 months? They weren't bad because you'd already split and gone through all of that hurt and now we were just resigned to well we've got new partners, we just couldn't sell this house. Oh well that's so good.

Another sensible adult. There you go. Listen to this audience. You've got to talk and think rationally. You do. Thank you Kitty. I do like the hits. Alright guys. We'll go to Lara. Welcome Lara. How are you Ben? I do like the hits. Welcome, Lara. How are you, Ben? I do like the hits. He likes the hits because we go to a pub promo

and it's over by nine o'clock. Everyone just said they have good advice, you know? Lara, you're on. Can you tell your partner to stop seeing their ex? So I'm sort of on the same page as where Nikki was coming from, where if there's children involved, it's kind of essential to keep a good relationship with your ex-partner. where Nikki was coming from, where if there's children involved, it's kind of essential to keep a good relationship with your ex-partner.

My sister and her ex-husband are divorced and they're still really good friends. They're part of a big friend group and they still go out on holidays together. They still go out and party together. So they're still very much a unit when it comes to their kids. So their kids see them still as sort of like a couple, but not really. But they know that they're on the same page all the time

so that they're parenting exactly the same. Whereas I've got also the other side of the coin where my husband is separated from his partner and they've got a daughter and they can barely speak to each other or be in the same room with each other and they're constantly at each other's throats and so I can see two sides of the coin and I think it's definitely very important to keep a good relationship if you've got kids involved but on the other side of it if there's no kids involved then I you know, she does need to be having that conversation with her partner

to say how she feels, and then it's up to her partner to make the right decision. Lara, thank you very much. So it's a three from three, sensible calls. And it's all how the relationship ends, too, probably plays a pivotal role. Exactly. You know, if you end it on good terms,

then you're probably going to, you know what I'm going to say. I don't even need to finish my words. We've said enough words. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Did you get... Because we've got a WhatsApp group thing we have for the show

and it involves everyone who works on the show, obviously. Juliet's on there, producer Humphrey, Millennial Max, Ben, yourself, myself, Boss Todd. Does anyone else have a really hard time deciphering what Boss Todd's messages are? Particularly between you and Boss Todd because you're both not as frequent in the WhatsApp group.

No, I'll chime in. I'm an impact player. I'll come in and I'll refer to something that was maybe 20 messages ago. I know, and everyone has to kind of work out what's he talking about. Even Millennial Max and Producer Humphries are very good at when they do reply for something earlier

they sort of basically repost that message with their new message around it. So you go, oh this is what they're I like you to work. I like you to work hard when I'm messaging. But you and Boss Todd, very inconsistent on the group. I'm not as bad as, don't put me in the same category as Boss Todd. Because we had an occasion over the weekend.

At least mine are coherent. With Boss Todd chipping into the group. And I think there was talk about something. There was talk about something else to do with Producer Juliet and Boss Todd seemed to just change the subject mid-conversation. Yeah, okay.

Now, you read this message out and we'll see if the audience can try and... This is like unscrambling a code that was written by the Egyptians on the side of a pyramid many years ago. So Boss Todd has written, this is over the weekend, 7.12pm. I think it might've been on a Sunday night.

Anything in the QTY now mid-unused rockets, TYT, they just let go adrift and then crag back to earth, question mark. They say the rocket, dot, dot, dot, should, dot, dot, dot, break up on re-entry. Full stop. Tanks, guys. It's like he shuts his eyes,

he smushes his fingers over the keyboard and hopes for the best. So we all went, oh, okay, maybe let's talk about that rocket. Well, he's definitely got the, yeah. But we're not sure what he wants us to do with this on the show. If it was an idea for some content.

What are you, I can't, for the life of me, I've read it 30 times. Producer Juliet, do you know, because sometimes I'm not always the best with the, you know, the acronyms and what words will, you know, like kind of mean. So QTY, TYT. Honestly, I just think with Todd's messages, with Boss Todd's messages, I just think if I can't decipher it, if it's important enough, he'll call me

and I'll just ignore the text if I can't decipher it. Because I don't want to get into that I even noticed with my daughter the other day she put NP and then she put in brackets, no problem. So she went for the abbreviation but then also put it for me to know. Poppy does that with TY she's like, that's thank you. Yeah, but it's like

when you have to explain it, it almost defeats the purpose of having to put the abbreviation in there. Let's get Boss Todd on the phone, see if he can explain it. Maybe we should get like an app, like Google Translate for Boss Todd's messages on our WhatsApp group. At the moment, Oscar's the same, my son. He's relying a lot on Apple's predictive text system. You know, when you do a text and it has like suggested things

that you might be wanting to follow on with. And he's just, one of his favourite hobbies is just going and selecting things that you might be wanting to follow on with. And he's just one of his favourite hobbies is just going and selecting things that make no sense like back in my back to play ball ball and play games with the team. Play ball. I have the game to go to. The ball games I can play today. So I get back to the game. I play it on a play play games.

Yo, I play games on a play play. It's like a Dr. Seuss. Yeah, like that or like an Eminem rap. I can imagine Eminem could rap quite well to this. Now we've got Boss Todd on the phone. Producer Humphrey's tracked him down. Should we get him on, Producer Humphrey? All right, Boss Todd, what on earth were you meaning with that rocket text?

Well, typos, because I think I might need to get my asses checked. But, you know, we're just getting the information out there, guys. So what is that? Okay, so anything in the QTY, now mid-unused rockets, TYT, they just let go of drift and then crag back to Earth, question mark.

They say the rocket dot, dot, dot, should dot, dot, dot, break up on re-entry, tanks, guys. So explain what that meant. Well, this was the other day because we put, some people know, we put information in the chat group about things that could be talked about. And I may have been a little bit critical of the Chinese government, God bless them, being able to send a rocket to space but not necessarily being sure about how to get it back.

Oh, none of that came across in your message. I got the rocket part. On that day, you see China and rocket, straight away you're on it. That's all you need to know. That's all you need to know. All right, text Todd. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It took all my willpower not to say, we've got high hopes in this competition. You know, like to link in from the song to that,

but I didn't. So that was the main thing. Yeah, but then you've kind of done it. It's almost like you still wanted the credit for it,

but then you didn't want to act like, yeah, I see what you've done there. You've approached it from a non-cheesy angle, but then in doing so, you've also,

but you've got my respect. Okay. Because we do have high hopes. I didn't deliver it in the way that, you'd normally, yeah. Unorthodox. cheesy angle, but then in doing so, have also... But you've got my respect, okay? Because we do have high hopes. I didn't deliver it in the way that you'd normally... Unorthodox, yeah. Didn't see it coming. Now it is our Game of Words Association. We play it every day, 7.45. We tell you five words. You know how it works. You say the first things that pop into your head.

After those five words, of all five match with ours, you win $5,000. Shanae and Tauranga, welcome. Hi. Lovely to have you on, Morena. Listen, I can feel it in my heart that we are going to have a winner today, Sianae. It could be the feeling of winning or indigestion. I can't sometimes decipher between the two.

How are you feeling about it? Yeah, I'm a bit nervous, but yeah, either way, I'm just happy to be able to have the privilege of playing the two. How are you feeling about it? Yeah, I'm a bit nervous, but yeah, either way, I'm just happy to be able to have the privilege of playing the game. I'm happy to have you on, Sian. Now you've got a big decision to decide. First up, Jono, Ben or Producer Juliet, who do you want to head into the soundproof booth? I'm going to go with Jono.

I'm going to give Jono a go. Back into the soundproof booth. Or as those who voted yes in the referendum call it, the hot box. Here we go. All right. Sharna, you know how the game works. I'm going to tell you five words. You tell us the first things that pop into your head.

Cool, thank you. All right, I'm just pausing briefly as Jono shuts the door, and we're good to go. The first word this morning is lawn. L-A-W-N lawn. Mowing? Mower? Mowing? Mowing. Yeah.

Mowing the lawn. Yeah. Seems like a good one. Crumbed is your second word. C-R-U-M-B-E-D crumbed. What are you having crumbed? Fish fingers. Oh, crumbed fish. Can I come back to that one?

Yeah, yeah, okay, you can. Producer Juliet, what was popping into your head there? Fish was coming into mind. Crumbed fish, yeah, I was thinking crumbed fish. Or you can do chicken. We'll come back to that. Oh, yeah, you're true. We'll come back to that one.

Skinny is the next word. Skinny. Skinny is the next word. Skinny. Skinny mobile. Oh, skinny mobile. Nice work plugging the friend of the show. Skinny mobile. Security is the next word. Security.

That's like a really hard one because it's like so many things that could go with security. Yeah. I've got a couple that popped into my head as well, Producer Juliette. Yeah. Yeah, I've got a couple that comes to mind too. I've got like security alarm, security guard. That's tough, isn't it? Oh, what are you going to lock in?

Go security alarm. Security alarm, okay. And the final word is button. B-U-T-T-O-N, button. Button shirt. Okay, that's good. I like that one. And you wanted to come back to crumbed?

Yeah, I'm going to go fish. Fish, okay. All right, you've done really well Fish. Fish, okay. All right. You've done really well with some tough words there, Shana. So we're going to get Jono out of the soundproof booth and we're going to see if those words match up. But yeah, well done. I think you should be very pleased with that effort

because some of those are tricky. Yeah, they were really tricky. It's the ones that have the multiple options. So I'll tell you what, producer Humphrey's camera work, because he films this live, he really comes in close to your face. A little bright light.

Yeah, the internet does not need to see this face close up. Shana, how'd you go? I don't know, it was really hard, if I'm going to be honest, because some of the words were quite hard. Yeah, well hopefully, there was a song, wasn't there? You took the words right out of my mouth, so hopefully I can take the words out of your mouth and put them into my mouth. But it wasn't when you were kissing, it was when you were playing the game. Playing the game.

Five words. And then we can send you $5,000. All right, let's do it. All right, Jono, the first word we said to Sianae this morning was lawn. Lawn. Lawn. Grass or mower?

Mower. Mower Why are you going Why are you scrunching? What's going on? She said a variation Of the word Lawn mow?

Do we give it Lawn mowing? Oh we give it to him? Lawn mowing? Oh, yes. Is that what you said? Well done. Yeah, we'll give it to you. Thank you, Danny. Yeah, that was the word.

You'd like to lock in the... Which word? I'd like to lock in lawn mow. All right, I'm going to be... Lawn mowing. I'm going to be tough from here on in, all right? Okay. Okay, here mowing. I'm going to be tough from here on in. Okay.

Okay, here we go. You've got one from five. Crumbed. Oh, jeez. Well, I get crumbed snapper every Friday for Fish and Chip Friday. Oh, that's what you fancy. You fancy crumbed... Oh, you got crumbed schnitzel?

Schnitzel. Do a lot of schnitz. Or crumbed snitty? Or crumbed fish? Whatel? Schnitzel. Do I like that? Snitz. Crumb a snitty? Or crumbed fish? What else do you crumb? Crumb, uh, brie crumbs? I'll go crumb fish. Oh!

Oh! Sha-nay, okay. Okay, here we go. Next word, skinny. Mobile? Oh, Sianay! You look at me in the eye, and I try not to give you, I try to make the best poker face.

You don't blink. Just a shocking poker face. If anything, it weirds me out your face. I look startled. Two away, Sianay. All right, here we go. Security. Guard.

I said guard. I said guard. You said guard. Why is the buzzer playing? Yeah, it was one of the words she did. We locked an alarm, right? Yes, that's correct. Oh, Sianae, I'm sorry. What was the fifth word?

And it was button. Shirt. We got four. Oh, Sianae, you did so well. I'm so sorry. That's okay. So close. Well, hopefully we get to do this again, Sharnay,

because I feel good about next time we play, all right? Yeah, that's okay. Thank you, guys. Have a great day. You look after yourself. Oh, that was, man, so close but so far away. Back tomorrow at 7.45. Yeah, yeah, no.

Yeah, no. Yeah, no. The home of yeah, no. She'll be right. And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. Something we do every day on the hits is we call a different town and city in New Zealand.

We call one a day and we're slow. We don't do it every day because Ben is starting to lose passion for this project. As I said, we did it every day. You guys looked at me like, yeah. You had your head sort of straight on and on and you turned it on an angle. Don't you lie to our audience. We said we were going to do it every day and we don't.

I do it every day. I don't always put it on the radio every day, but I always do it every day. I make sure I make my... I'm the one dragging you across the finish line on this one, mate. We are not stopping. We're in the M's too, so we're about halfway through the alphabet.

Yeah, now we are phoning every town and city in Aotearoa. And, you know, so that when we die, on our gravestones will be written, they made an enormous amount of phone calls. They achieved something in life. A lot of toll calls. And one of them got Dwayne the Rock Johnson tattooed on his backside. Did he notice that? We're not sure.

We're still not sure. Maybe one day he might post it. Today, though, we're heading to a little location nestled in Northland, Mangutapere. Now, the man responsible for founding Mangutapere also, get this, founded the BNZ Bank. So he's also responsible for an enormous amount of debt that we're all in. Oh, wow. Did you know that? Yeah, his name was Henry Walton.

And on the phone now from Mangutapere, I think we have someone from the petrol station. Hello. Morning. How are you? I'm good, thank you. Love a Selena. Never met a bad Selena in my life. Oh, that's good. You never will. No, you are. It's a good name.

Isn't it a wholesome name? What do you do there? Where are you? I'm at the Gas Mangata Piri. Pumping gas. Tell me. Tell me one thing. What? Do many people come in, fill up the car, and drive off?

Of course. We have millions that drive off. Oh, really? Does it happen quite regularly? Yep. Oh, that sucks. Is that why the pumps are always on prepay? Is that why that situation? I guess it is, right?

Yep, that's why. Can you tell someone who's going to be a driver-offerer? No, they're pretty hard to tell. Yeah. My thing is, every time I go to put the pump in and it's on prepay, I know inside the petrol station you're getting the beep, beep, beep, and they never release it for me. Well, not for you, mate.

Look at you. Oh, do you look dodgy? Yeah, he does. No, it's never released. Yeah. I wouldn't release it for you, Jono, if I'm looking at you. I'm like, oh, this guy. Come on and pay, mate.

Yeah, I probably would too. You wouldn't release it either? No, no, I would. Oh, you would. Oh, you're lovely. You're a much better person than me. Another thing I'm just discovering about your wonderful area, the berries. Yep.

Very popular in this area. Very popular. Beautiful area. Very popular. Beautiful pun. And they've got a new one called Salisbury. What is Salisbury? Salisbury is a mixture of, what's that a mixture of? Raspberry.

Raspberry and apricot, I think. Oh, what's it like? Yeah, it's all right. It's all right. A half a raspberry, half an apricot. Oh, yeah. The Jurassic Park of, you know, genetic an apricot. Oh, yeah. The Jurassic Park of, you know, genetic modification, but for fruit. I don't eat many raspberries. Oh, don't

you? No, I don't. I enjoy it when I do, but you're right, it's not something you normally buy as such. No, not, well, if you come to Gasmunga to Piri, you could buy them. Now, how long have you lived there? 36 years. That's a great career. That is a great career. So you know everyone. How big is the place? It's not that big. So you know everyone pretty much in town? Pretty much, yeah. We're the locals, yeah. And if we come for a holiday, would we, A, would we

come for a holiday? Of course you would come for a holiday. And B, what would we do on our holiday? Goodness, I don't know. Pick raspberries? Pick raspberries. Pre-pay for Pick raspberries? Pick raspberries. Pick raspberries. Pre-pay for some gas and pick some raspberries.

Yeah, of course. Yeah. So what's the closest town? It's Whangarei, is it? Yeah, Whangarei's the closest, yeah. Oh, yeah. It's nice there. They've got the clock museum.

Yep. The Handoas is getting built, so. Oh, the toilets. Yes, they've got some of those in Whangarei, because they've also got them in Kawakawa as well, right? Yep. Have they designed some more toilets?

It's coming soon. Yeah, Whangarei's got some now. He loves a novelty toilet, that artist. Very beautiful. Totally does. Yeah. You almost feel guilty doing what you need to do. Yeah, I know.

It's almost too nice for that, right? It's like, would you go and take a pee on the Mona Lisa? No. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, you're right. It'd be like getting a Da Vinci and all those paint inside of a toilet. You're like, oh, this is, you know, but this is art.

But it's great. I mean, it brightens up something that, you know, is not normally so bright. So it's awesome. Yeah, that's right. I just like my run-of-the-mill graffiti public toilets. Thank you. You have been an absolute champion, Selena.

All good. Thank you very much. To be fair, you've basically said there's not much to do in Mangatapere. Yeah, yeah. But, hey, I appreciate your honesty. All good. See you, mate. Look after yourself.

See you. Have a good day. Add these two men together and somehow you get three-quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Scrolling through your feed. Listen, I said to Ben you need to be a lean, mean news-reading machine, and he's taken it literally. That's why he weighs only 42 kgs.

Come on down. What's been happening overnight? Overnight, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed the location of the wedding for her and her partner, Clark Gayford. So they also said it was going to happen. Remember last week, I think, was big news. It was happening in summertime. And that they had thought of a date, but they weren't saying what date.

So I haven't said a date. So they have set the date, but they haven't told anyone. God, this is dragging on longer than the Friends reunion, guys. Yeah. So the wedding is going to take place in Gisborne over summertime. Well, that's Clark's hometown. Yeah, that's right. That's where he grew up.

That's where his family are. So that's where it's going to happen. No date set. And fair enough, too, because they haven't told the guests yet. So what would they tell the country before they told the guests? Where's Jacinda from again? She was in Morrinsville, wasn't she? Morrinsville. Why don't they have their wedding in Morrinsville? Morrinsville's lovely. That time of year.

They could do. Love Morrinsville. Oh, they could go. They could spend time in Wellington. They could spend time in Auckland. There's plenty of options. Yeah. New Zealand's beautiful. It must be hard for them to pinpoint a place because everyone's going to go, oh, what are you ever here?

You know? You made a lot of acid on this wedding. I know. A lot of acid. The guest list would be, there'd be a lot of obligations too. Yeah. You know, it's just like,

I don't want to invite bloody Chris Hipkins. But I feel obliged. What's wrong with Chris Hipkins. But I feel obliged. What's wrong with Chris Hipkins? He's done a great job of shouting, just yelling through the pan. Yeah, I mean, hey, he's great. He's like a likeable guy. I just plucked him out of thin air.

So there's no reason behind that. Just like, yeah, I see what you mean. You know, she's got to be a feel obliged to invite. When does she do the cut off with the list, labour list? Where you're like, sorry, Tamati Coffey, you just don't make the cut we almost we knew someone

that was they were like no people from work because it just got into and I can kind of understand how they were like no people from work

for the wedding because once you do you feel obligated to invite everyone so it's almost cleaner to go okay we're just going to have no one from work

which I thought was actually a really smart idea so for a wedding because it can just get so tricky I was just I'd probably wait till after she was Prime Minister and then she wouldn't be like, I have to go and invite the Queen or invite someone else.

Oh, don't you hate when you have to invite the Queen to your wedding? She probably has to invite the Queen. Hey, out of like courtesy. The Queen's going to be like, as if, but. Yeah, there's a pandemic going on. You've got to quarantine for two weeks but you know flying to

from Auckland to Tauranga is enough of a mission but from London to Gisborne to come to a wedding I know I mean it'd be lovely if she turned up

and just quickly a report on teenagers around the world and how much they're using the internet has seen New Zealanders using

spending more time on the internet as teenagers than most other countries except for Denmark, Sweden and Chile. So New Zealand teens are spending on average 35 hours a week, according to the study, 22 hours higher than 2012. What should it make sense of? Well, the problem is Producer Juliet brings up our average as well with the amount of

screen time she has on her phone. I know you're no longer a teenager, but you bring up New Zealand's average. I really do. It's horrendous. It's so bad. What's of screen time she has on her phone. I know you're no longer a teenager but you bring up New Zealand's average. I really do. It's horrendous. It's so bad. What's your screen time like? It's on average at the moment four hours which was kind of... A day? Yeah. And most of that's on social media, specifically

Instagram. It's so bad. I love this stat too because a dear friend who's in Chile they're still in lockdown. Yeah, so you understand why they're spending a lot of time on there. Yeah, you get it. They're streaming all sorts of stuff. They've watched Tiger King 300 times.

But yeah, well done, New Zealand. Well done on there. You never know what's going on on the internet, do you? No, it's a wild, wild west. I was talking to my son about it. He's like, oh, he started on Snapchat. And it's the first time as a parent I'm like, do you let them on?

Do you not let them on? Because, you know, you really open them up to a big wide world of potential bullying. Anything can be said. And anything can be posted too. That's the other thing as well. Once it's out there, it's out there. But anyway, I look at his Snapchat every night.

I review it. And they just talk absolute shit. There's nothing of concern on there. But you know, because if you're being bullied at school, it can now stretch, you know, it can happen at home now on social media. That's terrifying. I know.

You know, it used to be a day, you know, you can walk away from the school gates and you'd be fine. So I had a punch in the face. You walk away, you dust yourself off at home. When you get out again, they might call your house and your parents would hand over the phone. You're like, leave me alone.

What do you want, Mum? No, no, your bully just wants to talk to you just quickly, just a sec before you go to bed. Oh, okay, sorry. He just wants to talk to you one last time today. Oh, thanks for handing him over, Mum.

Yeah, no, it builds character. There you go. I'll just grab him. I'll just grab him for you, dear. Yeah, no, it builds character. There you go. I'll just grab him. I'll just grab him for you, dear. Hang on, wait a second. Just so you know, I'm going to steal all your lunch tomorrow. Alright, goodnight. Love you. And that is scrolling to your feed this morning. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Please welcome Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. For ten years, Dwayne the Rock Johnson Now, sometimes in life you're like, why have I been put upon this earth? What is my purpose? What is my drive?

And my drive is to make my friend, my dear, dear friend, Ben Boyce's dreams come true. And he had a dream to get on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Instagram account, didn't he, Juliet? He very much did. So Juliet stole the work credit card and traded some Bitcoin, and we got two bottles of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila because he does something on his Instagram account,

Dwayne The Rock Johnson Tequila Tuesdays. Yeah, he plugs people enjoying his tequila and you were like, if you want the Warauk, your hero, to notice you, why don't you do something with his tequila? So we got the tequila and then through the you guys listening, you devised the idea of getting a tattoo. A tattoo. Which works.

Which works. Which will get the attention of the Rock. Anything else you do is like, you're down with the pack. You want to stand out, don't you? Yeah. Well, right. Anything else you do is like, ah, you're down with the pack. You want to stand out, don't you? Well, this is a commitment. This is like I put my butt on the line, literally. Yeah, now 50% of the audience, they were yes and 50% no. It was divided clean down the middle whether you should do it or not.

Do it. Get it done. If you're passionate about something and you get it tattooed on you, you're not going to regret it and it's part of your journey. No, I think you're making a last-term commitment for a short-term reward. You're going to be excited for a few months, but then you've got the thing you have to look at every day that's permanently on you that's really hard to remove.

I really love the sensible audience here at The Hits. A lot of the comments online are like, Oh, Ben, don't do it. You're going to regret it later in life. You know, they really think about sensible life decisions. You know, other radio stations around, they'll be like, do it on your genitals, you know. Not here. No. They think about the consequences.

And I did take that into consideration. I did. I thought long and hard about it. What, the genitals? No, no, just, you know, the consequences of it. But I'm a growing adult, and I decided that it was something that I wanted to do. And so yesterday we went to the tattoo parlor after the show, Three Dice Tattoo, and we got an iHeart Dwayne Johnson tattoo on my left butt cheek.

The big day's come. I know. The day that your life changes. Yeah, it's a lot bigger than I... Oh, here we go, we're doing it now. Yeah, because there's three words on the tattoo, so it's kind of, yeah, a little bit bigger than I thought. There's four words. Oh, because there's three words on the tattoo, so it's kind of, yeah,

a little bit bigger than I thought. There's four words. Oh yeah, there is. Dwayne, The Rock, John. This is it.

This is you on your journey. I know. If he doesn't post this, I mean. Well, it doesn't matter because you win

at the end of the day because you still love Dwayne The Rock, John too. And that's why I'm doing it because I love him. So, your body has now

just become a timeline of documenting soulless radio stunts now, hasn't it? It's the history books, and those books are your left butt cheek. We sent that video off to Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Yeah, we put it on my Instagram, ben__boys__. Getting everyone, if you can, go on there, tag at The Rock on there and tag Te Re Mana, which is the tequila, and see if we can get their attention.

Top comment, Matty McLean, TVNZ weather presenter. You're an idiot. That's the top comment. Thanks, Matty McLean. But we've also got Te Re Mana, the tequila company. So The Rock's tequila company message, and they said, salute, which is like cheers in Spanish. So I don't know what that means.

Well, it means they've seen it. Someone in the company have seen it. It hasn't been The Rock has seen it. Some spotty intern clearing the social media accounts. We're so close, though. We're so close. So if you can get to Ben underscore, Boyce underscore, and maybe just tag in The Rock and get this thing going.

We could not have done any more. And I don't know. If Dwayne The Rock Johnson get this thing going? We could not have done any more. And I don't know, if Dwayne The Rock Johnson doesn't post this on his Instagram account, I'll probably just get on with my life. And Ben will have a permanent tattoo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. But we really need him to do it. So come on Aotearoa. Let's get behind a team of five million.

Let's make this little boy's dream come true. Get to Ben Boyce's Instagram, tag the rockin'. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Bye. Thanks to Cadbury, Dairy Milk sniffed his block. The new fan favourite.

Here's some celebrity news. Starring producer Juliet as celebrity entertainment reporter. Ben Boyce as radio host pretending to be interested, and Jono Pryor as handsome philanthropic humanitarian. What's happening, Ju? So Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have spent several days in Montana together, not long after J-Lo split with her fiancé Alex Rodriguez. Now, Bennifer, as Ben Affleck and J-Lo used to be called

back in the early 2000s, they dated for a couple of years. It was a crime that they broke up and that morphinated name could no longer exist. I know. What ever happened to him? I know that he went to Bennifer Garner, didn't he? True. Yeah, it's great when he dates gins.

Next year's going to be coming for your wife. Yeah, well, he can... Like, I would say to her, go, go. He's a better man. Spread your wings. But they dated for a couple of years in the early 2000s. They were engaged and then they postponed their wedding not long before the wedding was meant to take place.

I think it was like a few days or something. They did that cinematic blockbuster, Gigli. Remember Gigli? I haven't seen that one, but I don't know if it was Oscar nominated or anything, was it? No. It was critically acclaimed in my books.

Oh, good, good. But yeah, over, gosh, since the 2000s, spotted it having a weekend away together in Montana, and that's pretty quick to move on from old mate A-Rod for J-Lo, but I guess maybe it was something... Is it a relationship or is it friendship?

Don't know. We don't know. We don't know. Can you be friends with an ex? I reckon you can. Can you? Yeah. I don't know,

but there's always that little thing of like, you know, we bumped uglies and... Some people are better friends than they were in relationships. True. I text 4487, are you friends with your ex?

Yeah. Yeah, get in touch with us. touch I was like everyone has to be You know And every occasion's better But some people Get to the stage And be like hey You know what

We're in that great together I guess it probably can work Yeah But sometimes it doesn't work Yeah But yeah 4487 Can it work? Listen I'm very possessive

I don't let you talk To any former co-hosts Do I? I check if You could have a potential new one Sometimes Yeah Let me see your phone I put a tracking device On his vehicle former co-hosts. Do I? I check if... You've got a potential new one. Sometimes I'm chatting to someone

who I want to team up. Let me see your phone. I put a tracking device on his vehicle. I did actually hear something quite a while ago and it's always stuck with me for some reason.

It's like, if you're friends with an ex, it means you're either still in love or you never were. Boom. But then maybe that's just a yarn. Boom.

I like your boom. But maybe. As soon as you said boom, you didn't even let that sit. No. You still went, oh, actually, hang on. Have you got exes?

Yes. Are you friends with them? Oh, I'm not like, I'm not in contact with them, but if I saw them, we'd be fine, you know? I think you're either one of those people

who's like, yeah, I could be friends with an ex, or you're a person who's like, no, I need to move on. There's two camps. It depends on your situation

too sometimes. You know, like I think if you're in, you know, maybe you've both found new relationships and you're both happy, then that's a lot easier than if you're wallowing at home while they're living the good life, you know? Yeah, yeah, true. You know, you could be like, oh, okay.

Yeah, totally. And just quickly, Prince Harry's next money-making venture has a date. So it's a new TV series called The Me You Can't See with Oprah. It's coming out in 10 days on Apple TV. It's basically stories from high profile guests like

Lady Gaga and Glenn Close about mental health and emotional well-being issues. So it's very in Prince Harry's realm. He's very experienced in that sort of thing. So it's executively produced by Oprah and has in 10 days time. Oh wow, they've got quite the friendship going, don't they?

They do, they very much do. Oprah and Meghan and Harry. Well, they're neighbours, aren't they? Yeah, they are. Yeah. They are. They're going to be like, oh, pain in the arse, neighbours coming over again

wanting to make another bloody blockbuster show. Yeah. We collaborated with our neighbours on making a fence. Who got the good side of the fence and who got the other side? Who was going to pay more? I mean, that's what we did. That's a good collaboration. You know, the fence came together well,

but yeah, we're not making Netflix shows together. Yeah. Did you both paint it? Did you both chip in for paint? Oh, we painted our side. They painted this side. You know, that's fine.

A beautiful collaboration. Oh, we'll pay a bit more because we'll get the nicer, you know. Listen, just like Oprah and Harry. Yeah, just like them. And then a spy for more. You can head to the Hits. know. Listen, just like Oprah and Harry. just like them. And they're a spy from where you can enter the hit stock

code NZ. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Cadbury snifters, Cadbury and snifters

I've got together combined with Cadbury dairy milk snifters, blocks of chocolate featuring the iconic snifters, a mint taste along with Cadbury dairy milk

and we've got something to give away. And that's just off the top of his head. He just says that stuff every day at morning teas. I do. And you iconic Cadbury Snifters dairy. I do remember Cadbury Snifters from the movies. It was such a good thing.

And so what we're doing is we're putting some movie scenes. Jono's going to describe some movies to you, some Snifters scenes. And we're going to start you with $500 cash. If you get some wrong or you can't get some answers, we'll take away $100 per scene. And already this game's been nominated for an Academy Award next year

for Best Radio Competition About Movies, so we're going to do a really long speech that no one cares about at the Oscars next year, but we'll welcome Gary to the show. How are you, Gazza? Yeah, good, thanks, Hugh. Good. Gee, you sound like you went through puberty three and a half times, Gary. Yeah, once or twice.

Once or twice. All right, Gary, Jono today is going to turn over the blocks of chocolate and he's going to see a movie title and he's going to give you some clues and you've got to guess the movies and you start with $500. Hopefully by the end of it you still keep that money. Good as hell. Are you ready? Start the timer, Jude.

Okay, first one. Little girl, she was kind of magic. Roald Dahl. Mrs. Trunchbull. Matilda. Yes. Boom, one for one. Second one.

Michael J. Fox. DeLorean. Back to the Future. Back to the Future, well done. Luke, he hooks up with this girl that turns out that they may have committed incest. There's wars and stars. And Darth Vader. Star Wars.

Yes. Well done. Steve Carell. Minions. He's despicable. Despicable, mate. Well done. Wall-E.

Wall-E. Wall-E. Wall-E,-E Wall-E Wall-E the robot Yeah well done What that was Producer Humphries Is doing the whole like He's doing his hand

Across his throat What do you mean He's not happy with the Clues he gave him Come here Humphrey What's going on You've got 30 seconds You've got 30 seconds

What's your problem What's wrong Clues not answers Get Clues $500 answers. Get paid. $500, Gary. You've got a movie snack back. It's all thanks to Cadbury Dairy Milk and Snifter's Box of Chocolate.

All right, enjoy that. So have I actually won $500? Yes. You have. Holy heck. Yeah. Well done. Have a great day.

Thanks for listening. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits. Holy heck. Yeah. Well done. Have a great day. Thanks for listening. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast. Friends of Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh. Oh.