Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Ben's Dying His Santa Beard Black

Episode Date: December 12, 2023

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. I was thinking of my mate on a far lighter note yesterday, but I was catching up with him before Christmas, trying to catch up with some friends, and we're talking about our kids. And I thought it was quite interesting because I was saying to my daughter, one of my daughters, Sienna, she's really into, as you know, she loves performing.

Musical theatre. Kind of doing the sort of things that I do. And I'm like, you don't want to push them. And he's like, why not? It's like, they're good at something. You're being Tiger Mom. Yeah. And I was like, okay, maybe you're right.

But he was saying it can go too far because one of his sons is very good at rugby. But at the start of the season, he was like, well, I'll pay you. I'll bribe you. He said, every try you get 10 bucks. Just thinking that this is incentive to really, you know, push yourself. And then he scored 40 tries, his son, over the season. $400? Yeah.

He was like, he had to have a talk to him because he was playing a second 5-8. He was like, mate, you need to pass it more. You need to get the wingers scoring more tries. But obviously he gave him too much incentive. You're doing too much. Yeah. Too good. Wow. Too good. Wow.

Too good. I mean, that's pretty impressive. Do your parents ever bribe you with anything like that when you were a kid? With fear. They didn't give me any money. Like, I didn't even get pocket money or anything like that. Oh, nothing. We're just part of the household doing what you need to do, right?

Yeah. And they pushed me in ways like, I remember I got 82% in an English exam. And I remember my dad was like, what about the other 18%? It's like, that is an A. Yeah, my mum, the only thing she bribed me for was because she smoked for a little bit. She didn't want me smoking. So she paid me. It was quite a good wicket.

$50 a year. To not smoke. To not smoke. And honestly, I didn't have any interest in smoking, but I gladly took her money. So you got paid for doing nothing, essentially. Yeah, she was like, I don't want you smoking. And my friend group, there was not really anyone smoking,

maybe one or two, but not really. It wasn't a big thing. So I was like, oh, yeah, I'll take your money. She was completely unaware you're a total nerd burger and not interested. If I did smoke, it would have been cool to spend the money on cigarettes. But I didn't. Winston Peters would be loving this conversation right now,

talking about smoking. Hey, in three minutes, I had a very awkward moment a couple of months ago with a New Zealand musician. It was live on stage in front of thousands of people, and he popped in yesterday. Oh, no. And we got to relive this moment, this awkward moment. It's a shocker I had

secondhand awkwardness the hits the Jono and Ben podcast we've said this yesterday we love all the wrap-ups at the end of the year because it gives us something to talk about radio fodder reflect back on the year but the quote of the year something that happens every year I think Massey University come out with the best quotes uh the ones that have made the most impact in New Zealand over the past 12 months. Some I hadn't heard, to be fair. It felt like we haven't had enough this year. Yeah. And they're making up numbers.

There's a couple of clear favourites. I mean, I would say in position three, this was a cool news story for me. Ed Sheeran ended up going to a pub in the Wairarapa, where I'm from, and he got ID'd. That was one of the quotes of the year. Have you got any ID? Someone who didn't know it was Ed Sheeran. They thought they were being stitched up by the cops. Asked him for ID.

So that was good. But I would say, you know, the top two for me is one from Nicola Willis. Now, she's obviously in the National Party. She was having a debate with Grant Robertson, who was the finance minister for the Labour Party, and they were talking about the fiscal hole, the big hole, basically New Zealand. Yeah, please explain the fiscal hole. New Zealand not having any money.

We're in this massive hole, and this is what happened. How big is his hole? And do... That is not in the public interest I can assure you Who was the first chuckle? Because there's someone who goes It does feel like someone laughing

And then everyone else joins in And then she realises what she said So that's up there as well And then obviously Up the Waz Which just took over this year The Warriors sang, didn't it? You'd feel like Up the Waz is a real frontrunner To take it out One of my favourite Up the Mars moments I don't know if you'd feel like up the wires as a real front runner to take it out.

One of my favourite up the Mars moments, I don't know if you saw this, this was in the middle of the FIFA Women's World Cup. It was on the AM show on TV. And William Wadawa, who does a great job out and about, was interviewing these little girls about their favourite team in the Football World Cup. And this was one of their answers. Who's your favourite team?

England. Who? England. England. Who? England. England. England. Up the wars. Up the wars? Hey?

So yeah, so up the wars. I feel like up the wars should take it out this year. What the voting criteria is for brevity, impact and emotional power. And that's got it all, right? You think it would, right? So you can vote for your favourite and then they're going to announce the winner the week before Christmas.

So next week? Yeah, it would be. The quote of the year. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. 12 days of giveaways with Disney's Wish. Brand new movie, Disney's Wish in cinemas. Boxing Day.

It looks very, very cool. Can't wait to take the kids along to that one when it's in cinemas. About a little girl wishes on a star and the star comes down, comes to life. That's a pretty cool idea. Very cool idea. And thanks to Disney's Wish. We're doing the 12 Days of Wishmas.

You can head to the Hits Instagram, Hits Breakfast on Instagram, every day and nominate someone else. That's the cool thing about this. You can nominate someone else that's helped you out throughout the year and they could get a prize each day, it changes. And this morning, Julia joins us. How are you? Very good, how are you? We're doing good.

Now, thanks to Disney's Wish, we're spreading the love. They're spreading the love in cinemas, we're spreading the love on the radio and you want to give this money, $500 this morning, away to someone else. Who is it? My mum. I mean, aside from what every mum does, what makes your mum special? Aside from giving birth to me. She comes over every morning.

She's actually here now. She's making my morning coffee for me. She's doing my kids' lunches so I can get up and I can get ready to go to work and so I can work my dream job being a youth worker because I can't be a youth worker with the pay rate and with the kindy like affording daycare so she comes up every day and she's like put her life on hold so I can first of all get qualified to be a youth worker and then now work as a youth worker and I'm just so grateful when she does this all for free and I haven't been able to give her any money

because the pay rate's not good in youth work. How great and how many mums and grandparents end up being nannies and babysitters for free? We owe them so much. I know. And they've already done it for free for us. Yeah, that's true. And we're like, hang on.

I thought they'd moved on. Hang on. Oh, that is awesome what she's doing is awesome uh what she's doing wrapped into it again sounds like you're very appreciative is she there can we talk to her is she in the middle of like she's making her coffee i'll take over the okay all right thanks julia hello hello esther good morning how you doing good morning um yeah i'm good okay Good morning. Yeah, I'm good. Okay, okay. A blink twice if you want to get out of coming over every day and looking after three kids.

I'm kidding. We've just been learning about what the wonderful things you're doing for Julia and your family. It's awesome what you're doing. Oh, thank you. Thank you. And we want to give you a reward on behalf of your daughter, Julia, a $500 cash and a double pass to go and see Disney's new movie, Wish.

Oh, my God. Yeah. That's very well. Yeah, $500. Yeah, oh, my God. That's going to mean so much to us. Oh, that's awesome. We've got so much going on.

It's going to be awesome. No, she didn't just say me. She said this will mean so much to us. I know. Still wanting to spread the love. It's awesome what be awesome. No, she didn't just say me. She said this will mean so much to us. I know. Still wanting to spread the love. It's awesome what you're doing. $500 is coming your way. So that's what Julia nominated you.

She wanted to give that money to you for everything you've done for her over the last, well, years and years. Thank you so much. Thank you, Jill. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. This has meant so much to us. Thank you, Jill. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. This has meant so much to us. Thank you, Jono and Ben. You're welcome.

You're welcome. You're welcome. There's a lot to comprehend first thing in the morning. Lovely to talk to you. Have a great Christmas. Yes, thank you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Auckland restaurant Asacha giving away free meals on Christmas Day for those in need. Oh, that's nice.

It's pretty cool. You hear those stories and I know it's happening right around the country. Those sort of things, people getting into the Christmas spirit, particularly in a time of need at the moment, I feel, in New Zealand. You've really thrown that out there and I'm doing something completely selfish for myself. Well, no, but it's something that you do getting into the Christmas spirit and it's a tradition that you

do in your family and you spend a lot of time on it. I don't know know when this started but I think it comes from the fact that my mum when we were little she used to just get scraps of paper that she'd saved I remember there was once like a paper bag that looked like it was from the 70s and she just haphazardly wrapped your presents to the point where you could kind of see like there was holes in the wrapping you're like well I can see what that is mum and it's that generation my mum's the same when it comes to wrapping she's like don't rip it don't rip it and then she'll save the paper fold it up put the paper aside and reuse that paper which is which is a great thing to do right it's good for the environment um but i think it made me a little

bit ott with wrapping so i was like now that i'm older I theme my wrapping paper for Christmas. And so all the presents are the same. And I find Christmas wrapping sometimes a little bit gaudy. Like I don't like Santa or like snowmen or Christmas trees on the wrapping. Oh, you like something that looks a bit classy. A bit chic. Yeah, right. So I change the theme every year. and it's turned into quite a thing. You can see it.

It's on the Hits Breakfast. We've shared your reel on our reel. You've gone to a lot of trouble. You sketched it out beforehand. I did sketch it out to make sure it looked okay. And it's hard because I have an idea in my mind, but then trying to find what i want to do it's not always easy so i have to go around do a little recce see what's available

and then sketch it up uh and so this year how is it like talking out loud about this ridiculous no but it's your thing i mean we all spend time on things that are important to us and this is something that makes you happy. I know, but again, you just talked about a restaurant who's like serving people. Oh, sorry. I shouldn't have led into the story with that. And you're like, and your wrapping paper is important to you. No, but what happens when someone rips a present open?

You're like, ooh. Oh, I'm okay with that. Okay. They don't need to save it. But I just, I get a bit upset because we have Christmas at our house most years. And so everyone brings presents to put under the tree for everyone to open together. But everyone else's presents kill my aesthetic. I'm like, you've brought in the Christmas tree wrapping paper.

You need to get like a big sort of Santa sack sort of thing. You can put all your presents in here so that can sit by the tree. Yeah, and I'll put it behind the tree. And yours can sit out on display. It is very, I mean, some people are really good at wrapping presents. Other people, Jono is terrible. We did a charity thing once. We went to the mall for a few hours.

I want to do this. We wrapped some presents. You'd be great. No, I think people would end up waiting there too long. Well, someone lined up for us, and Jono just like haphazardly put it on. The lady was like, and then she went and we saw her. She unwrapped it and went back into another line in front of us just to get someone else.

Gave another gold coin to charity. So I guess, if anything, we got double the money out of her. But I was like, jeez, Jono, you know? I'd love to do that. But yeah, the line would be huge. People would be like, come on, can you hurry it up a bit? How long would it take? Well, I'd be so careful with it.

I'd do my folds perfect, you know? It's got to be done nicely. It's fine because I saw you had a shoe box. I'm like, that's fine, but what happens if something like... No, I save boxes during the year and I put everything in boxes. Do you? Clothing's the worst. Don't wrap clothing, put it in a box.

Because I was like, who's getting the Nike shoes? But they're not Nike shoes. No, they are Nike shoes. Oh, okay. Can you not talk about that? Because that is a present for my family members. Someone's getting Nike shoes. No, they are Nike shoes. Oh, okay. Can you not talk about that? Because that is a present for my family members. Oh, someone's getting Nike shoes. Hopefully it's me

getting Nike shoes. You're filling in this weekend. You wanted me to experience some of the things that probably you go through and a lot of other females go through. To beautify,

to reverse the aging process. I know we're supposed to age gracefully, but it's sometimes a hard pill to swallow yeah so we do a lot of things you are getting a procedure today you're getting a facial acupuncture after the show which will bring you all the highlights of tomorrow yeah no i revealed that last night uh because my family were like what is it no i didn't know and i told my daughter, Indy, that what we were getting. Here was her reaction. So, Indy, tomorrow my procedure is getting facial acupuncture. So they punch you in the face? I don't think they punch you in the face. What does acupuncture mean then?

It's needles. It's lots of needles. That's even worse. You're going to go for the punch in the face option? Yeah, I would go for that. What does she think of me? I guess how she punch it. It's got puncher in the name, but I don't think it quite involves punching.

I wouldn't do that to you. So that's today. That's after the show. But just if that's not enough, you're like, we're going to do something else this morning. And all morning, you guys, you and Taylor have been running around, secret conversations. Do we have a towel?

Do we have a drop cloth? I'm like, what is this thing? What is going on? So last minute I've had anxiety that I didn't clear this with your wife because you have a dinner tonight. I thought it was all his birthday, Andy, yeah. This procedure is very simple. Yeah, right.

What is that? You've got, come in here, Taylor's like. Producer Taylor's just walked in and she is mixing something in a little tray. Yeah, so as you know, all women get grays, right? Yeah. And as part of the aging process, we choose to cover them up. Okay. You haven't.

Yeah. So, we're thinking. You just have a couple. We'll cover them up for you. A way to make me feel self-conscious, you guys. And I bought black, but the more I mix this, it's getting lighter. So, I'm wondering. You look like you've got the Chris Hipkins I mix this It's getting lighter So I'm wondering You look like you've got

The Chris Hipkins option It's getting a little ging It looks blonde So where is this going to go What So it's for the beard and moustache Oh okay alright Yeah

But I can see Looking at your sides You've got some great So I'm like While we're there We should probably Like you know So it all matches

Okay What's that saying? The drapes match the curtains or something? The curtains match the drapes, yeah. Hey, wait, there's the line. They're talking about a different area, Taylor. I don't think so. I don't know.

Hey, I'm going to draw a line at a sub area. I don't think his wife would agree to that. I realise now that that's a saying for under the belt. There's not grey speaks everywhere, right? Okay. We're sticking to your face now because it's a PG show. All right. Okay.

So we're going to – all right. Okay. So we are going to put this on your beard. I've got a few grey specks through – yeah. Do you want to do an honours, Megan? A beard? Sure. Would you say that your hair is black?

Because now I'm looking at it and I think you're more of a dark brown. I don't know. You're dark browny. Yeah, I don't know. You're dark browny. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe. Because we have bought a black hair dye and that is going on your beard. Okay, well we're here now. And you do have

a dinner tonight. It may all look fabulous for the dinner. Okay, so I'm about to, Producer Taylor's going to put that on. We'll put some stories, some photos up on our story at the Hits Breakfast. You're going to to, producer Taylor's going to put that on. We'll put some stories, some photos up on our story at the Hits breakfast. You're going to look, I'm getting like Rob Lowe vibes.

You know, Rob Lowe. Yeah, okay. Yeah, George Clooney vibes. I think Amanda's actually going to be stoked to that. Oh, geez. All right, well, look, help, help everyone.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan in this weekend, getting a little bit of a beautified. You're getting beautified. What is this stuff that's Taylor you're putting on right now on my face? It's actually hair and beard dye. Yeah.

Is it a special stuff for hair and beard dye? Yes. Yeah. Only the best for you. I didn't even know this was an option. How did I not know this was an option? And I'm actually scared because as we continue to do your beard, I'm noticing I should have bought

two packets because man the greys you actually have two packets hey hey we agreed to say you just had a couple

jeez do you get this sort of treatment when you go along to the beauty places do they go oh jeez you should have seen us sooner

excuse me I'm 27 I'm a long way to go do I get greys Mitch oh wow this has been a real humbling experience, guys. Where's Jono?

Jono, come back, Jono. We never asked your wife either, so hopefully she likes it. Oh, she might like it. She might like it. It's obviously going to make me look better. That's the intention, right? Yeah. You know, it's a new year, new me.

And actually, speaking of wrapping up the year, your husband, Andrew, wants to introduce something to your relationship. This is something he's pitched in our household. And I'm like, I'm 100% not keen. And I think we were watching a movie or something. We were watching a movie. I can't remember which one. And they had a family newsletter.

Oh, yeah. You know, the families and the person in my life that sent out these family newsletters i'm not a fan of it's one of those relatives i'm like oh really and then they just put in all the amazing things that them and their kids have done this year and you're like it's only the highlights yeah it's never relatable it'd be nice to have a real honest one and go geez things were bleak for a while you know yeah so i was like well I don't know what I would put in there. It's like social media. It's going to be quite humbling.

It's the highlights of your life. Exactly. I said, that's just Facebook. They can just go to Facebook. And he was like, well, it could be like, you know, what the kids are up to. I was like, people that care already know. And I was like, I don't have anything to put in there.

I think, to be honest, he just wanted to put in his highlights of the year and let everyone know what he'd been up to. Well, he's a great singer. He's in the 10 Tenors this year. I think that's what it was about. He was like, I went on tour with the 10 Tenors. But again, Facebook, everyone already knows that he is. My dad, yeah, he used to do that back in the day too.

Did he? He'd write newsletters about all of us. But you'd never get to pre-read your stuff before it was sent out to all these people. Right. And then you'd be like, oh, that was the thing. Or, geez, my sister sounds a lot better than me. Because you'd have to try and find an equal amount of things for you and your sister. And some years you don't have a good year.

And you're like, oh, he's just a real, like a smile on his face. You're like, really? They're clutching at straws with him. Sweet dreams, Beyonce. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben. 753 Wednesday morning. Now, we were going to reveal all,

but it still apparently needs a bit longer. You've given, let's talk us through the backstory here, Megan. I'm getting something again done. I'm getting beautified in this studio. You're getting beautified. And we are dyeing your beard at the moment. You're at just a couple of grays that you've got. Just a couple?

You guys have been focusing on it. If anything, I feel like I was Santa Claus at the mall by the way at just a couple of greys that you've got. Just a couple? You guys have been focusing on it. If anything, I feel like I was Santa Claus at the mall by the way you guys have been talking. We had to do a patch test to check if it was ready to come off.

Your greys are stubborn. All right, mate. Your greys are... I haven't got any greys, but all right. So we're going to leave it on for a bit longer to make sure they're actually dyed.

I like that you put it on and then producer Tata went, oh, we were meant to do a patch test to see if you were allergic. I was like, well, you clearly haven't done that. She just asked you if it's burning. A lot of laughter too. I don't know when you go and get beauty stuff

done, if there's so much laughter in the room. People taking photos and videos. You're like, where's this going? With it on, it looks like someone has just drawn a comical beard on you um do you know weirdly one side of your face you have more grays than the other it's like the right side of your face is more gray i feel like yeah like it does look like in the reflection of the of a window i feel like it's yeah i have come on i'm trying to like get a

i've got a fake id and i'm going into a liquor store with a painted on beard at the moment. Yeah. And I think the idea is she's supposed to avoid the skin, which we have not. Have you not? Taylor's face. You're not supposed to put it on the skin. I've just gone down his whole neck.

Oh, jeez. Good luck, good luck. I'm going to look like a burns victim. You're going to look like someone's vivid in your beard. Okay, so we're leaving this on now. It's been a bit, and when can I wash this off? You've had five. I think you need at least another five. Yeah, because even while I'm

painting it on, like, and I'm moving the dye, I'm like oh, it's still looking quite grey. So yeah, the longer the better. How grey did it look before that? Have you guys been talking about this, you know? Well, you don't really notice these things until you start looking into them, right? Yeah.

Yeah. I feel like I got very close to your face for like the first week working together. We did. We've really taken our relationship from, well, I wouldn't say zero because, you know, but from 33 to 333%. All right. So after 8 o'clock, I get to see what it looks like. Hopefully, yeah.

The big reveal. And that's ahead of me getting acupuncture on my face today. And now thinking about this, do you think the diet will react with the acupuncture? Oh, jeez. These are all conversations that you could have had beforehand. Yeah. We've only got one week to make you from a solid six to a ten.

In the middle of a rom-com or something. It's like it's two days out from the big prom. Back into the studio. I feel like I've peeled off about 19 layers of my skin trying to wash it off. There's teenage Ben. Oh, you probably wouldn't have that much beard. No, I definitely wouldn't have that much beard i wouldn't have definitely

wouldn't have that much beard and but it's actually like it's a little darker than my head slightly but it has amazingly has covered up all the grays oh you've got so much grace but all yes okay so that some of the gray specks the salt and pepper it's you it's all full pepper now baby you've got a twinkle in your eye you're gonna wear pep in your step i think someone's gonna be buying this bed tie god am i having a midlife crisis are you helping me with a midlife crisis am i gonna be like buying a motorbike that i don't even know how to ride i'm gonna find myself in europe or something like that to be honest i had a moment where i was terrified because it actually had dyed your skin

and we were like, you're supposed to be going out for dinner tonight for your daughter's birthday. I thought you were going to cancel that. It took a while to get some of the dye off underneath the beard. But it's pretty amazing how it's, I feel like I'm infomercial now.

It's amazing how it, but it's staying on the beard and got rid of. Yeah, it's permanent dye,, but it's just, it's staying on the, on the bed and got rid of. Yeah, it's permanent dye, Ben. That's how it works. Sorry, I haven't done this before. I'm new to the beauty game. I do think,

honest chat. Okay, honest chat. Do you think you're going to buy it and do it again? But now. No one listening is going to judge you. The thing is,

oh, you keep the box down. Don't throw that out. No, no, definitely not. I don't know. I mean, I feel like now that everyone knows, is it is, oh, you keep the box, Taylor. Don't throw that out. No, definitely not. I don't know. I mean, I feel like now that everyone knows, is it like, oh, mate, somebody died his hair again. You know, is it going to be the word in the office? You know, like, or is it okay?

Is it okay? I think we'll let you away with it. All right. Okay. Producer Taylor going, yes, we'll all talk about it. Yeah, I know. I know. You guys, you're like, hey, this grey hair hasn't come back. He's definitely still doing it, isn't he? Oh, well, there we go. Well, okay.

After your facial acupuncture today, you're going to look glowing, and I have a few treatments for you on Friday as well. We'll do an after photo. You're just going to look like a new man. Yeah, okay. So I've got some questions, though, on the facial acupuncture. Yeah, so Hannah is going to join us, who is doing your procedure today. She can clear up any queries you have, any concerns, and we're going to talk to her. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now we've got Megan in with us, and your husband, Andrew, wants a newsletter, wants to send out a newsletter recapping the highlights of your year. It feels like something I would be pitching, but he was keen after we watched a movie to make one of those family newsletters that no one ever wants to get or read. Yeah. Which is pretty much just Facebook these days. So where have you left it? Because not long until Christmas have you got to post it out,

but I guess you can email it out. We're not doing it this year, but he's still pitching it. He's still keen for next year. So we wanted to know this morning on 0800 The Hits, what was your newsworthy thing of 2023? And Lewis joins us right now. And Lewis, you went to a lot of trouble to make the news. What happened?

Well, me and my mate at our prize-giving rugby league, I won a trophy that was just like most improved player or something. But he didn't win anything. But we were from a small town in the North Island and we wanted to kind of like show it to them that we were making it in the big time. What we did is we went to a trophy shop, borrowed a couple of trophies,

went to a photography shop and we posed with the trophies, got some photos, and then I did a write-up, and said it was on behalf of the boys from the coach of the team, and sent it off to our little town's local newspaper. So you manufactured a photo shoot with the trophies, and you sent in a great, glowing report. Wow. And so did it make the local news? It did.

It made the sports page on the news. It went to the town. There we go. Clearly not doing their background research. They're like, bang it in there. And they actually copied word for word what they said about us. Because we said stuff like, oh, the boys are training 20 hours a week and fully committed with their diets and all this stuff.

Oh, that's awesome. Hey, you made the news. Yeah, it counts, even if you manufacture it yourself. Well, that's awesome. Hey, you made the news. Yeah, it counts, even if you manufacture it yourself. Well, that's well done. And you also made our day, and you also made yourself a couple of tickets. We're going to give you a couple of tickets to the ASB Classic, the tennis, which is taking place in Auckland next in January. You're going to have a double pass for that.

Oh, that's amazing. I wanted to go to that. Oh, there you go. It's all yours, Lewis. It's all sorted. Oh, wow. Thank you so much, guys.'s all yours, Lewis. It's all sorted. Oh, wow. Thank you so much, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Well, you said something yesterday. Just as we sort of ended the show, we're talking about Christmassy things. And I love everything when it comes to Christmas. We talked about my Christmas wrapping. I have my tree out for like three months. I'm fully into it. Done all my Christmas shopping. But there's one thing about Christmas I just can't stand.

It's the ham. You're not a fan of the ham. Nah, Christmas ham is overrated. Oh, my goodness. Especially because then you have it for like a week afterwards. People are eating it for breakfast. It's so good. Yeah.

No, man. Sandwiches, bacon. It seems like it's... Salty rubber. We haven't done... We've been giving away hams on the show thanks to Farmland Foods. Oh, they're lovely hams. We've never been more popular though.

Oh yeah, now you're backtracking. We've never been more popular. People love hams. Yeah. My wife's vegetarian and it's the one thing she's like, oh, ham is almost like, I could go. That's the crux that would get her. I could go back.

So you're not unpopular, very unpopular. I like the crusty bit, but hams are massive and most most of it is the inside, like, rubbery, bland bit. No, it's not rubbery. It's not rubbery. It is. No, it's great. Rubbery is to me. I was in one of the few times I've ever been in a corporate box

at the Warriors game. I stayed around to the end. I was the only one there. All right, mate. I was talking to the guy because I was like, I'm in a corporate box. I'm going to stick around. They were packing up.

They were stacking chairs, and I said to the guy working there what are you going to do with the rest of that ham no and he's like oh just take it and I put it in my backpack I brought it home for the family and that is the first and last time you were invited to a corporate it was actually to be a fair but my family we ate ham like kings for like for three days after that doggy bag from a corporate box I don't know just Just take it, mate, and leave. So I did. Now, Harriet, one of our bosses here at the Hits radio station, you have an unpopular opinion, I would say, at the moment.

I only watch free-to-air TV. I don't watch the online streaming services. Not at all? Nah. I don't at all. What about ads? I don't mind the ads because I do something in between. I could go brush my teeth, finish the dishes, do some admin.

We had one when the kids were little watching the telly because we never watched movies. And then my daughter was like, what happened to the movie? Ads came up. It was such a foreign thing for them to go, hang on, we're just watching a movie. What happened to the movie? I'm like, oh, these are ads.

I do have this weird thing where if a movie's playing on TV, I'm like, oh, that's on TV. And my husband's always like, just put it on Netflix or just you can watch it without the ads on a streaming service. See, I would probably do that because we do have the account like Netflix and Disney Plus and whatnot. So you're paying for it. And if it was a movie, I would go and do it.

But that's because the rest of the house watches online streaming services. So you just love it. I love it. Like 7 p.m seven sharp eat my dinner watching the show so you find it kind of almost comforting like almost old school background noise yeah rather than having i feel like if you're going to put a netflix show on you have to really engage with it and pay a lot of attention to it right as you can tune in and out of free

disorder without having hillbillies and jeremy wells in your lounge i do yeah right hello tv's already hurting and you're like, and people that watch it, you can tune in and out. You'd have a background. It's background. It's kind of, you know it's there. It's company. Hey, I'm keeping them afloat.

Yeah. All right. So I'll enter the hats. Joining us this morning, Connor, you don't like Pam, is that right? No, it is horrible. It's soggy marshmallow and it tastes eggy. I think it's mean to give it marshmallow either.

Oh, you're right. But you're not talking about you chop up the strawberries, kiwi fruit, put it on top, a little bit of cream. You're not into it? No, I don't like cream or kiwi fruit either. It's just a bad package altogether. I agree. All of it.

Cream, no. Kiwi fruit, meh. So the great debate, you know, New Zealand, Australia, we've had it for years. Who invented the pavlova? You're like, give it to Australia. We don't want it. Yep. Okay.

What would you have as your Christmas dessert then? Ooh, a good cheesecake, I think. Yes. Oh, see, Connor, we're meant to be friends. Definitely. Okay. My mum makes a chocolate Christmas tree every year. That's always good. a chocolate Christmas tree every year. That's always good.

A chocolate Christmas tree? What? Like, looking, like, does it stand up or is it just lying down? Yeah, no, it's like just a big cone of solid chocolate. It's great. Wow, she's making her own chocolates. Wow. Go mum.

That sounds amazing. All right, but not, not, okay, so not Pavlova. No Pav for you. No, no thanks. All right, well, you have a great Christmas without the Pavlova. Thanks, Connor. Jodie's with us this morning, Megan, and you don't like bacon, Jodie. No.

And I guess the follow-up question is, are you vegetarian? Because I imagine the vegetarians fall into the same camp. No, I'm not a vegetarian. Right, no bacon. So do you eat anything on a pig? Like, would you eat Christmas ham? Yes, no, I eat ham. I just don't eat bacon. So do you eat anything on a pig? Like, would you eat Christmas ham? Yes, no, I eat ham. I just don't eat bacon.

You don't like, but what is it about? Bacon is my crux for not being a vegetarian. What about the smell of bacon? No, I just don't like it at all. The smell, yeah, because, yeah, as you say, Megan, my wife, she is vegetarian, but the smell of bacon, she's all, it does smell delicious. Yeah, right. But she still won't eat it.

Jodie's not into it at all. No. I always thought it would make a good cologne. Or a candle. But not for you, Jodie. You're like, ugh, I'm repulsed by that. What if someone ate bacon, like your partner, and then wanted to give you a kiss? I don't know.

You're like, how soon after? They've still got bacon residue around their lips. I need bacon bread. How pissy are they? They can brush their teeth, Megan. I mean, it's not like kissing with bacon in the, I don't know. I'm just testing her threshold of hatred. Okay.

All right, so no bacon for you? No bacon and eggs? No, no. All right. She's like, take a hint, Ben. No right, so no bacon for you. No bacon and eggs? No, no. All right. She's like, take a hint, Ben. No bacon, period. I'm giving you other options. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

This week you've been, you've come on in here, which is great. It's been great hanging out. But at the same time, there's always been, like, what was wrong with me before? You're like, we're going to beautify you beautify you up nothing wrong with you ben it was just to get you up to speed with what women go through and the the effort that we put on especially this time of the year put a lot of effort in and you know you go home and you see the relations at christmas and they're like no you're looking a bit old you put on the chunk do you get that i get my mom says you're looking tired i'm like thanks i am tired thanks, I am tired. Benjamin, she's not going to say that this year.

Yeah, well, this year I've got like a new beard. Well, a beard that's got no grace. Yeah. Currently, you've just given me a bit of a makeover with some beard dye. And you've got a little pep in your step. You're loving it. But in a couple of hours, you are getting your procedure done. Oh, that's, yeah.

Your facial acupuncture done. We're taking you to Glow Body in Ponsonby and we thought, because you're a little bit anxious about it. I just don't know what it is. I'd never heard of facial acupuncture before. We thought we'd get Hannah on from Glow Body in Ponsonby to talk you through the procedure and any concerns you have. Good morning, Hannah. Morning, guys. Morning, Hannah. Now, I've got an appointment apparently in a couple of hours. I'm going

to come see you. Yes, you do Morning, Hannah. Now, I've got an appointment apparently in a couple of hours. I'm going to come see you. Yes, you do. Very exciting. So I guess you've got a few questions, but first of all, I want to know how many needles can Ben expect in his face for this facial acupuncture? That's a good question. Probably around 15 to 20, maybe a little more.

15 to 20? Well, because my daughter says that i've given her a big forehead because i've got a big forehead like a five head so there may be there may be like 30 to 40 but yeah maybe maybe so what is okay so is it going to hurt first question no it definitely doesn't hurt you might feel the odd prick for one second, but overall you're completely relaxed and it's pain-free. So what is the idea behind it? It's like it's releasing collagen, is that right? Yeah, so how it works is that we put these tiny needles into your face and what we call a mini trauma happens, which sends a signal to your brain that it needs repairing.

And so the protein comes to your face and that's the collagen. So it builds a barrier underneath your skin and pumps it up and fills out those fine lines and leaves you with a glow. Trauma. So one mini trauma is fine, but you're going to have 20 mini traumas. 20 plus mini traumas. To wipe my big trauma in your face. A pain-free trauma.

You'll be fine. So you've never had acupuncture at all before? No, I haven't, no. So I have, and is this procedure, do you twist them or flick them

once you put the needles in? I know some acupuncture procedures you do that. Oh yes, no we don't do that for the face, so it's, yeah,

it's much more relaxing. So I'm going to look like a sort of a porcupine, sort of hedgehog situation for a while there. How long does it last? How long do I have these needles in my face for? Yeah, you'll definitely look like a hedgehog for a little bit, but we've got them in for about 35 minutes and then we move on to some facial cuffing and that just helps the collagen fill your whole face, not just

where the needles are and then finish off with a rose quartz crystal mask. So, yeah, that's all up an hour, but the needles are only in for just over half of that. Am I going to look glowing when I walk out of there or look like I've just done 12 rounds with Joseph Parker in a boxing ring? You are going to be glowing. No bruising. You said cupping, Hannah,

and when I've seen people get like cupping on their back, they have like big circle bruises. Yes, so the facial cuff is different. We are moving it the whole time, so it's just going to help with blood flow and leave you looking bright and glowy. So not like he's got a facial hickey. No, definitely not. I mean, we can do that if that's the look you're after. No, really.

I don't think it's... Sorry to leave that one out. I don't know. I don't want to get a phone call from his wife. Okay. So how do I feel going in? How do most people feel going into these sort of things? I'm feeling a little, I don't know if this has been a helpful conversation or not.

I mean, should I be nervous? No, you shouldn't be nervous. I think people just think needles are painful. Yeah. So that's just what's scary, and the sound of it sounds scary. But once you walk out, you're like, okay, that was not as bad as I thought. It was super relaxing. So, yeah, it's super normal to feel that way because you've never done it before.

But after that, you'll want to do it more often, I'm sure. And, Hannah, can you promise me one thing? If Ben makes a follow-up appointment, can you let us know? Confidentiality, Hannah. Patient, doctor, confidential. I don't know if you're a doctor, but medical, confidential, Megan. I probably will, actually. I'll probably be like, ready, monthly?

What is it, six monthly? We'll talk. We'll talk today. All right, well, we'll see you in a couple of hours. Actually, we're fascinated by what's going to happen today you can find the whole story on the hits breakfast instagram and facebook and tomorrow we'll reveal all how i'm going to look after facial acupuncture