Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Ben's Going On Love Island!

Episode Date: June 20, 2023

How would Ben go on Love Island Is it wrong to date your siblings ex?? Is it time for Jono to give up his dream of having abs See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Now I tell you what Ben, boys, bodies, they come in all shapes and sizes, don't they, the human body. But I have a question for you. Yeah? When do I give up on having a body like an action hero, like a Chris Hemsworth or something? At what age is it officially time to go, well, that's never going to happen. That ship has sailed. Well, it's a hard one because I do. Because the metabolism is slowing down.

Yeah, it's probably harder the more you get old. But it does feel like if you had personal trainers, you had all the things, training and stuff. I've never had abs. All I want is some washboard abs. Are they washboard or washboard abs? Washboard abs. What are they? I should probably learn what they're called because I want is some washboard abs. Are they washboard or washboard abs? Washboard abs. What are they?

I should probably learn what they're called because I want them so badly. But do you want them badly enough to not have a Heineken on the front? You know, like how badly do you want is the thing. Everything in moderation for a lot of people. I just love crap food and beer too. Yeah, we'll see. And so that maybe I just need to be happy with. The human shell I'm in wasn't designed to have abdominals

you've got a good body, you've got a body like a bloody Ken doll every part of the Ken doll too for being in hot pants you could have been Ryan Gosling in the Ken Barbie movie slightly malnourished Ken doll but you know every week I'm like this is the week you live off a single carrot

but I don't think you need to eat less I just think it's, you know, every week I'm like, this is the week you live off a single carrot. But I don't think you need to eat less. I just think it's, you know, like you look at those people, look at The Rock. Look how much The Rock eats. Crazy amount of food.

Like probably five times more food than the average person. But he's turning it all into muscle and working out. Yeah. You know? So I don't think

it's necessarily about eating less all the time. But also there's something quite nice and comforting knowing, oh well, listen, sometimes you've got to realise what your body was put on this earth to do.

Mine wasn't to have washboard or washboard abs. You know, embrace the dad bod. Yeah. Remember Simon Barnett was doing Dancing with the Stars, the beautiful Simon Barnett. And they're like, oh, look at his dad bod. Mate, he didn't have a dad bod. He was a dad with a great bod.

Yeah. Like a dad bod's a little bit squidgy and podgy. Oh, that guy's clearly done with mine. But they kept saying dad bod. He's got a dad bod. We're like, no, he doesn't. He's got a great bod and he's a dad. He's not the traditional dad bod thing.

Not that there's anything wrong with him with dad bod. No. It was just that he didn't. No. But the media kept going, Simon Barnett is dad bod. Yeah. Should have been Rad Bod. He did have a Rad Bod.

Yeah, he did have a Rad Bod. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Fun job. We're lucky to have it. But you find yourself, and I know you're the same, you're always desperate for stuff

to talk about on the radio. That's your personal life. It's nothing but you're thinking about every conversation you have, everything that happens, you're like, how can we talk about this on the radio? I'm not even listening to what you're saying i'm just like how can i turn

this into a phone topic when i'm talking to someone anything funny anything that happens i'm always right now i'm trying to think how can i turn this into a phone topic always writing stuff down already recording stuff on my phone my family everyone i mean now my family are picking up i mean they've been picking up on the fact for a while now but my kids are now starting to pick up on the fact that i'm always thinking about radio stuff. Well, no wonder. You're always shunting your phone in front of your face with the voice recorder going. And we had a funny moment the other night where my wife got a bit confused.

My sister, Elise, she turned 30 and she lives in Melbourne. And I was like, I need to call her. It's her birthday. And my wife said, oh no, she's gone to Mexico. At least she's gone to Mexico for her 30th and I was like,

oh, okay. Maybe I would have known that but I guess... I thought you would have had a bit of tracking on your sister. I did not know that. She's like, yeah,

saw her on social media. I messaged her. She's over there. In Cancun? Yeah, she's over there. Is that in Mexico? I was like,

oh, well, she's got to have a great time in Mexico. So I messaged her. I was like, can't call you she's got to have a great time in Mexico. So I messaged her. I was like, can't call you, but I just want to say happy birthday, wherever you are in the world. Ha-ha.

And she replied back going, I'm in Melbourne. You can call me. Where did Mexico come into the mix? And then we worked out that my cousin, she's in Mexico. Now, she shares the same last name as my sister. So that's probably where my wife got confused. My wife said, oh, dear God, I've messaged your cousin thinking it was your sister going, have some tequilas on your 30th for me in Mexico.

Oh, wow. This is really wheels in motion. I got back a very random message and she replied me like, ah, yeah, not really knowing why. So the relative who's in Mexico, not having a birthday, receiving birthday greetings. Birthday greetings from my wife. The relative whose birthday it is, you're saying, hope Mexico's a blast.

So we're having this funny conversation about the fact that my wife is confused. I'm totally confused. And my daughter, Indy, just picks up the phone. She's standing there. She just grabs the phone. She looks at me and she goes, radio, radio. Put it in for radio, it like put it in for radio

i'm like oh indy you are now thinking now he's done it beautifully he's well trained the content kids yeah like the china does with their little children with the gymnasts for the olympics you're doing it for right the radio now she's like this is great now you're starting like a pa for radio she's like good one for radio i'm like you right. And it's a very specific skill only learned by children of desperate morning radio hosts. Desperate, desperate hosts. It's a sixth sense to turn a mundane life interaction into a three and a half minute bit like you just have now, Ben Boyce. Well done.

There we go. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We spoke to Enti just moments ago. He's our Hollywood insider. He reckons he's got the inside scoop on Kim Kardashian dating Tristan Thompson, who's the baby daddy and ex-boyfriend, I think even fiancé, of her sister Khloe Kardashian. Have a listen.

Okay, this would not be the first time that each sister or many of the sisters have shared the bed of another man. I can think of Drake right off the top of my head who slept with Kim and Chloe and Kylie. So it wouldn't be the first time. But let me talk to you about this. So when the Lakers were in the playoffs, Kim goes to the Lakers games. She went to almost all of them and she would bring these signs like Tristan Thompson. She would hold up the sign and everything like that. Chloe did not go to these games. You know, the baby mama, she did not go to these games. It was just Kim.

And here she is just basically just throwing herself at Tristan Thompson. Meanwhile, she's not dating anybody else, right? It's just, she's just going after Tristan so hard. But at the same time that this is going on, Scott Disick is really, really making the moves on Khloe. Crazy. Yeah, so that's the rumor. The NT reckons is going on in the States. Kim Kardashian dating Tristan Thompson, basketballer, who, yeah, as you said before, is the father of Khloe Kardashian's kids.

I know a lot of families, they pass down heirlooms, don't they? They've obviously, and the Kardashians pass down NBA players to each other. Your thoughts? Oh well it's interesting. I feel it's hard to judge from

looking at from New Zealand to America. America's a very different culture when it comes to dating. You can date

multiple people before going exclusive. And also celebrities as well. Once you get one here it's such a small country you've

got to keep them. Yeah and celebrities seem like it's a whole other ball playing've got to keep them yeah and celebrities seem like it's a whole other ball you know playing field anyway like celebrities do

different things to the general public don't they than us munters yeah like the Kardashians are doing like Kim Kardashian was wearing a t-shirt

the other day mocking her sister was like the starting five of basketball players that her sister Kendall had dated has dated right yeah and it's like a t-shirt

that she was wearing so essentially shaming her sister yeah on a t-shirt oh great players though. So essentially shaming her sister. Yeah. On a T-shirt. Oh, great players though. They're all great players. You wouldn't mind sleeping with all five of them either.

Yeah, great squad. I guess, you know, if she's going to go with anyone, better the philandering NBA player that you know. But unusual though, a little bit unusual. You imagine that sort of family functions, if that's the case. Or is at least awkward. Because you don't have to have that awkward first family dinner where he has to come in and meet the family he just moves over one seat on the dining table yeah uh oh 800 this is what i want to chuck open yes yes or no can you date a

family member's ex have you done it has someone moved on with your ex in your family has it made things awkward i imagine it would be awkward at first, but then do you get past that? But is it okay? Should you just rule it out because of, hey, out of respect for your family member? Or is it, hey, if love is love and you fall in love with someone, then that's okay. Ben, there's not much more

we could do to set up this topic more perfectly. I mean, you take it to the radio, the World Radio Awards, and they'll go, well, they couldn't have asked a clearer question. All right, well, yes or no. As we said, we've summed it up. You know what we want. Give us a call. Oh the radio, the World Radio Awards, and they'll go, well, they couldn't have asked a clearer question. All right, well, yes or no. As we said, we've summed it up. You know what we want. Give us a call. Oh, Andrew, the hits.

Rumors are that Kim Kardashian is dating her sister's ex, Tristan Thompson. Have we started those? I feel like it's not like a news story. Like, Enti, who we talked to in Hollywoods, he's come up with us. There was rumors that maybe they were because she was at the NBA games with the sign and stuff. But I was like, maybe she's just supporting someone who's been a family member. I don't know.

I feel like. We're definitely the unleaded petrol on this fire right now. So we've just chucked it open. Is it okay to date a family member's ex? I mean, overnight, Tristan Thompson's become uncle dad, isn't he? Oh, yeah. Incidentally. Yeah.

He's got two kids with Khloe Kardashian. Now, you can text through 4487. Oh, yes. Incidentally. Yeah. He's got two kids with Khloe Kardashian. Now, you can text 34487. 60-40 split at the moment in favor of no, it's not okay. Okay. We're going to talk to someone next whose father is dating his son's ex-girlfriend. How's that working out? But in the meantime, we have Bridget Jackson with us from Equal Exes. Good morning.

I am absolutely fantastic. How are both of you? Oh, jeez, you're bloody you bring a lot of good energy, a lot of great energy. Get more Bridget energy. I'm a morning person, you see. Well, you are founder of Equal X's. You're a divorce coach, among many other things as well. But we wanted to get you on today because we hear the rumours that Kim Kardashian she's dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Now, is this okay? Now, can a family member date an ex?

Well, you know, we all know the saying that don't S-H-I-T where you eat, you know, for a start. Okay. And it really, it's a touchy subject for so many in terms of people always have an opinion based on their own emotions on the topic, which is obviously first instinct. So on one hand, it can feel like a betrayal to go after a previous flame. On the other hand, you can't help who you're attracted to. Amen, amen.

I wanted to marry the office paper shredder, but apparently management frowned upon it. Yep, society frowned upon it. And I couldn't help that I was in love with that shredder. Well, interesting. Jono, you were born and bred in Waikato, weren't you? No, no. But you get that rumour out there, it seems like I've got more credibility.

I was bred in Pansy, Auckland. Oh, okay, got that wrong. However, apparently in Waikato, sort of anything can happen there. So I've actually got my own story to share because my brothers are married to sisters. So I'm just waiting for them to swap and then I can do my divorce coaching skills on them. And I feel left out because I didn't end up with the brother. That's an unusual setup there.

Okay, so for argument's sake, if you found out that your family member was dating your ex, what are the next steps? How do you get through this without destroying relationships? Well, you know, in the first instance, it's really important that you're being, you know, that

there is honesty. You know, you sit down and have a conversation. You know, the person who has done this needs to be honest about their intentions. Thinking about the pros and cons of this. So why would it be good if your sibling is dating someone that you dated? Well, for a start, you know each other very well, don't you? And they've already been vetted by your family member. But conversely, you've got to think about, why would it be really bad?

There's no right answer to this. There's no yes or no. It depends on your thoughts on it. And also, things have got to be looked at in terms of, how long were they dating for? Were they going out for a few times? Or was it a long-term thing? And how long ago was it? All those sort of things need to be considered. Now, in terms of from a perspective where it's negative,

you've got to think about your family members because it could make them feel really uncomfortable. I guess also the situation around how things ended in the relationship as well. There's all those things. It could be who decided to call it quits. Was it all for the greater good? All those things kind of add to it. And you're right, every situation is probably different.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And you want to avoid creating a rift between you and your family members. If it's not sitting right with you, it's not feeling to you instinctively you should be doing it, then don't do it. Yeah. There's plenty of fish in the sea, as they say. You don't have to go that close to home.

No, you absolutely don't. But it does happen a lot. Bridget Jackson, it's Miss Jackson, if I can call you Miss Jackson. You're welcome to call me whatever you'd like to call me. Thank you very much for your time. That's some really good advice, and we'll keep in touch with you, actually, because, you know, dealing with breakups, divorce, a lot of people go through it, and we'll get you back on

to have a chat about the best way to go through that process. I'd love to help. Have a fabulous day, won't you? Next, the salacious radio continues on, Ben Boyce. We have someone who's the dad dating an ex-girlfriend of the son. What the heck? What would you do? Okay, you've got sisters.

And would you date them? It's an unusual situation because you're married. I guess I said before it's probably depending on how everyone's relationship ended up and what situation they're in. You can't put a definitive nut to it because, you know, let's say my sister had broken up with her partner and then it was, you know, all that sort of stuff.

Who decided on this? Have they moved on? All those sort of questions. So it's not a hard no from you? It's not a hard no, no. So it's soft yes, hard no? Yeah. What is it? It's not a hard no, no. No, so it's soft yes, hard no? Yeah, what is it? It's depending on the situation.

Like, I don't think you can say, no, it can't happen, because some people will be cool with that. It's like dating friends' exes. To be honest, I could never imagine dating Jen's sister, Susie. Right. And also, how controversial would it be if I came out and I said, oh, I could definitely see a future with us together. Because she's more like a sister.

Yeah, right. You know? I think that when you come into a family fold, Would it be if I came out and I said, oh, I could definitely see a future with us together? Because she's more like a sister. Yeah, right. You know? I think that when you come into a family fold, you really become part of the mix, don't you? That they feel like relatives to you. So I'd feel like I was dating a sister. Yeah, gotcha. Yeah, right. But we'll go to the phones because Anonymous joins us right now with a curly situation.

What happened? Well, he married his son's ex-girlfriend. Your boss married his son's ex- His son's ex-girlfriend. Younger than the older sister. Younger than the older sister. So how was everyone when that happened? Not that we're sure of how the state was at the time,

but they're all friendly, aren't they? They're all very wealthy family. Oh, so they're all friendly. We're all very wealthy family. Oh, so they're all good now? They're all good now? Yeah. Ah. What was it like working for Al Pacino? You really have to know the latest going ons with Al Pacino to understand that.

But at first, was it tense? Yeah, I think so. I don't think it was the most happiest. I don't think anything broken up was very. I don't think any being broken up was very long. Wow. Could you just be, from the son's point of view, be like, how long has this attraction gone on for? You know, the forbidden fruit?

Crazy. Well, he took a bite out of that apple, didn't he? Wow. Okay, but everyone's all good with it now and I guess that happens over time. People move on. Having seen it done, would you do it? No. No. Okay. That's a big question to ask, would you do it? No. No. Okay. That's a big question to ask too, isn't it? Yeah.

It is. Again, hypothetical situation. I don't think that would go down well. But I think everyone says they wouldn't. But then if you did fall in love with someone, it's a totally different situation. You know, love knows no boundaries. Well, it actually does. There's some laws around certain boundaries.

But hey, thank you so much, Anonymous. Have a great day. Appreciate you listening. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. My wife, huge fan. Yeah, she loves it, doesn't she? Loves Love Island. And the thing is, it kind of becomes a soundtrack for the period that it's on.

I think it's week to week. Is it week to week, Joel? They do weekly or what do they do? They do six episodes a week. I think Best Bits for the seventh day as well. It's a lot of Love Island, isn't it? I look at it and I'm like, the poor editors on that show. They're just bloody not getting any sleep.

But anyway, so she was. And if you don't know what it is, basically it's just a whole lot of hot people on a hot island who are allergic to clothes. Yeah. I don't quite know what the premise is of the show, but I just know I'm gathering it's to catch as many diseases as you can over the six-week period. I don't know. Someone wins a lot of money at the end of it.

Right. So I hear it a lot just in the background while it's playing on a computer or whatever. And last night there was a bit of kissing and you don't Are they looking for love? I've never watched it. I still don't know what the

again producer Joel you know. Essentially the winners are voted by the public and you have like 60 days on it and by the end of it you get into couples and then the couples get voted and they win like $50,000 in a lifetime of brand investment. So it is well in the name it's an island they're looking for love yeah yeah they're looking for love and instagram followers okay two of the most important things in life i had a pitch stewart love island oh yeah and you make it through the whole series on stewart

island without hooking up with a cousin or a family member you would win the cash could be a pitch but uh yeah so last night there was a bit of smooching going on and you don't realize how uncomfortable it is to listen to smooching until you have to listen to it oh that's yeah this is uh it really gets quite disturbing, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. And, like, I guess when you're engaged in it, you're not really focusing on the soundtrack. You can pull it down, down, down, down, Joel.

But, yeah, it's a lot to take in, isn't it? Yeah, you're right. Well, yeah, like, put some music behind it. Put a voiceover or something. There was music, but then they cut it cold because they cut cold because they were just they were a decent moment smooching up a storm if you were going to go

on a reality show what do you reckon I'd love Ireland to be a hard one to get the wife across the line wife and family I don't know

he's married with four kids he's looking for love but he doesn't want his family to know okay guys just keep it quiet she's calling she's calling she's calling hang on hang on shh he's looking for love, but he doesn't want his family to know. Okay, guys, just keep it quiet.

She's calling, she's calling, she's calling. Hang on, hang on. Shh, I'm at the office. I'm at the office. Start typing on the keyboards. Yeah, no, no, I'll get those reports to you soon, Dennis. Hey, darling, how are you? Yeah, you know, tough, tough, tough. It'll work, tough, tough, it'll work.

No, definitely not that show. Definitely not that show. Oh, God. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Standing by, ready. He's prepared for another trademark Jono and Ben light dusting. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. Good morning.

How are you guys? We're doing all right. Nice to talk to you. We saw you during the week. You're opening a new motorway, a big motorway. What's the most random thing that you've ever had to open up? Well, you know, motorway's up there. I mean, you get to stand in the middle of the motorway and a big motorway, what's the most random thing that you've ever had to open up? Well, you know, motorway's up there. I mean, you get to stand in the middle of the motorway and cut a ribbon.

It's not every day that you get to do that, right? But I was just trying to think if there are other more obscure and odd things that I've had to open, but you know, yeah, motorway's sort of would be up there. Lots of classrooms in my time as Minister of Education. Open legs? Spread the legs? Well, I think you were going to up there. Lots of classrooms in my time as Minister of Education. Yeah.

Open legs, spread the legs. You see that? Well, I think you were going to go there. He's moved on. On Friday, I get to open the ski season in Queenstown. So that's got to be good news, right? What percentage of your day is taken up with opening things? At field days, they get this massive pair of scissors they're like a pair

of head shears I want some of them in the office so I'll use them to deal with cabinet papers so what happens when you open up

the motorway is there like a sort of a smattering of applause from the group there or is it a big what is it well yeah no it was

because there weren't even though I opened it there weren't any cars about to drive on so I was sort of expecting there to be honking horns the motorway's open now that there weren't any cars about to drive on that course. So I was sort of expecting, you know, to be honking horns.

The motorway's open now. Oh, that's good. And apparently I spoke to my butcher yesterday. He's used it a couple of times and loves it. Oh, that's good. Very good. Yeah, that's a great road. I got to drive on it.

It's a great road. Now, everyone, you know, a lot of talk about the cost of living. We're actually officially in a recession. We're officially in a recession. When do you think things are going to get a bit easier for Kiwis and how's that going to happen? Yeah, I've got to acknowledge it's been a bloody hard couple of years that Kiwis have been going through, and the cost of living has really been biting on Kiwi household budgets.

The good news is that things are turning around, so there's light at the end of the tunnel. We've still got another difficult 18 months ahead. Things are starting to get better, and people, I think, will start to notice the difference over the next year and a half or so. Now, how much pressure do you feel to have a shower under the five-minute threshold?

You must be furiously soaping yourself every morning, Chris. Well, let's not get into the soaping. But I will say that, you know, I'm generally pretty short in the shower because I prefer to sleep. So my showers are normally pretty quick when I get out of bed so that I get that little bit of extra sleep.

Now, I heard a rumour, a couple of rumours, they're pretty light level, mate, you know us. Don't get worried. Have you got a shower in your office, the Prime Minister's office? In fact, there is actually. There's a little en-suite bathroom.

It does have a little shower. Not pretty handy for after you've been to the gym, although I haven't been to the gym for quite a while. Well, I was going to say that because I imagine this job is all-encompassing. You're off, you know, one minute you're opening a motorway, the next minute, you know, you're reading through a whole lot of important documents. I mean, when was the last time you had some time out from work? Yeah, that doesn't happen all that often, I have to say. It's been pretty hectic at the moment,

but it's also election year, so time off doesn't really happen for most politicians in an election year. We're out there trying to win votes right the way through the year as much as we can. I wanted to do a hypothetical game with you, Chris Hipkins. So if you had, hypothetically, time off, what would you choose? You're probably not going to be able to choose any of these options, but just to get an indication, if you had time to go off, what would you choose? You're probably not going to be able to choose any of these options, but just to get an indication, like if you had time to go to the movies, are you going to Fast and Furious or are you taking the kids to The Little Mermaid? Oh, it's probably going to be a movie with the kids.

Great time to, and school holiday's coming up soon, so I might even be able to get a little bit of time to the movies and school holiday. Or you could take the kids to Fast and Furious. You could. A combo of the both. Okay, Super rugby final Saturday night. Are you going there

sitting in the stands hypothetically or are you watching the Warriors with some mates at the pub Friday night? In reality,

neither, unfortunately. I'm heading off to China at crack of dawn on Sunday, so unfortunately I'll be busy packing my bags for that.

This is hypothetical. This is hypothetical. In a hypothetical. So just say China wasn't on the go. Yeah. Probably, oh, I had to choose. That's actually a hard choice.

Probably go for the Warriors. Okay. He's a boy from the hut. Of course he loves his league. Let's go. Michael Bublé, concert, Sunday night, front row, or my daughter's performing in Cats. I'm like, Chris Hippikens, come along and watch her perform Saturday night.

Well, compared to Michael Bublé, I'd give anything else a go. So let's go with the cats. Oh, cats. An amateur performance of cats. National Youth Theatre. All right. Listen to Jono and Ben while eating a sausage roll or listen to Mike Hosking while eating a sausage roll.

You guys are much nicer. I think I'd definitely be listening to you guys. Yeah, I know. Like I say, we give you a light dusting. Hosking, when you go and get interviewed by Mike Hosking, do you know what he give you a light dusting. When you go and get interviewed by Mike Hosking, do you know what

he's going to fire at you or are you like, dear God, just strap yourself in? I have to say, you guys ask

much better questions. You never quite know what you're going to get with the Hosk. He generally likes to try and keep

it interesting by surprising you from time to time. It's a bit like being on the chase but without Bradley Walsh's

personality. Enjoy China, Prime Minister. Yep, It's a bit like being on the chase, but without Bradley Walsh's personality. You don't get those questions. Enjoy China, Prime Minister. Yeah, it should be a good trip, actually. And, well, we're taking the Air Force plane up, so, you know, wish me luck. Good luck. We'll read about it on the news.