Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Dear Megan I'm doing something... and not telling my partner!

Episode Date: March 10, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. It's Jono and Megan here today because Ben is still away with his sore elbow, his gym ouchie, which I actually feel quite bad calling it that now. We spent three hours broadcasting, just mocking poor Ben on Friday, and over the weekend every message came through from him. He's like, I'm in A&E again. Every night he was going back to A&E, every 24 hours. He's on a drip for three or four hours. He's still having fevers. Yeah.

What do you call it? From the infection. How do you feel now, Megan, about saying it was a little gym out, she? Pretty bad. So if you just joined us here last week, he overexerted himself, didn't he, at the gymnasium? I kept asking him how much he was, because he was benching, right? Or like, she's pressed or something like that. Yeah, and he did something to his elbow, yeah. He wouldn't tell me how much he was pressing.

Well, if he's not telling you, we all know. We all know. We can draw assumptions. But then he did something to the elbow and then got bursitis, where all the fluid fills up in the elbow. And he was instructed by the doctor to wear a sling. And he was like, this is dramatic. I don't need to wear a sling. Because everyone was like, this is dramatic. I don't need to wear a sling.

Because everyone was asking him, what's happened? What have you done wrong? And he couldn't bear having the same conversation over and over. So he took the sling off. And then this was the result. All the fluid went down to his wrist and it blew up his arm. Did I or did I not harp on at him all the time to wear the sling? I was like, it's not dramatic.

Just please wear the sling. Because then it swelled up to his wrist sling. I was like, it's not dramatic. Just please wear the sling. Because then it, yeah, it swelled up to his, swelled? Swelled up to his wrist? Yeah. I know if you're in his position, what he wants now is an I told you so. Yeah. Yeah. Which I see Tim via text and email.

Yeah, both platforms I saw over the weekend. I did. Should have listened to the doctor anyway. He sent us an update. Won't make this long because I know Matt, our boss, hates it when we talk too much, but it's been a real rollercoaster the last few days for me. The elbow injury that I had took a real turn and I saw my whole arm balloon up like it was the size of one of Dwayne Johnson's arms. I got this like full on fever with it. Ended up at the A&E where

they said I have this infection going on inside my body and they put me on an IV drip and I've been getting an IV drip every night since Thursday. The infection's kicking my little ass actually. I've had a lot more fun weekends. I've been sleeping heaps which is really unlike me. Hopefully I'm past the worst of it but we'll see. I just want to say thanks so much you know to the amazing doctors and nurses we have in this country. They work so blimmin' tirelessly through the night. Got to see this over the last few days. And Megan, I didn't get the infection

because I should have been wearing my sling more, like you keep saying, all right? Hopefully I'll be back with you on the hits very soon because, well, resting sucks. He's not great at resting. No, he's not much of a relaxer. This is the opposite of, you know, pretty much 100% of human beings enjoy relaxing,

apart from Ben Boyce. He's the one person in the world who doesn't like relaxing. So there we go. That's the update. How good's a voice memo? You guys always give me crap for a voice memo, but that was like a minute-long voice memo when we got the whole update.

Yeah, no, that was, yeah, touche. Very Gen Z of him. Yeah, but the voice memos you have with Andrew, your husband, are just, Oh, baby, oh, no, no. No, his was very concise. Clogging up the bloody 5G network. Delete that from the internet or whatever it's on. Okay, well, hopefully he's back with us tomorrow, but we'll see.

Next, pink was over the weekend, wasn't it? I noticed a lot of sort of middle-aged people with varying forms of pink-coloured things on them waiting at public transport over the weekend to go to the concert. And our producer, Grace, who had amazing seats. We'll get a review from her. And Pink gave us a shout-out on her socials as well. A great shout-out.

We'll get to that next. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Megan today, Ben is still off with his sore elbow and Pink played to 134,000 New Zealanders. Wow. Over her Australasian leg of her world tour.

Nearly a million people she's played to. That is, she should be looking at her bank account loving life, wouldn't she? I think so. Incredible. And just driving around over the weekend,

people doused in varying colours of pink, all sorts of pink. She's done a huge service to the colour pink. Pink has. She has. I was supposed to go on Saturday night. And what happened? I felt really bad. Like, I felt sick.

I had a sore throat and a pounding headache. And I was like oh do I ruin myself and go or do I I did you're solid for the show and I didn't

because I really thought I'd get you know I'd be sick on Sunday that's the inner monologue of a 40 year old it is worrying

not 40 yet when are you 40 July July yeah it's coming couple of months that's what happens you think about consequences now oh I'd rather just's coming. It's been a couple of months. That's what happens. You think about consequences now.

Oh, I'd rather just stay in bed than go to a nice concert. I know, and that would ruin me for the weekend. Yeah. That's what happens. But she gave us a shout out. She obviously really enjoyed her time here. On Instagram, she said, I can't stop smiling. Thank you to everyone who partied with us at the Summer Carnival Tour across New Zealand.

The gravity of being the first female to headline Eden Park, New Zealand's national stadium, isn't lost on me, and getting to do it on International Women's Day made it even sweeter. Thanks for making me feel right at home, and for the perky nanas. Oh, that's beautiful. She's a huge fan of the perky nanas. I, to be honest, haven't thought about a perky nana for about 20 years. Still on the market.

Still out there. I don't think she was a big fan. Someone gave her like Whitaker's Berry Biscuit, the choccy. Delicious. And she was like, oh, I don't really like these.

No offence. Chuck them into the crowd. But she might not be a fan of the Berry Biscuit, which is, you either are or you aren't when it comes to the Fruits of the Forest chocolates.

Yeah, it's the best. Producer Grace, you went along with your mum. You and your mum wrestled your way to the front of the mosh pit. Yeah, we snuck our way. We got there pretty early, but we were able to get to the barricade. It was quite good. And what a wonderful thing to do as your mum. Was she entirely thrilled with the concert?

Yeah, she had the best time of her life. I thought she was going to cry. She didn't cry. She's pretty good. You went right up in the mosh with your mum. you saw the um pink footage on our hits breakfast instagram that was grace right so close to pink yeah it was insane and no one was pushing that was the crazy thing like i expected lots of pushing but i had my own area i was completely fine no before any before maybe a little bit but not i wasn't part of it there's always a bit of buffo isn't there so she

ran you in the marsh yeah yeah someone trying to wrestle their way to the front. What was the highlight, Grace? There were dancers who came out dressed as mouths for her. Mouths? Like lips. Like lips. And they were just dancing, and that was quite good. That was good.

That was really good. What song was that for? The one, Blow Me One Last Kiss. That's it. So it made sense. But also her flipping around. The last song Like she just The last song

She just went at it Does she do a lot of that Throughout the show? She does lots of like Up and down And like Not across like The concert

Where the people are But lots of stuff Like above the stage Yeah I don't know why She was called Pink Have you googled that? Is it because she had

Pink hair back in the day? Uh It's probably NSF dubs Actually to be honest Is it? Yeah Have a google I just thought Because when she first came out She had like short pink hair back in the day? It's probably NSF dubs, actually, to be honest. Is it? Yeah. Have a Google.

Have a Google. Because when she first came out, she had short pink hair. No. That was an extension. So it's not something that you can say on the radio? No, I couldn't. I couldn't. Even I read it, I felt filthy. Yeah.

Do you know why she's called pink? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, I'm going to be Googling that right now. Think of the filthiest thing you can think of. Then go filthier. Okay.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This morning, Holly Jean Brooker joins us from the parenting place to talk about busyness and how we deal with it. Good morning, Holly. How are you? Good. How are you going? We're doing well, mate.

Now we're talking about busyness and not drowning in busyness. How do we juggle? Yeah, how do we juggle? It's a chronic issue for me that I'm constantly working on. I get really excited and I want to take on all the things and let the kids get signed up to all the things. And yeah, we're kind of in that, we're constantly in that cycle. So when we do take on too much stuff, we just get,

we can get really overstretched, we get really tired, and actually it's quite stressful. And that really impacts on our connection with our kids, which ultimately is the goal is to have a great connection with our kids. And it's also really over-scheduling. It can be really exhausting to our own kids. And I know that for me, my kids just need a bit of downtime at home to kind of process their day. So it's a bit of a dichotomy.

It's a bit of a, you know, my mum always used to say, a kid in sports stays out of court. So there's great things for keeping our kids engaged and active and doing lots of things. But that balance of just having time at home to recover and rest as well and have time to be bored and to be creative and have time to think. And sometimes those sports players grow up and they do end up in courts too, don't they?

They do. Yeah, so it doesn't always ring true. But I mean, you know, kids, we need to teach kids to learn to say no because some kids, they'll just say yes to everything. Then you're doing activities eight days out of the week. Yeah, 100%. My daughter's in that stage at the moment.

So we tend to have a bit of a chat at the beginning of the term. And it's quite good because we'll have a chat about, okay, this is the reality of our schedule, of our timing, of our money. And we let the kids choose one or two things at the term. And it's hard because there's so many cool options. And things that can be helpful is just choosing local options is great. When you talk about downtime, because my kids are quite little, but I know my son needs some downtime,

but what is downtime for little kids that's not screen time? Yeah, it's really hard when you've got the younger kids. I think it's really awesome for us to model having downtime. I'm a big fan of reading to my kids and reading in front of my kids. I'm a very busy person and I'm not good at resting myself. And I have gone through many stages where I've sat on the couch with a book, tried really hard to concentrate on reading so that I'm modelling that mum sits down and she reads and she rests.

Yeah, I just shut my eyes and be like, mummy reads with her eyes closed. Yeah, totally, yeah. They click on too because I was like, when I used to read to Poppy, you can miss chunks of the story. You know, you can fast forward through a story, but they start to click on that.

Some plot holes start to emerge, don't they? Oh my gosh, yes. I've definitely done the old, like, turn three pages at once. Yeah, it turns into less of reading a story and more just like a review, a bit of a summary. Hey, Holly, Jean, some really good tips from The Parenting Place. If people want to find out more, where can they go? Jump onto parentingplace.nz.

We have an article there about easing back into routines and how to go slow, heaps of articles there about this. So, yeah, jump online, check it out. Hey, thank you, Holly. Next, Siri Sings, a new game that we play where we type in lyrics and Siri recites them. You've got to try and figure out what the song is. La-da-da-da-da. La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

We are searchlights. We can see in the dark. We are rockets. Have a think about that. Point it up at the stars. One of many. Shut up, Siri. Shush, Siri, shush.

Stop. Stop talking. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. People are still not following the new recycling rules. Milk bottle tops and aerosol cans are not welcome in the recycling bin is the word. Pizza boxes, yes, as long as the pizza isn't in them. Yeah, they've really confused recycling for me. I'm just speaking personally.

It's a guessing game for me. I just try and evenly distribute the rubbish between all bins. I didn't know you weren't supposed to do the milk bottle tops. They're plastic. Why can't they be recycled? It's too hard. They were trying to uniformly, because I think it was different depending on what centre you were in, right? Throughout the country, the recycling rules and regulations varied.

So they're trying to just have one rule for all. Right. I don't know why different parts of the country had different recycling approaches maybe it breaks down in different areas differently but do you use the little mini bin the mini bin where you're meant to put your meat scraps in yeah you do do you not i've used it as a chili bin so many people don't use it no it's just this mini little cute little mint but the problem is when the bin gets emptied and it's a windy day, they blow all over the road.

Yeah, that's true. Taylor, did you use the mini bin? No. Why not? It wasn't a thing in Oz, so I just can't be bothered. Well, it's not a thing around a lot of New Zealand. It's just like a food scraps bin, a little bin. But if you've got a gurgler, then it doesn't matter.

This is being used for good, whereas that's just like tuning it up to go down the sink, right? Yeah. Same, same. It's gone. It's not my problem, is it? Now, Ben started this game actually a few weeks ago, which we've been really enjoying.

Siri sings, so you type in song lyrics to Siri, and you're going to try and figure out what the songs are. I'm going to pit Producer Taylor and Megan Against each other today Now here's the first song, have a think La da da da da We are searchlights We can see in the dark we are rockets Paint it up at the stars

We are billions of beautiful hearts Yeah well done La da da da da La da da da threw me off We're going to give that one to Taylor Yeah, well done. That's... La-da-da-da-da. La-da-da-da-da. Threw me off. Yeah, it does. We're going to give that one to Taylor. Just snuck in there with Pink.

Thank you. Here's the second song this morning for Siri Sings. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're f***ing with some wet ass... What? What's going on? Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion. Megan Thee Stallion.

Megan Thee Stallion. Have you got the seats in version of that? Wet. Wet. Wet. I was wondering, like, when they're writing that song in the recording studio, and then they go and sing it, do you think any part of them or anyone in that process is like, guys, what are we doing? No, it's Cardi B. What are we doing?

She thinks it's awesome. Did she walk out of the studio and go, that was a solid day's work? I showed my mum that music video, and she was she was just like wide-eyed the whole time. Like, who is this woman? It's really pushing the bit. Like, I know it's going to sound like a prude here, but we're re-going with this stuff. Like, this is just going to get more and more raunchier, isn't it? I don't feel like there's much further to go.

Back in the day,ney spears oops i did it again was the most offensive thing that you could do sexually speaking now jeez really all guns blazing all right here's the next song uh-huh uh-huh yeah uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh take three action uh-huh uh-huh um no clouds i hydroplane in the bank coming down like dow jones when the clouds come we gone we rock a fella we fly higher than weather in g5s or better you know me you know me in anticipation for precipitation when you said rockefeller i was like it's got to be Jay-Z. There we go. Umbrella.

Nice. Do I get any? No. No, you're none from the three there. Let's do that. Well, there we go. That was Siri Sings. Siri sucks, to be fair.

That was really difficult. Well, it didn't suck for Taylor. Taylor got all three. Quite good at that, aren't I? Oscars today. Oscars day. Are you into the Oscars? It'sars day. Are you into the Oscars or is it,

it's not very relatable. Is it the Oscars? There's not, like, usually you watch award shows and there'd be some performances

like the Grammys. The Oscars isn't too exciting. Is that where Will Smith did the slap? Yeah. We've spoken about it before. If you were guaranteed

a celebrity slap every year at the Oscars, you'd tune in, wouldn't you? Yeah. Knowing that was coming. Oh, who'd tune in, wouldn't you? Yeah. Knowing that was coming. Oh, who's going to be the slapper? What are they going to say to offend the person?

Yeah. That was probably the most exciting thing to ever happen at the Oscars, that slap. Jimmy Kimmel's hosting, I feel like he does quite a good job. It's his fourth year in a row. He's a wonderful host. Yeah. Very funny, man. I was just looking online.

We're going to talk to Lily Rohan from the New Zealand Herald after 7 o'clock about the Oscars. Barbie got snubs, didn't they? Yeah. Ryan Gosling nominated for Best Supporting Actor. And it is up for Best Picture, but it's not going to win. It's not going to win that. Is that like an Oppenheimer job? I'd say so. Oppenheimer

is the frontrunner. But out of the Best Picture nominees, how many of these have you actually seen? American Fiction? No. Anatomy of a Fall? Barbie? Seen that.

A Holdovers? Killers of the Flower Moon? Maestro? Oppenheimer? Very long. Past Lives? The Zone of Interest? And Poor Things?

You'll watch, I've watched Barbie, out of all of that. Yeah. I've seen Oppenheimer. I found it quite long and a little bit boring. You're watching a real racy one with Emma Stone. Is she nominated for something?

Poor Things is up for Best Picture, and she's nominated for Best Actress for that. It is so weird. You see her sexually charged, but in a weird way. So she's kind of like a Frankenstein situation. She's been brought back to life, and he's put a baby brain in her brain. It's very weird, but somehow I'm gripped. I've got two little kids.

Where's the sex coming to it? She's thinking like a baby. That's a good question. Well, she's learning everything for the first time. So she's learning what is and isn't kind of socially acceptable as well as she goes along. So that's where kind of all that comes into play. Went deep.

They went real deep, didn't they? It's weird. Oddly, I'm captivated. But like, it's taken me, I'll be up to my third watch to get through it. It's like we're just talking about WAP moments ago. And when you watch stuff like that or hear things like WAP,

you're like, someone had to write this out of their brain. It came from someone's thoughts. Yeah. Dark, dark thoughts. Just looking at the goodie bag, too, which is always a highlight. That's probably one of the most exciting things, isn't it? Valued at $288,000 New Zealand dollars.

Oh, God. I think last year, didn't they get a luxury stay in New Zealand was one of the things? Is there anything from New Zealand this year? No. We do usually give them a little voucher, don't we? Although, Angelina Jolie's turning up to your hotel. She's like, oh, I've got a voucher. I'm like, just pay.

You can afford it. You're Angelina Jolie. They probably don't even use the vouchers. No, I don't think they do. Especially when you're that far, you'd be a little embarrassed, wouldn't you, to hand over a gift voucher? Sometimes they get free Botox, free cosmetic surgery. Producer Grace, you know. Producer Grace, you worked in retail.

Do you frown upon people handing over gift vouchers? There's always a certain level of guilt when I hand over a Prezi card. But I know that they bought it from us at our store. So they'd come in, buy the gift card from us and then come back. What about a Prezi card? Oh, because no one knew how to use them and it was so annoying.

They'd be like, does it have a pin? What do I do? And I was like, I don't know. And you never know what's on them too. A lot of the times. Can you just check the balance? Yeah. So the Prezi cards were the bane of your retail life.

Yeah, because you'd have to have the exact amount. So if they had 100 on their Prezi card and they were paying 200, I'd have to put like, it was just, it was a mess. See, there we go. Gift vouchers. Don't know if the celebs will be using them. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

No Ben, no Ben today. Still off after three hours of ridicule. We both gave him on Friday, listen, we both need to stick our hands up and go, hey, we mocked him. We mocked him before his little ouchie, his little jimjory. We should have checked before we went so hard with the mockery that he was okay. Radio hosts, we don't check. We just go straight in for the mockery. But was okay. Radio hosts, we don't check.

We just go straight in for the mockery. But it turns out it's rather serious. He's on a drip. He's been on a drip every 24 hours. He has to go back into the medical centre from what I understand. It's like IV antibiotics because he got an infection. Yeah, got a flu. And it's not very well.

He actually sent us a voice memo update, which I know you're a fan of the voice memo, Megan. Won't make this long because I know Matt, our boss, hates it when we talk too much. But it's been a real rollercoaster the last few days for me. The elbow injury that I had took a real turn. And I saw my whole arm balloon up like it was the size of one of Dwayne Johnson's arms. I got this like full-on fever with it. Ended up at the A&E where they said I have this infection going on inside my body and they put me on an IV drip and I've been getting an IV drip every night since Thursday.

The infection's kicking my little ass actually. I've had a lot more fun weekends. I've been sleeping heaps, which is really unlike me. Hopefully I'm past the worst of it, but we'll see. I just want to say thanks so much to the amazing doctors and nurses we have in this country they work so blimmin' tirelessly through the night, got to see this over the last

few days, and Megan I didn't get the infection because I should have been wearing my sling more, like you kept saying alright, hopefully I'll be back with you on the hits very soon because well, resting sucks So there we go, that's the full update, the bells and whistles. I feel like we could probably come up with a cooler backstory as to how he got the injury,

which we haven't figured out what the weight was he was lifting in the gym. He won't tell us. No, he's keeping it. I don't know if it was heavy and he doesn't want to say anything because it popped his elbow out. Listen, look at the man's frame. Let's just do the mathematics on it and I think we know where we're going to end up. Have you been to hospital? So many times.

How many times? Well, I've had two children that were both emergency caesareans. Oh, emergencies. Yeah, that's when I got COVID. I actually went to hospital when I was pregnant with suspected appendicitis. And COVID? Well, I got COVID from the hospital when I was there.

Yeah. That was the most recent time. Didn't you go to hospital recently? Yeah. I cannot for the life of me remember what for, though. Like, I got put under. What was it for? You got, like, general anaesthetic.

Yeah, I had to put a gown on. And you have no idea what it was for. I can't remember. Like, it was not even that long ago. It was only like three or four months ago. What was it? I don't know. Was it your elbow?

No. Wait, was it something to do with your head? Shoulders, knees, and toes. No. Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. That is so weird you can't remember. What? Yeah.

Can't have been that serious. No, I went and saw, I'm trying to piece it, I went and saw the specialist and he was like, and I'm trying to. Specialist for what? Hmm. What was it?

Jono, that's bad. Whatever it is, it's no longer a problem. You're fine now. That's the main thing. God, that is frightening,

honestly. And I had multiple appointments with the specialist. If you, Jono's specialist, hit us up. There's nobody we need to surgery for. Yeah, please. Andrew was the specialist now. I don't even know the specialist's name.

Andrew the... Dr. Andrew Cho? I can't remember. I'm sorry. This is, yeah. Maybe short-term memory. I might have to go back to Andrew. The Hits, the John O and Ben podcast.

Megan and John O. John O and Megan. I just wanted to go first to Andrew. Megan and Jono. Jono and Megan. I just wanted to go first. No Ben today. You do what you want. We'll talk about this after a post-show meeting, okay? Someone texted very concerned because we just spoke before how you had had a surgery, gone under general anaesthetic and you couldn't remember what it was for.

It was only a matter of months ago as well. I do remember the specialist name Andrew Cho. Someone's texted in saying Andrew Cho is an ENT specialist, ear, nose and throat. Now I remember what it was. I had a growth. Remember, Taylor? I do remember this.

Like an ulcer or something. Yeah, it was like a big lump at the bottom of my mouth. And don't Google big lumps in your mouth, okay? Because it only ends up with one result, and that's cancer. But it wasn't, thankfully, and he chopped that out. So he was wonderful.

And it was great that I remembered that. Yeah, you remembered his name, just not what the surgery was. So he's done a great job. You're clearly fixed. Maybe I remembered his effervescent personality. And it made me not think about what I was having to do. Now, Producer Taylor, it's great to have you in here. Thank you.

How was the Warriors Friday night? Right? Yeah Not the result, but hey Not the result, you went to the WAGS box Did What was the outfit? What was the drip? Oh God

I wore a black skirt and a white collared shirt Thank you for asking Black skirt, white collared shirt? Yeah, why? Oh, not a full dress No, skirt and top is what I just said I'm just trying to piece it together mate Black skirt, white shirt

Don't get all Monday morning on me It's not complicated What were the other wags wearing? Who had the fit of the game? My brother Little Lombardi came with you He did, he kidded out nicely for the occasion Because he came over from Sydney to watch

Marcelo played very well. Thank you. Now... Why are you saying thank you? Well, I feel like I contribute to his performance. You do. I cook his meals. I clean his house.

There we go. Marcelo did well. Thank you. Definitely not drive it. No, no, no. Ben's a mechanic. Ben, your thoughts? I reckon she'll be right.

No. Turn the car off. If it says thoughts? I reckon she'll be right. No. Turn the car off. If it says coolant, put some water in the bloody radiator. Now, we're playing that audio to you, Taylor, because this should be a refresher. Friday, before you went to the Warriors, you were telling New Zealand about your car issues. Those were the feedback calls.

Yeah. What was the story? So, pretty much, I drove my car whilst the coolant light kept alerting me to pull over. And I couldn't be bothered. Didn't have time. So I created more issues for myself. And I was stranded. The car literally, every detail you told us in this story, I knew it wasn't going to end well.

But the car was begging you Just please stop driving me I've got nothing left And so you got home and it kind of just Exploded all over the garage floor Yeah and we're trying to pour more coolant Into the area where Coolant goes and it's just like gushing out Of the car

Couldn't hold on to it Did you feel like the car was like a nagging spouse Stop driving me It's so dramatic how can you go from 0 to 100 like that Yeah well like the car was like a nagging spouse stop driving me so dramatic how can you go from zero to 100 like that yeah well like the captain of the titanic you ignored all the warnings and what happened because the mechanic you phoned said you need to put it on a tow truck and get it to me this the issue was you were wanting to drive it again yeah to the mechanics yeah because it's only like four kilometers away. So really, I think the damage was already done.

And what did you do? My husband would not let me drive it. Sensible decision. So he called someone and they came and towed it. And that's the update. Is it not fixed yet? No, I haven't even heard from the mechanic just yet. So my son thinks that's a bad sign.

I said, no, it's not. He probably just hasn't got to it. Do you reckon the car's telling the mechanic this lady this will not stop driving me. Save me. Please. Can you give me to another caring owner? Don't take me back there. Actually listens to my warning. So we'll

keep you updated. See if it's completely destroyed or not. Because that was the issue. The audience thought you might have blown the whole thing up. Yeah. So fingers crossed it's not there. Hopefully it's just a little leak. I feel like that's still a possibility. A little leak can cause a big outcry

I feel. Yeah. We'll find out shortly. The Jono and Ben podcast. Well also now it's started new rumours because she's hugging the kids and she's got no wedding ring on. She doesn't have her ring on. So everyone's like, they're on the rocks.

It's like, can't win. Can't win. There was rumours I read on the internet, 15 reasons why Prince William's having an affair. I got lost into a hole. Did you? Yeah. What are the reasons?

I forget the details now. Great. So I've just come out with that very slanderous comment. And I have nothing to back it up. But it was someone, I think it's her best mate from memory. Is this the Rose, what's her face? Rose scandal? Tell you what I'll do is I'll do a little bit more research before opening my mouth next time.

And we'll come back to this after the song and I'll update you. Well, maybe this is something that Kate Middleton could do on Prince William's phone. It's a way to check who they've been texting. So I guess it is a way to check if your partner's cheating. If there's trust issues in the relationship. So if your partner arguably is deleting text messages, not wanting you to see any evidence,

there's a way that you can see, even if the message has been deleted. Really? Well, you can't see the message, but you to see any evidence there's a way that you can see even if the message has been deleted really well you can't see the message but you can see so if they've deleted all messages and you look and you go okay well they're not messaging that person you can see that they have been messaging them

but you can't see the message right now I guarantee nine out of ten people listening right now I trust my partner I'll never check their phone but they're definitely going to do this hack. I saw this and I've just always remembered it. Have you done it on Andrew? No.

Have you done it on Andrew? No, but I would. Why are you smiling? Potentially in the future if I felt the need. I'm not saying I never would. You've just got it up your sleeve. Okay. What do you do?

Actually, I'm not sure if this works for Android, but it definitely works for iPhones. So go to compose a message. Then where it says to, just put a full stop. The list of people that then comes up is your most

text order. So the first person is the last person you text, followed by you know, it's an order of most texts. The regular texters. So if they have not saved their number even, it'll still come up with the phone number that they're most texting or the person

it will come up, even though they have deleted the messages. I see, so it's a lead. It's a lead in your investigation. It's not hardcore evidence. You don't know what they're saying It's a conversation starter That's getting them into the interrogation room But if you're texting them all the time

And someone else comes up above you However it could be I'm just going to paint a hypothetical here Someone's having an affair with If a lady called Debbie's having an affair with Marcus from accounts it can all just be sold off as work work comms. You'd be

emailing though you're not texting Marcus all the time Marcus has got terrible chat I'm just telling you. I thought it would be emails there's a way around your, there's holes in your investigation technique. Are you texting Marcus more than your partner? There's a lot going on at work busy times, we've got end of month targets to meet mate around your, there's holes in your investigation technique. Are you texting Marcus more than your partner, fishy?

Well, there's a lot going on at work. Busy times. We've got end of month targets to meet, mate. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. We want to check this out this morning. I don't know if we're going to get anyone, if anyone even feels like sharing on New Zealand's Breakfast this morning. Have you caught, have you caught your partner red-handed? Maybe you have a little hack

like that one, that you caught your partner red-handed? Maybe you have a little hack like that one that you caught your partner. Why is this even a thing too, this bloody hack of yours? I don't know. Instead of chucking the 15th camera lens on the phone, Apple, why don't you sort out this Megan's little cheating hack here? I saw it online too. I don't want it to sound like I've researched this myself. I just saw it and I remembered it.

You sound like a psycho. I do. I do. I realise that. I love it. Okay, so 800 of this myself. I just saw it and I remembered it. You sound like a psycho. Yeah, I do. I do. I realise that. Yeah, I love it. Okay, so 800 The Hits. How did you catch your partner cheating? Yeah.

If you want to share, you can text 24487 on this Monday. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben is still away with a sore elbow. Now, we're just spouting off some fake news before that there were rumours that Prince William was having an affair because you said Kate's now posted a photo. She's alive. She's alive. She's well. The kids are there.

She's hugging, but she's not wearing a wedding ring. Yeah, and it's not actually with William. Apparently he was taking the photo. Well, of course, someone's got to take the photo. You went in a deep dive on the internet, though, about this apparent affair. Weeks ago, yeah. I forgot any details and I just said some stuff

and I felt like we needed to back it up with some sort of evidence. I feel like just someone on TikTok spouting off anti-vax material, you know. But, you know, there are rumours. Her friend, Rose, is her name. She's the Marchioness of Colomondale. Okay. Colomondale. What's a Marchioness?

Strikingly looks a lot like Kate, too. Yeah, they do look quite similar. But there we go. You can go on the internet and find yourself in a hole if you want to get to the bottom of that. But 0800HITS, you've, speaking of which, got a hack. I did have a hack for you to see who your partner is texting the most in case it's not you.

So you can compose a message and where it says to, just put a full stop. It comes up with a list from most texts to least. And you can see who they're texting. You can't see what they're saying. Okay, we're whipping up the paranoia this morning on a Monday. Someone's texting 44872

a follow on to your hack. Dear Megan, a great hack. I've got a hack to add to the hack. Okay. Out of hacking your hack, that you can see the actual messages. Even if deleted. You go to the top the hack, out of hacking your hack, that you can see the actual messages. Even if deleted, you go to the top left corner, hit edit, it'll show you the last 30

deleted messages. What? Cheers, Paula. Whoa, Paula. Paula's got the tea. She's got the tea. So 800 of the hits is what we want to know. Have you managed to catch anyone cheating? Chris, good morning. Morning. You caught the cheaters.

Yep. What happened? Yeah, well, I found out that my first wife, yeah, she cheated on me with my father. What's your father? How do you feel more betrayed by it?

I'll be honest, actually, every time I talk about it, it gets me. I don't blame you. And so how did you discover this? Well, she admitted it to my mum when my mum and dad split up. And when I approached my dad, he said that it was consensual, which didn't really matter. Yeah, he's kind of reaching for excuses there. Well, you didn't consent to it.

No, I didn't, no. Has it torn the family apart? Well, yeah, because to make matters even worse, she lied that the first daughter he had was mine, and it wasn't. She lied about it, so. My gosh, so how many times has she cheated on you? She had sex with the best man at my wedding. At the wedding?

No. On the wedding, yeah, that I found out about later. She tried with my brother. It just hurts every time I talk about it. Oh, man. But, you know, in saying that, I basically ran away after that and ruined my life for a bit. And then I've come back and now I've got a business and successful. That is just devastating. I feel so sorry for you. Have you got a business and successful. That is just devastating.

I feel so sorry for you. Have you got a partner now? Yes, yes, yes. Imagine it'd be quite hard to trust people after that. Oh, it is, man. I went for years just bouncing from partner to partner, not trusting anyone and ended up having to talk to a really expensive psychologist because there's a whole lot of other things going on and I learned to trust people again you know we'll sort of

trust people again yeah that's amazing you deserve love and you deserve respect and you definitely didn't deserve that oh no I don't think anyone deserves that but all I keep thinking of is there are people in Ukraine that have got it way worse than me and I feel sorry for them. Oh mate, you sound like a wonderful human being Chris. And is your ex and your father, are they still together? I basically disowned my father. He died a couple of years ago and I didn't even go to his funeral.

He kept trying to get me back in his life and telling me he loved me. And I'm just like, you can't love somebody and do that. You just can't. Well, mate, yeah, sorry. What an absolute journey you've been through. And I'm glad you've come out the other side and things are going well for you now, Chris. Thank you for sharing this morning, mate. And listen, I hope life brings you good things. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Ben and Jono here today. No Ben, he has a sore elbow. He's not getting cosmetic surgery. No, he's been on a drip all weekend. Terrible fever, the infection's set in, his arm's blown up. Things are good. I don't think I've worked with Ben for a drip all weekend. Terrible fever, the infection set in, his arms blowing up. Things not good. I don't think I've ever been for a very long time. I've never seen him sick or hospitalized.

Really? Never. He doesn't take sick days? No. Even with COVID, plowed on. Did he? This must be bad. And he hates relaxing too.

He's really hating it. One of his biggest fears in life is sitting down and taking it easy. So someone has slid into my DMs today for a Dear Megan, which you can do as well. You can do it at the Hits Breakfast Instagram. You can do it on my Instagram, MeganLoisPappas. We'll keep you anonymous if you wish, as this person is. I always wonder, because you openly invite people to slide into your DMs. Do you get some interesting content fed to you?

You're thinking anything like dodgy? Oh yeah. I mean each week you're like it's an open you know come on in. I'm kind of disappointed I don't

get anything dodgy. Never. But I'm always happy to help where I can. Oh not with that. Medical issues? No no.

No okay. But if you have an issue we can always bring it to the nation and we'll keep you anonymous. So here's today's. Does this one involve surgery?

Not really surgery. Right. Cosmetic procedure. Yeah. So this is the message. Dear Megan, Jono and Ben, I have been keeping a secret from my husband. That sounds like I've cheated on him, but it's nothing like that. We have a great relationship and are very open and honest with

each other about everything but I've been keeping one little thing from him for a few years now and I'm starting to feel bad about it. I've been getting Botox without him knowing. I hear him talking about how he doesn't like it when women look fake and get plastic surgery etc and he always makes me promise to him that I'll never go down that track road so I feel like if I tell him he might get angry or even worse disappointed all I'm doing is slowing down the aging process and to be honest it makes me feel good and confident in myself I don't know what I would do if he was upset and asked me not to do it anymore but lying to him doesn't feel good what do I do is keeping this from him like what he doesn to him doesn't feel good. What do I do?

Is keeping this from him like what he doesn't know doesn't hurt him kind of thing? Or do I need to tell him? Is half of it his money? Are they in a relationship where it's the bank account they're both chucking cash in? Because if it's half his money and she's going off doing stuff without his knowledge, I'd say she's got to tell him. The Botox mustn't be that effective, though, if he hasn't noticed. Well, I guess it's just stopping the wrinkles.

Right. I don't know. That's like hundreds of dollars, though. You're right. I didn't think about it like that. So he's obviously not paying attention to the bank accounts. No. There's hundreds of dollars just, like, going away.

Maybe she must have a smoke screen for that. Surely. I know some people go to have a little slush fun, don't they? Yeah, right. A little Botox fun, so she might be doing it on the side. But regardless. Is that okay? Not really.

Would you keep it from Andrew? No, I don't think so. Because we kind of have like an unspoken rule, if it's anything, once it gets towards like over $150, you have to start kind of talking about it. Not necessarily asking permission, but just being like, hey, is it all right if I spend this much money? You know, you're open about the fact that you're going to spend over $100 all of a sudden. So I don't think I would or could keep it from him. Would you be upset if your partner was?

If Jen went behind my back and got Botox? Yeah. Yes, I'd be like, why the hell didn't you take me, mate? You seen this face? Jab anything in it. Got wrinkles as deep as the Grand Canyon on my forehead. Would you ever do Botox? Nah.

Nah. I've got just no desire to. Yeah, right. Every Christmas I get given from someone, I'm in the family, like anti-aging wrinkle cream. Oh, ouch. And I put it on my face and I feel like this cream is working very hard, just clinging on, just trying to cling on to something that ain't there. That horse is bolted.

That aged horse is, yeah. But no, I don't, well, she might feel a little embarrassed about getting it as well too. You know, some people, it's quite personal to them, isn't it? Maybe she just wants to pretend she just looks that fabulous with no effort whatsoever. Well, should she tell her husband that she has been secretly getting Botox? The only thing I can relate to it is my plethora of regrettable tattoos that I have plastered all over my body. And Jen's always like, like, it's your body.

You know, do what you want. And I'm like, yeah, well, I want a panther with wings holding a flaming torch all over my back. Do you have that? Yeah, it's on my back. I've got a dog smoking a cigarette. You know, bloody,

you know, this is a dog smoking a cigarette. What is it? What is it? A panther? Oh, that's on my back. With wings. A panther with wings, yeah. Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Holding a torch. Holding a torch, yeah. Amazing. Yep, you do you, boo. She's like, if. With wings. Panther with wings, yeah. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Holding a torch. Holding a torch, yeah. Amazing. Yep, you do you, boo. She's like, if you want a panther with wings holding a flaming torch, you go and get it. Makes no sense on any level. Your body, your choice.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. With Jono and Megan this morning, Ben is still away. This morning, we want to know what you think about our dear Megan someone is getting Botox on the sly has not told her husband and has been doing it for years but is now starting

to feel bad about the fact that she's keeping this a secret from him would you would you keep it a secret yeah keep it a secret

from Andrew nah nah it's too much money to keep a secret would you do it then say you've done it or would you say

you're thinking about doing it I want to say the second one but I'd probably do it then and say you've done it or would you say you're thinking about doing it? I want to say the second one but I'd probably do it and then ask for forgiveness. Yeah, good on you. Good on you. That's the way to do things.

Yeah. It's kind of irreversible too once it's in. Yeah. And then you can show them that it's not that bad. There's nothing to worry about. I don't look all warped.

Do you need to tell your partner? Is it the financial thing that you think is concerning or the sneaking around behind without the knowledge the trust well it's your body your choice kind of thing right so you can choose what to do with your own body but it is the financial thing for me i think because it's hundreds of dollars that you're deciding to spend on yourself out of i mean i don't know their financial situation i'm guessing they may be sheer

money sometimes i wish it wasn't uh you know you can choose to do what with your own body. Because what I've done to this body is just someone else needs to probably be in control of it. Someone else needs to step in. Just onion dipping, Heineken sloshing around in there. We're going to get Chelsea on. Do you think you should have to tell your partner if you're getting Botox? Chelsea?

Hello, sorry. Hey, love catching the listeners off guard. What do you think on this one, Chelsea? I think she needs to tell him. She's worried about him being disappointed for having the Botox. But I think if he finds out she's been dishonest with him, he'd feel more disappointed in her and be really hurt. Yeah, amen, sister.

Because you might think about what else are you doing? Liposuction? Gastric bypass? What else is going on? He likes the result, though, obviously. He hasn't said anything. But, yeah, I guess it's the lying. It's dishonest, right?

Thank you, Chelsea. We'll get Kirsty on. What do you think? The dear Megan, do you need to tell your partner if you're getting Botox? No, I don't think so. I think she's doing it to make herself look good and feel good. And he's reaping the rewards. He's not walking around with a frumpy bumpy on his elbow.

So, you know, we all do things that enhance our bodies, and I mean, I don't think that people tell their husbands when they're going to get a wax, and I don't see there's much difference there. All right, put it in the same category. He's not walking around with a bloody wrinkly old John O'P difference there. All right, put it in the same category. He's not walking around with the bloody wrinkly old John O'Prior on his arm, is he? Yeah, totally. He's got a well-maintained human being next to him.

Thank you, appreciate that. Courtney, what do you think? Well, I think you should be open about what you want to do to your own body and the other partner should not judge. I have got tattoos and Botox. Well, tattoos, my husband didn't notice for three months. And then the Botox, I told him I was going to get it, and he ended up booking it with me as well. Oh, so he got some.

How did he not notice tattoos? Oh, well, that's a good question. I ended up having a running bet with some family members to see how long he would notice. And they're in pretty obvious places. I don't know. Just didn't notice him. Was there a reason you didn't tell him?

Is he kind of like anti-tattoos? He's not a big fan of them. And I just was like, you know what, I'm going to get a tattoo today. And I booked it in and he thought I was going through a midlife crisis. Wow, jeez, you have a very impulsive personality. I love it. I love it. And he ended up

coming to the Botox appointment with you. Yep, and he ended up getting a little bit of Botox between the brows. Jeez, we should bloody give away Botox. Imagine how that

would go gangbusters. Yeah, every crawler wins Botox. That's great. So do you think she should just tell him and come clean? Yeah, just tell him

and then if he doesn't approve, then that's his problem. Well, it's too late now. The Botox is in there. He obviously doesn't mind the result because he still fancies her, right? Exactly. Well, thank you so much, Courtney. Really do appreciate

your time. You're going to have a wonderful day and who knows what you'll get up to today? Well, it's my birthday, so who knows? Happy birthday! Thank you. That is the general consensus, the siding with Courtney on the text machine, as people were saying. Maybe she should tell him, but then not worry too much if he disapproves, unless it's a money thing.

But if you have a dear Megan, if you'd like us to weigh in on a situation in your life, you can send us a message on Instagram. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben is away today. It was four weeks yesterday until daylight savings, although someone has corrected me. We're going back to standard time, so we don't say daylight savings.

Going back to standard time, and we take the clock back an hour. No one is more invested in daylight savings than you, giving us weekly updates and countdowns. Tell you what. It's four weeks away. It's getting dark in the mornings, though. Yeah, it is.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's what happens. But I just in the mornings, though. Yeah, it is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's what happens. But I just love the commitment you have to daylight savings. I like to know how long we've got until it's like dark at dinner time, you know. The Oscars, they're on today, the Academy Awards. And we are joined in the studio by New Zealand Herald Entertainment reporter, Lily Rowan. Good morning. Good morning.

Lovely to have you here. You were just saying during the song that you went to pink on Friday night. I did go to Pink. God, she is incredible. Now you went to Taylor Swift as well in Australia to review that. Which was better? Yeah. Oh, I think Pink is very different. Pink is very authentic. You know, like she was telling people she wanted to eat their babies in the crowd. So you'd never get that at a Taylor Swift concert. Eating babies? Yeah, she was like a little 11 week old baby at the the concert and she was like, oh my gosh, can I take him home? I want to eat him.

Wow, there you go. That's... That is so brave to take your 11-week-old baby. Right? That is a brave... Is that even allowed? It's a fresh baby. Wow.

Do you pay for that baby to get into pink? That's what I was wondering. Do you pay for a ticket? I don't know. In the mosh pit. Yeah. The baby was in the mosh pit. The baby pay for a ticket? In the mosh pit. Yeah. The baby was in the mosh pit. The baby was in the mosh.

Wow. Party on. Yeah, right. Megan had a ticket and didn't go just because she felt a bit tired. I had a headache.

That's understandable. This lady's taking a bloody 11 week old baby fresh out of the oven. God. That's commitment to pink. It is. That you didn't have.

Yes. Hey Lily, recently we got you in the Oscars Are on today now When was the slap? 12 months ago No, the slap was 2 years ago Now Time flies I wonder if there's going to be any drama today

You're just saying a movie is potentially Being accused of plagiarism Yeah, the holdovers I'm not up to date with what's happened But I have read that it's been accused of plagiarism. Yeah, the holdovers. So I haven't actually, I'm not up to date with what's happened, but I have read that it's been accused of plagiarism. So stay tuned for that. Now, Barbie, famously snubbed from this year's Oscars. Oh, really sad.

Margot Robbie missed out on Best Actress. Greta Gerwig missed out on Best Director. But the film itself is up for eight awards, including Best Picture, and there's Best Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, so still a good chance for them to take home some gold. Okay. Who are we picking? Who are we picking the big winners today at the Oscars?

I think if we look at all the award shows that have happened this season, we're going to go Oppenheimer and Poor Things. Oh, I'm halfway through Poor Things. But Oppenheimer. What do you think of Poor Things? It's long. Poor Things is very weird, but somehow I'm gripped. Yes, that's how everyone describes it.

It's one of those movies where you're trying to explain it to Jono. So Emma Stone, who plays the lead actress, she is resurrected from death and they put her baby's brain in her brain. Right. It sounds stupid. Wow. But it's gripped me. And then it gets sexually spicy

Somehow you were saying Yeah I've heard You wouldn't want to see it With your mum Absolutely not I saw a lot of stuff About an apple On social media

I now know what The apple situation was And I'm not going to tell you On the radio But that's a spicy wee tease Of what Emma Stone Does with an apple Do people care about

The Oscars Lily? I think so Yeah I think so The Oscars is one of people care about the Oscars, Lily? I think so. Yeah? I think so. The Oscars is one of the oldest award shows in the world. So I think, I want to know. I care more about the red carpet maybe. Yeah, I like to see the outfits, I think.

Yeah. Who are you looking forward to seeing and what they're wearing the most? Probably Margot Robbie. Yeah. Emma Stone, all the lead actresses, what they're going to wear. Because the gift bag is $288,000 New Zealand dollars that they get.

Yeah. Absolutely wild. And you think that everyone who's nominated gets one. It's not. It's only the lead, lead and supporting actresses and actors. I don't think everyone gets one. Yeah. One year they got a really lush stay in New Zealand.

Yeah. Did any of them use it, though? We're talking about... I don't know. Where are they? Come see us. Use the gift voucher. You'd think Will Smith would have escaped over here for a little bit after his little R&R.

You know, we once hosted the New Zealand Music Awards, which was an absolute honour, but we were given a gift bag, and it was full of just, like, like cans of impulse and some beef jerky. At least you smelt good. I think it was a couple of condoms and I was like, oh, this is as good as the gift bag in New Zealand gets. When you get those vouchers that are like $2 off at the supermarket off this product, you're like, oh, you won't just give it to me. I think there's a St. Pierre's 15% off sushi card.

Slightly different. Lily Rowan from the New Zealand Herald. You'll have full coverage of the Oscars At the New Zealand Herald Dot co dot NZ as well We will Thank you very much For coming in

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