Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Some People Shouldn’t Follow Their Dreams | Itty Bitty Bit

Episode Date: September 9, 2026

The new Raygun Netflix documentary got us asking a tricky question: should your partner always back you, or tell you when something's a terrible idea? The debate quickly gets very honest, and not everyone agrees...   Join the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee HERE!Instagram:  @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now, Reagan, you remember her from the Olympics, the Aussie breaker, who went out and did breakdancing and became a, well, I guess, a viral sensation of at the same time she received, unfortunately, a lot of mockery and, yeah, it felt really bad for her. She came out sort of bouncing around like a kangaroo. Yeah, she threw a lot of things in. A real Australian version of the breaking, but yeah. There's a documentary on Netflix at the moment, which is very popular. Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist. just panicked. She was like, what's the worst that could happen? The whole world could laugh at me.

She's like, do you think that's reasonable? I was like, oh no. So, yeah, we've both watched it. Ben, have you watched it you, Megan, the docker? No, I haven't. There's a few flags. Yeah, yeah, going into it. And I can see why she was a little worried going into it.

But yeah, in this case, the therapist was like, what's the worst going to happen? Unfortunately, the worst did happen for her, you know? It did. Yeah. And thankfully she's still, you know, it could have gone really badly. Yeah. Her husband, who was also, they met, he's a breaker and he became her sort of coached and stuff through it. He, like, honestly, so supportive, like, amazing.

But was he too supportive. Afterwards, he was like, this was the best that she's ever done it. I was just blown away. When she was at the Olympics. Yeah, she was incredible. I was just like, this is amazing. And that's so awesome to know that he is in her corner. But at the same time, like, if it was your partner or anything like that,

think that maybe? Yeah. I don't know. I get real torn by that because you're supposed to be your partner's biggest cheerleader. And he is. Instinctively, you know this isn't very good. He maybe should have gone, hey, should we go and stay at my mum and dad's? And she's like, oh, that's the same time as the Olympics are on.

He's like, oh, it's fine. There'll be another Olympics. There's another Olympics in four years and then deal with it in four years time. He's like, but mum and dad won't be around forever. Like, do a bit of a smoke screen to get her away from the event. Maybe. But also, again, silver linings. she is now

like doing a Netflix documentary which she probably got paid for. Yeah, true. She is very famous. She got to go to the Olympics, which is an experience most people don't get to do. I mean, there's the age old question,

do I look good in this? And as a supportive spouse, you always say yes. No, your husband has a good way, right? To say it. He's all, yeah, because you know what again. That skirt doesn't do you justice. Yeah, it's not fit for you.

Yeah. So he's got to go on. You break, this routine doesn't do you. justice. Yes. See, that's a nice way of saying. Yeah.

You're too good for the Olympics. Yeah. I think honestly, if I would want to be Amanda honest in that situation. 100%? Yeah. Okay,

so you would rather be told honestly. I think I would as well. Yeah. Megan, it seems like Andrew's got a good way of telling you. Yeah. He's always like, the outfit doesn't do you justice.

My wife does say that to me sometimes when I wear it. I don't care. But I know, I'll just wear it anyway because I like it. She's right. But you're like, I'm already dressed.

Can't me bother getting... So when he says that to you, you know what he means, though. No, no, I don't. I think it's great. I'm like, perfect. Okay. Dumb skirt, I'm going to get a different one. Yeah, right.

So you just, you never wear that skirt again? Yeah. So should you be honest with your partner, even if you think, maybe deep down inside, that something's not for them. Maybe it's an item of clothing. Maybe it's something they're doing, you know? Yeah. I don't think so.

I don't think so. I wait 100 of the hits. Should you be supportive of your partner, or should you tell them the... They suck. The honest truth. Is that doing a favour in the long run? In other times where people haven't done well in the Olympics, we've kind of embraced them, you know, and gone good on them.

Eric the eel who couldn't swim. Yeah. You made a really good point, Megan. Yeah, I was about to do it again. We embraced the men, but then she's a woman, isn't she? Sadly, you might be right in that case. Yeah, it feels, yeah. I was like, why do we not embrace it?

And it's like, good on her for getting out there and doing it, you know? And she gave us awesome. And if a dad was out there doing those dances, you know, Oh, the dad, you know. Oh, he's doing his best. It's funny. Do the sprinkler. He's doing the kangaroo, you know?

That's a really good point. Yeah. The thing with that documentary is the whole way through, she's going to like these, I don't know if they're qualifiers, but sort of getting practice in it, break dancing, tournaments around the world. And she's like, these people are really good. And at no point did anything go, hey, I could pull out of this. Because she had a really supportive partner.

And that's what we're talking about. Was he too supportive? Yeah, did he. Yeah, he was super. Yeah, he said he did great. He was so proud of it, which was awesome. But was he too supportive. What about her coach?

He was the coach. He was the coach. He was the coach. She was a sort of advisor for the Australian bracket, but didn't have too much to do with her. How did she qualify? She did she qualify and won some tournaments. She did it legitimately.

Okay, well then who's he to say anything? Yeah. You know? That's right. I mean, it can be the danger of unconditional love is sometimes there need to be conditions. Those conditions are that you can tell your partner, your spouse, when, hey, maybe you shouldn't do that. Lisa, what do you think?

Happy New Year. Happy Year, Lisa. Show catchphrase. Okay, if you've got a partner, are you telling them brutal honesty or you're supporting them no matter what? To be honest, which is ironic, honest. Our family value is honesty,

so we are very big on telling the truth and we've got a toddler. And even when we want to tell a wee white lie to him, we look at each other and we're like, got to be honest. And it's hard, but you don't want to be embarrassed in front of the world. Yeah, okay.

I think for me, honesty is the key one. And if I'm honest, I actually only called to weigh in because I really love Olivia Dadeh. Yeah, okay. I thought, we're really honest. You're too honest, and I'll tell you what, I'll be honest. We'll put you on the drawer for Olivia Dadee. I'm so, don't. We need a date night.

And I'll be honest, I feel manipulated and played. I still weighed in. You did. It was good points. Good content. Good content, Lisa. You're in the jaw. Hold the line.

We'll grab your details. And Gemma, good morning to you. Good morning. Do you want to go to Olivia Dene, firstly? Yes. Okay, all right, good honesty. And honesty about your partner. I think that it's really good to be supportive, but sometimes it's a bit uncomfortable to be honest,

but it's probably more important to be honest so that they, just like you were talking about, don't make a fool of themselves. And there's ways to deliver the honesty. I know, I'm sure you and Ben, Megan, you, because doing creative things, you come up with ideas and run past stuff for your partners. And, you know, Jen, my wife's very honest. Not like brutal honesty. I can just tell when she's silent after I've seen something.

I'll be like, okay, we're not going to do that. That's a terrible idea, you know? I, like, tend to disagree. I tend to disagree. You say support? Yeah. Because I'm just like, no, but I'm just like, who are you to say if something's embarrassing?

And you should know that, Ben. Because you do that kind of stuff all the time. I embrace the embarrassment. But, yeah, not many people like to do that. Follow your dreams, but some people should not follow their dreams, Megan. The dreams into other, here's another dream. And like, you have to be careful, you're not getting into territory where you think they're embarrassing to you, or are they embarrassing themselves? You know?

Okay. All right. If they really want to do something, let them do that and be there for the fallout. That's the sort of mindset that ends up having you bouncing around like a kangaroo at the Olympics. But do you know what? It's more on society for being as awful as we were than it is on her husband. All right. Shush my filthy mouth.

Thank you so much for your texting calls.