Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Will Taylor crash Kendrick's Super Bowl halftime show?

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

We catch up with Nicole live in New York to get all the latest celebrity news! What is up with Kanye- Unfollowed everyone but Taylor Swift? Worst outfits at the Grammys... What's it like going to the Super bowl! Celeb central!!! Will Taylor join Kendrick's Super Bowl half time performance See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Time to cross to our US correspondent. Nicole, coming to us from where the weather's cold and the rats are big, New York City. They are. How big are the rats? Wait, if you go on the subway, you can usually see a rat every once in a while that's like the size of a beaver and I am not joking. Oh shit. Yeah, they can be like the size of a cataver and i am not joking yeah they can be like the size of a

cat and the other day i was walking down the street and it was like night time and i was on my phone and i felt myself kick something because i wasn't really making mention and this guy i go oh my god what was that and the guy goes you just kicked a rat i'm just like why do i live here like what am i doing living in a rat-nested city? I got mugged by one on the subway in New York, actually, a rat. I gave him my wallet, my passport, everything. It was so big. Oh, well, Nicole's been an exciting week in the world of entertainment.

The Grammys. I thought it was great. I loved the show. Great performances and everybody looked awesome. What do you think of, like of maybe things not at the show, like on the red carpet, Kanye and Bianca? Butt naked. You couldn't get more naked.

I have no words. I mean, it was vile. Because he unfollowed everyone on his social media except for Taylor Swift beforehand. I mean, is that just a publicity stunt? Yeah, he's mentally ill and he's even said he hasn't been on any of the medication that he's supposed to be on for a very long time.

It makes me sad because he really is so, so talented. And we loved his music for so long, but it's hard to like anything that he touches because he's said and done such gross things. Now, because, yeah, she's parading naked. Who's pitching that in the brainstorm room? Do you think it's coming from him or her? From him.

I mean, I'm not going to lie. Like, when I see her on social media or i see her on my television screen i'm like waiting someone to say like blink twice if you need help i feel like she's like trapped somehow i don't know the whole thing feels very bizarre to me and like he's controlling her and like he's giving her a lumbotomy and she just walks around and does whatever he says i don't know the whole thing is bizarre i know i feel like that but then she looked very scared on the red carpet and then at the after party she was like laughing and they're like licking tongues and i don't know who's at fault in that relationship to be fair to her she was about to get her her uh kid off in front of the world's media i'd be i'd be anxious too yeah yeah seriously and yeah maybe you're right maybe she is in on it

And this is all just for fun And they think that they're Messing with us But I don't get them And I had heard that her family Was like very worried And wanted her out of this relationship Which I'm not shocked at

Oh really She's Australian Yeah Yeah I know Yeah What's going on And she's like supposedly Like the very like smart chick

What is she doing with him Crazy Now a lot of other things to talk about from the uh the grammys i like jaden smith's outfit uh with his head inside like a what it looked like a miniature house it was like was he like i just want to stay home tonight they're like no you're going but you're wearing a home on your head it's funny because i saw willow and i was like oh she looks amazing and i was like who's that dude wearing that castle on his head and then i was like oh my god it's her brother.

Someone was saying online, like, yeah, it stops anyone from slapping you, you know, as protective. That's, yes. Which is true. I mean, you never know. You're dead. And also, like, if I was sitting behind him at the Grammys, I'd be very annoyed. A lot of people lost their houses too over there.

He's got one on his head now. Right. And Beyonce taking our country album of the the Year, Album of the Year. Wow, I really was not expecting this. Oh my god. Okay, so part of me felt like did Jay-Z pay

somebody to make this happen? Were they really scared that Jay-Z was going to freak out if she didn't finally win an Album of the Year? But of all the albums she's ever done, this is not one that I would say is Album of the year. But of all the albums she's ever done, this is not one that I would say is album of the year. She maybe had ones prior and just didn't get the award. She just was beat out.

But this was not it for me. For me. So when I said to the boys, I was like, how do we feel about this? That was exactly the response I was after. I agree with everything you just said, 100%. It should have been lemonade. It should have been years ago. Even she knows it.

Did you see her face? She was like, this is not an album of the year. She was so shocked. The whole country community was shocked. The weekend, the Super Bowl is on Monday, which is very exciting. Yeah, and we've got New York correspondent Nicole Ryan, who hosts a radio show over there on Sirius FM.

Are you into the Super Bowl? I mean, my husband is. My son is. Yes, I mean, I always loved the Super Bowl. I mean, my husband is, my son is. Yes, I mean, I always loved the Super Bowl. I mean, it's always just fun, even just watching the commercials and always the halftime show. I am anxious to see who else Kendrick and now SZA bring out

because it's not going to just be them. And also there's all these bets going around because Kendrick's a hard artist to have at the Super Bowl halftime show, seeing as like, it's usually supposed to be family friendly. A lot of his lyrics really should not be said on national television.

So I think there's a lot of bets about what words he will say or how he'll change them or what will be bleeped out if anything's bleeped out. So that's kind of funny that there's all these bets that you can make on that. But I am looking forward to it, and I'm looking forward to who else they're going to bring out. How big is it?

Because obviously we know. I mean, it seems like a stupid big is it? Like, you know, because obviously we know. I mean, it seems like a stupid question because it's huge. But we have it on a Monday. Obviously, it's Monday here. And it's getting bigger and bigger in New Zealand. But how big is it in America on Sunday? Like, is everyone getting around the TV? It is so big that they probably should declare the Monday after Super Bowl

and National Holiday. Everyone is dying and crawling to the finish line on a Monday. And yet there's not one restaurant, bar, or home that is not packed with people and booze and wings and dips. Wow. Why don't they have it on a Saturday? Yeah. They should.

They should. I don't know. I don't know. Sunday is just the football day. We should ask Donald Trump to change that. Changing a few things. Maybe he can look into that. And so Taylor Swift obviously will be going. We should ask Donald Trump to change that. Yeah. Changing a few things. Maybe he can look into that.

And so Taylor Swift obviously will be going. Travis Kelsey, her boyfriend's in the final. Maybe because Kendrick, he was on Bad Blood, wasn't he? I know. There was a lot of speculation. On the song, wasn't it? Yeah, that she might. But I don't think she would.

I could not see her joining. If it wasn't all about her, it wasn't her halftime show, which she's been offered many times and said no. Understandably so. I don't see her hopping into someone else's and being second fiddle. That's just not her style. No, it's not paid, right? That's the thing. They don't get paid for the halftime performance.

They do it because obviously for clout, for a huge flex, and also for the publicity. They get a huge budget to put it on. Yeah, right. Yes, and it's an honor like it's like a bucket list item for a lot of uh a lot of artists who does your husband support is he a chiefsman not a chiefs fan and he's not an eagles fan i mean this is tough for him he's a dolphins fan which is just a losing game to begin with because they just i don't know if

they've ever won a super bowl uh they were not that great this year i mean i will probably be rooting for the chiefs just because of Taylor, like most people. Yes. And the Eagles fans can be nasty. And they, like, I mean, after they won that last game, you don't even know. There's, like, shootings. There's, like, mobs.

If they're shooting after a victory, you know, that's a moment of celebration. That's a celebration. You're going to be happy. How much does a ticket do? You're paying thousands of dollars to even get in the stadium, are you? Yeah. I mean, it's astronomical.

I mean, I've been to maybe like one or two, but that's because of like where I work and we were doing something there. What's the cheapest ticket, entry level, to get in like bad seats? I mean, I'd have to look it up, but I want to say like possibly pushing $1,000. I honestly don't know like four thousand two hundred thirty two dollars i was way off i was thousands off well and you don't know your team obviously is going to get there until you know two weeks out as well and you don't know where i mean nowhere in the country it is but you don't know your team's

going to be in it so yeah it's right yeah and then wherever the wherever the super bowl is that year i mean just to get a hotel if if it's not in your city, is even more astronomical. They know they can jack up those prices, so it's nuts, yeah. I mean, it's fun. It's fun for the town. They make a lot of money, but it's crazy. You said you've been to a couple.

Who performed? I was at the one where Bruno Mars, that was however many years ago. He did a good job. He was one of my favorites, actually. What is it like being in there? Great atmosphere? Yeah, it is a great atmosphere, but for me, it's almost like

claustrophobic. It's almost too much, and everybody's bombed, and everybody's just crazy. So it's fun. It's electric. You can feel the energy. It's nuts, but it's not something that I'm dying to go to again. Stimulation overload. Yeah, a little bit.

Ben and I went to a game at SoFi Stadium. It was the Chargers. They were playing the Cowboys, Jealous Cowboys. Nice. One of the things I remember is I was just in the toilet and there was a guy and he was just going, Hark! Hark!

Yeah. He was vomiting, but that was his noise. Oh, that was the sound. It was like a honking. I'd never heard it before in my life. Yeah, that's not the sound I would expect to come out of your mouth. I'm sorry. I'd had a few too many Bud Lights that day.

I'm sorry about that. Did you see the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders? No, the game was in LA. I think it was the Rams. But yeah, it was. I'm more excited about them than the actual thing. That was just an early season game, and that was insane. Yeah, so I can't imagine what the Super Bowl was like.