Life Uncut - LIFE UNCUT RADIO - 20th Aug

Episode Date: August 20, 2022

Every Saturday we are live across the country with the Life Uncut Radio show, and here are the best bits all bundled up for your listening pleasure. We are joined by our bloody funny co-host Mitch Chu...ri and we are unpacking all things low brow and mildly important.  If you love the pod, give us a follow on @lifeuncutpodcast on instagram and join the Life Uncut Podcast Facebook Discussion group.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 A Life Uncut podcast acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders, past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. This episode is recorded on Gadigal land of the Aurora Nation. Who's the lovely guy? Around Australia. On air and iHeartRadio.
Starting point is 00:00:25 Great Hockley and Laura Byrne. Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friends and share the love because we love them. The Life Uncut Radio Show starts now. Yes, it does. Hello, Laura Byrne. Does that laugh make you sad? Oh, Mitch Turi, I'm just happy to be here with you.
Starting point is 00:00:42 Great to be here. One-on-one this week, baby. There is an empty seat right there where Brittany Hockley usually sits. But then she's gone. I was about to say Stan sits. Who knows what she does? She sits. She's a real sitter, that Brittany.
Starting point is 00:00:52 If she's anything in the world, it's a sitter. Where is she? Well, I don't know. I was going to ask you the same thing. Well, I don't really know. Neither do I. But she's off doing something very exciting and very secret. Yeah, and she'll be back in due time.
Starting point is 00:01:04 We're not worried about Brit. No, we're not. We're not. Anyway, how have you been? I'm good. I'm good. I'm glad to do this one-on-one with you. It feels like a long time coming.
Starting point is 00:01:11 Do you know what happened? Since when? What? How long has it been coming for? I've been planning. Just waiting for Brittany Hockley to have a sick day. Don't check my boot. Yeah, Brit's like, how?
Starting point is 00:01:21 Do you know what happened to me on the way here? What? I got out of the car. I walked to go and get a coffee, dropped the kids off, got back in the car, and I was like, God, this coffee doesn't smell very good. I'd walked through somebody's unpicked-up dog poo and then walked it straight through my car.
Starting point is 00:01:36 And now it's baking into the car mats. We just left it to do the show. I was like, I had to come here. What else can you do? I don't know. Find some baby wipes. Yeah, maybe. I just think anyone who leaves that sitting on the median strip,
Starting point is 00:01:49 anywhere, you're a deplorable human. I completely agree. That's disgusting. And actually, you know what? I could smell it and I didn't want to bring it out. Thank you. That's not on my shoes now. It's just me.
Starting point is 00:01:58 There's a big show. Manu Fidel will be here from My Kitchen Rules. Yes. I love Manu, but also I think I love him because I'm such a bad cook. Yes. And so for me, looking into the lives of people who can actually cook seems like such a novelty. Yeah. Poor children.
Starting point is 00:02:13 And he's a rich chef. Like, he's been around. He can do some good food. Did you say he's a rich chef? Yeah, rich chef. Like, wealthy chef? Yeah, like he's got... He's doing really well for himself.
Starting point is 00:02:22 My Kitchen Rules has been going for quite a few seasons now. It has. Oh, we're also talking. I want to know, and actually I want to ask you this question, Mitch. Yeah. What's the pettiest thing that you've done in a breakup? Oh, I'm a bit messy when it comes to breakups. Oh, I'm a bit petty too.
Starting point is 00:02:36 I've got, oh, I'm really petty. Good. I've got, let me hold them, okay? I'm also very competitive, so let's see who's the pettiest. You know who's having a good Saturday? Who? Scott Morrison, Minister of Everything. He's not anymore, is he?
Starting point is 00:02:47 Well, no, he's still technically, I don't know how that works. If you missed it this week, it was revealed that at the height of the pandemic, Scott Morrison, our then Prime Minister, elected himself. He appointed himself Minister of Everything. Of five different things. Yeah, essentially everything. I have them. Of health, of finance, of treasury, of home affairs and resources.
Starting point is 00:03:05 It's of everything. Yeah, everyone's talking about this. The memes were funny. Did you see the memes? Do you know what my favourite one was? I know we shouldn't laugh because it's actually very serious. It is. But, you know, that's not what our job is.
Starting point is 00:03:15 So, okay. My favourite one was him sitting at the table, at the table. He was Jesus. He was sitting at the, what's it called? Oh, the Last Supper. The Last Supper. He was like... But why is that funny?
Starting point is 00:03:24 I feel like we were playing a game of charades then. He's sitting at the table with the Last Supper, but his face had been superimposed onto all the apostles. Oh, now that's funny. Yeah, ahead of everything. The thing is, I think he's got it the wrong way around. Sure, we could sit here and criticise Scum. I think it was stupid.
Starting point is 00:03:37 But he's adding more work to a very intense job. I do everything I can to do less work. That's right. I think, if anything, he should have been offloading gigs to other people. Yeah, so actually what you're saying is that maybe he did an even better job because he was trying to do everything. Think about a micromanager right there. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:03:54 Okay, well, maybe we should offload some jobs. You think here we should do some? Well, yeah, I think we do too much. I do. You're a podcaster, you're a mum, you're a business owner. Keep going. You've got good hair. What else can I do?
Starting point is 00:04:04 I don't. I don't have time to have good hair. Maybe if I offloaded some jobs, I could have better hair. Why don't we just call some people in our lives and offload them some jobs that we don't want to do anymore? There's quite a few. Yeah. Why don't we call my mum?
Starting point is 00:04:16 Bless my mum. What do you want to offload to your mum? Well, Brittany's not here this week. Mate, Brittany already offloaded her entire job. She didn't even show up. I've got my mum here. This is Michelle. Let's give her a role.
Starting point is 00:04:27 Hi, Mum. Hi, Mum. Hi. Hi. Laura, I don't know if I'm speaking out of turn here, but I think we'd like to offer you the role of Minister, actually let's do Chief Understudy Officer. Yes.
Starting point is 00:04:39 And what does that entail? What's the job description, please? Basically, we want to work less, And so we would like you to do our very important job of hosting the show. Yeah, if one of us falls sick or ill. Or just needs a day off. Yeah. I think I could do that.
Starting point is 00:04:54 We've done it! Congratulations. That's your swearing-in ceremony, Mum. Tell Dad, tell Nan. They'll be so proud. We'll see you next Saturday. Actually, I won't because I'll be having the week off. Thanks, Mum.
Starting point is 00:05:02 We'll be in touch. Call me in. Okay, see you. Thank you. So cute. All right, who else? This is liberating. All right, well, if we're really going to go for it, can you please call Matt and palm
Starting point is 00:05:11 off some of my parenting duties? Your partner, Matt and Jay. I mean, to be fair, I'm here and he's parenting right now, so I've already done that. Wait, what are we going to make him? Give him some parenting jobs. Give him the head of parenting jobs. All right, I've got, I think Maddie's here.
Starting point is 00:05:20 Hi, Maddie. Hi. I'm sorry, are you flushing the toilet? I was doing a wee. Oh, good. I'm glad that you flush. You don't normally. What a treat.
Starting point is 00:05:31 Look, we're doing something very important here. We are offloading some important jobs and I would like to dub you head of parenting. Okay, well, to be fair, I do most of the work anyway, so it's no difference to me. Well, now you have an official title. What an honour. I think that's a yes.
Starting point is 00:05:47 Is that a yes? I mean, do I get paid more? No. Oh, we can talk contracts off the air. He's accepted. You get a sash and an office. Verbal contracts are very important. All right.
Starting point is 00:05:59 We send a lot of emails, planning the show, organising it, booking in guests, you and I talking about what we're going to do. I think we should get a Minister of Communication. Maybe just a PA. But Minister of Communication sounds better, so I think that that would be a more enticing job role. You know who's good at sending an email? Who?
Starting point is 00:06:15 Our boss, Richie Rich. I've just called him up. Richie Rich, are you there? I am. He's so good at sending emails. Richie, you're very good at sending emails. Yeah, really. You're very good at communicating.
Starting point is 00:06:25 Well, I try my hardest, but I wouldn't say I'm very good at it. I mean, I can do it. I'm competent. No, I think you excel at it. I think it should be top of resume. And Laura and I just don't have the time to send or receive emails, So what we're going to get you to do is, as our Minister of Communication, you'll be receiving and sending all of our emails.
Starting point is 00:06:43 Which means that you may need to reply to yourself quite often, but I think that'll be okay. More often than not. Is that okay? How do you feel about this, Richie? Yeah, right. That's fine. I mean, under one condition.
Starting point is 00:06:53 Yeah. That you find me a couple of washed-up reality hosts and an anchor to replace your answer. Oh, you know what? No, we already have. We've got Mitch's mum, so it's fine. Yeah! Yay!
Starting point is 00:07:04 Thank you, Richie. That's our Minister of Communications there. It's so nice when your boss says nice things about you. Isn't it? I know. It makes you feel good. Woman fuzzies. All right, I reckon the last person we need to call is your partner.
Starting point is 00:07:15 Oh, my beloved Hayden. Yeah. I reckon there's some things around your house you can offload. Oh, plenty of things. I think this is him now. Hi, Hayden. You there? Hi.
Starting point is 00:07:23 You're at home, right? Yeah, I'm at home. Brilliant. Laura and I have been talking. What are you doing at home right now? I'm working. Oh, interesting. So is Skoma.
Starting point is 00:07:34 And he's still had time to appoint himself five extra roles. I'd like to offer you the role of Minister of Domestic Affairs Oh my god, thank you so much Without any detail Rule number one of business Always ask before you sign I don't think you know what that entails But a lot of cooking and cleaning
Starting point is 00:07:52 But it sounds amazing Surely it entails a salary Oh no, no, no But a lot of hugs and a lot of love Thank you so much Minister See ya He really went, the tone dropped didn't it? Okay bye
Starting point is 00:08:02 From excitement to terror, he was terrified Well, I guess that means we get a week off next week. I was going to say, you and I want coffee. We've got nothing else to do. Mitch, did you see, and it was all in the news last week, did you see the woman who had taken out a full-page ad to blast her ex for cheating on her? Yeah, I did.
Starting point is 00:08:19 It was in Australia, right? It was in Queensland. It was, yeah, it was in Queensland. Of course it was Queensland. What newspaper was it in? It was like in Mackay or something. Yeah, it was a regional. Crocodiles were in the area.
Starting point is 00:08:28 That's how I know. Yes, the front page was a picture of a crocodile and inside the second page it was this. It was, Dear Steve, this is a full-page ad, mind you. Yeah, black and white, just white background. Just very impactful. Dear Steve, I hope you are happy with her. Now the whole town will know what a filthy cheater you are.
Starting point is 00:08:44 From Jenny. P.S. I bought this ad using your credit card. Now that's badass. I just really enjoyed it. Yeah, same. Like, really, really enjoyed it. I wonder how much that would have cost her. That'd be a couple grand for a full page.
Starting point is 00:08:55 Cost her nothing. Cost him a bit, though. Oh, yeah. Good point. Yeah. This got me thinking because, like, this has been doing the rounds for the past week. Some people are saying she's amazing.
Starting point is 00:09:04 Apparently there's a lot of police officers in Mackay named Steve who have had a bit of a problem with it. Infidelity issues. Women named Jenny. Anyway. No, people have thought that it was them. Oh, no. Because there's another couple, a police officer couple,
Starting point is 00:09:17 called Jenny and Steve. Got it. So it's caused a lot of local drama. Yes, but it got me thinking about what the pettiest thing I ever did in a breakup. Oh, I'm petty too. I know you'd be petty. And also I hold a bit of a grudge.
Starting point is 00:09:28 Like, I'm a grudgy, petty, like, break-up person. It doesn't go nice together. What have you done? Okay, so I was going to the Philippines with my then-boyfriend. I'd booked the tickets. I had all the ticket details. And then I found out that he cheated on me. So I called, obviously.
Starting point is 00:09:43 We had a few chats about it. And I didn't want him to come to the Philippines with me. I was like, I want to change the flight details and take my girlfriend. And he said no. He was like, I'm still going to go. And so you confronted him about the cheating and everything? Everything. The relationship was over.
Starting point is 00:09:58 and he was like, I'm still going to go to the Philippines for a holiday and he wouldn't let me change the tickets into my girlfriend's name. That would have been so awkward as well. Also, like, I'd paid for them. It was my holiday. Anyway, so because we weren't talking anymore and I called up Cebu, the airline, I was like,
Starting point is 00:10:13 how do I change the flight details? And they were like, look, you need to have a passport, photo of the passport and a signed contract to say that it's fine to change his name. Oh, no. We weren't speaking. Yeah. So I called up his housemate and I was like, hey,
Starting point is 00:10:27 let's change his name to David. Hi, David. I've left some stuff at the house. Can you let me in? Because I don't want to speak to so-and-so. Can you let me in so I can come get my stuff? And he was like, yeah, so sorry. So sorry what's happened. He lets me in. I sneak into his room. I take a photo of his passport. I forged his signature. Me and my girlfriend rocked up at the airport and there he was, not able to get on the flight. So he was there too. Oh my God. And doesn't even know what I did. And do you know what? It's more than 10 years ago, so I'm sure there's some statutory limitations. You can't be fine. No, no, you're fine. I'm not going to prison, everybody. Oh my God. I thought I was petty. All I did was I knew a breakup was coming
Starting point is 00:11:05 when I was with my partner. And then we had like a week on week off petrol thing where I'd pay for one tank, they'd pay for another. And it was definitely their week, but I knew I was breaking up with them the next week. So I'm like, nah, it's definitely your week, babe. This is, that's the real, actually, maybe mine's not petty. Mine's criminal. Yeah, I've got to say, they're very different. One's a crime, one's just petty. I want to know though this has got me thinking about all the petty stuff that you have all done yeah because we all do it doesn't bring out the best in us in a breakup no what's the pettiest thing that you have done in a breakup Laura Byrne the criminal that I'm sitting with right now Laura Byrne look
Starting point is 00:11:37 we realize we've been talking about what's the pettiest thing that you did in a breakup and then it dawned on me halfway through my story that it wasn't petty it was just against the law you committed a crime yeah you literally used it was identity fraud in a sense yeah but look it's Just on Cebu Air. Fine. It was Qantas. Oh, boy. You've been behind bars.
Starting point is 00:11:55 We want to know 131065, beat that. What is the pettiest thing you did during a breakup? Katie's called through. Hi, Katie. Give us your petty drama. Hi. So my first one was... She's got a list, guys.
Starting point is 00:12:08 Yeah. I do, actually. So my boyfriend, he said he was going out for like a midnight meal. Came back at 2am. I was annoyed. We were on holidays at the time. I was like cleaning clothes in the sink, as you do. and I got angry, so I put his passport in the sink.
Starting point is 00:12:25 Oh, we're running water. Wait, where were you? What place were you? In a hotel room. Yeah, but what country? In a hotel room. We're in Italy at this stage. So that's very inconvenient for both of you
Starting point is 00:12:35 because then he's going to be running around trying to go to passport office. Did you stay together or did you break up? We stayed together and the passport worked afterwards. Oh. After his little swim. Very petty. It's like three times five. It's very petty.
Starting point is 00:12:48 Did he go get dinner? Were you just suspicious? Did he cheat? No, he went out and had a few drinks with his mates without telling me. Oh, that's not that bad. I mean, I probably wouldn't ruin his passport and chances of getting home. No. Do you know what?
Starting point is 00:13:02 The weirdest part about this is not so much that he was going out at midnight to go for a drink, it's that you were doing the laundry at midnight. Yeah, there was a sink in your hotel room. What the hell, Katie? What's story number two? So, I can't even remember why I got angry at him that other time. Are you guys still together? This sounds like a you thing.
Starting point is 00:13:18 This is toxic. We are still together. There's no break-up in the house. So this one, I got angry and I scrubbed his toothbrush in the toilet. You did not. I did. Does he know? She's so proud of it.
Starting point is 00:13:34 He was a little bit intoxicated. I told him about it, but he's forgotten about it. And he's still using the toothbrush. Oh, no. I'm frightened of you. Katie, but, yeah, why? How are you going to justify this? I threw out the toothbrush and I replaced it with the exact lookalike.
Starting point is 00:13:48 Oh, okay. See, there's a bit of soul in there. It's still terrible. Katie, you need to break up with this person. Yeah, this just sounds... Call us when you do and tell me the petty thing you did. Let's do Zara on 131065. Please tell us you had a breakup, Zara.
Starting point is 00:14:01 Yeah, obviously I've had a breakup. Great. What petty things did you do? Oh, my God, it's so petty. I used to call up... I was 17, but I used to call up my boyfriend with a no-caller ID and then he'd, like, pick up and say, hello, and I'd just hang up.
Starting point is 00:14:16 I did it every single day for about three months straight. Oh, after the breakup? Yeah, yeah. And what, he just thought he was getting something from, like, a call centre or something? No, he'd be like, hi, blank speaking, like, let's say his name's Joe. Hi, Joe speaking, and then I'd just hang up.
Starting point is 00:14:31 Zara, you just ranked up credit. That's stupid. You had to pay the bills, Zara. He's so petty and so childish. I was so hurt that he cheated on me that I would just call up. I think that's more sad, if anything, Zara. Hold on, Nat's out there. She works on the show.
Starting point is 00:14:46 Nat says she's got something. Natty's so petty. She's petty in the workplace. I am petty. I enjoy being petty, though, so I don't regret this. So do I. All right, what is it? What happened during the breakup?
Starting point is 00:14:54 Well, I broke up with my ex-boyfriend. Obviously, I didn't do the breaking up, so I was heartbroken. I was hurt, and I wanted to get back at him for hurting me. So I stole the key to his house. I went to his house. I didn't break in. I let myself in and stole the left shoe. One better than Laura.
Starting point is 00:15:10 It was kind of a break-in since you probably weren't welcome in the house. Look, he knew I had the keys. Semantics. He forgot about that. That's his fault. So I went in and stole the left shoe of every pair of his shoes so he didn't have a complete set. So he'd have to leave the house in two different shoes.
Starting point is 00:15:25 I love this. You know what? These calls, we need theft stuff. I want to know what you stole from an ex. We weren't really getting petty breakups, were we? We were getting just petty things in general. And heartbreak. Okay, yeah, what did you steal from your ex is probably a better one.
Starting point is 00:15:39 Hopefully we get better calls. Yeah, 131065. Nothing too criminal. No, and not pets or anything. Or like super valuable stuff that you could go to jail for, like iPhones and jewellery. But like, what else did you steal from your ex? Taking your calls on 131065, we were just asking, what is the pettiest thing you did during a breakup? Yeah, and then we got some really random callers, and so we thought we would pivot and try something new.
Starting point is 00:15:59 We wanted to know, now, what did you steal during a breakup? Yeah, yeah. We've all done some things that we regret in the past. Well, Nat, who works here on the show, she stole all of her ex's left shoes. Do you know what it makes me think of when you walk into a shoe store and how they only always have the left out? Is it trying to know that? It's so that you can't steal a pair.
Starting point is 00:16:16 Oh, my God, that's genius. Yes. You know they also staple them into the mannequins so you can't take them off the mannequin? Why do you know that? Oh, we'll talk after, yeah. We'll talk after. Speaking of things that we've stolen.
Starting point is 00:16:26 Lauren, hi. What did you steal from your ex? Hi, I took the big, fancy bamboo bath towel so I had to sneak them in my bag when she wasn't looking and those bad boys were coming with me. What do you mean? How many bath towels? Two.
Starting point is 00:16:39 They were an engagement present and it was a bit of a petty breakout with the Division of Things and I knew it was going to be an argument so I made sure I hid them in my bag and I ran out with them. I've still got them now five years later. They are 10 out of 10. Worth it. You ran out with them? Just a bag full of towels?
Starting point is 00:16:52 Just you and the bath towels. Oh, and that's an engagement breakup too. That's messy. But it's okay. It was worth it. I got the towels out of the doll. Wow, really towel focus. Okay.
Starting point is 00:17:02 Maya on 131065. End of skin. Maya, what did you steal from your ex? Honestly, basically, well, when we broke up, it was kind of like an epic love story, but I stole the condoms because I knew I'd be using them better elsewhere. Wow. Wow. Also, wow.
Starting point is 00:17:19 I mean, protection is important, but I feel like taking all of someone's condoms, when he comes home from a night out with a, thinking he's going to get lucky, rolls over to the top drawer, they're all gone. You know what I mean? You also could have. To be fair, it was like a power play. Do you, but also like, do you want to use your ex's condoms that you could have used once upon a time with your ex.
Starting point is 00:17:37 That feels weird too. Oh, but to be fair, it's because I threw him out the house. I kept him and put him in the window when he was collecting his stuff. It was like, it was definitely like mocking my character. Oh, you had the power. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. Oh, yeah, I did. I was like, you see, they're mine now.
Starting point is 00:17:48 You could have just aimed bigger, like steal the fridge or something. Why a box of $5 condoms? Steal some jewellery. Like, there's got to be something better in the house. My standards are so low. I really showed him. I took the toothpicks. Did you take the K-Y jelly as well?
Starting point is 00:18:03 All right. Oh, look, I knew it would come deep. Yeah, oh, I'm sure. All right, Alexandra's called on 131065. Wrap this up for us. What did you steal from the breakup? A ukulele. And he was a top musician as well.
Starting point is 00:18:15 Oh! Scott Morrison. Scott Morrison! It was Scott Morrison. Jenny's calling from the Shire. Hi, Jenny. Oh, that's gold. Okay, did he know that you'd taken his ukulele?
Starting point is 00:18:26 He did notice it three weeks later and I didn't confess. No, good. Lie. You die. That's the hill you die on. Yeah. All right, thank you, Alexandra. Our next guest, very exciting.
Starting point is 00:18:36 Are you watching My Kitchen Rules, Laws? I love My Kitchen Rules. I'm like the worst cook. Very good at ordering on Uber Eats. I've noticed that. Every time I go out with you, you're like, let's get food. And then the phone comes out. I'm like, go to the pantry instead.
Starting point is 00:18:49 No, I'm like, yeah, come over and I'll order for you. What do you want? Very generous, though. You do pay, which is very nice. You're either like a MasterChef family or a My Kitchen Rules family. I love My Kitchen Rules at the moment. You've got Nigella. And, of course, you've got Manu Fidel, who joins us now.
Starting point is 00:19:03 Hello, mate. Bonjour, bonjour. What is going on in the background there, Manu? You're slaughtering some pigs. I'm at the airport, actually. Okay. So, yeah, same thing. Yeah, yeah, essentially the same.
Starting point is 00:19:13 Hey, how are you? It's so good to have my kid, Jamil, back on our screen. A crazy, crazy new season with Nigella, which I'm loving. Yes, Nigella is a gorgeous woman. I'm an amazing human being. A red sunshine. It's wonderful to be working with her. Speaking of Nigella, she's just left.
Starting point is 00:19:30 We've got Matt Preston coming on. Yeah, they did a little swap around. A little switchy-roo. Yeah, were you sad to see her go? Yes, I was. But, you know, I also love working with Mr. Matt. You know, he's a good man. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:19:41 Mr. Matt, I love this. Minoo, you have been invited into many a household on My Kitchen Rules. Can you tell me? Because I am a very bad cook, so you would never come over to mine. She is. It's really bad. Okay, but what is the worst meal that you've ever had in someone's house? Wow, there's been a few.
Starting point is 00:19:59 Name and shave. Are we talking NKR or are we talking friends and neighbours? No, okay, let's not roast your friends and neighbours. I mean people on the show. Yeah, because that spag bol mum used to make was terrible. I remember having, that was years ago, so I won't remember who made it, but I remember it was in Queensland somewhere.
Starting point is 00:20:20 Someone made a sweet corn soup with a fine-quarted piece of avocado in the middle of it. And I remember Pete Evans turning the plate upside down and the soup didn't even come out of the plate. Well, like it was like solid soup. That's a new invention. It's not even soup. You can't even call that soup.
Starting point is 00:20:43 That's pudding. That's sweet corn pudding. That's dessert. It was glued to the plate. Oh, man. Well, here's the thing that I find interesting, right? So you're like running in the family is the chef bloodline, right? Your grandfather was a pastry chef.
Starting point is 00:20:54 Your father was a chef. Your cousin is a chef. but you studied to be in a circus when you were a kid. Is that true? Yes, it is 100% true. I've always wanted to be an entertainer. Didn't get to do that job, but I ended up being a chef. And actually, today I've got the best of both worlds.
Starting point is 00:21:13 It's a bit of a circus, isn't it? Yeah. Doing reality TV. What were you doing, though, when you were practising or studying to be in a circus? Like, what was your niche of circus tricks? Were you a juggler? I started with Acrobats.
Starting point is 00:21:28 With the what? Acrobats. He was an acrobat. Oh, I thought you said cravats, and I was like, that's a weird one. That's a different show. That's a maths thing, yeah. Yeah, Acrobats. Yeah, sorry.
Starting point is 00:21:36 Excuse the French accent. I'm not used to it. And then I did clowning, juggling, unicycling, and all that jazz. Wow. This is very impressive. Did you have a circus fling? Like, is everyone in the circus getting with each other? I'd love a reality show based in the circus.
Starting point is 00:21:52 That would be fantastic. I mean, the circus is different to what it used to be. I mean, now they're just, you know, pretty much amazing artists. Yeah. And, you know, if you look at the Cirque du Soleil compared to what circus used to be, it's very different things. Well, 2023, pile a week. I feel like you've got an idea there, Midge.
Starting point is 00:22:12 I want to know, now I've heard that you have a beautiful, romantic meet-cute about how you met your wife. Can you let us know how you guys, we love, we love love here at Life Uncut. Yeah. How did the two of you meet? It's funny because people find it strange, but it's the old school stuff. It's going clubbing, meeting a girl on a dance floor,
Starting point is 00:22:32 and then, you know... I heard it was Ivy Bar. You met at Ivy Bar, Manu? Yes. I've met a few men there. We first met in the lift going to Level 6. What happens in Level 6? Where's Level 6, huh?
Starting point is 00:22:46 Well, it's near the... The restaurant. The VIP club upstairs. And then Clarissa and a bunch of friends were kind of lost. They didn't know where they were going. So I said, well, why don't you follow me, ladies? And then the rest is history. Oh, what a cute story.
Starting point is 00:23:05 Add that to the book. Doesn't happen to anyone these days, does it? No one meets at nightclubs anymore. No, no, but Manu Fidel, it happens to him, the French god. I want to ask Manu, we do a segment here on the Life Uncut radio show called Headlines. So we scour the internet, we get a bunch of headlines that have been written about you.
Starting point is 00:23:19 Some are real, some are completely made up, and it's your job to debunk, real or fake. You want to play? Sure, sure. All right, we'll do it next. We are playing one of our favourite segments ever. Headlines. Headlines.
Starting point is 00:23:29 This is your opportunity, because there's always things that are written, you know, in the Daily Mail and elsewhere, and it's your opportunity to tell us the truth behind the story. Yeah. All right, here is one. That was it. The moment Manu thought his TV career was over.
Starting point is 00:23:42 Oh. That's true. Oh, it's real? Oh, my God, okay. What was it? Yeah. What was the moment? Well, I just lost my job at Channel 7 two years ago after COVID
Starting point is 00:23:52 and they decided that my channel wasn't going to come back. And after, you know, 12 years, there was a bit of a shock. And I thought, maybe this is it. Maybe this is the end of my TV career. Back to the circus, maybe. Maybe you have to go back. But you've bounced back. Absolutely not.
Starting point is 00:24:08 I've got one. What about this? Headline or headline? Inside menus, intense beef with Matt Preston. That's false. False. Completely false. The chefs love each other.
Starting point is 00:24:20 There's never been any beef between the two of us or with any other celebrities or chefs. Oh, I've seen an episode. There was a bit of beef between you two and you ate it. You dove right in and you cut up and you served it. You actually had this. It was roasted. It was real beef.
Starting point is 00:24:32 It was actually quite tender. All right, you go, Lois. All right, I have one here. Manu shows off his extensive tattoo collection as he enjoys pool day during boys' trip. Half true, half false. And I'll tell you why. Because...
Starting point is 00:24:46 You get both. Sorry, I had to, yeah. I was showing my tattoos at Port Douglas. There was a taste of Port Douglas. So it wasn't a boy's trip, it was work. Oh, how many tattoos are we talking? Should we be showing off your tattoos? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:25:04 I stopped counting. What would be the most shocking tattoo? If you were to say, I have this, what is it? What's the one that would shock us most? Well, I wouldn't shock you, but you'll understand now because you know my use. that I've got a circus theme tattooed on my back. Oh!
Starting point is 00:25:21 I've got the crown, I've got the jugglers, I've got... Interesting. At least it's not an elephant trunk, you know, going who knows where. There is one too, yeah, but it's at the front. Oh, Manu, you're a good man. If you want to get more of that and a bit of beef in between he and Matt Preston, Matt is now in instead of Nigella.
Starting point is 00:25:40 My Kitchen Rules is on 7 and 7+. So good to chat to you, buddy. Thanks for coming on. Thanks, Manu. Thank you, guys. Hello, Mitch Chury. Now we are nearing the end of the show. Yeah, we are. But there is something that you told me earlier and then you've been trying to get out of talking about for the rest of the show.
Starting point is 00:25:54 Here's the thing. So we're on the air, we're playing songs. We don't just sit here and stare at each other. We do, sometimes lovingly. That's hot. Longingly. Today we didn't. I was telling you about a work event we had, like a radio station team drinks. You and Britt couldn't come. It was just the bare bones of the team that went out. We don't get invited to these things, let's be real. You don't want to be invited to this party.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Okay, so many drinks were had, much fun was had. And it's just that awkward thing when you're at work drinks, right? When you're with friends, you can be loose and you can kind of be a bit naughty, but you've got to put on your best behaviour with work people because you've got to go to work with them on the next Monday, you know? Well, apparently too much fun was had by someone who is our colleague. Yeah, so I'm not going to name and shame. You've met them, lovely, but they are that kind of person in the office.
Starting point is 00:26:34 They are meek, they're quite mild, they keep to themselves, very sweet, and they have a role that is in the legal department, So they work within legal and they work with laws and broadcast terms, you know. Very, very sensible. I would say if you're going to, A, personality type. Yes, correct. Just likes order and is sensible. Also likes a spa bath.
Starting point is 00:26:57 You've got to give some context. So hold on, if there are any Tim Ellers out there, Digital Elle, you were at this party, right? Yeah, she loves a good spa. Okay, so we're all sitting there having drinks, enjoying, talking about the week that was. And out of nowhere, we hear like hooter and holler and like everyone's going, and I'm having a drink with one of my mates. I go, oh, what's going on? I turn around on this balcony and there is unnamed co-worker,
Starting point is 00:27:19 butt naked. Completely naked. Completely starkers, stepping into a bath, like Betty Boop, like her toe was dipping in like she was animated. What time of day was this? This was like 11 o'clock at night. It wasn't even that late. No.
Starting point is 00:27:31 And let me tell you. I don't believe that she was completely, sure she wasn't just wearing like a nude panty. Ella. No, no, she was butt naked. Sam, can you come over here? Sam was there too. and Sam's a straight man.
Starting point is 00:27:41 His eyes went straight there. Sam can confirm. And it's one of those things where you're just like, okay, do I look, do I not look? Yes, no, you don't look. Well, that's what I mean. Never look. Do you look?
Starting point is 00:27:48 It's a co-worker. And then I looked and the awkward part was, you guys can confirm, we all laughed and look at her go, that's hot, we're all for liberation, it's not a bad thing. But then, like, time passes and we all get another drink and people go and then you sort of turn around to check that she's still there like a dinosaur in Jurassic World and she's just sitting there like a toddler staring into space naked.
Starting point is 00:28:06 Did nobody else get into the spot? No! No, she was by herself. It was so awkward. It was so weird. Usually that, like, kicks off a party and then other people get in and it's a whole thing. So she just got naked, got into the spa and then sat in there looking
Starting point is 00:28:20 astral planning. And then just disassociated. Or she was literally just staring into thin air. Can I just say the worst part was. Did anyone check if she was okay? No, the worst part was she didn't know the control was really awkward to you so she didn't know how to get the bubbles on. So the water was flat.
Starting point is 00:28:35 So it just looked like two life rafts sitting on the top of the water. How long did she stay in the spa for? A good hour. Why? Until she was prunier, then she went out. At least her fingers were pruney. Anyway, that just brings me to the question. Like, what has happened at your team drinks, you know?
Starting point is 00:28:51 Do you think that she came into work the next day and was like, I regret that? That's a regrettable moment in my life. I don't think she remembered it, to be perfectly honest with you. What happened at your team drinks? My team drinks went too far when? I want you to finish the sentence. Call us up.
Starting point is 00:29:05 Let us know. I reckon there's going to be a few doozies. All right, 131065, we're taking your calls before we get out of here this morning. Our work drinks went too far when? One of my co-workers got her shirt off and got in a spa and she looked great, but it was a bit awkward. She got everything off and got into a spa.
Starting point is 00:29:20 I think there was like a lace undie perhaps. Oh, that changes things. Really? You couldn't see below the waterline though, it was murky. Well, yeah, I thought that she was completely nude, like everything. No, I still think it's a bit out of hand. We want to know, what did you do?
Starting point is 00:29:33 Yeah, yeah, yeah. What did you do under the influence at your work party? 13-106-5, our work drinks got out of hand when? Emily, hi. Hi. Work drinks got out of hand when the next day I was told that I ended up in the hospital with 10 stitches and I don't even know what happened.
Starting point is 00:29:48 Nobody knows. Nobody knows. Nobody knows. Nobody knows. Nobody knows. And that's probably the best way to end it. Let's keep it exactly like that. Did you have to be told that you had stitches
Starting point is 00:29:58 or did you wake up and go, that's really painful? No, the next day someone was like, what happened? You ended up in the hospital. We heard you got stitches. And I was like, I don't know. Wow. Where were the stitches, Em? They were on my arm.
Starting point is 00:30:09 Who did you work for? Donut King. So it was just a really normal amount of people. All right. Thank you, Emily. Donut King party would be fun with the cinnamon donuts. All right. Pip on 131065.
Starting point is 00:30:21 My work drinks went too far when? I spilled red wines on my boss's white dress. Oh, dear. Tragic. Better than doing it at a wedding. That's also very bad. On the bride, yeah. Yes.
Starting point is 00:30:32 It's a tale as old as time. Did you get the salt out, Pip, and just dash it on there? Were you in trouble? Oh, look, it was the end of the night and there was a party of bars involved, a lot of wine. And, no, I didn't get in trouble. I actually got a promotion. Oh, pal, my.
Starting point is 00:30:48 The markings of a good time. Laura, come over here and spill some wine on your shirt. Thank you, Pip. All right, let's wrap it up with Cassie. Work drinks went too far when? So we went out for drinks for Christmas when we were at a bar and I got extremely drunk, as we do when we're at work. We've all been there.
Starting point is 00:31:04 And then I was yelling out across the bar, I need some lovin' tonight. I continued to do, and my boss kept coming up and saying, you're going to attract the wrong type of guy here. Sounds like a good boss. And I continued to do so. Hold on, did you get lucky that night, Cassie? I did, actually, and 13 years later, we're still married.
Starting point is 00:31:25 Oh, yay! That's amazing. I don't think your work drinks went far enough. They went just to the right point. That's cute. What a nice love story. Where did you meet Dad, Mum? How did you tell that at your wedding?
Starting point is 00:31:38 When you had to write your vows, were you like, yes, I romantically hollered at you from across the room? She hung up. Okay, that's a shame. Girl, Cassie, it was good for me too. I had a really fun time. Cassie just hung up. Well, that's the end of the show.
Starting point is 00:31:52 And you know what? Probably right. Cassie's had enough of us. So have you all. She was like, I gave you enough of my life. Leave, thank you. Stop laughing at my relationship. True.
Starting point is 00:32:01 I did play Santa Fe. She got a bit embarrassed. Do you know what, though? It's not enough of us, Mitch. We are back this week on the podcast. We have such, I am so excited for this episode. Have you heard of the new Netflix series that's out? It's a docu-series and it is called The Most Hated Man on the Internet.
Starting point is 00:32:17 I've seen it. I've absolutely loved it. You did? Yeah, it was the guy who was using. Hunter Moore. Hunter Moore. He was putting up nude photos of women on a public website. It is wild.
Starting point is 00:32:26 So it's based back in 2010 at this website that existed. It is ground zero for revenge porn. and when all the legislation changed because of this website, so all the laws that came out afterwards. We are interviewing Kayla Laws, who is one of the women whose nudes mysteriously, which you find out why, ended up on this website. Nudes that she never sent to anyone,
Starting point is 00:32:45 that were only on her computer. And they appeared online. Online for people to, like, it was horrible, truly a horrible time in, like, the world of social media. But that is all coming up, comes out on Tuesday. Go listen to it. It is such a great episode. And that's it from us.
Starting point is 00:33:00 You and me doing the radio show all the time. Britt normally does this part. How do I throw it into it again? Oh, you say. What do I say? Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your friends. Oh, no, that's not it. I always get it wrong.
Starting point is 00:33:11 Tell your mum, tell your dad, tell your dog, tell your friends. And share the love. Because we love love. Yay, we did it. We got through it. Oh, thank God. See you next time.

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