The Edge Breakfast - FULL SHOW Come clean for everyone's sake...

Episode Date: July 23, 2025

This podcast description was blatantly written by AI... Join Clint, Meg & Dan Podcast with Ash London for a rollercoaster of a morning show filled with hilarious banter, unexpected secrets, and incredible local music! Highlights include: Dan teaming up with Borderline for an unforgettable North Shore anthem, an intense Truth Booth segment where Alex reveals a heart-wrenching secret that’s been eating at him for years, and the joyous moment when skateboarder Amber wins the Dream Seat to go skate with Tony Hawk! Plus, the crew discusses the perks and pitfalls of aging, neighborly mysteries, and more celebrity gossip. Don't miss this jam-packed episode!00:00 Introduction and Morning Banter06:05 Backstreet Boys' New Lyrics10:31 First Call of the Day18:13 Naughty Neighbors: The Sequel25:43 $10,000 Quiz Challenge28:09 Stan Walker and Joel from LAB Interview33:00 Embracing Your 40s36:14 Turning 40: Reflections and Fears39:20 Postcode Playlist Introduction50:42 Truth Booth: A Life-Changing Secret54:35 Listener Reactions and Advice01:11:11 Dream Seat Contest

This is a podcast from Rover. Not your mum's podcast, unless she's into absolute filth. In which case, respect. This is Clint Megan Dan's OnlyFans. Podcast that is. As the nation slowly wakes up from their slumber, these three have been awake for hours. Crafting their finest content.

Preparing the latest in music and celeb news, restocking the prize cupboard and sharpening their wit. And now they're ready. Put down your coffee, fasten your seatbelt and turn up your radio. Because it's time for Clint, Meg and Dan. Well there's London, one to six Thursday morning, Kilda. Welcome. Good morning, darlings.

It's freezing this morning. Yeah, four degrees at my house. Four. That's nothing. And there'll be people in Christchurch going, oh, you pussy. Well. Is that the colder city? Oh, no, probably not. Invercargill, colder surely being further south.

Yeah, Southland I think is colder. But I don't know if you guys are putting like, like water on your windscreen and stuff in Invercargill, but I had to do that. Really? Yeah, I had to get the ice off. I don't know if that's a struggle you guys have there or if it's a different kind of cold.

Here is a wet cold. I still haven't had to put the water on my windscreen. That's really cold. Mike, where are you sandring at? I reckon one of your neighbours is having you on here. They're coming out with real cold, glass water. Yeah, Clint doesn't. Have you not been to court with yours?

Shut up. Yeah. I'm obsessed with neighbour stuff. Actually, I get to talk to all the neighbours before seven o'clock this morning. Shut up. I'm obsessed with neighbour stuff. Actually we are gonna talk naughty neighbours before seven o'clock this morning. Clint's got an old lady that lives next door to him that he wants to... Let's not even poke that nest. I hate her for you just so you know. I hate that bitch for you. So you wait till you hear the stories. I'm frothing. Oh my goodness. Truth Booth is back at eight o'clock this morning.

It's normally 8.30. This one isn't like a naughty one that we can't play at eight because you know, kids in the car and stuff. And it is so good. We're like, we have to move out now. It made me cry. I can't stop thinking about it. Crazy, eh?

Clint, Meg and Dan. Oh my gosh. Now we're about to jump into the 6am throwback. I think we are. Well, yes. We've been talking a little bit about this this week haven't we Ash? The Backstreet Boys residency in Vegas at the Sphere and apparently record ticket sales for a show at the Sphere. They're selling like hotcakes to see the Backstreet Boys. Of course they are. Because women in their late 30s have got the disposable cash to have

a girls weekend in Vegas to see the Backstreet Boys. We don't want to see bloody a magician. No, God, Penn and Teller. No. Piss off. We want to see Kevin Richie sit around the trail. If I was doing Vegas a second time, I would do it so differently to the first and you're right the Backstreet Boys would be in there. Yeah, definitely. But the first time I went, a limousine pulled up and put us in and said that we should go with them and they would give us free tickets to these Vegas shows. Oh, that's very dodgy.

What's wrong with you? And it took us like a 40 minute drive out of Vegas to some timeshare in the middle of nowhere and they try and sell us a timeshare. And I was like, no, no, no, no no no no for about three hours and then they move you downstairs because you think you've finally said no to them and then they they pitch you again and I don't even know how this happened now but they just beat me down eventually we like signed this thing. Well you bought a timeshare in Vegas and you hardly ever told me about this.

But it was like all your friends can use it when you're not here, this many things and they were pitching that I could go to the tennis open. The US tennis, I was like, oh, I like tennis. Anyway. Did it cost you anything in the end or could you get out of it? In the end, cause we spent like the whole day, like almost like getting into this timeshare.

The next day, we had to get a bus cause they don't pick you up in the limousine to get out of it. We stayed overnight. Yeah, we were only in Vegas bus because they don't pick you up in the limousine to get out of it. We stayed overnight. We were only in Vegas like two nights or three nights or whatever. So I had to spend the second day in Vegas going back to the timeshare. My wife turned on the waterworks unbelievably well that I was like, God, how many times has she done that without me knowing?

And they let us get out of it. And then we got our tickets to see Terry Fader who was on X Factor he's one of the greatest ventriloquist dummy puppet masters in the world. So we got to go to Terry Fader who was on America's Got Talent and we got to watch him for free. Is that what they gave you as a make good? We'll send you to Terry Fader, the guy that no one's ever heard of. He's so bad. To Terry's credit, he sold out every night.

It was fantastic. But he's not worth getting in and out of a Times show over two days in Vegas for. Ash, did you have Strassman in Australia? He's like that, yeah. Remember Strassman and he had the like teddy bear and he was a ventriloquist. He was big in New Zealand. Oh, that is familiar. For a while. What happened to

old Strasman? That shit freaks me out so much. So two of the three days in Vegas was that. Wow. I was getting in and out of a timeshare. So I'd do it different if I went back. I had the best time of my life in Vegas. It's a great place. Yeah, it's Adrian, my husband's favourite place. You'd never guess that about him, would you? No. He's mad for Vegas. Does he love a cheeky gamble? He does. Yeah. So it was one vice. During COVID, I allowed it because he wasn't seeing his mates. And I'm very anti-horse racing. And him and his mates, every Saturday, they'd get on Zoom.

And they'd spend the whole day just making bets on horses. And it made him so happy. Wow. But then I'd find him on the sports bet up. But he's not too pussy about it, like $5 bets. I'd find him on the sports bet. Yeah But he's such a pussy about it, like $5 bets. I'd find him on the sports bed app. Yeah, yeah. And you do that thing where obviously if you lose

at the end of the day, you might've lost 60 bucks. Then you win one race, he's like, imagine if I put a thousand on that. Yeah, but he doesn't think like that. I'm the one who's like, why do you want to put $5 on your pussy? And he's like, no, no, it's cool, because that means I'm not losing money.

It's just a bit of fun, Ash. I'll tell you what he's losing, heading to Terry Fader. Yeah. Well, I would go to Backstreet Boys for sure. And this would probably be a song that would start or end their set with, I'd imagine. And it turns out they have gone and re-recorded the lyrics to this song with a new alternate lyric version.

Totally, so it's Millennium 2.0, so I don't know if they're doing all of the songs in the album. Here's my question, do we need it? Yeah. What was wrong with the original? I don't know. Because it's a bit of fun.

Have a listen and see if you prefer the new version of I Want It That Way or the old. It's so weird, because it's like so familiar, but different. Yeah. Yeah. So far. They've kept the same idea.

Very similar, bear. But. Hate it. The Clint Megan Dan podcast. Oh good, they start and finish the same way as the original Clint Megan Dan with Ash Linda and that is the alternate lyrics of I Want It That Way from the Backstreet Boys re-recorded last week. Yeah, they've turned it into a feminist anthem because they've put it back on the girl now because they've said, I love it,

and a part of it is, I love it when I hear you say, you want it that way. Oh, they've made it all just PC. Because it is a bit like, if you think about the original lyrics, it's like, oh, I want it then, that's the way I want it. Yeah, no, but it's the song.

It's the song though. It was a different time when it was released. It was of the time. It reminds me of a very similar story with Drax Project and that song Prefer. Yeah, like whatever you want, that's what I want. It was about consent, that whole song. Love it. I was once at this event with the boys at 660. What's the lead singer's name? Sharr? Sharn. Sharn. That's right. And Kia was sponsoring it,

and we're all chatting backstage, and they're the legends. And then the CEO of Kia was there, and we all get introduced, and Sharn just goes, yeah, I'd drive a Kia. And he's like, oh, great. Everyone's like, mm-hmm.

And I was like. Do I save him? And then I didn't save him, and then the guy walks away, and I'm like, I'd drive a guy walks away and I'm like, I grab Kia. Like I was like, ahhh. Like it says what you would say to the CEO of Kia. Yeah, you shoot your shot if you want to free Kia.

But it's not as bad as what Meg did. We've told this story a few times on here, but when the guy who owns St. Piers sushi... I've heard of the office about the awkwardness of the St. Piers sushi moment. He came in and when you were trying to schmooze him and get them to, you know, jump on board with the edge. Meg loves St. Pierre's bar. And Meg does love it. Yeah, every day.

She went the extra mile. She started singing a cappella, obviously, on her own, the full sushi St. Pierre's jingle to the owner, like he'd never heard it. St. Pierre's, you gotta love our sushi. To the CEO. It goes for a while when only one person is doing it and everyone else is just looking at them and we're all going, what are you doing Meg?

What are you doing? Top step, a point, a point, a point. You could see in her eyes, she was like, oh God, save me, what am I doing? But she committed and she- Finished the song? Yeah. You know what she assumed, Clint,

which is a big mistake, that we would jump in and help her. And man oh man, did we not. I think I physically walked backwards away from her and gave us more separation. Oh my god it was a joyous time and then there's the other time where she basically cornered the man from Disney Cruises. Oh my god that was so funny. So I've been on the last Disney Cruise because they sort of come here like once a year and they were coming back and Meg knew her and I was oh hey how's it going and the guy was chatting and I was like yeah good good

and he talked yeah we're talking about the cruise and then Meg goes I'm Meg and just like like leans in and she goes I'm going to pick up an Elsa costume for my daughter actually right now. I love Disney. No I was talking about Frozen. Oh, but she got a Disney cruise. She got it. Yeah, more power to her. She got it. We ended up doing like an awkward re-enactment on the air, which we secretly hoped Disney heard and maybe they did because they extended the invitation, so.

There's one thing I know about Meg, she's a hussy. Hustler. Hustler. Good save, good save, good save. Alright. Was she a hussy back in the day? I'd love to know. Oh yeah, she had her ho-faises. She's talked about that. Yeah, she did. All right. Was she a hussy back in the day? I'd love to know. Oh yeah, she had her ho-face,

she's talked about that. Yeah, she did. She never had a ho-face. She admit it. Didn't? Jesus. Yeah, same. I loved the Lord too long.

Yeah. So did I. I gave up on the Lord too late in life. Missed out. Yeah. He's got a lot to answer for that Jesus, doesn't he? I know. But the number one thing he has to answer for

is me missing out on my ho-face. Yeah. Yeah He's not into ho faces Yeah, Dan, you can't blame Jesus. No, Jesus is a late bloomer. Yeah, I never liked him really There's Clint, Megadam, Leshkow And looking for our first call of the day First call of the day, first call of the day And we found her Clint Haley joins us on 0800 The Edge. Morning Haley Good morning. how are we?

Good. God, you're a first time listener. A first time caller. Oh yeah, I haven't got an intro for that. I can't wait to hear a first time caller. For the first time in forever. Hello stranger. For the first time.

First time, first time mainly. You know how many times I've listened to that and I sing along and I'm like, I should call one day. And why today? What is it in the air that made you think today's the day babes? Yeah. Well, I now drive to work and come every day from living.

So now I have the time to listen on the air rather than the podcast. Oh. Yeah. We're so happy to have you. Tell us a bit about yourself. We know that you drive a, is it a Mazda, a Tenza? Is that how you say that? Lovely. Yes.

Oh, are you a hairdresser? No, no, you're getting mixed up with the MX-5. OK, let's, OK, you guys take a stab at her job based on her car alone. Okay, a tenser. I don't know what a tenser is. Like a corporatey kind of car. No. Yeah, it's like a, I don't know.

It's a bit fancy. Is it the station wagon or the saloon? Ooh. Hey, Liv, you got a station wagon or a normal car? Just a normal car, sedan. Normal car, car, sedan. Okay, sedan. I'm gonna say you work for disability services.

I don't know. That's so niche. If you've got that, then we will give you the ball every time. That is a Hail Mary. I'm gonna go. She works for the council in some way. Okay. Council job.

Okay. Ooh. What do you do, Hayley? I work for a government service. Okay. That's... Kelsa. Kelsa?

No, no, not far off. Not far off. Okay. Closer. We're both quite close because disability services could be council as well. True that. And your star sign is cancer, like me. When's your actual birthday babe?

29th of June. How old did you turn a couple weeks ago? I love to say 21 but 36. Oh you sound 21. 36 is very young Hayley. And don't you find in your late 30s you have your life together more, you've got a little bit more disposable income, you know what you want to do, you don't put up with people's BS? Yeah, Sunday's plinth. I was, yeah, Sunday's. She's got to tell a story there. Yeah, you've got to tell a story, you didn't put up with someone's shit and then you're

like, yeah, maybe not, that might be listening. And finally- Sorry, more only fans. Finally, it says here you're a crazy cat lady, but you don't have any cats. How does that even happen? Honestly, I haven't known a cat for years, and I'll go and sit in a mate's place,

and I'll just wander on over. I don't understand what it is. That's very special, because usually cats are the opposite, and they hate people, so there must be something. And you do have a really friendly, like happy-go-lucky vibe, Hayley. I can hear it through the phone. Does that make sense that the cats feel safe with you?

Yeah, well, here you go. I love Hayley. I'm gonna remember you said that. Yeah. Well, thanks so much for calling through, Hayley. Yeah, we're gonna sort you out, the voucher goes spin in the store at Zed, so if you wanna get amongst their Thai chicken curry pie,

you can. Boom, awesome. Have an awesome day, guys. You too, Hayley. You too. Love you, good. Chat with you finally after all these years. Oh, I love you.

She's been listening for many, many years as well, so that's crazy that she called today. Awesome stuff. I'm glad I got to meet her. I wonder if her name really is spelled H-E-Y-L-E-E. I don't think so. Our producer girl is the worst teller in the world. But you know, he actually,

it is easy to work out what he means because he spells everything phonetically. It's true, I love that for us. Yes Carl. It's pronounced pionetically, thank you. The Clint, Meg and Dan podcast. Scandal. It's a scandal.

Quite a scandal. Scandal with Ash London. It's you by NU Zealand. If you've got a dream, NU Zealand's got your seat. You can apply in our dreamseats.co.nz. We lost Ozzy Osbourne yesterday, which was really shocking. It shouldn't have been shocking because he was quite ill and he did his farewell tour, but I don't know.

It's like, it's been Ozbourne for people like me who aren't into like, you know, metal music. We all discovered him on the Osbournes and man, it was, what a strange man. I think it's because he's the Prince of Darkness, you sort of just think he'd live forever, you know? It's true. And he's been sick since the Osbournes.

Like he was always a little bit like kind of sick from then. So you just think that was just gonna go on. Yeah, so when the Osbournes were on, there were two kids on that show, Kelly and Jack. And we always knew there was a third Amy that didn't want to be on the show. She kind of had her own life going on. And I thought those were his only three children. But now that all the obituaries are coming out and all the messages and I've discovered he's actually got six kids. Wow.

Six kids. The first is Elliot Kingsley. So before he was married to Shaz, he was married to somebody else and she already had a kid. So he adopted that child. So that was his first child. He adopted his wife's child. The father wasn't in the picture. And then they went on to have two kids together called Jessica and Louis. And look, I mean, I'll show you boys this photo. That's Ozzy and these two little kids. He just looks like a regular dad with these two little bubbers. Doesn't look like the Prince of Darkness there. Out the front of his house like there's literally a swing behind them and it's all black and white and they're just taking a photo on the grass in the front lawn. I will say you never I haven't heard a bad

word said about Ozzy Osbourne. That's the thing isn't it? So true. He's such a loved man and even his kids now like Jack and Kelly yeah I think the other daughter Amy they've got such a close family relationship and he seems like he was a great dad. Agree. That's kind of the one thing that I think of when I think of the Osbournes is they love each other so much. Yeah. And Sharon and Ozzy, like I cried last night on the couch and Adrian's like, what's wrong? I'm like, Sharon and Ozzy were just meant to be.

He's like, are you on drugs? What is wrong with you? But like I was watching one of those montages like all the moments that they were, you know, and like it was her birthday once and she was on the view or something and then like all of a sudden it's like death metal starts playing and she looks around and Ozzy comes out like shuffles out with some flowers for her and then she cries and they kiss. They just loved each other so much and I love that kind of like, you know, you think someone that is in that kind of a band is scary and dark and there was nothing scary or dark about his man. If you're a bat.

Unless you're a bat, you watch out for your head. I think he did it once. That's still crazy. Did he actually die? Who knows? I think it may be. There's no footage of it apparently, so who knows? And I can dig out probably one of your favourite clips, Dan. Martin Brundle, who does a lot of the interviews on the Formula One races and stuff. Yeah, he does the grid walk and interviews celebrities that are on the grid at the start

of the race and he interviewed Ozzy once. Yeah, well, if you can call this an interview! I have a word with this guy, he's a complete fruitcake. Yeah, I'm currently writing a musical about the life and time of Rush Butte and the Mad Monk and we're just those only to go on Broadway. Alright I'll try and think of a question for that answer. Amazing. Oh it's so good. He's never, he never heard anyone. I mean there's a follow-up to that where he goes how are the dogs Ozzy and he goes they're all at home shitting. Because I feel like the Osborns when you you watched that show, basically 90% of it was

Ozzy Osborn complaining about how the dogs had pooed somewhere. Exactly. Yeah, it was. And they were like those annoying little yappy dogs too. Great. Yeah, I love them. Clint, Megan, Dan. Stinky boo.

Dan has been recording his new neighbour doing something you think might be a little sinister. Well, I don't know. To be fair, it was happening for about 10 minutes before I bunged on the recorder. So I was like, what is going on next door? And so I'm gonna play you some audio of what- Some people can do that for more than 10 minutes, Dan. It has been known.

Well, I know that you think it's a certain act that this man was doing. I will say I saw his wife during the sound making out, putting the bins out. Oh, and the sound kept going. And the sound kept going. So either he was having some alone time or it was something completely innocent.

Or you did say that he has a t-shirt that says, my wife's knockers are bigger than yours, but his wife doesn't have big knockers. So maybe, yeah. Maybe there's someone else. Okay, so I'm gonna play the audio. Have a listen and just you can come to your own conclusions about what's happening here.

At first I thought it was like I like lifting weights but the pace is off. Like if you're lifting weights it's like ugh. But I've been to the gym with Clint and he's a grunter at the gym. He does the... Have you picked up anything remotely heavy Dan? You might find yourself doing that. Can I hear it again? Yeah of course. If you picked up anything remotely heavy Dan, you might find yourself doing that. I don't know. Can I hear it again?

Yeah, of course. Ugh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. Oh. He's been doing this for like 10 minutes. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

What the heck is he doing? I don't know. Producer Carl's got his hand up in my line. Well, I haven't been getting enough fibre in my diet recently, and I can kind of relate to the sound a little bit too. I think it was coming from his garage area, so I'm assuming he is doing some sort of lifting.

Because I went right over to, because they're over the fence from us, so I went right up to our fence as close as I could get being in Kognito and bang the recorder on. He's not trying to start a lawnmower, and he can't quite, you could hear that as well. You could hear the, pfft.

Yeah, you know, he's just trying to get it going. And this is at like eight o'clock at night. No one's mowing their lawns at that time. Next time he does it, can you go over and check? You knock on the door and be like, what's going on? I'd love to know. Yeah. Truly love to know.

But this sort of happens all the time, doesn't it? Stuff that happens over the like fence, and you're like, what's going on? Yeah, and some people have got naughty neighbours that are up happens over the fence and you're like, what's going on? Yeah, and some people have got naughty neighbours that are up to no good and you're not spying on them but there is a certain awareness that something's happening next door that maybe it's a bit sexual, maybe it's a bit illegal.

I asked producer Neepia if he could whip up a naughty neighbours intro and I gave him some suggestion that he might be able to use the Aussie Neighbours TV show theme song. Sorry. He said to me, mate, ever listen to it. You might not want to use it. It might not be good enough. Sorry. As soon as he said that, I haven't even pretty listened to it. I was like, I'll hear it for the first time when everyone else hears it. Sorry. Are we ready?

Okay. Everyone else here's a sorry. Okay Neighbors Everybody has shit neighbors He's always peeking through your fence slats go inside creep. I'm not your only fans Sorry Great, I think sometimes this needs just put the rule in there now. We don't always need an intro. No, I'm happy with that. It's better than growing up in Australia in primary school, you sing neighbours, pick

your bum and taste the flavours. Chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. Oh, that's nice. Lovely. Yeah, that's really nice. All the kids like, re-voice it Oh, that's nice. Yeah. Lovely, yeah, that's really nice. The other kids like, re-voice it, is that their go-to. Yeah.

Oh, there you go. So, oh, 800 The Edge. What's going on next door? What's your naughty neighbour doing? Yeah, and if you've got any suggestions as to what you think Dan's neighbour might be doing, then by all means let us know. Yeah, someone said it sounds like he's singing.

Jesus Christ, okay. Someone else said it's a breathing technique. Oh yeah, like. We'll talk to them next. Dan was recording his neighbours just the other day. What are they up to do you think? Oh, oh, oh, oh. He's been doing this for like 10 minutes.

Oh, oh, oh, oh. Sounds like you put it on your Instagram. Honestly, a lot of people are saying it's, you know, the act doing the act. I don't think it is. I think there's something a little bit more innocent to it. Yeah. Bex has called through. Now you're saying, Bex, it's a breathing technique.

Yeah, so I follow a couple of health people and they do like 20 minutes of this sort of breathing technique. They're all like a bit different, but it's almost like they sound like they're dry reaching, like they take a big breath in and when they let it out, it's like, oh, oh, oh, and it's, it's been really good for you. Wow, I'm a little into that.

Yeah, same. Sounds like something weird that I like. Oh yeah, actually Ash would be right into that if she found any evidence to support what you're saying. Yeah, I do wim hoff breathing, but that's more like, fff, fff, fff, fff, fff. And you do it.

Doesn't that just make you lightheaded like you blow out balloons at a kids party? After 10 minutes of doing it, I can hold my breath for like three minutes easily. You nearly blew my hat off then, when you blew. I got very strong lungs. Yeah, very good. Very strong lungs.

So hopefully, maybe we could get Ash to do some of that breathing tomorrow. Yeah, I'll do that. You could test it. Nate is calling on 800 The Edge. You think he's on a rowing machine? Yeah, what's up fam? Yeah, you know the rowing machine,

when you pull it out, it has that noise from the cord. So I believe that it must be the thing. Oh, like the ergo. Okay, so you don't think he's making both tones. He's only making one. Oh, the first. Okay, so you don't think he's making both tones. He's only making one of them. Okay, let's hear it.

Oh, oh, oh. That's like 10 minutes. Oh, oh, oh. I think his rowing machine needs greasing. Yeah, so that original noise behind the sound that he's making, it sounds like a pull cord. So I'm believing it might be the pull cord from a rowing machine.

Wow, he's got the secret sound. Has he got really good lats, your neighbour? No, God, he's a very, very small man. Okay, maybe that's why. Yeah, because he does so much. He wants to grow the lats. True. Yeah, maybe he needs to grow, maybe he just got it.

Yeah, and finally Monique, you've got another suggestion as to what the man may be doing, my next door neighbour. Oh, I mean, you see he's old, right? Maybe he's just trying to put his socks on. That's a wonderful point. 15 minutes! I reckon when you reach your 30s, you have to start making noises every time you reach down. I do it now, I go, ooh. Now we actually need an update. Like with everyone guessing, we can't just kind of leave it going, oh well.

You need to ask. Should I do some investigating tonight? Please. I'm gonna go and knock on the door and just ask straight out. I was just a bit concerned about you yesterday. Yeah, is everyone alright? Just heard some noises the other day.

Okay. Joel texted through, he said, could be like when you're hungover as hell and you're raring your finger down your throat but you've got nothing left to give. You're like, come on, I wanna be one of those people that can make myself vomit, but I'm not. OK, I'm going to do some investigative journalism tonight

and go and see if I can find out. Yeah, it's the right thing to do. Who needs ten grand? Me. In five minutes we'll give you a crack at it. No, I can't do it because I'm reading the questions. Can my neighbour win it? He needs a new rowing machine. Yeah, yeah.

Sure, fl him a text. Clint, Meg and Dan win $10,000 right now with the Edge 10K. The Edge money. Kia ora, good morning. One pass. Seven on your Thursday. Let's get into it. 30 seconds and 10 correct answers. So the only two things standing between you and $10,000 cash. Ash will give you a letter. Every answer must start with that letter.

If you can't think of anything we can pass. If we've got time we'll come back. But no repeated answers. She's been doing her deep breathing, calming herself down on the line. Hayley from Auckland. Good morning. Good morning. Okay. How are you feeling? I'm nervous. Yeah. feeling? I'm nervous.

Yeah, yeah. And everyone always- I'm actually nervous, excited. Everyone always says, oh, it's so much easier when you're just like playing. Just pretend someone else is playing and you're just shouting at the radio and I think you might go better.

Yeah, and I don't wanna have a pressure on you, Hayley. That's me every morning then. Yeah. We just haven't had many successful ones so far in the last sort of couple of weeks, have we? So it's all on you. I've got the celebration music ready to go, Hayley, when you win $10,000. So the rest is up to you.

Okay, yeah. Good luck. Okay, I'm getting my coughs out so that I can give you my best voice. Are you ready to go, Hayley? Yes, I'm ready. Your letter today is E. E for... Eugene. Eugene. Eugene.

OK. OK. Starting with the letter E, a feeling. Emotion. A movie title. Oh, my God. You can pass. Enchantment. A three-letter word. End.

A singer. Elvis. Something you write. X-A. A supermarket item. Eggs. Something you can stretch. Elastic.

Material. Yeah, okay. Oh, time. If she'd gotten the movie quicker, we would have had the time. Because it was off to a shaky start. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Stretch. Elastic. Material, yeah. Full time. If she'd gotten the movie quicker, we would have had the 10. Because it was off to a shaky start, Hayley, but then you hit your stride. Hit the stride.

Oh man. Yeah. Well done. I tell you what, there's people in the office that were sort of starting to stand up and look. Like, oh, is she about to do this? Or you're about to be 10K poorer, and her 10K richer.

On you, Hayley. Sorry, Hayley. Just needs to be a little poorer, and her 10k richer. On ya Hayley. Sorry Hayley. Just needs to be a little quicker. No, sorry about that. Don't apologise. Clint, Megan, Dan. We've got a couple of special guests in the studio with us this morning. Two of the biggest powerhouses in Kiwi music, Stan Walker and Joel from LAB, joining us in the studio. And I think Stan Walker just realised

that the outdoor summer tour that these boys are gonna be doing is going to cut his Christmas holidays rather short. Now I was telling Joel, remember. No. Don't eat too much cream because it's gonna be like. Yeah, you guys kick off 27th of December.

So you'll get boxing day and that. And then you guys are into it. Into it, man. First shows in Tauranga. We're playing Gold Coast and... Where else are we playing? You're gonna be playing in Auckland, John. Oh, Auckland! That's right! How can I forget? You probably forgot, because it's the first time in four years that LAB will be performing in Auckland,

along with Nizia Mystic, who haven't played in Auckland for 15 years. Wow. Yeah, that's right. How did this all come about? What were the first seeds? Who called who? Along with Nizia Mystic who haven't played in Auckland for 15 years. Wow. That's right. How did this all come about? What were the first seeds? Who called who? Because you've dreamed up something pretty impressive. Someone started the group chat.

Yeah. He's the big man. Well, we played together last summer. So we toured LAB Stan Walker last summer and it just works. And when we went to Aussie, same thing. It was just a super special way. And there's moments where Stan comes on stage with LAB and, you know, there's jamming, like, Corella jump up with the bro, it's cool.

It's just a big whanau on the road, you know what I'm saying? The tour bus is going to have to be a double decker because there are so many people on this tour. Like LAB, Corella, you, Stan, Tiki Tana, Nisha, Mystic, so many others as well. Are we all going to run to the venues? Yeah. We're going to run to the run club. Becauseistic, so many others as well. I'm gonna run to the venues. Yeah, yeah, cause we're runners now as well. We're runners now.

I believe it though. We're like our newborn runners. You both look good. Oh actually I was gonna say, I was like, Joel looks like he's been on the bench since we last saw you. Oh thanks. Your shoulders are angular, it's hard to get angular shoulders. Oh I just gave him a little, oh!

Cut it out. Well I've gotta keep it up between now and the end of the year cause, you know, levels. It's hard to get anguillus in this place. Oh, it just came a little like, oh! It was magic. Cut it out! Well, I've got to keep it up between now and the end of the year, because, you know, it can be done, eh, we can undo it in a week. Yeah, that's true. That's the same, right? Sitting in Hawaii eating too much poke bowl.

Just throw it up, bro. You're going to get those costumes, well, not, yeah, costumes, outfit fittings pre-Christmas. You're eating, creating the thing kind of that, oh god I can't do my buttons up. That's treacherous. Yeah. What's the key to a good tour behind the scenes because you guys mentioned last time you guys toured together it was a great time. What is it, what makes it good? To be honest for me it's actually the the camaraderie of everybody it's that like whakapha whena tana because you can be on tour with whoever um in whatever setting but if the people are right and if you don't got that kind of like,

that friendship or like be able to jowl people or be backstage with them, it's gonna be mud. In this sort of industry, there's everyone sort of fighting to be the best and whatever and putting this together, just show that like, you can all come together, there's enough room at the table for everyone to show off their talent and put on an incredible show

that we all benefit from because of the relationship that you guys have with each other. Oh for sure they are. I remember my first I think it was my first trip to El Tiro ever it was for it was Wellington I saw you perform and I will never forget I'd never seen you sing in Tereo I've known you in Australia singing your English songs and me my friend Violet come up with sitting front row and you came out onto that, so I'll cry even talking about it. We both stood there and we had never, it was like being at church, we had never experienced anything like this. Lebanese Australian girls were standing there like goosebumps and I came home and I was like, that was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

And bro, I feel like on the back of of that like you're really coming into this beautiful part of your career and it's beautiful to watch as a fellow artist. I just have to say it man, it's the truth. When I see you play the same thing man. It's unbelievably moving. There are few're just kidding mate. Just kidding. We're almost there. Push it out. I'm sweating, I'm sweating. I'm not even saying. Man, it's...

The tour's gonna be so great, cause you can genuinely see, like even then just Joel, you're like unbelievable, like raw honesty with one of your peers that you have that much admiration and respect. Like that's why you guys keep doing this and why you're still successful.

And why you'll be around for years to come. Thanks. Don't miss out on tickets. They go on sale Thursday next week. Midday. Luke.co.nz. Don't miss the guys on tour. It'll be a hell of a time. And what a way to celebrate off the back of Christmas and Boxing Day. Don't get any Christmas presents. That should be it. New Year's resolution. We got an opening. Stan Walker's got to get Year's resolution. We got it all for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stan Walker's gotta get a pat on the publicist on the way out.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nailed it. Thank you, lads. Peace, guys. If you want to win a double pass, we've got one to send you along to the Auckland show right now. Just give us a call. We'll make it nice and easy.

0800-THE-ITCH and you will be there. I don't want to miss it, really. No, as if you would. I'm gonna be there. Yeah. Clint, Megan, Dan. Okay, scared of something, but now you're embracing it. Well, I am a woman, as you know, and I guess it's actually a really good opportunity to

say happy birthday, Mick. Yeah, yeah, it's a beautiful girl. It's our beautiful girl, Megan's birthday today. We love you, sweetheart. So happy that Bubba didn't come on your birthday and you get to have this Izzy moment. But this is kind of pertaining to what I want to talk about because I, last week, turned 39. So this is the last year

of my 30s. What? 39? Thank you so much. I know, I know. It's truly shocking but take a deep breath and I promise you I'm not lying I can produce my birth certificate if you need it. I would not be sending you to Woolworths to get me a bottle of wine without your ID back. Thank you you. But as a woman, and I really do say this as a woman because I really don't think it applies to men and you can tell me if you disagree, but we kind of like, growing up I always thought like by the time I'm 40 I'll have like three kids and the white picket fence and the big house and life will be settled and a retirement plan and blah blah blah. And then you kind of get to your 20s and your 30s and you realize, oh, actually, like, I don't have any

of those things really sorted. And now it's like the last year of my 30s. And turning 40 for me was always like, whoa, like that's old. You know, that was all, and now I'm being perfectly honest. And if someone else had said, oh, I'm turning 40, I'd be like, oh babe, no, 40's so young. But when you get there yourself, it's your own self. You know, it's the first time I've ever been kind of scared of a birthday maybe because I feel like 30s is like young and fun and 40s is like good. It's the connotations from other people.

Exactly. But now that I'm kind of in my last year of my 30s, I've kind of made a decision that has totally reframed how I feel about it. I've decided that my 40s are gonna be like my hot years. Like, I'm going to like, hopefully I'll be done with kids. I'm gonna like, I don't know, get a boob job. I'm gonna like go out with the girls. Like I think I'm really going to like, I don't know, get a boob job. I'm going to like go out with the girls. Like I think I'm really going to embrace my 40s

because I'm looking at TV and movies. I'm seeing women in their 40s and 50s who are looking better than ever. They're happier than ever. And I'm really proud of myself. And I'm not just saying this to make myself feel better or like project some fake confidence. I cannot wait to turn 40.

Good on you. Like it's gonna be so good. Yeah. And you know what? You're so true. It's about a mindset thing, right? Close to me. And you've heard it before.

Age is but a number, but it's so true. Yes. And I feel like we're, I don't know, society's kind of changing when it comes to women and age. I don't know if it's because like women are having kids later. So it feels like well maybe everything's kind of shifted like 30s and other 40s, 40s and other 50s. But I think even more than that, maybe society's kind of giving, or we're giving ourselves permission now to like we're getting around our girlfriends a bit more. I don't know, but I feel like for many people listening,

I hope this is true that your 40s can really be the best years. Yeah, it's interesting, cause I love hanging out with producer Neeps and his flat, and they were all in their like mid 20s. Children, infants. Yeah, and so I'm 40 now, turning 40 this year, and my friends, when they'll find out, oh, who are you hanging out with?

And they'll be like, mate, you're 40. You're moving in soon though we've still got the room at the flat for you so yeah you're welcome anytime. My wife actually said to me go for it and I was like is that a trap? It's a trap. Definitely a trap but I'm still good for it. Because I was like then I'll just have like another house where I can go hang out with the lads and I've got a room there. Do you feel like as men and fathers with great careers, do you have any attachment to your age and pressure about what you're supposed to look like?

Do you fear 40? Do you fear 40? No, I don't. I really don't. I've always had a little bit of a sort of, I guess I'm not a confident person in my body, like for whatever reason, but that's got nothing to do with age.

And I think that Clint's a perfect example of it. Like you are, Clint is like the youngest person I know. And he's older than me, you know? But I think the fear is that you truly do feel like what Dan's saying. Like I'll bro down with Nipierre and all the guys and they're in their twenties and I don't feel any older than them. But if other people

looking and going, oh that's a bit sad, he's like 40 and he's coming out. I think that's the thing that worries you. Do you have mates that you're in your 40s and you're in the same? Yeah and I plan a football team with a bunch of lads that will range from like 23 to 43. That's the age range in our football team. And you don't really, I don't think you really notice, maybe it depends who you surround yourself with. I think it's society pressures that you have to hang out five years either side of your own age and when you don't people get a bit weirded out by that. You know what, Nadia sums it up perfectly. She just sticks through saying, I'm 41, I'm

the hottest and happiest I've ever been. Plus my glow up to look late 20s. Yes And look someone else's Melissa texted. She said ash 40 is a new 20 live up life and enjoy it I've been having a blast the past year living life for me. I think she's nailed it for so long women Especially mothers are told the best thing you can do is be selfless. Oh, she's a good mom because she's a selfless mom She puts everyone else and stuff. Honestly F that I think we need to put an end to that. She's nailed that living life for ourselves for once and maybe when you get to 40, that's when you start giving yourself permission. Let's have this conversation again.

When you're 80. Yeah, can you imagine? I'm like 40, an infant, a child, I do nothing! With your 80. My dicks were so perky, I had no idea. They could drop further down. At the beginning of the boob job they'd probably look better at 80. Yeah, come on. They're still big, they're just a little bit further down towards your knees.

Clint, Migg and Dan, I want to say you're in for a treat. I hope you are. I genuinely think you will be, I am not a hundred percent sure. I haven't heard this yet. I heard nothing. Oh, you're about to hear something incredible. Okay. And I can... Dan does say so himself because he was on that. All of his postcode playlists have been 10 out of 10. I will say this, that it is not all me this week.

Okay. No, you're right. Okay, let me run the intro and let's get into it. Postcode playlist! From the Tampakai, Brianga, down to the dirty deep south of Bluff, no town is safe. This is your Postcode playlist. Hopefully by the end of this we have an anthem for every part of the country.

Smallest towns to the biggest towns. I think we do need to go to the South Island for a couple of weeks to really ingrain ourselves in some of those communities and work should definitely pay for that. Definitely. So this week we're covering off the North Shore of Auckland. The reason we're doing it is because Borderline helped out this week and a couple of the members are from the North Shore. So we asked you earlier this week to give us some lyrical inspiration if you're from the North Shore. What's it about? What's it not about?

So what are some of the things that were suggested that you've tried to weave into yourself? I live on the North Shore as well and I didn't know some of the stuff that was common knowledge about the North Shore. Apparently there's a saying, sunshine's brighter on the shore. Lots of South Africans live on the shore, highest population per capita of South Africans in New Zealand. They love it, we love them. I know this, the public transport is shocking. Anything north of Auckland is really, really bad. No trains because the trains don't go over the bridge. Of course, how roaring.

Over the harbour bridge obviously. There's also another saying apparently, shore girl, shore thing. Yeah, I used to hear that back in the day. As if they're a shore thing to be great company. Exactly, that's what that means. That's what it means. Yes, my wife is a sure girl and she's great company. She is. Snow Planet, the pride of the North.

It's basically an indoor skiing arena. I've passed that. Yeah, that's a good time. And also this came through heaps. Lots of old people living on the North Shore. Apparently it's where you go to retire. Hibiscus Coast has some of the most beautiful retirement villages. I'm desperate to live in Hibiscus Coast.

Lots of palm trees and stuff. Runaan. Very misleading in the winter. Yeah. So with those lyrics and those suggestions brought to you by the listeners, we've put together Borderline and myself, in my opinion, a banger.

And this is your anthem, North Shore. Okay, 0800 The Edge of You from the North Shore. We'd love right off the back of the song to know if you embrace or reject your anthem. And I won't be offended if you reject it. Borderline might be. Okay will they regret ever saying yes to your request? Here it is, first play on the edge enjoy. Enjoy. There lots of South Africans are living here. Oh, yeah Mostly in Browns Bay, yeah It's a place they call the shore

North shore It's the north end but it's north North shore Public transport's really poor North shore Public transport's really poor, North Shore 15 beaches, maybe more, North Shore Takapuna If you want a shore girl, it's a shore thing

That's what they say when you're dating A girl on the shore She's probably keen If you want a ski, there's a place to go It's the planet filled with snow Well, it's not real snow, it's fake snow Planet Snow Uh, it's actually called Snow Planet, not Planet Snow Yeah, I know that, it's just that it rhymes better if I say it the other way around, that's all

Yeah, but that's factually incorrect Yeah, but it's also rhymingly not very good for the song, if you know what I mean, so Yeah, I understand that, but it's not correctmingly not very good for the song, if you know what I mean, so... Yeah, I understand that, but it's not correct. Why are you being difficult about this? I'm not being difficult, I'm just trying to enlighten you. Well, what does Borderline think? It's their song. Um... Well, snow doesn't actually rhyme with snow, it's just the same word. Work life comes to an end North Shore

You're doubling your friends North Shore The funeral home's best friend North Shore Takapuna Don't forget Albany. Then there's Milford of course. You got Beach Haven, Burkdale, Hillcrest, Sunny, Noorkansworth Heights.

Dude, the song's done. Green Heights there, you know. We've had enough. Dan. Devenport, we've had enough. Dan, that's enough. Dan, that's enough. That's enough. Play some Sabrina or something.

Yay, standing ovation. So good. From the producers. Yeah. Thanks Borderline, you guys are amazing. Borderline brought a real elegance to that. Oh my goodness. Credibility.

Lead singer of Borderline joins us on the show right now. Wondering how he's feeling now hearing that play out to the rest of the country. Morning Ben. Morning bro. Morning. God you're good bro. You guys are the best.

It was definitely something. You know what, I wrote what I thought the song would be and then the guys came in and they had written a whole other verse that was better than what I'd done so we just got in the beat studio did everything I just love the random takapuna yeah nailed it it's gonna be stuck in our head Ben your voice your vocal is like velvet man you're unreal you're such a talent you know it's really nice to be in the studio making real music for a change. Yeah. Yeah, you know. I wanted to say that but it was not. It was a pun upon.

Ben, I will say if you're touring around and you are anywhere in the North Shore, it would be a real shame if the boys didn't roll that one out. Yeah, it would be a shame. I think we'll have to swap it out in the live set. Yeah, get new romance out. You can see that one. North Shore. Good on you for agreeing to do something and then even though it felt like it was going

to be a little dicey, you committed and you actually showed up and you spent a fair bit of time whipping that one together. We really appreciate it. Thank you. Hey, it's all a bit of fun. We would have done it, you know, even if it wasn't going on air. So thanks for having us. When they win their first Grammy, we'll always have this.

Hopefully they'll invite us on stage. We're going to win a Grammy, I this. Yeah, hopefully they'll invite us on stage. Yeah, Song of the Year. Yeah, and your borderlands EP Chrysalis is out now. You're on tour next month. Get out and see the lads, because god, they're talented. Thank you, Ben. Thanks for having us.

Thanks, mate. Beautiful boys. What a guy. They're going to go far. South African said, nice accent, Dan. Yeah, you know, I tried to find someone with a South African accent, couldn't find it, so I had to do it myself. You do a great South African said, uh, nice accent Dan. Yeah. Um. You know, I tried to find someone with a South African accent, couldn't find it, so I had to do it myself. You do a great South African accent.

Oh, you should hear his Chinese one. Oh, Clint. Oh, we don't need to. He's the one that does that. Clint, Meg, and Dan. Win $10,000 right now with the Edge 10K EZ money. Kia ora, good morning. It is Three Fast Eight, your chance to play for 10K.

30 seconds, Ash will give you a letter. Every answer must start with that letter. No repeated answers. And if you are struggling, you can pass. And then we'll come back at the end if we've got time. And we've got some feedback on the text line. Someone said, Ash, can you let us know how many they've got through so we can gauge

how fast we need to be when it's our turn? Great idea. And we will do that. That's a thinking brain that's takes that in. The feedback. Also a thinker, Katie joins us to play this morning. Morning, Katie. Good morning, how are ya?

Very, very good. Now, are you ready? I think so. Okay, we are gonna need your answers to be faster than that though. Yeah. Katie, okay Keep the pace. Yes, get a nice strong start out the gate and you'll be fine

Okay, okay, good luck your letter today. My love is t t for Qrs t qrs t uvw Give away much exactly t t. Exactly. Tea. Tea. Okay, you ready babes? Yep, I'm ready. Something in the ocean. Uh, pass. Something on a construction site.

Torch. Something you take camping. Uh, a truck. A body part. Tongue. Something in your pocket. A body part. Tongue. Something in your pocket. Pass. A clothing brand.

Tommy Hilfiger. A superhero. Thomas the Tank Engine. Something you can drink. Time. No, he is a superhero. He's a hero. I saw all the frowns.

To my son, buddy, he's a hero. I saw the frowns in the booth to some kids. Absolutely. That was a good showing. Yeah. Alright you got five answers there darling and you passed on two. Yeah so seven. A bit poor. But hey thanks for the shot. I don't think that was poor actually. We've had two today at seven and eight UK that have been pretty good to be honest. You should be proud of that effort, sweets. Yeah, she says, awesome.

You say poor, we had one trick say, when she had K and came up with the chocolate, she said Cadbury. That was much worse. She said Kit Kat. God, I love Thomas. Is he still going? Is Thomas the Tegan still a thing? Yeah they have an American Netflix version, it's not the same.

Because what's good about Thomas is that it's slow and the controller and the video is very much, it's like Ringo Starr, I thought that he accidentally does, but you know what I mean? That was bang on. Yeah it's not very, it's not overwhelming for children. We're the American one, it's an assault on the senses. If you think your life is complicated, you got nothing on- Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys,

guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys. The guy who's jumping in the truth booth next. I don't care if you have got someone in the back seat of your car that needs to go to the emergency room. They can wait six minutes. If your wife is in labour, tell her to hold on. Just hold on baby, hold on. Safe for little ears as well, so don't freak out.

But it's just like one of those things where you'll be so happy that you are just doing your life the way you're doing it in comparison to this guy. Yes. Man. Yeah, the credit card bill that you've got that's stressing you out, no big deal. Yeah, nothing. No one's swapping places with this guy next.

Here we go. Hmm. The Truth Booth. If you've got a secret you've been sitting on that no one knows about, and you've decided it is time to get it off your chest, you want to live life on the edge, then join us in The Truth Booth.

Much like Alex, fake name, has, whose voice I can confirm is disguised. Alex, good morning. Hey, good morning, how are you? Good, Alex. Now give us the top line of what you're wanting to truth bomb us with today. Right, so I went on a short work trip overseas to Europe roughly six years ago and something happened during that time there that has radically changed my life and I haven't told anyone quite literally anyone I do we have a friend so wow why what do you think their reaction would be like why is it that you've kept it a secret

the gravity of it I can't really comprehend what they would say and I I don't want to, I really don't want to deal with that. Not even with friends. I don't want to, it's difficult to kind of wrap my head around even now talking about it. So it would ruin relationships, friends and family? Absolutely. I mean, at first, like anything, wounds can heal and mend, but without a doubt, I'm worried. Not to mention the fact that I am, I'm not children, I'm married, so on and so forth, so.

You've got a wife and you have children. Correct. Have you ever come close to letting the secret out over six years? It's funny you say that because I've asked similar hypotheticals to gauge responses, and I didn't get anything positive out of it. Oh, like, hey, like a hypothetical,

would you rather, and just see what people do and say. And what's, if you don't mind me asking, what's made you, what's compelled you to tell us? Honestly, I listened to you guys going to work, and this whole segment, I was like, you know what, maybe I can let out the truth while being relatively anonymous and getting some genuine feedback. Okay.

I have no idea what you're about to say. I'm genuinely intrigued. I'm a bit scared, to be honest, because you've got a wife and kids and you've literally never told anyone, but I'm happy that you're about to get it off your chest and feel some relief I guess. I mean imagine for six years you've been keeping it quiet and in the next few seconds you're about to tell someone. We're gonna be honest with you about thoughts I guess but Alex what is your truth bomb? So for context I am married and been married for over ten years with children with my wife. a truth ball? I found out roughly five years ago that we ended up having a kid together.

So I've had a child with another woman that no one knows about, not to mention the fact that it's financially draining me and it's a lot of things are kind of spiraling. I almost feel like this will come out at some point. It needs to. But yeah, it's a bit tricky. Wow.

Oh my God. There's a lot to unpack there. It's definitely coming out at some point. So yeah, we've got so many questions. Don't get scared and do a run Alex. We'll play a quick song. We'll come back. If you've got a question for Alex,

by all means fire it through 3343. That's a big one. All back with the full story just after Alex's truth bomb next. The text line is gonna break in a second. Yeah. I've never seen this many texts come through. It's unbelievable. It's crazy eh. Oh my god people are getting racked up. If you don't know what is going on let us get you back up to speed and jump back into it. The truth booth. If you've got a secret you've been sitting on that no one knows about and you've decided it's finally time to get off your chest much like Alex just has you can join us in

the truth booth. Ash do you want to do the honours? Yeah so um Alex went on a work trip six years ago and on that trip he ended up having an extramarital affair came home little while later found out that the woman he'd slept with trip six years ago and on that trip he ended up having an extramarital affair, came home, little while later found out that the woman he'd slept with was pregnant. He now has a child that his wife and family know nothing about. How long ago did you find out about the child? About five years ago. And you're doing like some sort of child support I'm guessing you were saying it's crippling you financially? I wouldn't say crippling me financially but it's

definitely affecting me financially and my wife has pointed that out and I've just said I'm investing more into you know my investments which I guess technically is true because his future is my investment so. Yeah Alex have you met your child? That's another thing. I've never even met my child except for on video things of that nature At first I didn't believe it But then my child has a birthmark that is virtually identical to mine and my mother's which kind of passes down through genetics, I guess so I mean putting a positive spin on it a lot of people would have just denied the whole relationship and and probably not them ghosted them so the fact that you're

helping out financially makes you I guess partly a good person. Yeah is there plan to go over there is there a plan for them to come to you do you see your worlds colliding at any point? but I am married and you know, it's gonna cause a rift that is You know, like I said, I've asked hypotheticals To this effect and it's always been pretty poorly received Yeah, look, I think I don't know you from a bar of soap and you don't know me But I'm just gonna speak as a wife and a mother You need to tell your partner you can't this will you alive, and we have one life, you know, and every day that you go on keeping these secrets

is a day less that you have a relationship with your child. They don't know their parent. And this is the kind of thing that, you know, like the longer you leave it, I feel like the worse it is. Like we hear stories about like my dad died, and after he died, we found out he had a secret family and I never got to talk about it with him. Like human beings are complex, but we're also forgiving.

And I think truth and light is always better than darkness. Like does the thought of you coming clean on this fill you with dread or relief or a mixture of both? It's a mixture of both because I mean for one um I can't even articulate what my thoughts are but I ultimately feel it would be beneficial for all parties maybe not right now or six months or five years down the line but at some point it is and I've got to rip the bandaid off it's just um you know it's quite challenging. Of course yeah. You know your wife better than anybody else Alex yeah what do you think her reaction is going to be? A heartbreak 100 percent. A part of me also believes that I mean I'm a good mean, all things aside,

I would call myself a good father and a good husband, despite the obvious. And a part of me feels we could actually work through it. The only issue at hand is the woman, my son's mother overseas, which I want nothing to do with, I suppose. And so I feel like that in and of itself would just cause, you know, I don't know.

You sound like a person that's got their head screwed on. Obviously you've made mistakes, but I can hear through the phone, even with the voice disguiser, that this is eating you alive, Alex. I mean, my child is a bussing nonetheless. So I've been feeling quite bad, for lack of better words.

Okay, well, we've got so many people texting through with their opinions on what they think you should do, Alex. Keep those texts coming through, and we'll try and- And be honest, guys. Yeah, honest, yeah. They're being honest. Oh, yes. And we'll try and work out how Alex is going to fix the situation.

He can't fix it. Do you reckon? You think it's not fixable? It's not a fix. That's not if there's coming clean but there's no fixing. In the middle of a truth booth with Alex, fake name, on the voice disguiser at the moment, rightly so. A lot of people weighing in on his secret family or his son that he has had for the last five years living in another country that his current wife and kids know nothing about and he has been paying child support for. A lot of people screaming he needs a DNA test and that the birthmark that they both share isn't really enough.

I just read this text I think for me sums it up perfectly. All the adults can get on with it and do what's best for all those children. At the end of the day do what matters right. You have to do right by your children. That's what I think. I personally think he just like take everybody out of the equation. He needs to kind of just do it for himself. Just take a couple of quick calls and then we'll go back to Alexia. He's feeling, Adrian, morning. Oh, thank you, my screen's not working. I can't bring them on. Morning, Adrian. Hi.

Good morning, I'm in the car. Can you hear me okay? Yeah, we can hear you beautifully. What would you like, how do you wanna weigh in on this story, what do you wanna share? Well, I think you really need to have a DNA test because I had a friend once and, well, he was paying child support for his son. And, you know, he had a really close relationship with his son.

And he was, you know, taking him every weekend and everything. And then when he got a new girlfriend, who was one of my best friends, she insisted that he get a DNA test, and it wasn't his son. God, that's devastating. Yeah. That is so cruel. Then you get people saying,

I feel for Alex. He's prepared to have to pack his bags. Sorry, they're coming in thick and fast. That's for me. And be told to leave. His wife might understand he had an affair, but then I think lying and keeping the secret for five years is the deal breaker for me. And be told to leave. His wife might understand he had an affair, but then I think lying and keeping the secret for five years is the deal breaker for me, not the affair.

Yeah, I think he does sound remorseful and it's not doing, you know, it doesn't delete what he's done. No. But it sounds like it's eating him alive. Absolutely, that's not healthy. Not everyone is Team Alex though, unfortunately, bro. How are you feeling about all this?

I've been feeling quite bad, and for lack of better words because I'm keeping something that I would cherish my secret to everybody and it's just it's really not fair. Oh I wanna cry. It's honestly self-explanatory. Yeah. Because at the end of the day it's a little bit difficult. It's a baba who wants to know their dad and that's heartbreaking like. Yeah. And do you know what else is heartbreaking as well Alex I'm trying to It's a little bit difficult. It's a baba who wants to know their dad, and that's heartbreaking. Yeah. Do you know what else is heartbreaking as well, Alex? I'm trying to put myself in your shoes, and I would, like you, being the dad is my world,

it's everything. So I want to have a relationship with my son. I would fear that my wife, every time she saw my son, it would remind her of the man that did that to her. Yeah. Yeah. And I would worry that my marriage would never survive it. So it feels like you've got a choice between your marriage or your relationship with your son.

And I would worry, and probably why you haven't told her is you don't feel like you can have both. No. I mean, to be honest with you, I would be more focused on my children than my wife. And I'm being genuine because we're both grown adults. We're in our 40s. I feel like she can rationalize things much better in a mature sense than a child can.

Yeah. And it's a good point. Even if in a perfect scenario where we could all meet and somehow to that effect, yes, you're right, she would look at my son and for all I know, she could be disgusted. That's a bit extreme, but you know. We know what you stand. Yeah, some type of residual feelings of,

even if it all appears fine, it could all be a facade. I feel like the trust is quite literally irreversible. It's literally juggling my current family and my wife with my child that I want to be in my life. If you don't mind me asking, Alex, what is your relationship, your current relationship now with your wife? How is it, how is that at the moment? Is it a happy relationship still?

Oh yeah, absolutely. Obviously I made a mistake. It was a silly night, for lack of better words, you know, and it's unfortunately just transpired. But yes, I live a relatively comfortable life with my wife. We're well off. We're a happy family. And it's just unfortunate that I have a blessing that I'm keeping a secret because I'm trying to maintain this lifestyle that I have with my wife which is not just my wife and my family.

Okay so now after telling us has this fast-forwarded your plans at all to bring this information to your wife's attention? 100%. Is there a plan in place do you think? Like a timeline on it? I mean, yeah, I don't know. I can't say I do today, but I would imagine in the next few weeks without a doubt. Well good luck, mate. You made a mistake, but like you said, it's beautiful to hear the way you speak about your son, that you call him a blessing. It's obvious you're a great dad and the way I see it is second you become a parent Your responsibility is as a parent before anything. That's what I think

Yeah, so good luck Alex and thank you for your bravery and sharing the secret with us and relationships have come back from Wow Okay, well we got so much feedback and yeah, feels good honestly. Wow. Okay, well we got so much feedback, we're actually gonna have to take a breather and like come back and we're actually just gonna wrap up and move on. We were gonna do something else,

but in my 10 years on radio, I don't think I've ever had this much feedback from a live audience. I think part of me, sorry, Dan, I think Alex is sharing because he wants people to weigh in. I genuinely think he goes, oh yeah, what do I do? I have no idea, what would most people do and I'll do that. And this, like your feedback is so good as well.

There's some really good advice coming through. Yes, yeah, we should keep going. It's mass advice. Isn't it amazing the sympathy from some and zero sympathy from others. Some people are like, jail! Yeah. Yeah.

Finish him. See ya. We thought we would have moved on from this, but it turns out a lot of people have an opinion on it and surprisingly there are quite a few people as well who have been in very similar situations to Alex who, if you've just tuned in, has been married for 10 years with kids. But during his marriage this happened. Roughly 6 years ago I went on a work trip overseas for six months and I ended up having an extramural affair and found out roughly five years ago that we ended up having a kid

together. I think Alex is listening currently as well. He's wanting to hear the feedback. And as we said before, so much coming through Ash. Let's just go straight to the phones. Matt, let's go actually no, let's go to Brent. Good morning Brent. Morning, how are you? You're good.

What are your thoughts? Oh, just cheating so and so mate. Like he says he's from a happily married family with kids and this new child's a blessing. I don't see how it's a blessing to destroy what he's saying as a happily married family. It's just appalling. Yeah. I mean that is... I realise we're on radio, so I'll use just clean words.

Thank you for keeping it, PJ. Are you a father yourself, Brent? Sounds like it. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, I'm a father, I've got my kids, one's at uni and one's nearly finished high school. Yeah. And I think your views are shared by a lot of people that are listening Brent, but I'm going to go to Carline next because Carline, you are kind of on the other side of the coin. You feel a little bit of sympathy for Alex. I sort of do, yeah. I mean, what he did is wrong, absolutely, but I can just, I feel

sorry for him and the fact that he must dread knowing surely his wife is going to turn around and say, mate, you need to pack your bags and we're done. Yeah, and that's always the fear, right? There's hope that she'll forgive you. Yeah, but as a woman, I don't know, and keeping that secret for so long... I think it's worse, isn't it, Carly? The secret is the worst part. Yeah, I think so too. And like I said earlier as well, you might have missed Carly, I was like, I'm pretty

sure, I mean, I don't know if this is the way all women would think, but I think a vast majority of them would be like, every time she sees him with his other son, it's a reminder that he cheated. Like every time she looks at this. Oh, absolutely right. You know, how do you get rid of that as a memory? We've talked about cheating before on the show quite a bit, and relationships can come back from it.

I think what then... Sometimes stronger in some instances. Yeah, but I think what murkies the water is the kid that's involved here as well, and that makes it much more tricky. It's a constant reminder of the thing that you're trying to get over. It's kinda what reminder of the thing that you're trying to get over. Yeah. It's kinda what I'm getting at. And Matt as well, you've called through,

maybe you can kinda sum it up for us. What's your advice to Alex? Hi mate, just simple advice for him, no judgement. Stress can really affect you and it can affect his ability to function for his family. So by coming clean, you know, he can lose his stress because that stress is going to really affect his ability to function for his family. So by coming clean, you know, he can lose that stress because that stress is going to really affect his health and it shortens your life.

So coming clean could really affect his ability to provide for everybody involved. So, you know, no judgment. And just a quick quote from Shawshank Redemption, get busy living or get busy dying. Yeah, brilliant. That is great. So let it out, come clean.

We all make mistakes, everybody's human. And move forward. Just let it out, if you hold it in, it could destroy you. I want Matt to be my dad. Yeah, because you're right, man. Doing nothing does not fix the situation. Exactly right. Maybe things like that really affects your health,

it really does. And imagine the freedom he's going to feel if he comes clean. Yes, things might fall apart. Physically, you look around, my wife, I've been kicked out of the house, or whatever it is, but you're walking around without that weight hanging over you. At least you can live clean, free with light. The benefits of coming clean, far outweigh, he's still keeping it a secret, by far.

And that's been a good point, he could have a heart attack in two weeks from the stress, and then none of his kids have got a dad. Mm. And then it gets you scared when advice from Marilyn comes through that says, I'd rip his balls off. So I mean, there's two sides of the coin. And the other one we're not thinking about,

someone else is feeling very sorry for his baby mama who lives in the other country saying that I was in the same position but I was the mum. I got pregnant from an affair and was single at the time. And then you know that your kid's dad has another family but he started before meeting you. No one wins. I think Alex, if you're still listening,

you owe it to yourself, you owe it to your family, you owe it to the kids to come clean. I think that's it. Absolutely. Do it in your family, you owe it to the kids, to come clean. I think that's it. Absolutely. Do it in your own time, but I think do it sooner rather than later. Clint, Megan, Dan, Stinky Boop. We're about to send you Anywhere in the World, but just a quick reminder, coming up before 9 o'clock, if you missed it at 7, Dan teamed up with the boys from Borderline for a North Shore anthem. North Shore

It's an Auckland but it's North Shore What a lyric, North Shore, it's in Auckland but it's North. Yes, that was one of my lines unfortunately. It's actually one of the favourite things we did on the show this morning and it was a wee while ago if you missed it I think it's worth another spin before nine. So we will get to that in about ten minutes. But first we've got some business to attend to. Sell us your ambitious dream. Tell us how you've been working towards it. How you've been grinding away. And if the last turtle is getting there, Air New Zealand's Dream Seat might be just the thing that you need. Text DREAM to 3343 to register.

Yeah, the Dream Seat makes your dreams come true. And we've got three people on the line that are going to pitch their pitch basically as to why they need this Dream Seat. You've got a one in three shot of going wherever you're on. Is it Mia? Is that how I'm saying that correctly? Mia. Mia. Mia. Good morning Mia. Why would you love the Air New Zealand Dream Seat?

Well, I've been dancing since I was like six years old and it's always been my dream to like perform around the world. And I'm currently halfway through a dance course at uni. And after next year, I'll have a bachelor in performing and screen arts and there's so many opportunities like across other sides of the world and it'll just be really cool to just go over there and just see what's out there and try. Mia do people still dab in the dance circle because Dan did while you're talking about dancing.

Who's dabbing here? and the dance sickle cause Dan did while you were talking about dancing. He's dabbing, yeah. Yeah. She wants the trip, she's being nice. Yeah, she's like, yeah, people are dabbing all the time. Ash is absolutely cool, that. She's freezing him. For the ones who need the dream seat, yeah, it's still a great move.

Yeah, thanks Mia. Okay, sinking Cab off the rank. Amber, good morning. Good morning guys. Hey, Enver, where do you want to go, babe? I would love to go to New York so that I can go skateboarding with Tony Hawk. Oh, does it? Oh, gosh.

Well, how do we know he's going to be there? Yeah. Are you just going to go to his house? No, so basically I've been skateboarding since I was 10. I started again when I was 19 because I had my daughter very young and needed something to do that was for me. Skateboarding helped with my mental health so much. I ended up skating a lot, doing competitions. I started a skate school for little girls in Auckland where I build their confidence up and I coach them. And I commented on Tony Hawk's post one day and said, Oh, I'd love to skate with you one time.

And then he followed me back on Instagram. And then he messaged me and said I'd love to skate with you one time and then he followed me back on Instagram and then he messaged me and said whenever you go to the States let me know when you're here and you can come skate with me and it's gonna be in Pennsylvania which is like two hours away from New York. Okay this is outstanding. I mean when it comes to putting in the work she's putting the work but also she's had the gods before her at this point. So we can't make a full decision yet because finally, Caitlin, where do you want to go in the dream seat? Well I feel like I can't really top that. Yeah I was like oh it's gonna be hard to follow. Yeah I really want to go to Perth because I grew up with my cousin, we live next to each other in Tauranga and anyway I moved to Marlborough a few years ago to pursue my passion in viticulture. And she moved to Perth a year ago. So we haven't seen each other in ages.

And yes, so rude. Anyway, I would love to go visit her, obviously, but also I want to carry on my viticulture career. And Perth is just like the next step up for me. Margaret River and all that area. Oh, it's very lovely. and Perth is just like the next step up for me. Marga River and all that area because of the co-op and there's some time over there. You can easily move over there. Okay. Well, this is, they're all physical.

They sell from six or three. Yeah, but we all know who's winning. Is it Amber's friends or is it just the general public just sending texts, Tony Hawk, Tony Hawk, Tony Hawk? Yeah. Okay, I think it's a unanimous decision. Yeah. Amber, you're going to skate with Tony Hawk?

Oh my god guys, thank you so much. Oh my god, okay, I'm done. It's okay. It's alright, you're going to see Tony Hawk in New York. Oh my god, thank you guys. I've actually never really been overseas because I was such a young mum, so I didn't have the funds to do it,

so thank you so much. Oh, I'm crying. Ash is crying. OK, the moment you get a photo or a video skating with Tony Hall, please send it to us. Yeah, I promise I will. Thank you guys so much. Oh, my God. He can teach you to do the 900.

Yeah, I don't think there's something you just learn in a day, Dan. We can't cover the medical bills if you break your back trying to do that. OK, well, well done done Amber. Well deserved. Mums are the best! Mums are the best! Yes! Yes! How good. Alright we've got one more dream seed to give away tomorrow on the show. If you want it to be yours text DREAM right now to 3343. Tell us what it is. It's Jennifer Lopez following you back and wants to go on a date.

Well that's a niche one. It's a real niche. If Tony Hawk can follow Amber, why can't J-Lo follow me? But it can't be your dreams, okay? You can't win. My wife will be really worried that she's my past guard if all of a sudden I went on a trip to go see her. I mean, you should have to let you.

If J-Lo wants a piece of that... Knowing Jamie, I think she would let him go. She's a legend. Yeah. She's like, babe, I don't want to hold you back. I want you to live your life. What an opportunity for you. Holy shit.

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