ZM's Bree & Clint - ZM's Bree & Clint Podcast – 10th February 2022

Episode Date: February 10, 2022

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The ZM Podcast Network Hi everybody and welcome to a very tanned edition of the Brian Clint Podcast. Very glam. Very glam. We've both got full face of hair and makeup on at the moment. Some of us have got a bit of fake tan on and yeah, I think you can hear it in our voice. You know what's interesting because obviously we've had hair and makeup and tans and all that because we were shooting some new photos and things. Well, that's not obvious at all.

What if we were just having a fabulous Thursday? Well, that's true. It could be. I mean, our show is fabulous. Fabulous. You know what I find quite interesting is when, like me personally, because obviously I've got quite a lot of makeup on, but I wear makeup every day to work. I wouldn't say it's makeup on. But I wear makeup every day to work.

I wouldn't say it's glam makeup, but I wear makeup every day. You don't have winged eyeliner every day. No, I don't. But I find it so interesting that when I have this kind of makeup on and I'll come into the office, every single person I see comments and says, Whoa, look at you. So then it makes me think how shit I normally look.

So I think about that a bit as well. Anytime I wear something slightly outside of jeans and a t-shirt. But then you think about the people who put in maximum effort every day. Yeah. So. They never have that glow up. They never have that glow up. They would get the opposite.

If they didn't put in that effort. I'd rather be the other way around. Yeah. Underestimate it. You'd be the other way around. Yeah. Underestimated. You'd rather be our way around. Yeah. Because if they have a shit day and they can't be bothered doing even 20% of what they usually do, they come in and they would get, oh, you're okay. They've set the standard.

Oh, you look rough. And you're like, I don't look rough. I just look normal. I look like my normal self. The standard they've set for themselves is too high. It's too high. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So you go one way or the other. Yeah, I'd much rather be our way, I think. Look, this has been a bloody long day, so I don't know if we've got a lot to cover off here. We've been up for a long time. We've been working. I mean, we've done a full day's work. Haven't we?

I mean, bless our hearts. We've done a normal amount of work, and frick, we are exhausted. No, I wouldn't say it's a normal amount. Oh, some people are definitely working 12 hours. Yeah, yeah, anyway. My partner works 12 hours every shift. She doesn't have winged eyeliner?

No, she doesn't wear makeup to work. Not in the hospital? No. I wonder if anyone does. I wonder if nurses, like, I don't imagine you have any time for it. You can't have nail polish. But are there fab nurses? Like, do you? I think there would be. Like, glammed up nurses? Absolutely, I reckon there would be. you can't have nail polish are there fab nurses like do you i

think there would be glammed up absolutely there would be you can't wear nail polish did you know that if you're a nurse i guess you can't wear acrylic nails either in case one falls off in someone's lower intestine yeah not ideal not ideal you have to stick a finger up the butt hey and one of your acrylic stays up there not Not ideal. I had a thought the other day. You know what we should do as a piece of content? What? And the producers, I don't know if you're keen on this, should we both go get a colonic?

Why do you want to do that? Because I've never done it before. Okay, so I have done it. What did you do it for? Rugby. What? I know. That sounds not very rugby. I played weight grade rugby

Now listen to me We all need to do these Trust me You go first You didn't let me finish my sentence You go first Let me finish my sentence Rugby showers

Yeah No Well I played weight restricted rugby So you had to be under a certain weight Each week to play They weighed you before the game This is so hectic. Every time you tell me this story, it's club rugby.

It's club rugby, yeah. Yeah. And it's so that the big tank guys can't play in the competition with the weedy guys like us. Well, they just say – It's to give us a fair chance at having some fun. But then who plays all of the – who plays on the wing in the over 105 kilos?

Well, there's no – there's no over 105 kilo grade. What is it? Under 85 kilos and over 85 kilos. But if you're 86 kilos, you're right. You're matching up against 130 kilo guys. Oh, no. Not ideal. So you want, if you're anywhere close to 85, get down and get into this competition.

Right. So a friend of mine and I weren't under, and we were told that if we have a colonic, you can lose up to three and a half kilos. This is a stitch up, I think. Apparently it's true, but you have to have like three or four. Well, what are we waiting for? Well, yeah.

It gets out all the clumps, doesn't it? Yeah, it can. If you're clumpy up there. You know I tried to do... There's a place by your... Not by your house. It's in Kingsland that does it. I tried to do a similar thing,

but it was a detox where it does the same thing. And it was the Beyonce detox, and this was like 10 years ago. Is it the lemon detox? Yes, with Kay-I and Pepper. Yeah, yeah. They used to advertise a lot on the radio. Yeah.

Anyway, I did that detox. It was the worst experience of my life. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you lose any weight, though? Yeah, because I'm not eating. I wasn't eating anything. I was like, so when do we eat? Because I was doing it with my friend, and she's like, no, we don't eat.

Can you imagine how bad that would be for your stomach acid levels, just your natural bacteria in there? My stomach felt like it was going to explode. You're literally just drinking acid. It was horrible. Your stomach's like, ah! Shit everything out! No wonder it burns it all out, because it's all acid.

Do I want to get a clinic with you? No. Will I? Maybe. It'd be fun. No, that's not the word for it. Sorry, funny. Yeah.

But then, is it? Because for it to be funny, Anastasia will have to film the hose where the stuff comes out. Oh, no, that's not funny. Not the hose that goes in. The bigger hose. Where all the stuff is coming in. Yeah, so they have a clear hose that runs beside you so you can see all the stuff that comes out. I mean, it'd be great audio of the hose going in.

We'll do a snap poll of our audience, Ben and Anastasia. Do you guys want to see that? Just imagine you getting a hose put up your bum and I'm recording it for the radio. That's good stuff. Another famous Australian, the DJ Fisher. Yes. You heard of him? Yeah.

His most viral video was him. He live streamed the whole thing and he posted it to Instagram. Look, we need to get on this train. He's in his wheelhouse though. Is it? He's a DJ. I mean, it's definitely in my wheelhouse. Yes, it most definitely is.

People will eat that up. Shelving? He's a DJ? Shelving stuff? Sticking things up your bum? No. It's not in his wheelhouse. Oh, he does gumstop it.

We either do a colonic or we buy an at home Coffee edema Kit What does an edema mean? If you don't know you don't need to know It's kind of similar to a colonic It's the at home bit that scares me So I'd go to a professional How much does a colonic cost?

About 150 bucks I'm not paying for that And a nice Chinese lady Comes in and massages your tummy To make all the bits come out Cost? About 150 bucks. I don't know. Does it? I'm not paying for that. And a nice Chinese lady comes in and massages your tummy to make all the bits come out. I've never had anything stuck on my bum. Oh, haven't you? No. That'd be a first for me.

I don't know how it would go. I say that like I've had multiple things up my bum. I've only had the hose. And what about a prostate exam? No, I told you my prostate's three so many times they wouldn't give me one. Oh, that's right. You begged the doctor. The doctor told me I was too keen. You're like, mate, get out of here.

I've told you this is the fourth time this week. I don't want to see you here again. Nah, yeah, nah, yeah. I'll think about it. Okay. I'll think about it. Yeah, I don't. I'll let you sit on it, so to speak. I'll think about it. Okay. I'll think about it. Yeah, I don't... I'll let you sit on it, so to speak.

I'll think about it for a week. Okay. I'll let you know in seven days. Okay, if you say no, though, you have to come up with something similar that we can do together. Why do we need to do that to get that? Like, what's wrong with a nice meal?

Oh, well, that's not interesting content, is it? Fuck, sign me up for that video What happened to Show Show nail Cilantro Cause Clint Snivaz Oh yeah I'm gonna

Take him this year I promise you I'm gonna get him A mini pedi You'd love that That's a video I wanna be part of It's real nice

Clint's getting acrylics Oh maybe not the Shaving of the heels Oh no I might need doing I got enough Dead stuff there I wouldn't feel it Have you guys ever I never It's just watching it It looks like a cheese grater What do you say the shaving of the heels. Oh no, am I need doing? I've got enough dead stuff there. You do need doing.

It's just watching it. It looks like a cheese grater. What did you say? Do you have the fish in Thailand? I've done the fish in Thailand. But then I read all these things. Up the bum. Yeah, no, I didn't do it because of that. Where people got infections and stuff. Yeah, because if you think about it, every single day, people are coming from... So someone's got athlete's

foot, right? And they get in the tank and the fish are's got athlete's foot right and they get in the tank and the fish are eating the athlete's foot and you're sitting in the tank with the stuff that the dead skin that they've eaten or has anyone ever had athlete's foot in here no when i was at boarding school and i was from the country very oblivious and i got it from the country. You get it from the showers, right? Very oblivious and I got it from the showers because no one told me I had to wear shoes in the showers. You shouldn't have to if the showers are clean. I know and they should be cleaned but they obviously weren't and I got

it when I was like in grade 10 or 11 I can't remember and it was so painful because I didn't tell anyone about it for like quite a few weeks. Because you didn't realise. Well, I did realise but I was embarrassed. I was like, oh, what the fuck? What is this? did realise but I was embarrassed I was like oh what the what is this what the fuck

and then I had it for about a month it was horrible did you use Gran's remedy I can't remember I think I had to go on antibiotics

oh got that bad yeah it was pretty bad it was like open wounds yeah wow it was pretty horrible well there you go there you go that's a really lovely

story for everyone all the topics we've covered off on this podcast have been lovely. Let's not shame people with athlete's foot. It's not their fault. What, you think there's a community? Isn't there such a stigma around athlete's foot?

We weren't shaming you. Okay. Well, I felt shamed. But it's disgusting. I think it was just my own shame. Yeah, it was more towards yourself. I don't want to share a pair of Birkenstocks with you. Oh, I don't have it anymore.

I'll show you. You're a carrier, though. It's like herpes. Once you've got it. Oh, I don't have it anymore. I'll show you. You're a carrier though. Once you get it. It's like herpes. Once you've got it. Don't get that away from the microphone. That's where Hayley's mouth goes. I reckon lice is worse.

No, Anastasia. Do you reckon for feeling shame? I think you feel pretty shameful. What else? What else is in that category? Being a lipper. Being a what? We'll wrap it up here.

You took it there, didn't you? You had to take it there. Enjoy the podcast. Bye. It's party time, everybody. Welcome to the show. It's Bree and Clint. G'day, everyone. I have a bit of a thing to bring up with you, Clint. Oh, yeah?

It's about one of our producers. Oh, okay. I'm a bit concerned. One of our wonderful producers. One of the great producers, best in the business. Which one? Mustache one or lady one? Mustache.

Mustache. Earlier today, when I first saw Producer Ben, he walked into the room singing a very unusual song. Okay. Like, I don't know where he would have heard it, how it came into his head. He was singing Swagger Jagger. Oh, by Bicky.

No. Cher. Cher Lloyd. Cher Lloyd. Swagger Jagger. Do you remember that song? He walks in. There wasn't even her good song.

Swagger Jagger. Swagger Jagger. And I was like, what the hell, producer Ben? Is it even in the system? I don't think it is. Surely it is. Swagger Jagger, what a tune. No, I don't think it is.

We've got Want You Back, the good Cher Lloyd song. Give us a bit of that one then. Yeah, okay, hang on. I'll give. We've got Want You Back, the good Sherloy song. Give us a bit of that one then. Yeah, okay, hang on. I'm going to give you a bit of Want You Back. Oh, Swagger Jagger didn't even make it. This was a banger. Yeah. Yeah, this is a banger.

Producer Ben, where did Swagger Jagger come from? What was it? Sorry, mate? Where did you get Swagger Jagger from? I don't know. It must have been when we were walking through earlier today. It just must have been on someone's computer audio or something. I doubt it. How? Yeah, I don't know. It must have been when we were walking through earlier today. It just must have been on someone's computer audio or something.

I doubt it. How? Yeah, I don't know. How? I vote we start the show with this song by Cher Lloyd. With this one?

Yeah. It's a great tune. Yeah, let's call it a Friday Jams what are they what are the two you call them? Pre-party.

Pre-party, yeah, okay. Pre-party. Today on the show we're going to give you a chance to add something to your cart. One more item and then you can take all four items home.

We'll do that at four o'clock. We're also going to talk to a reporter who is at the protests in Wellington at the moment. What's going on? God, the scenes down there in Wellington. What is going on and what do they want? We'll find out from our man on the ground, Jack Crosland, before four o'clock. Can't wait to talk to him. Up next on the show, though, if you're keen for

50 bucks cash, thanks to our mates at KFC, you can play Tradie vs Lady. Call now, 0800 DIALZM. Let's kick it off with Sher Lloyd then. Yeah! It's not quite a swagger jagger, but it's a bit of fun. Let's do it. Bree and Clint, ZM.

Bree and Clint. Bree and Clint. The Tradies versus the Ladies The Ladies on an absolute stonker of a run 10 wins for the year to the Tradies 2 And it was after such a massive year for the Tradies last year. Two. This is the third.

We're almost at the end of our third week. Where are the tradies at? And the tradies have won twice. Where are you blokes? Let's bring our. Slash lady tradies. Bring our tradie on first today. I think we usually bring the ladies on first, but today we have a lady tradie.

So could that make the difference? She's 19 years old. She's from Christchurch and she's back for redemption. Welcome to the show, Aria. Hello. Speaking of lady tradies, Aria, when was the last time you played? Probably like a week ago. Oh, no, so you've contributed.

You're one of the losers from this year. Yeah. All right, well, she's back for redemption. You couldn't ring up to lose for the ladies team this time? She's a lady tradie. Yeah, right. She wants to represent. No, no, she's going to win too.

Let's get our lady on. She's 30. She's from the Wairarapa. And she went to Mexico for weight loss surgery. Wow. Welcome to the show, Brooke. G'day, Brooke. How long ago did you go to Mexico for that?

About two years ago. I got back in time just before the COVID stuff hit. Thank God for that. What did you have? Did you have the lap band or the gastric sleeve? The sleeve. I had a weight loss event in Mexico, but it was from a bad taco. And the weight came back on afterwards.

I think a few people have had that. Right. Brooke, your buzzer is lady. Aria, your buzzer is tradie. First to three correct answers gets 50 bucks from KFC. Good luck, guys. All right, guys. Here we go.

Question number one. The grounds of Parliament currently resemble a really angry top ten holiday park. Yes, Aria. You don't know the question yet, but go for it. Behind. Hey, it was a good guess. Good try, Aria. You don't know the question yet, but go for it. Beehive. It was a good guess. Good try, good try. I'll finish the question.

A popular company that makes tents is Catman what? Lady. Yes, Brooke. Catmando. That is correct. Catmando. One to the ladies. Question number two.

What special day is coming up this Monday, the 14th of February? Yes, Brooke. Valentine's Day. She's off to a good start. Aria, you need this one to stop her, okay? Okay. Question number three. The famous quote, it's nice, it's different, it's unusual,

is from which team? Three. Yes, Aria. Get in there. Kess and Kim. Nice work, Aria. You're on the board. She's in the fight here.

It's been noise work. It's noise. It's different. It's unusual. Question number four. Can you tell me who sings this song? That's just the way it is. Things will never be the same.

Freddie. Yes, Aria. Tupac. She's on the board again, and we're all tied up here. Brooke, Aria? Tupac. She's on the board again and we're all tied up here. Brooke, Aria, we're at tie-break. Question number five. What was the name of the Disney princess who had red hair and a tail? Freddie.

Aria for the win. Ariel. She's got it. Oh, he's a wonderful man. Aria for the win. Ariel. She's got it. The third victory for the tradies in 2022 goes to Aria, and so does $50 cash. Well done. Great game, guys.

Very tight. But Aria, $50 coming your way. She's speechless. She is. She's so stoked. She's literally speechless. Bree and Clint. I found this story quite interesting because it's about a woman who was married for a long time.

She had a husband, I think, for about 30 years. They were together. Anyway, unfortunately, he has passed away recently. And it was a rule in their marriage for some reason. His domain was their attic. Right. The attic up the top in the roof and he used to, I don't know, put his things up there or whatever.

No girls allowed. No girls allowed. It was man cave in the attic. She was like, well, so long as he's in the house, how much trouble can he really be getting up to? Unless there's a secret door through the attic down to the backyard. Out to the pub. Yeah. Anyway, he unfortunately recently has passed away

and she was getting some work done in the attic where some things needed to be fixed. This was a little while after his past. Anyway, the workers... She was finally putting in that yoga studio. Yeah, exactly. She was finally getting to do what she wanted with the attic. Anyway, apparently the workmen who were working on the house

started the job and they came down to her at one point and they said, what should we do with all of these boxes that are up there? And she was like, what do you mean? Like how many boxes? Because as far as she knew, not much stuff was up there. Oh, it was hidden. And they said, oh, there's heaps of stuff up there.

And she said, what is it? And they said, well, to us, it looks like taxidermy. Oh, my God. Apparently, her husband's secret hobby that he hid from her was collecting taxidermy animals. Oh, was collecting them. Right. I thought he was actually taxidermying animals. Oh, was collecting them. Right. I thought he was actually taxidermying them.

No, no, no, no, no, no. It was a collection. What a weird dude. I know. Why did he not want his wife to know about his taxidermy collection? Because I read the story because I thought the same thing. Apparently she reckons that he didn't want her to know how much he was spending. Oh.

But he can't even display his things. He has to go into his little attic room. And what a weird thing to find out about your partner after they've passed. Yeah. There's nothing wrong with the hobby. No. Well, some of the stuff in the collection

included things from the 1920s. Wow. A lion's head with real teeth, an eel, a rabbit, an otter, badger, fox, zebras. All of that was in her attic? All of that was in the attic. Wow. I know ladies are good at smuggling in a secret purchase back into the house.

Oh, yeah. We're stealth. How do you reckon he got the lion's head in the front door up the stairs into the attic without her knowing? He probably, I don't know. Weird, eh? Very strange. You'd feel like, what else was he hiding from me? You would, but I mean, nice for him to have a hobby.

Yeah. It is nice to have hobbies. It is good to have a hobby, and that's where you and I started talking about whether or not you and I have hobbies, because I feel like it's a really hard thing when you go somewhere or you have to fill out a form and it's like hobbies.

I struggle. It's so hard. The hobby slash interest section of any form that you have to fill in, it's like you're having an identity crisis. You go, I don't do anything. I'm boring. I'm shit. No one likes me.

I'm useless. I lie sometimes. I just make stuff up. I'm pretty sure I've put down before archery. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've put, you know. I've put down, I had a gym membership at the time. I put down health and fitness.

No, no. That's not a hobby. That is not a hobby. Health and fitness. I thought we could do an exercise for each other this afternoon. Okay. Because I struggle to think of my hobbies. I know you're the same.

I've challenged you to identify three of my hobbies and I will identify three of yours. Bearing in mind we've known each other for four years now. We should know this stuff about each other. We have spent five days a week together for the last four years. So we should know a bit about each other. We should know. So I'll go first.

Okay. Should we go one for one? Yeah, okay. Let's go one for one. The first hobby I've identified for you, Brie Thomas. And you can use this one if you're listening. Like if you're going, oh my God, I don't have hobbies either. Maybe you can use these.

Oh God. This is one of your hobbies. What are you going to say? First hobby, and do you agree with this? This is one of your hobbies. Cooking. Yes. That is a hobby of mine.

You're a good cook and I know that you do it to relax. So it counts as a hobby. I would say it is something that I really like to do. Oh, good one from you. Yeah, give me one. Now I feel bad. Okay, that I really like to do. Oh, good one from you. Yeah, give me one. Now I feel bad. Okay, I'll pick my best one. I think one of your hobbies definitely would be DJing friends' weddings for a substantial bar tab.

DJing in general, kind of a hobby. I'll give you DJing in general, but DJing friends' weddings. No, that's not my hobby. But DJing. It's a friendly service that I provide. Okay, DJing in general. DJing in general.

Like that is a skill that you enjoy doing outside of your... I'll go out to my man cave and I'll do that. I'll give you that one. Okay, I've got another hobby for you. Women's softball.

You love women's softball I don't play anymore But you love it I haven't played in years But you watched it at the Olympics I did And you enjoyed it? Yeah

Haven't picked up a glove One of your hobbies For a while It's in your wheelhouse Okay You I would say, yard garden work. Gardening.

Do I do it? Gardening. Do I do it to relax? Yeah. Can you not call it gardening? It makes me sound old. Yard work. Yard work.

DIY. I'll give you that. Okay. And the third hobby I have for you, Brie Thomaselves. Yep. It's current. At least it's current. If your software one's not current, at least work. Okay. And the third hobby I have for you, Bree Thomasel. Yep. At least it's current. If your software one's not current, at least this is current. I need a current one.

Those train driver hats that you like. It's one of your hobbies. That is not a hobby. You collect them. You've got like four of them in different colours. I'm so glad your last one's real bad because so is mine. Okay, fine, fine. My collecting my train driver hats.

Thank you. Okay, my last one, hobby for you, Clinton Roberts, is looking at yourself in shop windows as you drive past in your Audi. I see you do it every day on your way home from work. You're like, look at me, and then you speed up a bit and you're like, woo, woo at me. And then you speed up a bit and you're like, woo. Woo, woo. We want to know from you guys this afternoon,

do you have an actual hobby? Like, are you the sort of person who can answer this? Because ours are terrible. Ours suck and we are boring. But do you have an interesting hobby? We want to know. Oh, 800 dial ZM. Or you can text us on 9696. What are you into?

What's your interesting hobby and can we steal it? If you're on a date and someone said, what's your hobbies? What would you say? What would you say? Genuinely, honestly. We want to know. 0800DialZM. Vroom, vroom, vroom.

You can text it 9696. That sounds like an Audi, doesn't it? Very close. Bree and Clint. What are hobbies? Because Clint and I don't have any hobbies and it's a bit upsetting. A little bit because I think by definition a hobby has to be something you do for fun and relaxation. It's something for you, right?

And if we don't have one, then we're not doing enough self-care, you know? I know. That's not good enough. I figured out some more of mine. Gaming. I do a bit of gaming. I'm into the Fortnite a little bit. And I also started doing those

paint by numbers oh yeah with a little bit of painting where you fill in the numbers if we're talking about for you and for relaxation can watching TV

be a hobby because I'd be bloody good at that one because I do it I'm very good at that one I do it to unwind and by that definition drinking should also

be a hobby hold on is watching TV a hobby do you think it Is watching TV a hobby? Do you think it's going to be? I feel like it kind of fits the bill. I feel like it's a bit of a cop-out. Watching television is a passive activity

and therefore not in the hobby category. Okay, back to the drawing board. Let's talk to some people with real hobbies and find out what they are. Can we steal them? Jackie's here. Hi, Jackie. Hi, Jackie. Hi, Jackie.

Hi. What's your hobby? Building Lego. Oh, cool. Oh, yeah. People get really into this. What's some of the things you've built? I think the biggest, most expensive one so far has been a haunted house.

Oh, cool. Oh, cool. Nice. Which stands a couple of feet tall. Do you find it relaxing or frustrating? Because I've done Lego and the thing I'm building never looks like the thing it should and I find it more infuriating than anything. I am relaxing, but it's something I found that makes my brain go quiet.

Oh, that's good. Oh, it's a form of meditation. That's a great one, Jackie. Love that. Let's talk to Nikki. Kia ora, Nikki. Hi, Nikki. Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. What's your hobby Nikki. Kia ora, Nikki. Hi, Nikki. Hi, how are you?

Good, thanks. What's your hobby? So I do leather craft. Oh, fancy. I love leather craft. This is where you like make little wallets or belts or stuff like that. Exactly, yeah. Oh, that's cool.

How did you get into that? Honestly, I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole. Yeah. And so I decided that I would like to give that a go. So I went out and bought a few little things and, yeah. Bree's looking to have a fashion harness crafted at the moment. You can totally do that. You can do that for her?

Okay, well. I've seen the inspo pictures. It's kind of like a bridle for a horse. It's like a bridle, but you wear it around your chest. Have you seen those? I have, yes. They're cool, aren't they? They're really cool. Really useful to pop a leash on Brita if you need to keep hold of her. It's not that kind of hard.

No, I'm just saying, if you're playing up, we could just put the leash on. God, it's a fashion statement. I'm going to a pole. Maya's here. Hi, Maya. Hi, Maya. You got a hobby? Yeah, I am interested in herpetology, which has nothing to do with herpes. It's the study of amphibians, and I keep a whole bunch of frogs. Herpetology is the study of frogs?

Amphibians, but I have frogs. Amphibians. What kind of frogs do you have? I have golden bells and southern bells, and they're like the big green ones that you might see sometimes. Do you have any of those frogs where if you lick the back of them, you go on a psychedelic trip? I wish. Is that a real thing?

Yeah. That's a real thing, eh, Maya? Yeah, it's a real thing. Maya, do you want me to bring you back a cane toad from Queensland when I get over there next? Yes please, just put it in your luggage. I'm not sure MPI would be too stoked when you bring a cane toad into the country. Have you ever seen a cane toad? He's the ugliest animal I've ever seen. Amphibian, not animal. Sorry, amphibian. Marie is here.

Hi Marie. Hi Marie. Hi. Finally you have a hobby that you've won an award for. What's your hobby? I do cosplay and I've been over to Australia and I won a couple of awards over there and I've won a few awards in New Zealand as well. Cool. Well done. What do you dress up as?

I do a really big mix. So mostly it's like your Disney princesses. Like my biggest one I've done is the Cinderella gown from the live action Cinderella movie. Amazing. I made that from scratch. Sorry. How much money does your hobby cost you?

As long as you don't tell my husband, not that much. Just between us though, is it like thousands of dollars? Between this and this. I think my most expensive one I made is about $700 or $800 worth, but then my cheapest one was about So is it like thousands of dollars? Give ballpark between this and this. I think my most expensive one I made is about $700 or $800 worth, but then my cheapest one was about $15.

Oh, that's pretty good. And it keeps you excited and you've won awards for it, so you're obviously good at it. And if Marie's husband is listening, it's way less than that. She gets the donators. Yeah, yeah. It's all donated and she wins way more money than what she spends. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, there you go. There's some inspiration for you out there if you're looking for a hobby. Bree and Clint. Later. From iHeartRadio, this is The Latest.

Live from LA with Dean McCarthy. Dean, there's brand new music on the way from Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. Tell us more about that. Oh, so cool. Yeah, they're teaming up. Ed confirmed it on the red carpet at theeran and Taylor Swift. Tell us more about that. Oh, so cool. Yeah, they're teaming up.

Ed confirmed it on the red carpet at the Brit Awards on Tuesday night. The new single's coming out, I think it might be even this Friday. Yeah, this Friday. It's called The Joker and The Queen. Here's a sneak peek. And I know

You think that what makes a king Is gold You think that what makes a king is gold. A palace and diamond rings when I fall. You see the best in me. Oh, they have a beautiful harmony together. They always sound nice together. And I've just realized they're quite like, they both write Kind of similar songs

Don't they I'm not gonna lie I was hoping for a pop banger Me too I was hoping for Yeah same Like a big I know she's moved on

From this era And Swifties don't come for me I was hoping for something With Shake It Off energy Bit of bad blood Yeah right Now we got bad blood Speaking of bad blood

Speaking of bad blood Can speaking of bad blood, can I just throw a little something out there that I'd heard? Okay. And obviously it's wrong and please don't ever talk about it on here because it must be just a brutal lie. But apparently, do you remember when Taylor was having a big thing with Justin Bieber? It was really big.

Everyone was taking sides. It was on Taylor's side or Justin's side and people were coming out in defence and Ed Sheeran said absolutely nothing about it. I heard that she and Ed kind of fell out over that. And then after that, we never saw them hanging out. They were never posting things. They were never tagging birthday posts and stuff like that. I thought they'd stopped their friendship.

Yeah, interesting. Well, he had a song out with Justin Bieber at the time. Yeah, so. Justin had just released a song. Yeah, Justin took Scooter Braun's side in the music rights battle where he owned Taylor's catalogue, and Ed Sheeran was writing songs for Justin Bieber at the time. So he was kind of caught in the middle of it,

and then Taylor's like, you have to take my side, and he's like, this is real awkward for me. He was that meme of Homer Simpson just shrinking back into the hedge, you know? Into the bush. Hey, if Katy Perry and Taylor Swift can reconcile like they did, that was them, right? Anyone can.

Yeah, then anyone can. Yeah. Then there's hopes for all of us. That is the latest live out of Los Angeles with Dean McCarthy. Brian Clint. Right now, though, there is a very large protest that is entering its third day on the front lawn of the Beehive, Parliament in Wellington.

Here to tell us exactly what is going on and reporting live from the protest is Newstalk ZB reporter Jack Crosland. Hi, Jack. G'day, Jack. Good afternoon, guys. So the New Zealand Herald currently has a live stream of the protest running and we can see a lot of people and a lot of police. What is it like down there at the moment?

Give us a sense of police. What is it like down there at the moment? Give us a sense of what the protest is like. Look, to be honest with you, to describe Harders as a member of the media would probably be very different to if you were just a member of the public walking by or someone that was participating in the protest itself. As a member of the media, you pop a lot of abuse, a lot of aggression. You kind of become a target to blame this on because, as we know, no politician, no official has come out of Parliament and actually acknowledged that this protest is even happening as of yet.

So when the members of the media that are very few turn up, that's kind of the first chance they have or people have to blame or direct this blame to. So, yeah, I've been here since very early this morning, and I was part of the actual protest throughout the day. And, yeah, it was very tense. It was quite nerve-wracking at moments. But at the same time, you do feel this sense of a little bit, you feel a little bit special to be here because there's no denying

that what's going on here today is a huge moment in history. And there's no doubt that it's going to go down is a huge moment in history. And there's no doubt that it's going to go down as a pretty momentous occasion. So to be here as an observer, it feels very special. But yeah, it's odd to describe it because it's from being fun, kind of almost festival-like where there's people playing music and having a ball. And then the next minute there's, you know,

violence, aggression, abuse. And so it's just random. How many people are there and how many next minute there's you know violence aggression abuse and so it's just random how many people are there and how many police are there do you think oh i've got to be careful when i answer this question because that seems to be the main target of abuse is that we never report the amount of people properly i'd say there's a couple of hundred police officers easily started off this morning at say 50 if you started When I first got here, it was actually around five. Then it grew to around 50, and it's just bigger and bigger. So tons of police. And to be honest, I'd say there'd be not that many more protesters.

There'd be at least, you know, 300, 400 protesters. But it's not hugely outweighed in terms of police and protesters. You know, we saw on Tuesday thousands of people turn up here on the lawn for the beginning of this protest. But what we're seeing now is mainly people that have been camping out. So it's definitely in the hundreds. I wouldn't probably say over a thousand that are on the lawn right now. Probably around 500 protesters and at least, you know,

200 or more police officers. Jack, you're obviously on the ground there in Wellington at the protest. You've been there all day. Just to break it down for our listeners, exactly what do you think will get this job done? What do these people, what do they want? What things do they want to be heard? What is going on?

Look, that's the biggest question of the day, really, because no one can really see how this is going to end other than terribly. I mean, at this stage, no one's acknowledging it in terms of government officials or, you know, the Prime Minister herself, which is effectively what people want here. They want their concerns to be acknowledged. They want to be listened to.

So really, from their point of view, they won't be going anywhere until that happens. And so seeing hundreds of police officers surrounding them, I've been standing here for the last few hours just thinking, how on earth is this going to turn out other than violent? Is the Prime Minister in the Beehive in Parliament at the moment? Like, is she even there? I'm not entirely sure as of right now.

You know, her movements have changed throughout the day pretty quickly, so I can't say whether she's in the Beehive right now. We know other officials are. Trevor Mallard, the Speaker of the House, he's come out onto the balcony and just sort of watched over the protest quite a bit today, sort of just standing there, almost looking to see when his garden's going to be back in order. But other than that, we have seen nobody.

Yeah, right. It's fascinating. You're right, it's a unique moment in history. It's just crazy. Some of it looks really scary. Yeah, it does,'s fascinating. You're right. It's a unique moment in history. It's just crazy. Some of it looks really scary. Yeah, it does. And it's just crazy to think that, obviously, this has been going on since early this morning. Yeah.

And there's been, you know, no acknowledgement, no anything. And people absolutely have the right to protest. We're not denying that whatsoever. But today, we have a record number of COVID-19 cases, the most cases we've ever had in one day in New Zealand at 306. Jack, last question. Is anybody down there wearing a mask or socially distancing? Anyone that's wearing a mask is either a member of the media

or someone that's going past. I can say that a mask is probably the giveaway to not being part of the protest. Every police officer's wearing an N95 mask, but anyone else that's participating, no way. And that's the main part of the protest. Every police officer's wearing an N95 mask, but anyone else that's participating, no way. And that's the main target of the joke. Oh, well, you take that thing off. It sort of gives you away as being an observer.

All right. Well, that is our man on the ground. He's reporting for Newstalk ZB, Jack Crosland. Thanks very much, man. Stay safe. Thank you, Jack. We appreciate you. Thanks.

Bree and Clint. This is a story A guy has posted about On Reddit Where his dad Told his mum That he wanted a divorce At their son's wedding

Oh selfish At the actual wedding On the wedding day At the wedding Not cool Interestingly The man who posted about it Said he's fine with it

More than that Well he was fine with him doing that He was fine with he's fine with it. More than that. Well, he was fine with him doing that at the wedding. He was fine with his dad doing it. Really? And more than that, he's on his dad's side, which is really interesting. He's like, yeah, and I support you, Dad. I wonder how the bride felt.

She was pissed off. I bet she would have been. She has, it's in there. She would have been like, it's one day. Yeah. One day that was for me and my hubby. The son has a different take on it. He said that his parents have had a rough relationship for a long time

and he saw this coming. And the reason is that his mum clearly prioritises her work over her marriage. I mean, pretty standard in our society today. A lot of people do that. To prioritise their job over their marriage? I think that happens quite a lot. Really?

Yeah, and that's why a lot of relationships break down. People get too caught up in that. Oh, right. I thought you were saying it's okay. No, I'm not saying it's okay. You're just saying it's common. I think it's quite common. Right, okay.

He said, I heard them fighting a bit during the photos at the wedding. God. And then his dad asked his mum if she loved him more than her job. Right. She answered. She did not say the job. And said, honestly, she doesn't. And she doesn't think that she could ever love any person more than she loves her job.

What's her job? It doesn't say, but I'm so interested to know. Is she a chocolate taster? Yeah, yeah. Because I mean, you know, fair enough. It doesn't say, but I'm so interested to know. Is she a chocolate taster? Yeah, yeah. Because I mean, you know, fair enough. Is she, what kind of job could be more important? Because not only has she gone, because I get it,

if your relationship isn't good and your job is good. I know what she is. But she said she couldn't love anybody. Like she couldn't even love Channing Tatum more than her job. I know what she does. What? I've just figured it out. She's an adult toy tester.

And who wouldn't love that job? Really? I mean, good job to... You prefer that over... Good job to have. You get paid to do that. His dad took off his wedding band and handed it to her right there and then at the wedding. And yeah, that's it. His parents' marriage is over.

I can't believe she said she loves her job more. No wonder he did it. No wonder he left. Yeah, I don't agree with his timing. No, bad timing. Still don't agree with the timing. Like, don't, avoid the fight altogether on that day. Why are you getting into that conversation at the wedding?

Yeah, yeah. Like, is it during the ceremony? Is it during the reception? Dad's clearly had enough. And maybe he's had a wedding. Yeah, yeah. Like, is it during the ceremony? Is it during the reception? Dad's clearly had enough. And maybe he's had a couple of drinks, too. I was going to say, I bet both of them had a few lemonades. And maybe he's triggered by seeing his son happy, you know, and seeing a happy marriage.

He's like, what an eye of this. And then I can just imagine the dad, he's pissed as a fart, and he's like, well, you know what? You shove this marriage, you shove it, you take this ring, I'm going to go catch a bouquet. And then the dad walks off and he's like, get out of my way, ladies. And single ladies comes on and he's on the dance floor. This bouquet's mine.

I want to ask quite a personal question this afternoon and I don't know what kind of answer we'll get to this. Did somebody choose their job over you? Is that why the relationship broke down? Yeah. Like were you in a relationship with somebody who push came to shove and maybe it involved moving cities and so they went, you know what, I'm going and I'll sacrifice you for the job.

Yeah. Or maybe they just, I don't know, maybe they just the hours were the reason for it. I don't know. You had that conversation, push came to shove and at the end of the day they chose the job over being with you. We're just going to get calls from people who have previously dated chocolate tasters and adult

toy tasters. Well that's the follow up. I want to know what was the job that they chose. I bet you it'll just be all those. What is the job that was so important that they decided to leave you for it? We'd love to hear your stories this afternoon. Day spa reviewer. These all sound like jobs you would leave your partner for. Oh, maybe.

0800 dial ZM or you can text your story into 9696. We can absolutely keep your name out of this one and keep you anonymous if you want. Bree and Clint. We were asking you, did they choose their job over you? A man's father has told his mum that he wants a divorce at his son's wedding because she prioritises her job over him. Yeah, well, I mean, it's a fair enough reason. And it's not even his, he's not in his feelings about it.

He asked her straight up, he said, do you love me more or your job? And she goes, honestly, my job. I really, really want to know what her job is. Me too. It doesn't say. It's quite an in-depth Reddit post, but it does leave her job out of it. Is her job where she goes around and she gets to stand in one of those things where she gets to catch money?

You know, in one of those phone boxes? You don't reckon that would get old? Well, I mean, imagine it being your full-time job. We want to know, did they leave you for their job? Someone texted in and said it wasn't a job. They left them for their hobby. Oh, that's rough. Surfing.

They're a surfer and so they chose surfing over their partner. The text here, it says, I got dumped for his hobby, surfing. This person wants to remain anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi, Anonymous. Hi. You get dumped for their work, for their job? Oh, yeah.

Okay. So my partner, he was literally the love of my life. We'd been together like three and a half years. We just bought a house together. We were the real deal. And he went overseas basically. So he just got a job in fly-in, fly-out to secure our future. Okay.

So what was the job? It was in mining, fly-in, fly-out. Oh, okay. Yeah, got it. Fly-in, fly-out overseas. He only took the job as a temporary human to like re-secure our future. To set you guys up, right? To get like a house to put heaps on the house mortgage

and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, exactly. Literally to re-stock the money that he put together on a house to rebuild our future because we were going to get married. We were literally going to get married. We were going to have children. We talked about all of it.

The whole thing. And he went overseas and he loved the job so much that he decided we weren't on the same path anymore and three weeks played mind games with me, would pretty much not talk to me. Then say he wants to marry me. And then say, no, this job, career is more important. And he came home and dumped me within three hours of being home. Wait, wait.

Anonymous. Look, that's horrible. Can I start with? And I don't want to make it worse. How long ago did this happen? It happened three months ago. Don't worry, I've had the biggest glow up. I am back.

Good for you. Living your best life. He chose mining over a life with you. No, he didn't. He met someone else. It has that written all over it. Well, I found out. He has another girlfriend now.

I knew it. I knew it. Right? I know. Oh, I could, yeah. I could just tell. I'm living my best life. You're better off, anonymous. Exactly. Are you, do you get half the house?

Do you, like, are you coming out of this? We're selling it. We're selling it. We're going to make some profit. You're going to make some profit. You're going to get some money. Okay, good. Yeah, right. Well, enjoy your dusty-ass new girlfriend in the mines. I know. I'm so on your side.

I'm just... I knew it. As soon as you said it, I was like, there's no way. I was like, he couldn't even come up with a good excuse.

He said, oh, I love this job so much. Yeah, yeah. What's so fun about sitting in the ground? I've made it a little bit. Absolutely nothing. Yeah, right.

Good on you, Anonymous. Nice work. We're team you. Nice talking to you guys. Hot girl summer, Hot girl winter. Let's go. Do you know a woman by the name of

Kirstie Allsop? I didn't by name, but when you told me about this before I googled her, she's from Love It or List It. Yeah,

Love It or List It UK, which I'm a big fan of that show. Speaking of youth, I know what youth love, Love It or List It UK. It's a great show. Where Kirsty and Steve come in and tell you whether you should sell your house or renovate it. Are they going to sell it? Or are they going to love it? Yeah. She was also on

Location, Location, Location. Yes. Relocation, Relocation and Location location revisited. So a lot of house shows. She's very property based. She's very property based. She's getting some backlash at the moment. Is she?

Oh, she's under fire. What's she done? People aren't, the youths aren't happy with her, I tell you what. Right. Anyway, she's come out and said recently, she's like, obviously she knows property, right? It's her job. She knows housing.

And she's like, oh, I'm so sick of all these youth talking about not being able to buy a house. It's pretty simple. I feel like this is how she'd talk. Why are you talking like that? She's British. It's pretty bloody simple. You know, all you have to do, and this is what Kirstie Olsop says, you have to cancel your Netflix subscription.

You have to stop going to the gym. And you have to stop getting coffees. Stop buying coffees from a cafe. And she said, if you do all that, it's that simple. Let's do the math. Let's do the math. Yeah, okay. Kirstie Olds.

So if it's that simple, so how many coffees are you buying a week? Seven? Should we say seven? Seven? Well, say you buy a coffee every day. Okay. So at $4.50 a coffee. Yep.

So that's, write this down for me. Okay, hold on. That's $32 roughly a week. $32, yep. $4.50 times seven is $32 a week. What did I just say, Netflix? Netflix. It's $15 a month.

Yeah. So add... So, wait. Oh God, this is hard. So wait, I've got to go 32 times four. Yeah. So what's that? That is $128.

Then add $15. Plus $15, got it. And then how much is your gym membership? $100 a month? I don't have one. Mine's $100 a15. Plus $15. Got it. And then how much is your gym membership? $100 a month? I don't have one. Mine's $100 a month. Okay, sweet. So add it on $100.

Plus $100 for gym membership. Yeah. $243. Is that all she said? That's all she said. Okay, times that by 12. Times 12. $2,916.

Right, so you'll have $3,000 by the end of the year. The average house price is $1,916. Right, so you'll have $3,000 by the end of the year. The average house price is $1 million. And you require a 20% deposit just to get the loan from the bank. So it'll take roughly... That's $200,000. So let's just divide that $200,000 by $3,000. By going by Kirsty's math, you will have a house deposit... How many years?

How many years are we talking? In a simple 66 years. Yeah, nice one, Kirsty. In 66 years. Nice one. And she bought a house probably when they were costing around $60,000. Nice work, Kirsty. You're a real genius.

Okay, everybody, it's time for What's the Plot? Nice work, Kirstie. You're a real genius. Brie and Clint. Okay, everybody, it's time for What's the Plot? Once upon a time, there was a girl. She was smart, debatable, talented, eh, athletic. Not really, but picking a movie title based on just the plot line, that she can do. Brie and Clint's What's The Plot? Okay, everybody, it's our movie guessing game where weekly someone goes head-to-head

with movie buff Brie Thomasel in the hopes of winning cash. We're at a jackpotted $650 cash this week, and Dana, it could all be yours. Afternoon, Dana. Have you played along in the car before? Yes. How do you go?

Well, I always sit there going like, oh, these people are so dumb, so. It's different when the pressure's on, though, when you're in the hot seat. I feel like I'm included in that analysis just there. What's your specialist category of movie, Dana? What's your favourite? I watch a broad range of movies.

Okay, well, that's going to be good for you in this game. Me too. Today, our theme, because the Oscar nominations have been announced this week, we will be playing movies that have won the Oscar for Best Picture before. Okay. Usually I hate the movie that wins it. I know.

Sometimes it's arty. What's the one that's been nominated? Power of the Dog. Power of the Dog, yeah. Horrible film. It's got like 12 nominations. I know. And that just means that I'm someone who's not smart enough

to appreciate it. I'll give you a clue, Power of the Dog is not in What's the Plot today, but it could be any other movie that has won the Oscar for Best Picture. Good luck guys, your buzzer is your name. Don't wait for me to finish the movie plotline before you buzz in. Movie number one. On the 4th of

November 1979, militants storm the US embassy in Tehran in Iran, taking 66 Americans hostage. Amid the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge with the Canadian ambassador. Knowing that it's just a matter of time before the refugees are found and likely executed, the US government calls on extractor Tony Mendez,

played by Ben Affleck, to rescue them. I've seen it. I'll begin spelling the name of the movie. A. Brie Argo? Argo is correct. I feel like that's so unfair. Why?

Because neither of us technically got it. Well, neither of you might get any of these movies. It's kind of a hard category today. Yeah. I didn't even know that one. I have seen that film. It's a good movie. It's a great film.

Everyone in New Zealand went crazy because at one stage they say the word New Zealand. And they're like, oh my God, Ben Affleck just said New Zealand. Oh, right, right, right. Movie number two. Frankie Dunn is a veteran Los Angeles boxing trainer who keeps almost everyone... Bree. Rocky? Rocky is incorrect.

Free guess, Dana? Nah, I need more. Okay, Frankie Dunn is a veteran Los Angeles boxing trainer who keeps almost everyone at arm's length except his old friend and associate, Eddie Scrapiron's Derpus, played by Morgan Freeman. When Maggie Fitzgerald, played by Hilary Swank. Dana?

Oh, I know it! Dana. It's a Million Dollar Baby. It is! It is Million Dollar Baby. Good work, Dana. Nice work. Very heavy movie. That's such million dollar baby. It is. It is million dollar baby. Good work, Dana. Nice work. Very heavy movie.

That's such a heavy film. Such a heavy. It's Clint Eastwood. I watched it once and I can't watch it again. It's so heavy. I watched it hungover once and it was a terrible idea. I mean, great film. I was emotional.

I was vulnerable. Very, very heavy. Okay, movie number three in our tie-break film. That was good from you. Dana, I'll give you a bit of advice here. Be hot on your buzzer if you want this point. Okay. Movie number three for the win.

Winner of the Academy Awards. Our slow-witted hero has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother, he leads anything but a restricted... Bree. Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump. It's got to be.

It's got to be. Who's in that? Tom Hanks. Forrest Gump is correct. Yeah! Sorry, Dana, not this week. Sorry, Dana. God, you gave me a run for my money, though.

We will send you away with 50 KFC chicken dollars, though. Congratulations. Oh, awesome. Thank you. Bree and Clint. ZM Bree and Clint. That's Ariana Grande covering Mama Di for the Die Hard listeners. Seven rings.

I haven't thought about that for a while. Me neither. Do we still have it in the system? Ben, do we still have it with our arms reach? Surely that hasn't been deleted. Surely not. If you don't know what we're talking about, my mum covered that song and she did a fantastic job.

We don't even have time for this. I don't know why I did that. Stop watching. My neck is flossing. Make big deposits. My gloss is popping. You like my hair? Gee, thanks.

Just bought it. I see it like it. I want it. I got it. The goat. It's so, like, spot on, like, the timing and swag. She didn't even rehearse it. It was off a karaoke screen.

I said before we need to have a serious conversation about Valentine's Day because it is coming up. This Monday, like it or not, is Valentine's Day. And I wanted to pose the question, do we need it? I'll just give you some interesting stats. Last year, $22 billion was spent on Valentine's Day gifts and dates in the US alone. $22 billion. That's such a massive amount.

So it's good for business, but is it actually good for your relationship? Bree, you're in a long-term relationship. Do you care about Valentine's Day? Look, I think Valentine's Day, there's a lot of pressure on that day, I think, you know, it's not for me, but I feel the societal pressure to take part. But that's not real. No, you should be doing nice things on multiple days. That's what I say to my wife.

Every day is Valentine's Day with me. No, but see, you're saying it to get out of it. I just think that it's a made up day. I think it's bull crap. And I think that, I think it's, you know what I think they should call it? I reckon it should be called like dating day or something like that. And it's a fun occasion for people who are dating to go, hey, let's do something really special.

Date day. For married people, and you know what, if you're married, I feel like you're both on each other's wavelength I hope you're on the same wavelength as each other and if it's important to you and your partner then that's fine you should be putting in the mahi throughout the year not just on one day

or else it's not genuine but are we just bitter and twisted people who have been in relationships for a number of years maybe we are but I also think it's a really hard day as well for people who have been in relationships for a number of years. Maybe we are. But I also think it's a really hard day as well for people who aren't in relationships. Oh, totally. You have to watch everybody else's bull crap Instagram post

about how much they love their partner. And you're like, cool, I've got no one. I've been single multiple times on Valentine's Day and it's a horrible day to be single. But are we old and jaded? Just a quick whip around of our producers who are all under 30. Producer Ben, Valentine's Day, yay or nay? You don't even have to ask him.

I already know Moustache's answer. Nay. Nay? You're a nay? No way. No, no to Valentine's Day. Producer Anastasia, Valentine's Day, yay or nay? I've never had a Valentine's, so yay.

Yay, she wants one. I'm holding on to the hope. I'm going to be your Valentine's Day. I'm going to be your Valentine on Monday. I'm going to get you a Valentine present. No, you can't do it for her because then your partner will really get upset. I've been bloody sucked in. Bree and Clint.

I just want to give one shout out to a text message that came in. We were talking about manscaping before. Someone's texted and said, normalise men nearing their buttholes. You haven't lived until you've had a smooth butthole. I imagine near is like, is that like? It's hair removal cream. Hair removal cream, like nads.

I don't know if I'd recommend near on the old ringhole. Veet. Veet can get quite burny, burny, stingy, stingy. But I mean, I will say laser hair removal in that area. Great decision. Or a wax. Or a wax. I've never done either, but... I would go with the

laser over the wax. I've never experienced a smooth butthole. Oh, it's lovely. Oh, it's divine. Speaking of which, you may be smoothing out your butthole ahead of a big date this weekend or maybe for Valentine's Day, you know? It's a pretty big part of the prep. She's a pretty big job. I was reading today about a quote-unquote creepy dating habit

that more than half of Kiwis are guilty of doing. But you said you don't find this creepy. I don't, but I've also never done it. Okay. Because, look, I've been in a relationship for a long time. You've been off the market. And this part of dating kind of passed me by, okay? All right, well, no need to brag this afternoon.

Jeez, I got it right early on, so I didn't have to go down that route. There's a lot of attention on dating apps at the moment and the whole dating app scene, Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, all that. Yeah, Tinder swindler. The Tinder swindler on Netflix is really shining a light on what's appropriate behaviour, right, and how you should do this. Well, there has been a survey done

and it's revealed that a whopping 67% of New Zealand online data. Should have been a couple more percent. That would have been perfect. Two more percent. Are guilty of what? What's the thing that is supposedly creepy that 67% of Kiwi online data are guilty of? Sending a DP.

No, that's not what it is. I wouldn't be defending sending a DP. No, an unsolicited DP. Clint's like, it's not creepy. I'm telling No, that's not what it is. I wouldn't be defending sending a DP. No, an unsolicited DP. Clint's like, it's not creepy. I'm telling you, it's not. It really isn't. It's fine. Not sending a DP.

The thing that people are guilty of is having a cyber stalk of the person they've matched with before they go on a physical date with them. Oh. Now, I saw that and I thought, is that creepy? I thought that was semi-normal. That's smart. Isn't it? It's a part of the research to keep yourself safe. So when they say cyber stalking,

it means that you and me have matched on Bumble and I've found your, I've then gone and had a search for your Instagram and your Facebook page. Which picture of mine did you like? I liked first because it's Bumble, so I have to like first, don't I? No, well, I could have liked you first

and then you could have liked it, but then I have to message you first. Well, the Cyberstalkers, I've gone and found out some more info about you than what you've shared in our DMs before we've been on a date. And then on a date, you're like, yeah, I actually grew up in country Queensland. And in my mind, I'm like, I know you were there in 2008 for your birthday

and your dad bought you a Mazda. And then all of a sudden you're like, how was that holiday to Italy in 2012 with your family? Yeah, exactly right. That was Florence. 37% of people admitted that after they'd matched a person and then cyberstalked them, they unmatched them. Because they found out something from the cyberstalk

that they didn't agree with and they're like, no, let's not meet up in person. Oh, that's a bit rough. I feel like you should do that. Is it though? What if you find out that the person... You could miss out on someone great. No, but what if you find out something from their profile

that means that you would never be compatible with them? Like what if you're pro-vaccine and they're anti-vax? Yeah, right. You know, that would be something that you could find out that you may not have shared. Let's be real. Most of the time it's they find pictures and they're like, oh, they're not the pictures that I saw on your Bumble.

Oh, I see what you're saying. It could be that too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It could be that too, which I think is a bit, you know, In which case the cyber stalk is a bit rough. Yeah. Because you've given them a chance. Judging a book by its cover.

Yeah. And also judging a book by its pictures. And I know picture books are my favourite because I don't read. I love the pictures the most. But pictures aren't everything, if you know what I'm saying. You met your partner on the apps. I think that's okay to say. Yeah, that's fine.

Did you stalk them before you met up with them? Yes, I believe we were friends because, and this is why I disagree with this saying that it's creepy, because a lot of the time, and to make it safer, the dating apps are connected. You can connect your Instagram to them. You can have a bit more info. Yeah, and especially being a female on

dating apps, I know for a fact it's actually smart and it actually keeps you safe to do a bit of a background check. Well, you can share a bit of the info with your friends. And they make that a feature on there that you can connect your Instagram to the dating apps so people can go look.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Totally. You know? I just want to ask an expert cyber stalker producer, Anastasia. It's normal, right? It's normal to have a cyber stalk before you go on a date with someone, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it is.

And if I were to stalk you, like back in the day, I would have been ghosting you, yeah. The paint party pics? Is it all the pictures of him with his tongue out? Red flag. There was a lot of them. Red flag. We want to know from you this afternoon, do you have a bit of a stalk before you go on the date?

You match with them. Do you go and do a bit of digging into their profile before you go on that date? And what did you find out about somebody? Did you find out something somebody yeah did you find out something that meant that they were a no-go zone after you thought yeah this is on i really want to meet this person and then you went and had a look at their facebook page and you're like oh hang on a second yeah like for example i remember one time i stalked this person found out they're

a big bang theory fan and i was like i'm out of here i'm out. 0800 dial ZM or you can text us on 9696. Is it creepy or is it normal? Do you have a stalk of someone before you go on the date? Brian Clint. A study has revealed that 67% of Kiwis who are on the dating apps will go and have a cyber stalk of the person they've matched with before meeting them in person. The study labelled it as creepy.

It's safe. I think it's just, it's like when you buy a house. It's called doing your due diligence. It's smart. Yeah. It's necessary. It's sexy. It's sexy.

So we want to know, do you have a stalk? Did you have a stalk? And if you did, what did you find out about the person? Yeah. And did you end up not meeting up with them after you found out some stuff? We got a really interesting text from someone who said they matched with a real

estate agent and before the date, the agent went and locked up their house and how much the house was worth. Yuck. Why are you doing that? Yeah. The weird thing is it would be totally normal for the real estate agent. That's what they do every day. Yeah, that's

true. But they're always on the grind, aren't they? But they do every day. Yeah, that's true. But. They're always on the grind, aren't they? But they're in your business. Always on that grind. Got to make money. Got to get that commission. Are they trying to date you or are they trying to sell your house though? Maybe the real estate agent was trying to find clients.

Yeah. That's a weird, weird gameplay. You say that, but I reckon it's probably happened. Someone's called up who wants to be anonymous. G'day, anonymous. Hi, anonymous. Hi. Tell us, has this happened to you? Have you stalked someone? Yes, I have, and I'm really glad I did. It's totally not creepy. Okay. So you don't think it's creepy. What did you find out about the person that you'd matched with?

They were actually married. No. Here's why. They had a pregnancy announcement on Facebook. So when he messaged me asking to meet up, I just messaged him back and said, look, don't really think this is, you're the person for me, and congratulations on your birthday.

Yeah, you dropped it on him. Snap. Snap. You should have just said, just one last question, are you having a boy or a girl? Yeah, right? The look on his face, he would have been like. What a dirtbag.

Yeah. Were you tempted to send the screenshots of the conversation to his wife? Very tempted, but they always blame the woman in those situations. Yeah, I get it. Ew, yuck, gross. Good on you. See, the stalk was totally worth it in that situation. Do your research, people.

Do your research. Someone else said I stalked someone on Instagram and an ex was our only mutual friend. Oh, okay. I asked them how they knew them and they turned out, and it turns out they were cousins. New Zealand. I mean, but you got cousins and then you got your first cousin.

Then you got your second. Oh, I don't think you want any family member of the ex. Yeah. I don't think you want any chance of being at Christmas together, you know? It'd be very strange. Very strange. I mean, not illegal be very strange. Very strange. I mean, not illegal, just strange.

Yeah. I think all the texts that we're getting, it seems very normal. It's a very normal thing to do. A lot of bosses are texting in saying they will always cyberstalk people, not before they date them, before they hire them. Yeah, see, that's why I'm never getting another job after here. The shit you put on social media.

I'm just... You're unhirable. You know, that's why I'm trying to another job after here. The shit you put on social media. I'm just... You're unhirable. You know, that's why I'm trying to hold on to this job because I know no one's ever given me another one. Bree and Clint. Hey. It's my birthday. It's my birthday.

Bree and Clint's birthday banger. We do this at the same time every day on our show. We'll take three people's birthdays, figure out what was the number one song top top in the charts, and then we play our favourite one. We'll go to Laura first. Hi, Laura. Hi, Laura. Hi, how are you? Good, mate. How's your week been? Yeah,

no, it's pretty good. I've just finished my 11 days on milking cows, so I've got three days off now. Oh, I love it. Three days off. Have you got anything big planned or just relaxing Netflix? Nice big glass of milk. Oh wee. Love it. Three days off. Have you got anything big planned or just relaxing Netflix? Nice big glass of milk. Oh I've actually got

a wee project to do. I'm entering in the New Zealand Deer Industry Awards for Manager of the Year so I've got a presentation I've got to try and sort out. Oh good stuff. Nice work Laura. I hope the cows wrote you a nice reference letter. Yeah. I believe. Okay good. Let's you a nice reference letter. Yeah, hopefully.

Okay, good. Let's do your birthday banger. Laura, what's your birthday? The 11th of August, 1983. All right, mate. You were 16 in 1999. And on your birthday, the 16th, this was number one. I have to get him down, baby.

I want him now, baby. Come and get it on, baby. I want it now, baby. Come on, get it on, baby. I want it now, baby. Yes, Laura, this has got huge energy. You like a bit of five, Laura? It's not my favourite, but it's pretty jovey. You like to get down, Laura. Okay, wait there, Laura.

We'll do one for Lynette. Hi, Lynette. Hi, Lynette. Hi. What do you think of Laura's?, wait there, Laura. We'll do one more. We'll do one for Lynette. Hi, Lynette. Hi, Lynette. Hi. What do you think of Laura's? Yeah, it's okay. I'd be probably hard-pressed to beat that one. Yeah, it's good. Well, I reckon I've got a good feeling, Lynette. Let's do yours

and see. What's your birthday? 14th of February, 1966. I'm an oldie. Happy birthday for this Monday, Lynette. Thank you. Your Valentine's baby. Luckily, otherwise I probably wouldn't get any other presents. I love that, Lynette.

Glass half full. Perfect. Okay, you were 16 in 1982. And on the 14th of Feb, on your 16th birthday, this was number one. What are the chances? Lynette, you've got a great one Back in the charts at the moment with a remix So wait, 1982 this was number one

Yes That means that that remix that we're playing at the moment That's a 40 year old song I mean, sorry to bring that up Lynette I'll do the same now, I feel really old Good one, look at it now, Lynette is sitting you know. I was going to say, now I feel really old. Yeah, good one. Look at it now, Lynette.

It's sitting right there. Plus, Lynette was 16 when this was number one. Oh, God, Lynette. Don't worry. I'll clip him over the ears. You've got a great birthday banger. Yeah, that is really good. Wait there, Lynette.

We've got to do one more for Tanya. Kia ora, Tanya. Hi, Tanya. Hi, how are you? Good, mate. How are you? Very well. That's good to hear.

Tanya, how's your week been? mate. How are you? Very well. That's good to hear. Tanya, how's your week been? What's been the highlight? Not working. Oh, you haven't been working? You've been on holidays? No, no, I have been working. She's working, but it's not the highlight. Gotcha. Yeah.

I'm just calling you, Bree, to be fair. Oh, lovely. I appreciate that. Clint's here too. Yeah. Yeah. I think that was my highlight of the week. You know what, Tanya?

I appreciate your honesty. I love when... I can't help it. Oh, Tanya. No, no, no. You could say you were joking is what you could say there. We've all had our fun now. I could say that.

I could say that. He's got plenty of options just to pull back and go, just kidding, Clint. Love ya. Love you, Clint. Oh, there you go. See, Tanya. I loved every second of that.

Mate, what's your birthday? What's your birthday? I haven't got a birthday yet. 1st of March, 1978. I'm trying to hurry her up. You were 16 in 1994, Tanya. And here we go. Get ready.

This is your birthday banger. Oh, no. Cut and move. Give it up. Do you like that, Tanya? I don't love it. I actually secretly like the five ones. You like, okay.

Well, you know who chose that birthday banger for you? Your favourite person, Bree, did. I didn't choose it. Then I love it. Then I love it. Oh, yes, Tanya. You got my back person, Bree, did. I didn't choose it. Then I love it. Then I love it. Oh, yes, Tanya. You got my back till the end, mate. I love that.

Hey, wait there. It's going to be five. It's going to be Down Under or it's going to be Cut and Move, Give It Up. What does your gut say? I feel like you're going to go for Down Under. But see... Is it better than that remix that we're playing at the moment?

Because the remix is a lot of fun. Yeah, and we are playing that at the moment. I really like the five song. I don't think the that at the moment. I really like the five song. I don't think the remix enters into it. I really like the five track. I like the five track too. It's got the vibe. It's got the kind of mood. Are we in agreeance? I'm going with you. Laura, congratulations.

You just won birthday banger. Oh, awesome. Cheers. There we go. Enjoy your three days off, mate. Play this one loud to the cows, Laura. They'll love this. Brian Clint, here's your birthday banger on ZM. It's very exciting times because a new movie is coming out, guys. Batman, I know.

We talked about it. I did a good Batman impression. Not Batman, but one of our favourites from our childhood. Any guesses? Ooh. I'll give you... Milo and Otis. I mean, not a bad guess. I'll give you a hint. Cartoon. A cartoon. So was it a cartoon movie or was it a cartoon series? I think it's had both. Okay, but we know it as a movie? It involves a puppet. Pinocchio. Yes., but we know it as a movie? It involves a puppet.

Pinocchio. Yes. Is there a new Pinocchio movie? New Pinocchio is coming out, guys. Very exciting. Right, yeah. I mean, it's one of the classics. Absolutely.

One of the all-time classics. From what I've heard, the trailer is out. Oh, wait. Is this one of those live-action ones again? No, I don't think so. Oh, thank God. Stop making everything real life. Yeah.

You ruined Aladdin. You ruined The Lion King. Stop it. I think it's just cartoon. Good, okay. Which is cool. I'm pretty sure it's coming out next month, I believe. But there's a lot of talk at the moment.

It's swirling around the voice of Pinocchio. Okay. The wooden puppet who wanted to be a real boy. Yeah, made by Geppetto. And the new voice of Pinocchio, let's just say, I think Pinocchio has finally figured out who he is. Okay. I think he's finally ready to live his true self.

Yeah. And what I mean by that, well, you take a listen and you see if you see what I mean. I don't believe my eyes. Your name will be Pinocchio. Father, when can I leave to be on my own? I've got the whole world to see. I'm happy for Pinocchio. I think of quality.

He's finally, you know, ready to live his true self in the puppet world. Dad, I'm finally ready to be on my own. Tell me, please tell me, I mean mean who Came out as gay earlier We have had It was last year SpongeBob Yeah SpongeBob came out as gay

I'm pretty sure Pinocchio Is now gay Yeah okay Well good for Pinocchio Maybe he was always gay Yeah That's how it usually works And now he's finally

Living his best life Well good for Pinocchio His nose is a lot smaller In the poster I'll just say that about Pinocchio. Yeah, but that's before he goes on Grindr. Joining us live all the way from Beijing, everybody.

It's official Olympics reporter Ash Tuller. Hi, Ash. If there was a gold medal for reporting at the Olympics, you would get it, Ash. If there was a gold medal for reporting at the Olympics, you would get it, Ash. You're over there at the moment on official Olympics business. Tell us what it's like in China at the moment for the Olympics.

Well, the first word I'd use is surreal because it's just one of those things where everything the world has been through in the past couple of years means travelling is just such a beautiful gift. And to be able to travel and then to be able to get all these athletes here and to be able to actually compete is insane. But every day is freezing. Today it's minus 12 and that's tropical.

Minus 12? But I mean, you can go out. Minus out minus 17 i would say is kind of being the average so you walk outside and your eyebrows and your eyelashes like instantly have icicles on them ash it sounds like it's absolutely freezing which would mean a lot of snow i've read reports that um there's stuff coming out of beijing where there's some sort of fake snow that they've been using in the in the down downward ski slopes yeah I mean in any event where they need more snow they always bring it in and that happens worldwide but as far as I'm concerned and all the athletes I've spoken to the conditions have been amazing I was actually at the slope style event when Zoe Sadowski Senate won her gold

medal and it was absolutely phenomenal. I mean there weren't many Kiwis in the crowd but everyone was going wild and she dominated that course. The conditions were beautiful. Talk to us about Zoe and that incredible gold medal that she won. Is everybody fizzing over there? Like it seems like such a moment. Does the whole world think that New Zealand is awesome because of Zoe? Yeah, i spoke to zoe again yesterday um which was really nice she is just on cloud nine and i said to her you're always so humble you know she's quite a shy person but she said her head was kind of exploding a little bit and she said i don't know if i'll be humble anymore after winning this gold

but you know she has a right not to be humble now exactly she's earned the street cred um ash who would you say are the people to watch like in the coming however many weeks who who should we be looking out for well of course nico and porty uh nico and zoe are you know front runners from a kiwi side of things also alice robinson wow she is such an aggressive skier on a global sense I mean it's it's hard to go past Chloe Kim and Sean White uh they're snowboarders in the halfpipe uh and I tell you what is Sean White still is he still going how old is that guy yeah Sean White is still going he's got three Olympic gold medals he's going for a fourth. There's another guy named Scotty James from Australia, and he's just phenomenal as well.

There's a trick called the triple cork, and to some people that won't mean much, but basically it's like changing the game in snowboarding, and that's what it's going to be all about, like who can do the best triple cork and link it up with the rest of their runs. But yeah, Sean White, what a guy, seriously. What a legend.

We're talking to Ash Tulloch. She's a Kiwi reporter who's over in beijing right now for the winter olympics ash in the summer olympics the um champagne event is the 100 meter sprint what is what is the winter olympics equivalent of that what's the feature event that's a good question for me as a snowboard fan i would probably say half pipe like snowboard half pipe but then then from an Olympics.com point of view, honestly, figure skating. Around the rest of the world, figure skating is something that everyone just froths on. But I think it's interesting because in New Zealand, I mean, do you guys watch figure skating?

Do you follow it at all? Because we don't have Kiwis. I watched that Margot Robbie movie. That was good. I, Tonya. I mean, I fizz for a bit of figure skating. I was watching it yesterday afternoon. It's not something that I'm like, you know,

I follow throughout the year, but like it is such an amazing sport to watch. Like sometimes I just think, how are these people doing this with their bodies? It's insane. Well, I thought you were going to say curling, but the figure skating is a good option as well, I guess. Both very, very athletically capable people.

Thanks, Ash, for giving us some time. We're enjoying seeing the action that you're bringing to us on the Olympics Instagram page, the official page. You can see Ash's work up there. So go well and don't forget your thermals, okay? Yeah, yeah. Never go outside without the thermals. I don't want my eyebrows to freeze up.

That's Ash Tarlick, everybody. Thanks so much. Thanks, Ash.