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Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. It was all about Benson. Boom! Today. And let's get straight into it. BBC Radio 1.

Sorry, you okay? I just looked up. What? What's up? Well, I could see your nipple for a start. That was unexpected. Oh, sorry, was that on camera? That was, yeah. Oh, I didn't mean for you to see that. No, that was... I didn't mean for you to get distracted by my nipples. No. I'm just changing into my jumpsuit from Benson Boone. It's very sparkly and shiny, isn't it? Shiny, that's the word. You like it? I like it a lot.

Is it comfortable? It is actually quite comfortable. Is it hot to wear? I don't think it's particularly breathable. But it is, I think, quite cheap. But I just thought it'd be nice to dress up for him. It's got a real, it's like a turquoise aqua blue, isn't it? It's very nice. The breakfast team bought me this and they said you've got to wear this for him. So it's sort of a dare. Does it feel insulting to dress as your guest? It's

Can't work it out. I can't imagine Benson being of all the people that might be insulted by that. I feel like he might like it. I don't think he's going to be that. I think he'll like it. OK, well, he's on soon. The only words your smart speaker needs to hear. Play Radio 1. This is Radio 1 Breakfast.

Well, here I am, Benson. I honestly, I really wish you would have told me that you were wearing that. I would have worn mine. To be fair, it looks like, hang on, what are you wearing? You're wearing jeans. Yeah. It does look like we have just swapped clothes. This is actually what, I would wear a very similar thing to that. You look great. Thank you. Thank you. But you don't look as great as you do on stage. But I look as great as you look on stage. Yeah, you look as great as I look on stage. Yeah. Maybe greater. Yeah.

Do you know what? I tried to do the moustache. It's alright. I can't do it. You know what? But you've got great hair. Well, I've sort of bentened it a little bit, actually. Oh, yeah. Am I just trying to be you?

I think I might be. Be honest, mate. Well, I think it might be because we've been talking about you for about, well, that's sort of nonstop for about a year and a half now. Really? Yeah. Okay. When you have the biggest song in the world, then I play that every day at least twice. Yeah, which I apologise for. You've got to be... You don't have to apologise.

Yeah. That is an amazing thing. By the way, congratulations. Biggest song of 2024. That's not an easy thing to do. No. But you know what? I'm in a bit of a problematic state right now. Talk to me. I have three major goals that I made right when I started music. My manager and I made. It was to have a number one song to sell out Madison Square Garden and to sell out Red Rocks. Have you done all three? Yeah. All right. So we've done all three and I'm kind of like...

I just didn't think it would get this far, I'm going to be honest. I didn't think we'd make it this far. So I haven't prepared further goals. Right. So I need to do that. Well, let's do that now. Okay. Come on, let's... What do you want to do? Well, I think we've got to take the next step and sell out Wembley. You want to do Wembley? Yeah. Yeah, that's doable. I want to get a helicopter. You want to buy one? Yeah.

You know what a paintball gun is? I know what a paintball is. Okay. Imagine, all right, me and my friend group. It's like six dudes, all right?

Two of us are up in the helicopter with paintball guns. Oh. And then four of us are down on four wheelers wearing loincloths, driving as fast as they possibly can on a huge property. And we have to try and shoot each other. Okay. So these are good goals. So you want to have a helicopter and you want to do basically ultimate paintball. Yeah. Okay. Wembley Stadium. Helicopter. Yep. Third wish. I will grant you your third wish. Yes. What would you like? Um.

I think I might need a little help on this one. Well, let's workshop it. If you were doing what I do, what would you want to accomplish? What would you want to do? Well, purely for mercenary reasons, I would sell my own jumpsuits.

That's not a bad idea. Yeah, I did the same thing to Pitbull with the bald caps. And he ran with that. And I've actually seen nothing in terms of percentage on that. Well, do you know what I might do? I might actually sell little stick-on mustaches. Way better. Yeah. Much easier to ship. I wanted to say it before you did so that you didn't think it was your idea. Yeah, why are the mustaches not available readily? Well, hey, the tour hasn't started yet. Good point. When will that tour be starting? When I come to Europe next.

In November. Right. This is a good accent you're doing here. Thank you. Yeah, very good. Thank you. Thank you. Let me try and do your accent. Give me some stuff. All right, like my American? Benson Boone, yeah. Hey, everybody, how's it going? This is Benson Boone on the radio, BBC Radio. Hey, everybody, it's Benson Boone on BBC Radio. Why do you sound like you're from New York?

Hey, everybody. It's... Hey, everybody. It's Benson Boone. It's Benson Boone. Everybody does that here. Everybody does it. The second you say New York accent, they stop talking like this and they go, Everybody's all, you gotta do this, you gotta do that. We do New York and you just do Mary Poppins. Yeah, that's right. No, you're not wrong. So, you're like Dick Van Dyke over here. All right. Actually, Dick Van Dyke and you, not a million miles away from each other. Got the moves, both of you. Yeah. Yeah.

That's the end of my question. That's the end of my statement. Well, that's the end of this part of the interview. And we'll come back with more next. One, B, C.

Benson Boone's on The Breakfast Show this morning. Benson, can we talk about the flips and where it originated from, please? Yeah. I've been doing them your whole life. Since I was a wee lad. Do you remember your first ever flip? I do, actually. Yes. I think I was six years old is when I really went for my first big boy backflip. Yeah. Triple B, you know? Big boy.

big boy backflip and have never stopped doing it since do you ever worry about those flips no because I worry not yet I worry for you not yet I think in a couple years give me a couple years it was the I think it was the double at Coachella when I went oh oh phew dude did you see that the big one at Coachella yeah of course I did it was off like 15 feet that would be like like 5 meters it's too much yeah we do feet over here we've got feet alright thank you very much we can do it in old money

Yeah, and it was... That was a big one. And I was just completely feeling myself in that moment. I was like, I'm at Coachella. This is sick. I like my outfit. It's got this blue on it. I love it. Brian May's coming out. Boom! And I was like, oh, then we're good. Yeah. So you have a split second when you think, oh, it's fine. During that flip, yes. Really? Usually no. Like...

I always know where the ground is. On that one, I had no idea where the ground was. I flipped and I was like in the air for a full second longer than I'm used to. And I was like, oh no. But then I hit the ground fine and...

And it was good. I like how you said you're feeling yourself. You're like, I can do a flip. Yeah. That is the number one thing. You have to feel like you're going to do it. Yeah, you got to feel yourself. I'm not a flipper, but you can't be an unconfident flipper. That's not what people want to see. You know what? That is actually the most spot on statement of backflipping of all time. Got to believe it. Yeah. You got to believe you can flip before you can flip. I bet you could flip. And you're a tall guy too.

You can do it. If someone showed me how to do it, and I practiced and practiced and practiced. I wonder who could show you how to do a backflip. I can't flip in here. I could do a forward roll in it. In here. Really? I'll do a forward roll. I'll do a forward roll. Alright. I believe. Because I believe I can. But it's not really a flip, is it? Yeah, as long as you believe you can do a forward roll. I can do a forward roll. What about that? That actually sounded like it hurt.

Well I went over on the shoulder because that's what you're supposed to do. Yeah. Yeah. Would you do one? A four-wheel draw? Yeah. Yeah. Ah, you see that is better. Yeah, they're nice. Okay. Well mine wasn't quite as athletic was it? Yeah. That's the problem. It was great. It wasn't, it wasn't, it wasn't quite as athletic. It did make a weird noise. It did. No, I'm not quite sure what that was. Yeah. Might have been a hip.

Hip or a shoulder. My new hip. My new hip replacement. Anyway, Benson, we're going to have to pause just a second because we're going to go to the news, if that's okay. Yeah. Then we'll come back with more fun next. Okay? So if you just say, it's now time for Newsbeat with Callum Leslie. There's that man there. It is now time for the Newsbeat with Callum Leslie. Yeah. Boonsbeat. Boonsbeat with Callum Leslie. Radio 1. Newsbeat. 1.

Callum Leslie, hello. Hello. We've got Benson Boone here. Oh, hello. Hello, mate. Callum, what do you make of Boone's Beat? Oh, I like that. That's a name I want to keep going, yeah. This is great. This is a perfect world colliding. Hey, Callum. Where are you from? I am from Glasgow in Scotland. Okay. I figured you were around that area. I love your accent. It's a good accent, isn't it? Thank you very much. That's very kind. Thank you for the lovely intro. Thank you very much.

Good, I like that. Have you ever done a backflip? No, I can't do backflips, I don't think. Maybe you don't know until you try, though. What would you say? I don't know. Listen, I can only see it from the shoulders up, but you look like a guy that could do a backflip. Well, there you go. Maybe I should give it a go. I think you should. I think you should. As we were saying, it's all about confidence. He does not sound it.

Oh, what I expected him to sound like. What did you think it was going to sound like? I don't know. You looked mean. Okay. You looked mean. Well, it's because you didn't know you were on camera. You were just sitting there with a pen in your mouth and you looked like you wanted to punch somebody. But now... Now I look happy. Now, you put the headphones on and you started talking and I'm like, wow. I'm good. I'm glad. I would trust you with my kids. That's his...

Have you got kids? No. But if you had them, that's a nice compliment. Thank you for that. He's got resting news face. Yeah. That's what it is. Serious. Serious man. Anyway, we better let you go. All right. Yeah, better go to news. We're going to get on with the interview and do some more songs and stuff. Have fun. Enjoy. Lovely to meet you, Benson. Lovely to meet you as well, Callum. Bye. On the BBC Sounds app. On the radio. And ask your smart speaker to play Radio 1. It's Benson Boone on The Breakfast Show. Way to two on The Breakfast Show.

It's Benson Boone! Gosh, jeez. So you're aware that people get scared of your name? Yeah. Benson Boone! On the breakfast show. Terrifying. Everyone needs to join in, by the way. We're all getting shy because Benson's here. But when you're not here, everyone screams when I say, It's Benson Boone! Gosh! On the radio on breakfast show. You've got to warn me when you're doing that. I've got to say something about this costume. Yeah. It's very hot. Wait till you have to pee.

You don't have to pee, do you? I don't have to pee. One time I had to cut a hole in mine when I had to pee. Did you? Yeah, it wouldn't come off. But it was after the show. Well, it wouldn't come off. They tend not to be detachable. Oh, sorry about it. Jumpsuit, right. Yeah, yeah. It's not a screw-in. Yeah, no, that, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yep. Let's do unpopular opinion.

I think you're going to love this. We're going to connect you to some of our very favourite Radio 1 listeners. And we have a theme tune. Please feel free to join in. Harmony is whatever you want to do. Here we go. Come and give us your unpopular opinion. Something up till now that you've been scared to say. Next time. That's incredible. You could sing too? Thank you. Levi!

Cheesecake is rubbish. It's neither a cheese or a cake. There we go. Going in strong with Levi. You're connected to Benson. Boom! What do you think of that, Benson? Wait, can I ask you a follow-up question to your statement? Yeah, crack on. If you add fruit to your cheesecake, does that make it any better?

You know what? I see where you're coming from. It's very rich. Levi, so what's your chosen sweet treat?

Jam-roasted pudding custard, doesn't it? Like a classic. Jam-roasted pudding custard. What is that? Yeah, well, explain that to Benson, because that's... Like custard, kind of like vanilla pudding kind of vibe? Yeah, warmed custard.

Okay, that actually sounds pretty good. Yeah, the jam roly-poly is really nice. It's a sponge with layers of jam rolled in, well, you roll it in together. Okay. How about next time I come on the show, can you maybe have some of that? Yeah. It's quite school dinners, isn't it, jam roly-poly, Levi? Yeah, but it's a classic. You put that next to your spotted dicks, your treacle tarts, your treacle sponges. What was the first one you said? Spotted dick. That is a real one. Yeah.

It's a dessert you have with custard. Do you like spotted dick, Levi? Oh, of course. Is that real? So next time you come in, we'll give you a choice of desserts. There'll be a nice fruit cheesecake, there'll be a jam roly-poly, or there'll be a spotted dick. And a spotted dick. A spotted dick for good measure. All right, great. Levi, thank you so much. Thank you. All right, let's go again. And come and give us your unpopular opinion. Something up till now that you've been scared to say. Mm-hmm.

Okay, and let's go to Phoebe for the next one. I think that there is a marathon epidemic going around at the moment. They're not enjoying themselves. There's also easier ways to show that you're tough, you know, like opening a jar. And I think that if social media didn't exist, half these people wouldn't be running these marathons. Phoebe, what do you think?

It is one of my life goals to never run a marathon. I'm being so serious. I hate running. I hate it. And what sucks even more is I'm good at it.

So like when I go on runs with my friends, they're like, dude, you should run more. You're great at this. And I'm like, no. No. It is the worst. Who wants to run 26 miles? It hurts too much. That doesn't even make sense. I'm with you. I like to do a sort of, I have done a marathon in the past, and I'll be honest with you, it's one of the worst days of my life. Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it. Radio One's All Day Breakfast. Benson Boone's on the breakfast show. Can you harmonize with me, please? Yeah, yeah. Okay, here we go.

Come and give us your unpopular opinion. Something up to now that you've been scared to say. Okay, the final... I don't know what to do! This is terrifying! Why? I've never heard this song before. We've got the lyrics down there. Oh. Yeah. We'll go again. Come on, give us... I'll cue you in. Okay. Come... Something up to now... Come on, give us your unpopular opinion. Something up to now that you've been scared to say.

I think it should go dark every night at 7pm. Oh, that's a really good unpopular opinion. No, it's not. No? That's changing nature. Oh, sorry. That's just saying you don't like the way the world works. Oh, is she on the phone? She's there now. Oh, I'm so sorry. That was way too harsh. Hey, listen, I really... You can be harsh with me, I don't mind. I hear you. I really do. But...

You might have to move somewhere else. That's true. Because you can find places that it gets darker earlier. That's not the problem here, okay? The problem is your location. I think that's true. So explain yourself, Emma. So what do you mean? Do you mean that it's just because at the minute, because we're in the middle of June, it's staying light till like quarter to ten, isn't it?

It's too late. Like, I want to be in bed. Like, I can't go to bed when it's still light outside and I feel I'm being dictated by the sun and I don't like it. Okay, well, listen. The sun schedule and your schedule are two different schedules, okay? There are some places in the U.S. I can recommend you if you want to, you know, get to bed earlier with the sunlight. But you know what? You just got to stick it out here. I mean, you just got to accept the way the world works and move on. Emma, thank you so much.

Can I just ask Benson a question? Do whatever you like. Emma, I am all ears. Thank you. Have you ever not landed a flip? Because I'm a big fan and I'm very concerned that one day you might not land it. I'll keep that in mind. I promise you I'm being safe. Because I'm coming to see you in the end of October and I don't want you in a cast or a sling or, you know, nothing like that. Yes.

Thank you, Emma. I'm excited to see you. It's for selfish reasons that Emma wants you to be careful. What show are you coming to, Emma? Manchester. Okay. All right. I will see you there. He's writing it down.

Oh, cute. He's writing it down. What are you writing it down for? You write your stuff down. I'm writing my stuff down. I'm just interested. You know what, Emma? I'm going to keep you on for the final unpopular opinion because it comes from... I was watching an interview with Amy Poehler and Rene Rapp. Ah, okay. Have a listen to this. I'm not big into boys flipping. Doing bad flips? We got to cut that out. Why are we cutting this out? Okay. Why does Rene Rapp not like Joy? What the hell?

Did Renee say that? She did, yeah. I'm not big into boys flipping, doing backflips. We got to cut that out.

Okay, Renee, so I see that you have pointed a gun in my direction. I'm just going to put up a shield, deflect it, and hope that it comes back your way. You try doing a backflip, okay? You try doing a backflip, and then let me know how that goes. And once you master how to do it, then maybe you can tell me what to stop or start doing, okay? Until I see that backflip, I will be flipping in your face for the next...

Okay? Thank you very much. Emma, I thought that Benson might need some backup there, but he didn't need it at all. Yeah. I love Renee, though. She's great. Thanks, Emma. Bye. Thank you so much. Bye.

Benson, boom! Thank you so much for being so fun on The Breakfast Show today. Thank you for having me. It's been really nice hanging out. And good luck with the album. Thank you. Thank you very much. American Heart. Yes, American Heart. That is the album. And it's going to be a smash. And thank you for wearing a jumpsuit. Honestly, this is a first for me. You're welcome. And we love your music and we love how fun you are, to be quite honest.

Thank you. I think people could say the same about you. You keep flipping. And you keep chatting. Good stuff from Benson Boone. Liked him a lot. Really, really fun. Funny videos being popped up on radio on socials. Probably by the man you're about to hear from. Goes like I'm doing The One Show. That was a proper segue. Yeah.

Probably filmed by the man you're about to hear from. Max Nicol is part of the Radio 1 social team and he was telling us about a funny Jeff Goldblum story. So we thought, you know what? That's great content for the radio. Radio 1's All Day Breakfast.

I need to talk about one of our good friends who often works on The Breakfast Show. He's a lovely man called Max. He does lots of filming things. He's a little sneak with his camera. Whenever you see a video of a big pop star or a movie star on radio and socials, more often than not, it's filmed by Max. So he gets to hang out with lots of famous people. And Max...

told us an amazing story last week that we just had to share with you. Morning, Greg. So about a year ago, Jeff Goldblum came into the Radio 1 studios to be on The Breakfast Show. And I was in the studio to film his appearance on the show. And he came into the room and he was introducing himself to everybody. And I came up to him and I said, oh, hi, my name's Max. And he went, Max, what's your full name?

And I said, oh, it's Max Nickel. And he went, Max Nickel? If my name was Max Nickel, I'd be a lot further ahead in my life right now. Great compliment from Jeff Goldblum. What a lovely thing. Max Nickel is a really, really good name. Jeff Goldblum, very suave, very charming. That would make you feel like a million dollars. But then... For the next couple of days, I went around with my head held high, thinking that my name held some weight. And then a couple of days later...

I was scrolling through TikTok, as you do, and Jeff Goldblum came up on the red carpet. And I thought, oh, here he is, my mate, Jeff. And he came up to me and he said, what's your name? And they gave their first name and he said, no, what's your full name? And I thought, oh, here we go. And they gave the full name. And he said, if I was called full name, I'd be a lot further ahead in my life right now.

And that was when that belief all came crashing down. Oh no, tragedy. He was doing a bit. It was a line. It was a ruse. He says it to everybody. He's charming, but he knows that charm works. So Max is now devastated. I do think it's still a good name, but this will happen with, this happens in our real lives. It doesn't just happen with Jeff Goldblum.

This is like when you're taken to the same place that the person always goes on all their dates to, and you find out that they take all their other dates to the same bar or the same restaurant or wherever. The giveaway being the landlord going, oh, nice to see you again. No, not again. Shut up, shut up, shut up. It'll happen on a date. It could be a boss as well. A boss could do this. It could be the same compliment to all members of staff.

Has someone told you something or taken you somewhere and you've realised it was all just a line they trot out all the time? A set menu, if you will. One! Have you been Goldblum'd? Do you Goldblum other people? Do you charm them with the same line? Do you take them to the same place that you take all the ladies? Mark's in Coventry and says, yes, I've got a good one for you. My uncle has proposed to each of his girlfriends on the same bench. Oh, my God.

Get a plaque on that bench immediately. Same beach in Cornwall. There's a bench there on the beach in Cornwall. And Mark in Coventry says, obviously, he's divorced two of them. Two of them? How many are we talking here, Mark? Get a bench for your uncle. Just put a little plaque on it. Amy's in Blackpool and says, Greg, I am the Goldblum. When I used to work in a clothes shop, I'd tell people how much I love what they've picked. You look fantastic. Fantastic.

And I'd always say, oh, I bought that the day before. I'd never actually bought any of them, obviously, just making conversation and getting that sale. You've got to get that sale. I haven't been Goldblum'd, Greg, but I do Goldblum my customers. I'm a dog groomer. And you can bet that I tell every single dog they're the most gorgeous pup I've ever seen. What a good girl. I'm just trying to think if I Goldblum. Do I Goldblum?

There was definitely a place I would take people on dates, but that was... I think that's okay, right? Tried and tested is fine. It's not that you're being lazy. It's just you want to... Maybe it is being lazy. First date with Bella, though. New place. New restaurant. New place. It was all new. Don't you even doubt it. Okay, maybe I've been to the restaurant once. I've been once, but we went and saw some comedy, which I hadn't seen that...

comedy show before, but the restaurant may have been tested. I think it's fine to test. How about this, Greg? I had a boss that would tell my parents I'm the best worker he's had. I found out he was telling all his workers' parents the same thing. And this is it. These people are charmers. To the voice notes! Greg, I think the Jeff Goldblum thing sounds more like an insult than a compliment. Oh, really?

I don't know, I think it's quite... I think it's quite... Does he mean it as a diss? No, it's a nice thing. He's saying that if he had Max Nichols' name, he'd have gone even further. To be honest, Jeff Goldblum is sort of top-tier name, isn't it? So I said to one woman as she was walking into a store that she had really nice hair and it looks like she's just had it done. And she said, I did just have it done. Thank you so much. As she was walking out of the store, she heard me saying the exact same thing to another woman who had also just had her hair done.

And she came up to me, she was furious. Oh, so you just say that to all the ladies, do you? Well, yeah, obviously.

Got to get those customers back. It's all about the repeat customers. I was dating a guy and he gave me a really beautiful molten brown candle, like one of the big ones, expensive ones, which I thought was really sweet until later on I found out that he just has this big stack of them and he just gives them out to, you know, girls that he takes out on dates after a few dates. So I didn't feel special, but I've still got the candle because it's nice. Yeah, still take the candle. Take the candle. The candle's a candle. We

We talked about this with books, didn't we? Who was it? Is it Susanna? Is it Tom? Tom, do you give the same? No, it's not the same book. It's not a regular thing. No, but there was someone else who also gives a book to someone that they're dating. It's like, oh, here's a book. But it's not the same book. It's not the same book. Oh, God. It's not a regular thing. Fun.

I think it's a nice thing. I think it's nice to receive a gift, even if it is, you know, you bought in bulk. Sophie! Hi. Hi. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. Have you been Goldblum'd or do you Goldblum? I have. I have, yes. Go on then. What is it? What happened? So my current boyfriend of almost eight years. Oh, don't say current. This is a real, this is a terrible term. Current boyfriend. Okay, go on.

So he took me to a restaurant on our first date. I'd actually seen him at the exact same restaurant a few months prior with another girl. Ah, did you bring it up? Yes, yeah, I said, oh, is this your regular spot then? And his reply?

Yeah, it was. He just owned it. Oh, okay. That's good. Yeah, I think it's okay. You didn't feel too weird about it, did you? No. In fairness, I think I was probably his... We were only 17 at the time, so I think it was only maybe two dates he'd been there with one of them being me. Yeah, this is the thing. If you've got someone that you can rely on, you don't want to be too stressed, you want to know what's what...

He was essentially auditioning you. And that was his set, like his theatre set. You were doing it there in that restaurant. And you're still together. That's nice. Yes, exactly. Yeah, it's completely fine. See, I've been thinking about this as we've been talking about it this morning, but I think I probably goldblum all the callers to this breakfast show because when I say goodbye to them when the song's on and I say, thanks very much, you were great.

I say that to, I kind of say that to everybody, but it's mainly because everyone's, I'm now worried that I don't mean it, but I do, I think I do mean it. So in a second, Sophie, when we, when we, when we stopped the on-air call and then I talked to you during wet leg and say, thanks for being on. You were great.

I want you to believe me, okay? Because I do... Oh, look, actually, look, here we go. Nick and Kentz just text the same thing. He says, you gobbling the listeners all the time. You've said to me, you're a very funny and great listener. And I know you've said this to multiple others as well. Yes, I know, but that's because you are all great, usually.

I'll tell you who I haven't said it to. The guy who called up and ruined cowboy time. I haven't said that to him. In fact, I presented him with a middle finger at Radio 1's Big Weekend when I saw him. So there you go. I'm not just saying it to everybody. However, Sophie, you have been great. Have a nice day. Thank you very much. And now we'll play a song. I'm going to speak to you off air and tell you the exact same thing. Okay? Stand by. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Greg, you've said that to me so many times when I've been on the show. Are you cheating on me? I thought you were making just me feel special. I want all the listeners to feel special. You are all great. But now Chris in Marquette is panicking because he says, oh, brilliant. I've been on air with you before and you've never spoken to me off air afterwards to say I was great. So now I feel un-great. Oh, God, this is a disaster. It's OK.

I'd say 95% of the time, we've got a little bit of time to say a goodbye on the radio than a goodbye off the radio. Sometimes when it's really busy and there's a load of things going on and we've got like a load of callers lined up, I might not have time to say goodbye to everybody or some people drop off the line. Chris, I'm sorry. You are great. You are enough. Okay? Just remember that. And do you know what? Because I feel bad and I'm a people pleaser.

Your star listener today. That's how great you are. There's your fanfare. Now shove it. No, I mean, enjoy it, I mean. And now, let's get you up to date with all the latest things. Radio One Breakfast. All the latest things. Alex Warren news. He's back at number one with Ordinary. Sabrina Carpenter was number one for one week, but he's back on top. He's got a new song as well with Rosé. You know Rosé from Blackpink? Yeah.

She collaborated with Bruno Mars on that huge song, APT. Well, Alex has got her on a track called On My Mind. A little teaser came out yesterday. Get ready for this song to be everywhere.

It reminds me of that one. What's the Gaga song? The Bradley Cooper one. What's that from the film? Shallow. Yeah, I think it's going to do a bit of that, isn't it? That will be spending the next 1,000 weeks at number one sometime very soon. So we'll play that as soon as we get the full version. Next, let's go to Annie-Anne on TikTok, who was flying to Salt Lake City the other day.

Her pilot was doing an announcement and had quite a severe message for the passengers. Wow. This guy really means business. I mean, I love it. You want a confident pilot, obviously, but that is... Yeah, you're not going to cross him, are you?

At the end, he says, I'm from Boston. I'm ex-Navy. I've gone through a divorce. I've heard all the bad words and it does not faze me at all. Wow. I'm from Boston. I'm ex-Navy. I'm going through a divorce. I wouldn't let him have it. I want to go and give him a hug. Poor guy. And finally, if you missed the show earlier today, we were talking about something very exciting that we recorded yesterday with one of the most famous people on the entire planet.

I spoke to Brad Pitt. Have you heard of him? And Dams and Idris, who are two of the stars of the new F1 movie. Brad Pitt stars as Sonny Hayes, a former F1 driver who dropped out of the sport after a huge crash in the 90s. That's part of the story. Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was. If the last thing I do is drive that car, I will take that life, man.

thousand times. I've seen the film. It's one of the most American things you could ever imagine. It's like glorious, wonderful nonsense. So Sonny is brought back to the sport to drive alongside Dams and Idris's character, a young but reckless new driver. When was the last time you won a race? Sunday, Daytona. Oh,

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant Formula 1. Oh, I'm sorry. Then same as you. It's good. They're very competitive. And actually, they were very competitive yesterday. We went racing with them on a Formula 1 simulator at the F1 Arcade. And here's a little peek of how it all started. It's like... My God! Here we go! Oh, I got a bad start. Here at Silverstone.

Oh, bye, Max. I'm doing everything flat. Oh, wow. That's interesting. Okay. Wow. Oh, so that's a race. Max is right. Gotcha. Take that, Brad Pitt. You've definitely been practicing. I know. I think I'm in dead last here. I took a little trip through the... It was basically just little boys playing computer games. So you can listen from 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to hear the full thing, plus the interview all about the movie. And with that, you're up to date with all the latest things. Radio 1 Breakfast.

And from all the latest things, we now do yesterday's quiz. Radio One's all-day breakfast. Radio One breakfast show, quiz time. Yesterday's quiz, every day at this time. Yesterday was Evie, who got 13 points. Today it's Bella. Hi, Bella. Hi, Greg. It's a name I say quite often, as it's my wife's name. Bella, welcome to the breakfast show. Thank you. So, fun job. Tell us about your fun job. I pay kitchens.

She's a decorator by trade. That's a fun job. You must enjoy it. Yeah, I don't mind it. It's all right. I find painting a wall quite soothing. Yeah, there's something quite therapeutic about it. Until you have to do the cutting in. Yeah, that's the tricky bit. That's when the professionals take over. That's when you're earning your money, isn't it there, Bella? Yeah.

So tell me what it's like when you have to paint someone's house a colour that you hate. Do you try and advise them against it or do you just go there? Do you just get on with it? Most people kind of have set in their mind what they want so it's just easier to get on with it really. And are you wincing as that roller's going up and down the wall? You're like, oh God, what are you doing? Yeah, sometimes. What's the in colour at the minute? What's the big trendy colour?

I think greens are in, dark greens. That's quite nice. Do you like the dark greens or do you think it's a bit too much? Getting a bit overdone, but I don't mind it. It's been worse. The customer's always right, Bella. Yeah, exactly. The customer doesn't always have taste, but they're always right in their head. So we've got a lot of questions about stuff that happened yesterday. Are you ready for yesterday's quiz?

I think so. I'll give it my best shot. I'm feeling better today. I was absolutely dreadful at the quiz yesterday and I have to hold my hands up. I've done, I must have done about 2,000 yesterday's quizzes and yesterday, I think, was the pits. That was the worst of it. To the point where producer Tom had to take over, which is really pathetic. So I'm on one today. We're going to make it good. Here we go.

Dingers, please. Thank you. OK, here we go with question number one. It was National Porridge Day. Name something you might put on porridge. Syrup. Rose teased her collaboration with Alex Warren. What position is Alex in in the UK charts? Oh, I'm not sure. Five? No, it's one. Archaeologists discovered what on the banks of the Nile, the ancient city of Imet, or a two-for-one mummification voucher?

Can you say it again, please? Sorry. Yeah, I'll stop the clock. What was on the banks of the Nile? The ancient city of Imet or a two-for-one mummification voucher? Ancient city. Yes, the ancient city is correct. Who was on yesterday's quiz yesterday? Evie. It was Evie. Rene Rapp announced her tour, but which musical did she play Regina George in? Mean Girls. Yes. A new expansion pack for Goat Simulator 3 launched. Give me your best impression of a simulated goat.

Very good. Two points for that. England's men's cricket team were in their fourth day in the test match against which country? South Africa? No, it was India. What time was it this time yesterday? 7.19. Yes, it was. Cardi B announced her new album, but is her famous track with Megan Thee Stallion called WAP or MOP? WAP. WAP is correct. Which lunar object was in its waning crescent phase?

A moon. Yeah, it was. What day was it yesterday? Monday. It was. Man United made an offer for Brian Mbwemo. Can you name me another famous Brian, please? God, I can't even think. A famous Brian. Oh, I'm not sure. I can't even think. Okay, let's move on. A teenager broke the world record for heaviest cantaloupe melon. But what did it weigh more than? A washing machine or a Volvo XC90?

A washing machine. What's a washing machine? And let's have one more, shall we? What was found in a Lincolnshire woodland? A python or an ancient recipe for the famous Lincolnshire sausage? Famous recipe? No, it was a python.

Yes. I found a recipe in the woods for a sausage. I'd love that. I might give you a point just for the image of someone running through the forest going, I found it. I found it, sire. I found the sausage. I found the sausage you were so after. OK, that's good. There's some great questions today. Who was...

Someone was in a weird bit. Henry, was it you? It was mainly me. You were in a very strange mood today, but in a great strange mood. Anyway, Bella, thank you for doing that today. 11 points on the quiz. Thank you. Thanks. That's pretty good. It wasn't a disaster at all. No famous Bryans in your head? I couldn't think of any, honestly. Cox? Nothing's popping in there. Could have done. That wasn't me being rude to you. I was... Cox?

Brian Cox, obviously. A couple of Brian Coxes knocking around. Brian Cranston, I would have accepted. Oh, yeah. Anyway, that is the end of yesterday's quiz. And have a great day decorating those kitchens. And we'll catch up soon. Thank you so much, Bella. Have a great day. Thanks. And you, thanks. Good from Bella. And a much better performance from me as well.

Next, some news about tomorrow's guests. BBC Radio. I'm playing Ferrari by James Hype and this is very, this is appropriate because yesterday Callum, I must tell you about my very, very exciting day. Yes.

You know I quite like F1. You do quite like F1. You know it was the F1... It was F1 the movie premiere last night. Nice. And I was looking at all the photos and stuff this morning of Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, the two stars of the film. Yep. Plus Tate McRae and Ed Sheeran. They turned up because they're part of the soundtrack of the movie. And also...

Tom Cruise was there. Wow. Because, you know, big movie stars attract big movie stars. Yeah. The guy who worked on Top Gun also worked on this F1 film. You know, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are definitely pals, aren't they? You see one and you think the other one might be a cool spy. Yeah, they're definitely a similar flavour, aren't they, of madly famous Hollywood celebrity. So just a few hours before that premiere...

I was hanging out with Brad Pitt and Damson Idris. And by hanging out, I mean I was racing them on an F1 simulator. I... I don't think you've ever said that sentence before. I don't think anyone's maybe ever said that sentence before. Yesterday was a day that 10-year-old me would have absolutely freaked out about. And...

Thing is, put me in an arcade and I'm there all day. Already quite happy. I'm really happy. Give me an old version of Sega Rally even and I'm there. Just give me a load of pound coins and you won't see me till 5pm. I'll just be there all day. And I couldn't believe we were getting to do it yesterday. Did you think it won't really be him? He won't really be there? Well, I did actually think when we got there

I'll believe it when I see it. Yeah, he's busy. He's got a lot on. He can't make it. He's running late. You know when people are busy when they're big, massive, famous celebs, you just think, they're probably not going to make time for this. There's famous people and then there's like Brad Pitt. Totally. Isn't there? Yeah.

That's sort of insanely recognisable, being famous for 40 years. Yeah, like he can't walk more than 10 yards with somebody spotting him and saying hello, right? It was unbelievable. He just walked through into the F1 arcade yesterday in London. London? London.

And it was just totally normal. Wow. And we were sitting there. And you'll hear the whole thing tomorrow. What was your opening thing? What was the first thing you said to Brad Pitt? He said to me, first thing he said was...

I hear you've been practicing. I went, of course I have. But I went, so have you, mate. You've been doing that film for four years. So you've been, because obviously he learned to drive a proper racing car. Good combat mode immediately from you. I like it. Oh my God. Yeah, I'm not going to. Straight in there. I'm there. I was like, Brad, I love you. I'm here to win. Exactly. Exactly that. So I find out if I did win.

just racing around on these simulators, chatting about the film, chatting about, we did Unpopular Opinion F1 edition, which features some drivers as well. It features Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz. So if you're an F1 fan, definitely listen tomorrow. If you're a movie fan, definitely listen tomorrow. Do you know what? Just listen tomorrow, please. How do you say goodbye to Brad Pitt? Is that a good word?

That sounds like a silly question, but what do you do? It's nice to meet you, see you again sometime. I actually very boldly said, I'll see you soon. I'll see you again sometime. You might, you will. Those movie stars tend to be so charming that you think that they want to hang out with you when they're not just promoting their film. Yes. So it's tempting to go,

Do you want to go for a pint? Me and the team are going to go for a pint. But I didn't say that, obviously. You never know what if he'd said yes. He might have said yes. What if he'd said yes? He's not walking into pubs in London. He can't walk into a pub in London. No, but he might have had someone he could have taken you. Brad, do you have a private members club you could take me to for a pint, please? BBC.

That is the end of today's Breakfast Show podcast. Thank you for listening. I'll be back tomorrow with Brad Pitt and Damson Idris and some very funny, silly computer game stuff. Bye. Radio One's All Day Breakfast.