Preparing for Pitbull!
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BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's all day breakfast with Greg James. Hello and welcome to Friday's edition of The Breakfast Show podcast. This is Greg James over here and we've got a lovely room full of people. Producer Tom is there, Amy, two stalwarts, two pillars of The Breakfast Show. How come he's called Producer Tom and I'm not called Producer Amy? Do you want to do a bit of both?

I was about to say you're stalwarts of the Breakfast Show. I was about to say you're legends. You're the pillars. I'm just a bit offended. Well, I'm going to change pillar to pillock. We're joined by newcomers, relative newcomers. Liberty to my left. Liberty on the left. And at the back of the room is Billy. Hello. Who made his debut yesterday. So let's pick over the bones of today's Breakfast Show. We're going to have grievances because we have Friday grievances on.

I imagine producer Amy's grievance will be very obvious to everyone. And we'll kick off with a very exciting chat about tonight. Callum Leslie. Good morning. We have some very serious logistics to talk through. Important things to work out. Very, very important things. And I need to tell my friends what we're doing about bald caps and glasses. Oh, yeah. OK. This was something suggested earlier today on...

from Jess in Kent. She said, I've got my bald cap and my aviators and tie ready to go. Are we dressing as Pitbull to go and watch Pitbull? If you want to do that, I'm up for doing that. I think I do, yes. Okay, let's dress up as Pitbull then. I need to get some bald caps for everyone. Right. Okay, bring your own sunglasses, but I can provide bald caps. Okay. Okay. Any type of sunglass? Just anything at all? It's aviators. If you're going to go true to Pitbull, it's aviators, isn't it? Yeah, it is, isn't it?

So that's exciting. 20,000 people dressed like him watching him. Great. Now, we need to talk about the interview because a lot of people will be sort of half up to date with the story. I had banned him for a long time because...

He refused to get involved in Pitbull Day when we wanted to celebrate him. Remember that day? And so we banned him. The ban has been slowly lifted over the preceding few months. And here we are, fully out of ban because we have been promised time with Pitbull to do an interview with him. Unfortunately, that time is not today. It's tomorrow. So he's invited me to interview him tomorrow morning.

In his hotel room. Oh my goodness, what? In his hotel suite. In his hotel. You'll have a hotel. Yeah, well, it's not going to be a hotel motel holiday inn, is it? But it's going to be... There you go, there's the first bit of the interview. But it's not going to be that, is it? So I'm going to go... We're going to go and see Pitbull tonight, dressed as him. And then tomorrow morning, I'm going to get up and go to his hotel and interview him.

Wow. Think that's okay? I think that's a weekend for the ages. Quite fun? I think very fun. So, that was... I think that was all the things on my agenda. Okay, so sunglasses for the bald caps. Bald cap sunglasses. The interview... Just to confirm to everyone, the interview...

It should be happening. This is the thing. Pitbull is obviously very famous, but without question, the most difficult interview to arrange we've ever had. Without question. Forget Attenborough. Forget The Rock. Forget Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. Pitbull, number one difficult one to get hold of. But everyone wants a piece of Pitbull. Everyone wants a piece of the bull.

Or the pit. I don't know. So that's going to happen tomorrow. You'll hear it on the radio. When are we going to play that out then? Next Wednesday. Next Wednesday. Okay, we're going to make you wait. We can't get in the way of Mega Massive Monday.

So, pit bull, pity bee, pee bull. What did we find out it's shortened to, though? They shorten it to something, don't they? Pit. Yeah, not bull. No, they don't say bull. That's interesting, isn't it? They go for pit. Because bull sounds like you're making things up. Oh, yeah. That's bull. And they're like, oh, no, no, it is pit. Are you going to address him as pit Mr. Bull?

Mr. Worldwide? Of course. Mr. Worldwide. So my cousins come in tonight and they grew up in Weymouth, right? And he messaged me last night and said, you know what the area code for Weymouth is, don't you? It's 01305. That's the second question. So my cousins are going to potentially meet Mr. 305 because the Weymouth area code is Mr. 01305. Fuck.

Fantastic. Emily in Hereford says, are you worried that it's going to be a don't meet your hero situation? We go way back. There's an amazingly awkward photo of when we met the first time, maybe about 10 years ago. We held hands during the photo. We were like, we were going to do a handshake. It was really weird. Like I'd just bought a used car off him. Or I'd just signed for a non-league football side. Greg, when an ironic interest becomes the beast that steals your weekend. And I'm very happy for it to take over most of my weekend, to be honest.

You've got to commit. We commit to the bit. So that's good. That's very, very good. A bit of behind the scenes, which I've just noticed. This is exciting. We've got a celebrity listener. Bethany England, off of Spurs and the Lionesses, listens to The Breakfast Show every day. She says, Morning, Greg. Just wanted to say I'm a huge fan.

feelings mutual I listen every day on the way to training the quiz and Shawn Mendes are always top tier she loves Shawn Mendes she loves space stuff I'll also be at Pitbull tonight no bald cap I'm afraid but excited nonetheless and then she put go well which indicates to me that she's also a tailenders listener so cheers Bethany so are we bald capping or what we're struggling to find one at the moment they haven't

Let's just say the fancy dress shops of central London do not have a lot of bald caps, do they, Liberty? Maybe not on the day of an O2 pitbull show. That's why, isn't it? There is a rush on them. There is a rush. He absolutely should be selling bald caps. And I will suggest this to him in the interview that we do, if it happens. I'll say, mate, why are you not jumping on this? He loves a business opportunity. Sell official pitbull bald caps. You will sell tens of thousands, nay, hundreds of thousands.

Anyway, maybe we should... Should we get Bethany England on to do a review of Pitbull? Yeah. She's up for it. That's unique content. You ain't getting that with Amanda Holden. You're not. You're just not. You're not getting that. Okay, well, let's give that a go. We'll see if Bethany's around on Monday morning. Elsewhere today, we were joined by Harriet and Molly for the quiz final. Are you both ready? We're ready. Okay.

Don't do that. That is immediately making me want you to win, Harriet. No, I don't want to win now. She's my little cheerleader. That was the sweetest thing I've ever heard. Okay. Harriet versus Molly. You actually get to go first, Harriet, because you're on 15 and stick insects up for grabs. Taylor Swift all too well and Natasha Bedingfield all up for grabs. Here we go. Question number one. Let's see if we've got some dingers. I'm sure we have.

Question one. It was National Love Your Pet Day. What's the name of my dog? Barney. Yes. It was the 40th anniversary special live episode of which soap last night? This is for Molly. EastEnders. Yes. Harriet, we're back with you. Question two. The Met Office warned of strong winds in the North East. Please do an impression of me if I was experiencing some strong wind.

Oh, frightfully windy. That's interesting you went for that and you didn't go for farting. I was expecting a fart noise, but that's fine. We'll give you a point. Question two for you, Molly. A seagull was rescued from a bin in Scotland. Do your best impression of a rescued seagull. Question three. Gerwin Price won night three of the Darts Premier League in Dublin. How many points do you get if you hit the bull on a darts board? Fifty. Yes.

Molly, India played Bangladesh in the ICC Champions Trophy, but which team won? India or Bangladesh? Oh, India? It was India. Yes. Question four. Harriet, back with you. It was Olivia Rodrigo's birthday, but what was her hit song called Vampire or Werewolf? Vampire. It was Vampire. Molly, which 17 Going Under and Hypersonic Missile singer was announced as one of the headliners at the Formula One Grand Prix in Silverstone this year? Sam Fender. Yes. Yes.

Harriet, this for the win. Oh, it's like camping, it's so intense. The creators of which British stop-motion animated series announced there will likely be another film coming? Wallace and Gromit. You're saying Wallace and Gromit? Yeah. Wallace and Gromit is the correct answer. Harriet won the week. Molly, you get to keep the stick insects, I'm sorry. Sadly.

Well played, Harriet. Very, very good. It's your little girl there. Is she happy? She's here. She's jumping on the bed because we get to hear Taylor Swift. That's good. Do you want to put her on quickly? Yeah. Do you want to say hi to Greg, baby? Yeah. Mummy won! Woo!

She did so well. They're great characters. In fact, the whole team have been brilliant this week. And we spoke to the matriarch a bit later on. Liz, the mum, did wrong-uns. We have 60 seconds on the clock. Are you ready for your questions? I'm ready. OK, here we go then. Today's wrong-uns. Wrong answers only from Liz. I was going to say the mum of the group from the quiz, but actually you're a grandmother now.

I am a grandma. I am indeed two beautiful little granddaughters, both of which I'll be seeing a bit later today. Oh, that's nice. Yeah, I've heard from Esme. Who's the other one? Otterley. Otterley. Nice. Big up, Otterley. All right, here we go with Rangan's 60 Seconds. Your time starts now. Give me something that you'd normally put on a sandwich, Liz. Salt. Name one of your daughters. Freddie. What do you dunk in a cup of tea? Banana. What was I telling people to hug to help de-stress themselves this week?

Fish. Are you a very good swimmer? Yes, brilliant swimmer. Who is the King of England? Scott Mills. What noise does your dog make? What's your preferred way to start the day? Listening to the Radio World Breakfast Show. Hey, liar. How do you cool down hot soup? Put the kettle on. What is your name? Geoffrey. What is my name? Simon Mayo. Name something you can sit on.

A pair of shoes. What do you use a spoon for usually? Giving injections. And who presented the BAFTAs this week? Bruno Mars.

You remember Bruno Mars from your yesterday's quiz round, didn't you? That was good. That was very good. Let's go through some of your answers here because I might query one or two of them. Salt in a sandwich. I could put salt in a sandwich. I'll be lenient. You wouldn't have a salt sandwich, would you? But you might have a salt beef sandwich, for example. Might put a little bit of extra seasoning. You would add a little bit of salt to your chicken, maybe. Could do. Could do, Liz. Yeah. So, do you know what? I'll be lenient, give you a point for that one.

King of England's Scott Mills. I'd actually argue Queen of England, but that's fine. Yes, we'll give you the point for that. Daughters. Did you call one of them Freddie? Was that one of the ones? That's good. Your dog noise was amazing. You don't listen to The Breakfast Show, so that was a correct answer. Simon Mayo getting a shout out as well. Shoes. Spoonies for injections. Do you know what? Very good round that, Liz. 14 points. You smashed it.

Amazing. Yay! I can go forward with my day. You can. You can breathe a sigh of relief. It wasn't a disaster. It was really fun. And we loved having you on, Liz, this week. Thanks for being such good support. Thank you for having me, Greg. It's been brilliant. Thank you. I'm glad you've enjoyed it. And we go again with more wrong-uns next week. Liz, have a great weekend. Cheerio. Bye. There's another cheerio for you.

Time now to get you up to date with all the latest things. All the latest things. Katie says, please can we talk about how good EastEnders was last night? Yes, we can. They smashed it, that live episode. You're supposed to be on edge watching it. I mean, anyway, because it's good drama. But when it's live and it's got a little thing in the corner that says EE Live, you're like, oh, God. So, so clever to do that live.

A technical nightmare, but an amazing achievement. It was great. Annoyingly, no one messed up. It's a bit annoying. No, come on, everyone's a little bit. A little slip-up would have been great, but it was nothing. It was faultless and brilliantly done and like a great celebration of this institution that we've all grown up watching.

So you could vote for who Denise would end up with. Was it Ravi or Jack? And then, I just thought it was so clever, because they're like, oh, you must have rehearsed two versions of it, and you've got two bits of script, and then... Ravi and me, we'd never go anywhere. We're from, like, two different worlds, and I see a future with you, Jack. See, that was the moment she could have said the wrong name. That could have been the moment, but she didn't. And then there they were at the end, sort of smooching on the sofa. I want to get to know you all over again.

Hello, my name's Jack Brennan. Nice to meet you. Hello. Hello, my name's Jack Brennan. Nice to meet you. It wasn't a happy ending for everyone, though. This is a big spoiler. So if you don't want to know what happened, but you should have been watching. It was live. You've got to watch these things. It was only half an hour of your life, and it's very important. If you're not bothered by the spoiler, then you're not bothered. Martin Fowler first arrived in 1985 when the show first began. He was the first EastEnders baby. His parents, Pauline and Arthur...

And he took this moment yesterday to declare his love, undying love, to Stacey. It's always been Stacey, because she feels like home and adventure all wrapped into one. I feel like I've travelled the world just by staying right here in Walford. It was a great bit and then it ended badly. He was trapped under a beam in the Queen Vic and he died.

Big shout out to Natalie Cassidy. Performance of a lifetime. Giving birth. Giving birth on a live episode of EastEnders. Natalie Cassidy. National treasure. Brilliant. What else has been going on? Oh yeah, another British institution. Wallace and Gromit has become even more legendary since that amazing Christmas episode. A statue of Feathers McGraw, one of the greatest evil bad guys ever in anything, was unveiled in Preston. In Nick Park, the creator's hometown. This was the unveiling yesterday.

What are you cheering for? You should be booing. That's Feathers McGraw. Nick Park gave a speech. Feathers McGraw only very recently became the most popular trending image that people were asking for in tattoo parlours. Yeah, I've got a Feathers McGraw water bottle. Maybe a tattoo is the next logical step.

And finally, Sam Fender's album People Watching is finally out today. They've been working on it for about three years and we've been so excited for it. He's been nervous about releasing the whole thing. He was nervous on Instagram yesterday. Hello everybody. I just want to say a massive thank you to everybody who's pre-ordered the album because it's out tomorrow and I'm absolutely buzzing. I'm going to get me suit measured. He's been waiting for the album to drop for ages. The video of him yesterday...

nervously tapping his fingers on the desk he's going to be at Radio 1's big weekend in Liverpool headlining it and we cannot wait for that that's all the show stuff from today there's a lot of live things which wouldn't make sense on a podcast and I don't want to bore you with them not that they were boring but they were sort of you know promoting Radio 1's dance thing tonight and Mega Massive Monday blah blah blah you'll hear that anyway

Let's now cross to producer Amy to kick off the Friday grievances. Amy. I don't actually have any grievances. It's probably a shocker, I know. I've already got mine out at you. But I do think you should admit something to Liberty. And I think she might have a grievance about it. Oh. Yeah. Liberty, when you were editing something to my left and you had your headphones on the other day. Right. Maybe Wednesday? Wednesday.

No one else was in the studio at that point, I don't think. And I saw that you had your headphones on. I burped. Did you hear it? No. How often do you do this? That was just once. It was one burp. It was just one burp. Not on air. I gave a quick glance to my left and went, nah, she can't hear this. And I just went, what? And you didn't hear it. So you purposefully waited for me so I couldn't hear it? No, I didn't wait. It appeared at that time. I might have swallowed it.

If you were headphone-less, but you were fully engrossed in the edit of something. And so I thought, now's my chance. I don't know if that's polite or really, really weird. Maybe both. Maybe both. Could be both those things. Could be somewhere in the middle. What do you think? A little column A, a little column B. Yeah, a little bit from column A, a little bit from column B. And you know he directed it

No, that's not true. I didn't. Why? I didn't. I didn't. Although I did used to do that to friends of mine where you burp and blow. The burp and blow. I think it's Tom sometimes. The burp and blow is very, very funny. You did that to me the other day.

The burp and blow is as funny as the fart and waft, isn't it? Oh my God, fart slipper. Or the cupping a fart and throwing it. That's good. If you do that, I will quit. I would never do that in a studio. In a studio environment, I would never do that. However, maybe at a pitbull show, I might be tempted. I might get carried away with myself, dressed as pitbull, cupping my farts, throwing them around everywhere, burping and blowing on everyone. Liberty, so I apologise. You don't have to accept the apology. I just wanted to say it.

Yeah, you also threw paper at me earlier in the week. I didn't throw it at you. I was being dramatic. I was pretending to rip up the playlist and I threw it because if you throw it at that window, it makes a good noise. Listen, it happened to be over your head. It was over your head. Thanks. Thanks. Well, I'm sorry, but great work this week. How about that? You've been great this week. Can we have a round of applause for Liberty? Yeah.

Okay, so that was Liberty's grievance, which I just wanted to admit to. Thanks for throwing me under the bus, Amy. Tom, have you got a grievance? I've got a grievance. Have you? It's a long-running grievance. Oh, dear. So, do you remember I was trying to find my, you know, I make my little overnight oats, my little sad little pot of, like, gruel. And I've had a busy start to the show, so I hadn't had time to eat it before the show. And during the show, I was trying to find it.

I just couldn't find it and I thought maybe I'd left it in one of the fridges, I'd put it in the wrong place. I checked both the fridges, I checked in the kitchens, I was walking around. I just couldn't find it. And it took about, I don't know, about 30 minutes to an hour maybe of looking for it. And then eventually, Vanuri admitted that... It was me. Was it you? Yeah, I broke. Yeah, but the oats had been hidden in the back of the studio by Amy. LAUGHTER

Toxic behaviour. To be fair, that day, I actually found it quite funny. I needed a bit of a pick-me-up. I thought it was funny. You get wandering around in circles. I remember it. I wasn't massively part of this, just so you know. Okay. He was the one that hid the oats.

Oh, well, they used my height. They used your height. Okay. Well, you're still a party to it. I do give in easily to peer pressure. That's understandable. So something else that's been happening for weeks and maybe months now is that, so we go into the office after the show. So we come straight in here in the morning about 5.30. After the show, we go into the office and sit down, put my coat and my jumper and my jacket, whatever, on the chair.

This thing's been happening for ages where one of them, just one of them, so my coat will still be there and then my jacket or like my shirt or jumper will be on the coat rack. And I didn't even know. I genuinely didn't know about this one. Oh, no, no. And I've been like, I must have put my jumper somewhere. And I've been like walking around the studio trying to find it. And it's been going on for...

weeks I think maybe months months and you know anyone who wakes up really early for work knows that it messes with your memory a bit so I just thought I was just going more more mad than I am what's been this is you Amy yeah well let him finish so Liberty on the team this week broke Liberty saw me looking sad and confused and then Liberty was like coat hanger and I was like

And then it just all clicked into place. Where even is the coat hanger? It's like over by where networks sit and stuff. We don't have, that's not a famous thing in the building. No, so it's been going on for, so I thought, when it's happened before, when it's been different places, I've just thought, I must have left it on the floor and someone's being nice and hung it up for me.

and it's basically just been gaslighting. But you haven't realised that your belongings are on a coat stand? No, no, I'd eventually find them, but it would take me, like... I'd be walking around the office for a while. Yeah, but you hadn't put them there, so why did you not think, oh, that's weird. Well, no, I thought that I'd left it somewhere and that someone was being nice and putting it there. Every day? Not every day, every day, but it'd be like once a week. Ah, that's clever, Amy. Never do it every day. Don't overdo it. So I thought my brain had been playing more tricks on me for months. Oh.

Amy. Genius, isn't it? It's genius, but it's devious. Shame on Liberty. I'm sorry, shame on you. She broke and told Tom. You know, Veneri didn't. Susanna didn't. You broke. He looked so sad. He always looks sad. It's his face. That is my face. Don't give in to it.

We've got to come up with some revenge for Amy. You would never, ever be able to get me. I think I would be able to get you. Challenge. That is music to someone as annoying as mine is. Things are going to get very toxic in here. Things are about to get so toxic. Emotional warfare, guys.

Well, Amy, congratulations. Thank you. An amazing stunt pulled off with aplomb. And so what was that? How many months do you reckon? About six, yeah. Six! Thank you everyone for listening this week and we'll be back on Monday for Mega Massive Monday which will be Mega Massive Battle Tracks. See you Monday.