Jay-Jay's holiday joy: 'FINDING LOVE IS THE BEST GIFT!'

The beloved More FM host opens up about her new boyfriend, downsized boobs and spending the holidays with her ex

- Fleur Guthrie

Perched on a stool in her kitchen, Jay-Jay Feeney takes a sip of her coffee, breaks out a big smile and reflects that she finally has a lot to celebrate this Christmas. Where the pandemic once clipped her wings, this year has brought about some newfound freedoms.

The popular radio host is walking unaided again after a broken ankle, has happily ditched underwire bras after recent breast-reduction surgery – farewell, F-cups! – and no longer feels the need to crop her boyfriend, Hoani Molnar, out of social media photos to keep his identity secret.

It’s 8am on a Tuesday when the loved-up pair welcome Woman’s Day into her innercity Auckland apartment. They enjoy a quick goodbye kiss and cuddle before he leaves for work managing a fashion-tailoring store.

Finding themselves in the throes of a promising new relationship was not something either pictured when the country was thrown into a level-four lockdown in August 2021. Following a mutual friend’s dinner in July, Jay-Jay had invited everyone back to her place for cocktails. The next day, she discovered Hoani had left his scarf behind.

“So I messaged my friend Steve and asked for Hoani’s number,” she recalls. “Then I texted him, ‘Can I drop off your scarf or courier it?’ He replied that he’d pick it up and arrived later with a bottle of wine! We started just hanging out and thought each other was really cool, but it wasn’t going to be ‘a thing’. I wasn’t looking for a relationship.