Shane Warne's son spills on Australian cricket legend's cheeky habit

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Shane Warne built a career off bamboozling opposition batsmen and his son Jackson has now revealed the Australian cricket legend was also far from an easy read for restaurant staff and patrons.
The king of spin tragically died of a heart attack aged 52 on March 4, 2022, while staying at a luxury villa in Koh Samui, Thailand.
But when he was alive, he was known for his insane sporting ability, charisma, quick wit and his childlike tastebuds.
Warne was regularly seen downing a pizza, spaghetti bolognese or bacon sandwiches and would avoid fruit and vegetables at all costs.
His pre-game preferences of baked beans on toast, and midgame snacks often raised eyebrows.
Warne's friends often joked that his diet resembled that of a child rather than an athletic specimen.
And in a rare insight into the sporting icon, his son Jackson revealed his father would even order takeaway from a different restaurant to the one he was at.
'You know (Japanese restaurant) Nobu and Rockpool at Crown?' Jackson said on the Life of Brian Podcast.
'There have been multiple times where he would have an important meeting or catch up with people there for dinner.
'He would go to the restaurants – he knew he wasn't going to eat anything – he would be looking at the menu (and say), 'I don't eat steak, these fish and oysters, no thanks, not for me'.
'So 40 minutes later, there would be a pizza from Gradi, just around the corner.
'He would be eating a pizza from a different restaurant in one of the restaurants there.'
It isn't the first time light has been shed on Warne's truly unique dining traditions.
Aussie pace legend Brett Lee revealed on the Willow Talk Cricket Podcast in November that it was almost a tradition for Warnie to order pizza to be delivered to any fancy restaurant he was at.
And it wouldn't be a supreme or even a meatlovers, just a simple cheese and nothing else.
'I remember going to that famous Japanese restaurant Nobu, and Warnie ordered a margherita pizza,' Lee said.
'Warnie only ever ate his baked beans, cheese on toast, he liked lasagna, spaghetti bolognese and margherita pizzas.
'We were going to one of the best restaurants in the world, and Warnie, just being Warnie, decided to order margherita pizza.
'I don't think he ever ate one vegetable in his life.'
Warne must have been doing something right however. He is considered one of the greatest cricketers to ever play the game, claiming a whopping 708 Test wickets at 25.41 in 145 matches between 1992 and 2007.