'He's not well': Australian Idol star Guy Sebastian rushed to hospital to undergo surgery after suffering serious injury in football game
Guy Sebastian has been rushed to hospital after he sustained an injury during a football game with AFL legend Brendan Fevola.
On Saturday, the Australian singer, 43, and former Carlton player, 44, teamed up to help Masala Dandenong Football Club break a losing streak at Lois Twohig Reserve in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong North.
Sebastian and Fevola led Masala to a tense 55–53 win over South Melbourne Districts as a thundering crowd cheered on the underdogs.
The stars united as part of a promotion by Fox FM's Fifi, Fev, and Nick breakfast show, where Fevola offers his skills for battling local clubs.
Masala suffered a 229-point defeat to St Bede's Mentone the week prior, but soared to victory with the 623-goal kicking star in their line-up.
The AFL great scored six goals and plucked several one-handed marks to help secure the win.
However, Sebastian's afternoon was cut short by injury.
The Australian Idol 2003 runner-up could be seen limping out of the park in the fourth quarter.
He had his leg iced and wrapped and left the ground on crutches.
The Battle Scars hitmaker took to Instagram shortly afterwards and addressed his injury with worried fans.
"Thought I'd strap on the boots after a LONG hiatus and performed for the locals," Sebastian said.
"Great day out for Masala Dandenong getting their first win with @brendanfevola25 kicking a bag!
"Unfortunately, I've done a proper number on myself. #realitycheck #sticktosinging #footyglorydaysareover @thefox1019."
Fevola later appeared on Channel 7's Sunday Footy Feast where he revealed Sebastian ruptured his Achilles and was due to undergo surgery.
"I spoke to him this morning, he's not well," the former Brisbane Lions player said.
"He's ruptured his Achilles. He's getting surgery on Monday and is in hospital.
"So he missed his mate's 40th, but hey, we got good headlines, which is great (laughs).
"He had a mate's 40th back in Sydney, so when we decided to do this to help out a footy club...they're horrible. That was the whole point."
Fevola said Guy agreed to Saturday's game and pushed himself to continue with the second quarter after originally only planning to play in the first.
"There were a couple of other teams to play (on Saturday), but Guy Sebastian just released his new single, Maybe, so I said, 'mate, do you think you can come out and sing at half-time?'," he said.
"And he said 'mate, I'd love to'."
"Guy actually played the first quarter, sung at half-time, sung virtually a whole concert and then he was so into it, he was actually having a crack,' Fevola explained.
"He goes, 'I'll play the second half'. Fourth quarter, I saw him fall down and I couldn't stop laughing because he just fell. I was like 'mate, singers shouldn't play footy, footy players shouldn't sing, keep to your genre'.
"And he looked around, and he goes, 'I think something popped'. I said 'that's not good, because I've done both Achilles'."
It came after the Victoria Amateur Football Club (VAFA) association investigated Sebastian and Fevola's appearance when VAFA clubs questioned their eligibility as the competition strictly prohibited payments to players.
The investigation found Sebastian and Fevola would not be paid, so their appearance went ahead.
Both stars were reportedly willing to sign a legal document to confirm the findings.
A Fox FM producer said Sebastian and Fevola's appearance was purely 'a promotional exercise'.
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