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News.com.au
a day ago
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Wayne Carey flees the country after alleged toilet tryst to ‘escape from reality'
Former AFL star Wayne Carey has fled the country with his family to 'escape from reality' after making headlines for an alleged toilet tryst. Carey went viral in July after footage filmed at Toorak Cellars in Armadale, showed him following a woman out of a bathroom. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. As the recording unfolded, a voice behind the camera can be heard saying, 'She looks embarrassed' as a woman left the bathroom, before a second added, 'What's he (Carey) doing in there?' Carey and the woman in the video, marketing executive Kate Aston, both hit out at the footage as it made headlines, with the premiership star labelling it cyber-bullying. You can watch the video in the player above And now the North Melbourne great has revealed he has left Australia, taking his children on holiday to an Asian country to 'escape'. 'Couldn't be better where I am,'' Carey said on Sam Newman's You Cannot Be Serious podcast this week. 'No one knows where you are, and where I am, who I am. Just a beautiful part of the world this is. 'I'm not Australia's most wanted at the minute. Anyone who wants to escape from reality, take four children, put them on a plane and if you think you're escaping from reality, you're kidding yourself.' Newman hinted that Carey was holidaying in Malaysia as he went on to explain the reason behind Wayne's sudden trip abroad. 'Just withdrawn from the public arena for the time being, just to gather yourself,' Newman said. 'You've got on a plane with your four children and you've left the country.' In response, Wayne cheekily replied: 'I'm not going to be on Banged Up Abroad.' Carey also added that he was away to 'get out of the mainstream', and that he had taken his children away despite it not being school holidays. 'I've pulled the kids out of school and said let's do it now. One, because it's not as busy, two, we'll make it educational,' Carey said. The latest update comes after the 54-year-old revealed following the viral video, he'd been given the nickname 'toilet duck'. Carey, is affectionately called Duck by his friends, including Newman. But the nickname 'Toilet Duck' has originated from a footy fan forum on Reddit. It is a play on the name of the US toilet cleaning brand, Toilet Duck. The American brand's bottles typically have a neck that is shaped like that of a duck's. Carey and Ashton continue to consult with lawyers as fallout from the video continues. Both Carey and Ashton have denied any wrongdoing, with the Kangaroos legend saying it was a breach of privacy and 'slut shaming'. Carey also said what had happened to them should be looked at on the same level as when racist abuse is directed at players. While Aston labelled it a 'deliberate act of bullying' and said she was continuing to consult with lawyers.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
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- Daily Mail
AFL great Wayne Carey reveals he has fled Australia to 'escape from reality' in Asia after his alleged 'toilet tryst' video went viral
Wayne Carey has fled the country after his alleged 'toilet tryst' dominated headlines. The former AFL star, who has earned himself the nickname 'Toilet Duck' thanks to the now viral video, revealed on Sam Newman's podcast You Cannot Be Serious that he was currently enjoying a vacation with his family somewhere in Asia. 'Couldn't be better where I am,' 54-year-old Wayne said on Wednesday. 'No one knows where you are, and where I am, who I am. Just a beautiful part of the world this is.' He went on to hint that his problems back at home hadn't gone away just because he'd left the country. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'I'm not Australia's most wanted at the minute. Anyone that wants to escape from reality, take four children, put them on a plane and if you think you're escaping from reality - you're kidding yourself.' In the podcast episode, Wayne revealed that he was sitting poolside alongside his partner Jessica Paulke. Podcast host Sam, who guessed that Wayne was in Malaysia, went on to explain the reason behind Wayne's sudden trip. 'Just withdrawn from the public arena for the time being, just to gather yourself,' he said. 'You've got on a plane with your four children and you've left the country.' In response, Wayne quipped: 'I'm not going to be on Banged Up Abroad.' Carey added that he was away to 'get out of the mainstream', taking his children along despite it not being the school holidays. 'I've pulled the kids out of school and said let's do it now. One, because it's not as busy, two, we'll make it educational,' Carey said. A few weeks ago, Wayne made headlines after he was filmed emerging from a bathroom at a trendy Melbourne bar within a couple of seconds of a woman. The footage, which was taken at the Toorak Cellars bar in Armadale in the city's inner south-east, shows Wayne and Kate Aston, 38, a Melbourne marketing and communications executive, walking into view around 20 seconds apart. A female voice is heard saying 'we've got you on camera' as the woman walks past, before asking 'What's he doing in there?' and remarking, 'She looks embarrassed'. Wayne and Kate have both lashed out over the video, with the ex-AFL star branding it 's**t shaming' and cyberbullying, and both parties insisting there was no 'tryst' in the toilets.
Daily Mail
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Wayne Carey reveals his embarrassing new nickname in the wake of viral 'toilet tryst' video
North Melbourne great Wayne Carey has revealed that he has been given a new nickname following his viral 'toilet tryst' saga. On Wednesday evening, the 54-year-old was speaking at Hotel 520 in Tarneit, where he made light of a video that appeared to show him following a woman out of a bathroom. A seething Carey appeared on Sam Newman's You Cannot Be Serious podcast last week to admit he was seething at the two individuals who had filmed him leaving the bathroom at the Toorak Cellars bar in Amadale last week. He has since stated that he will be seeking legal advice on the matter and that the police had been notified. However, Carey cut a more jovial figure when pressed on the matter when speaking in front of an audience with footy broadcaster Brian Taylor. When Taylor asked Carey what he'd been upto this week, the former Kangaroos premiership winner said: 'Bugger all BT... another quiet week.' He then cracked a light-hearted joke while revealing what people have dubbed him online. 'If I go to the toilet tonight, please no one follow,' he said. 'I've got a new nickname: Toilet Duck.' Carey, is affectionately called Duck by his friends, including Newman. Meanwhile, the nickname 'Toilet Duck' appears to have originated from a footy fan forum on Reddit. It is a play on the name of the US toilet cleaning brand, Toilet Duck. The brand's bleach bottles typically come with a neck that is shaped like that of a duck's. In the viral video clip, a woman, who has now been identified as Kate Aston, a marketing and communications executive from Melbourne, is seen leaving the bathroom at the Toorak Cellars about 20 seconds before Carey is seen leaving the toilets while taking a phone call. A voice behind the camera can be heard saying: 'She looks embarrassed.' Another adds: 'What's he doing in there?' Carey though fired up at the two individuals who took the video. He branded their clandestine act 's*** shaming' and 'cyberbullying'. 'You talk about vile and disgusting, what they've done and who they have affected by a few sh**s and giggles drinking their chardonnay, sitting up there, doing whatever,' Carey said. 'I'm not going to name them because that would be as pathetic as what they are. I'll let the law take care of it.' Both he and Ms Aston have denied that there was any 'tryst' in the toilets. On Wednesday, Ben Fordham also issued a wild theory over the matter. He claimed that Cleary had gone into the bathroom to help her, speculating that she may have been chocking. 'He could have been down there in the latrines and he could have heard someone in a state of distress... she might have been choking on a prawn or an oyster or some piece of food,' Fordham told ex-Geelong player Sam Newman on his podcast You Cannot Be Serious. 'The Duck [Carey] might have rushed in there and given her the Heimlich manoeuvre. 'And he might have been pumping and thrusting to remove the prawn or the obstruction or whatever it might have been. He might have saved a life. 'That's the way I view the Duck. I view him as the good guy, not the bad guy.' Prior to that, Carey, also told Newman that he had: 'Gone through disbelief, sadness, I've gone through anger. 'This woman has been thrown into this just because I could kick a footy.' Newman had also pressed the former North Melbourne and Adelaide star prior to recording the podcast whether anything had gone on in the toilets. 'I said: 'I'd like to ask you, did you know the girl before you went down to the latrines, and were you in the same, not the same cubicle, were you in the same enclosure and speak to her there?' Newman said. 'He said: 'No.' I said: 'Good, well, that's good'. 'She was there, she walked out. He said: 'When I walked out, I was on the phone, I was on the phone to my partner, Jess'. 'And I said: 'Good.' It looked as though. He said there was absolutely nothing in it. The girl has said there was nothing in it, so he's taking umbrage at being accused of being a home breaker.' Fordham delivered his response to Newman's revelation, issuing his empathy to Carey over the matter before adding it was a 'gross invasion of someone's privacy'. 'If that's the case, I can understand why he's filthy, but I just couldn't, I was waiting for you to ask him the question on the podcast, and I don't know whether you just didn't want to become roadkill because he was on a bit of a mission at the time... but that's what I wanted to know. 'Only because he spoke about it for so long and he was going into so much detail. I just couldn't help but wonder, did you happen to step into the same cubicle or not? Obviously, he didn't. Two people can walk out of the [toilet] in the same direction a few minutes apart, having spent no time together at that location. Fordham added: 'It's a gross invasion of someone's privacy and it affects a lot of people.' Carey made 2244 appearances for North Melbourne between 1989 and 2001 before moving to play for the Adelaide Crows in 2003. He added that he would be following through on the matter 'to the tenth degree'. 'We are speaking and we will follow this through to the tenth degree. I'm blown away that women in their 40s could think this was a good idea. How would they explain this to their children?' he explained. 'This is women being cruel to another woman. They have shamed another woman and it is so wrong. It happens far too often and it doesn't get called out. Men do it and it gets called out as it should. Let's see where this goes to from here.'
News.com.au
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Wayne Carey questioned after opting to ‘out himself' in latest scandal
Questions have been raised about Wayne Carey's decision to make his latest scandal public knowledge in a chat with Sam Newman. Carey, 54, has been left seething after he was filmed walking out of a bathroom in an alleged toilet tryst at Toorak Cellars in Armadale last Friday. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. The video shows a woman leave the bathroom before Carey walks out around 20 seconds later. As the recording unfolds, one voice behind the camera can be heard saying 'she looks embarrassed' before a second ponders 'what's he doing in there?'. Carey and the woman in the video have both hit out at the footage, with the premiership winner demanding action and labelling it cyber-bullying. Watch the viral Wayne Carey footage in the video player above Entertainment reporter Peter Ford has questioned the decision to bring the incident further into the public consciousness, labelling it 'an interesting choice' in a chat with radio station 3AW Melbourne. 'This 'toilet-gate' scandal if you like, is it a scandal or is it completely blown up out of all proportion?' Ford asked. 'Wayne Carey decided to out himself, which I thought was an interesting choice, he didn't have to do that and the story probably would've been dead by now. 'If you can't use names, the story kind of peters out. But in this case, Wayne did decide to do it and of course Wayne has got a track record of bad behaviour in the past. 'He's on the defence now and come out fighting with this case.' Ford went on to say most people would think 'only two things' could be happening in the unisex bathroom and then joined Carey in slamming the action of the women that filmed the incident. 'Two women were there and for whatever reason, they must've been having a very dull night, decided they would film the two people,' he said. 'Wayne is demanding action, going to police, calling in lawyers, AFL Players' Association, he really is fighting back on this one. 'If I was running Toorak Cellars, I certainly would be banning those two women. 'If they're regular patrons I would be saying 'please don't come back', because to me it crosses a line. 'We have no evidence that anything untoward was happening between those two people.' Carey, a great of the North Melbourne footy club, has a horror track record of incidents away from the playing arena. The most famous was his affair with former teammate Anthony Stevens' then-wife Kelli, which led to Carey's sacking from the Kangaroos. He has also been hit with indecent assault, domestic violence and misdemeanour battery allegations, along with issues with drugs and alcohol, and has been sacked from a number of media roles. Just last month Carey was filmed in an altercation with a man outside a Melbourne pub. Ford conceded it was an unpopular opinion, but was opting to support Carey in this latest incident. 'Sometimes it's not a popular stance to back Wayne Carey, but in this particular case, my gut feeling is he and the mystery woman are the innocent party,' he said. 'Unfortunately, it's the curse of anyone in the public eye these days, everyone now is an amateur paparazzi and that's fine, wanting to get selfies and all that. 'But the problem is people also love making moral judgements about famous people and what they're doing wrong and might be up to behind closed doors and I think this is a classic case of that.' Carey spoke about the footage with Newman, confirming he had been in contact with Victoria Police and the AFL Players' Association. 'Annoyed is the wrong word, I've gone through 10 different emotions in the last three days,' he said on Newman's podcast. 'One has been disbelief, that's not an emotion, but I've gone through disbelief, sadness, I've gone through anger. 'I've had empathy, I've had all sorts of things go through this body and this mind. 'This woman has been thrown into this just because I could kick a footy. And you've got two vile, disturbing women who want to do this to another woman. 'That's all they were doing, they were slut-shaming another woman. 'If two men had done that they would be raked over hot coals, it would be the biggest story going around if that had occurred. 'But because it's two women doing it to another woman … you don't know what's going on, this other woman has had all sorts of stuff going in her life I've since found out.' The former North Melbourne captain said he and his partner, Jessica Paulke, had been in contact with the woman in the video and they had all teamed up to hold those behind the footage accountable. 'I know who they are, the police know who they are, my lawyers know who they are. I have contacted these people just like the footballers have contacted these people because they've been abused online,' he said. 'You talk about vile and disgusting, what they have done and who they have affected by a few s**ts and giggles drinking their chardonnay sitting up there doing whatever. 'Once again I'm not going to name them because that would be as pathetic as what they are. I'll let the law take care of it.' The woman in the footage has also come out and condemned the actions of those who filmed the moment and shared it online. 'Shame on you women, we are better than that,' she said on social media. 'It did not happen, but that's not the point. It's time this narrative changed.'
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Wayne Carey opens up about his 'street fight' drama as he and Sam Newman blame 'activists' for barring them from footy event
AFL legend Wayne Carey has opened up about his recent scuffle outside a popular Melbourne pub, as he and Sam Newman lashed out after being blocked from speaking at a fundraising event. Carey, 54, was embroiled in a heated exchange outside the Albert Park Hotel on the night of June 5. The Kangaroos great and an unidentified man appeared to engage in a shouting match with a third man wearing a backpack. Carey was later seen grabbing the backpack-wearing man by the sleeve of his shirt while the other man implored Carey to 'relax'. Carey later said he had been harassed by the man with whom he became entangled. 'Unfortunately, there are antagonists who target you based on your experiences as a has-been footballer,' he said. 'This individual is a serial harasser - and he chose to repeat his behaviour through vile and obscene slurs, again, last night.' On Wednesday, Carey addressed the issue on the 'You Cannot Be Serious' podcast, explaining that the the man involved had since reached out to him. 'I have received an apology,' said Carey. 'This has happened a couple of times, the same person, the same person has since apologised to not only myself, but my partner Jess and other people that he involved that night.' The AFL icon didn't want to go into too much detail about the person involved, but suggested that he was seeking help. 'I'm not going to be a hypocrite and hang him out to dry, what I am going to say is he's put the first step forward, he's sent a message to myself and Jess apologising... and said he's got some stuff to deal with. 'And I appreciate more than ever someone who owns what has happened.' Carey also expressed his frustration at how the incident was reported, saying that it wasn't a 'late-night fracas' as some media reported. The incident comes after Carey and fellow footy great Sam Newman had their invitations to speak at a fundraising event rescinded. The pair were asked to speak at the Barwon Heads Football and Netball Club charity event on June 21 at the Barwon Heads Hotel. However, they were told not to show up, according to The Herald Sun. It is understood that committee members had not been happy with the appearance of the 'You Cannot Be Serious' podcast hosts attending the event. Newman addressed the issue on his podcast saying that he and Carey 'don't give a f**k' about the decision. 'It's the weak, feckless, insipid people who run those clubs who are controlled by some activists,' said Newman. Carey said he was happy with the decision because he had agreed to appear as a favour and he can now spend his time elsewhere. Elsewhere in the podcast, Newman brought up recent comments where he referred to the AFLW as a 'lesbian league', as reported by Daily Mail Australia. 'The Daily Mail, they're so good to us,' said Newman. 'They reprinted the entire conversation we had about the women's football league. 'And I said - throwaway line - "the lesbian league", and they said "disgraceful comment". Newman questioned why it was considered disgraceful, claiming it's just a fact that a lot of lesbians played footy.
