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Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Footy great Paul Gallen opens up about rumour he charged his teammates $10 to go to barbecues at his house: 'Now I'm charging $50'
Footy legend Paul Gallen has laughed off rumours he charged his former NRL teammates $10 to attend barbecues at his house, cheekily declaring he would actually ask for $50 per player. It was in response to a wild allegation from Sonny Bill Williams, with the high-profile pair to settle their differences in the ring on July 16 in Sydney. Williams, a retired cross-code footy superstar, also accused Sharks great Gallen of dodging drug testers during his career at an explosive press conference last month. Gallen was typically blunt when discussing the rumour with former Cronulla teammate Beau Ryan and fellow retired footy player Aaron Woods. 'That's not something I need to answer,' Gallen said on Triple M Breakfast with Beau & Woodsy on Thursday. 'I mean, honestly, I've never had a barbecue at my house for starters. I've had boys back for a drink on a Mad Monday, which you (Ryan) were there, and then Christmas. Gallen was typically blunt when discussing the barbecue rumour with former Cronulla teammate Beau Ryan and fellow retired footy player Aaron Woods 'The only reason I remember that Christmas drinks is the young (Cronulla) boys got in a blue afterwards. And you guys have been there. Did I charge you to come to my house?' Ryan responded: 'No, you didn't.' Gallen also confirmed a host of footy identities will have to open their wallets if he host a victory party at his pad post his bout with Williams. 'I won't be charging 10 bucks. If I'm charging football players to come to my house, it's $50 minimum,' he quipped. 'Do you know how much food and alcohol you drink? That's the thing. 10 bucks, you let 20 blokes in my house, charging 10 bucks, that's $200. 'Sonny, what the hell is $200 going to do for 20 football players? 'It wouldn't buy three cartons of drink you idiot. Like, honestly, put a figure in that's realistic.' Bookmakers have Williams, 39, as a slight favourite ahead of the bout, which doesn't bother Gallen in the slightest. 'Imagine if this 'little man' beats him,' the one-time NSW Blues Origin captain said. 'He's said it himself - he's a better boxer, he's bigger, he's faster, he's stronger - this came out of his own mouth. 'So imagine I beat him, how embarrassing for him.' Gallen also labelled 'SBW' an 'ignorant p**ck' and a 'piece of s**t' - and firmly believes Williams is 'rattled' ahead of their fight next month. 'I've never questioned his integrity before now,' he said. 'He also wanted eight, two-minute is what amateurs fight. 'He knows my engine is knows he can't beat me over three minute rounds. 'Sonny is also fighting me one month out from my 44th is stacking everything in his favour. 'He's been given everything his whole is full of crap, he has been paid well and earnt just carries on like an ignorant pr**k.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Has the AFL Grand Final act been leaked? Huge US rock band with controversial lead singer rumoured to be playing at this year's event
The 2025 AFL Grand Final is set to kick off on September 27, and the highly anticipated entertainment for the sporting event may have just been leaked. According to 104.7 Triple M star Mark 'Roo' Ricciuto, whispers in AFL circles suggest the Foo Fighters is the top billing for the event. 'A little birdie let it slip to me in AFL circles the last couple of days that the Foo Fighters might be the entertainment in 2025,' he said on Wednesday. 'Now it's not a done deal. I haven't investigated... This is not 100% but it's a bloody good chance.' Roo's co-stars did their own digging, with Chris 'Ditts' Dittmar and Laura 'Loz' O'Callaghan sharing their own theories on why they think the Foo Fighters will be coming to town. 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. 'The Foo Fighters are going to be playing the Singapore Grand Prix a week after the Grand Final. So they're in the region,' Loz said. 'Then they're going to be doing a world tour [later this year].' Loz then pointed to UK megastar Robbie Williams playing the AFL Grand Final in 2022 to push ticket sales for his XXV Tour that same year. An AFL Grand Final performance and subsequent world tour will be a change of pace for Foo Fighters frontman Dave, 56, who has recently been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Dave landed in hot water with wife Jordyn Blum when it was revealed he welcomed a love child with Jennifer Young, a 38-year-old LA-based, Florida-born rock-and-roll fan in August last year. The following month, he posted a public mea culpa admitting to his affair. However, it would seem Dave and Jordyn, who share three daughters together, are attempting to make their marriage work, as they were spotted on a family outing together in May as they celebrated Jordyn's 49th birthday. It marked the first time the family had been seen together following Dave's affair bombshell. A source told US Weekly in March the couple are giving their 22-year marriage another go. They said: 'Jordyn has forgiven Dave and is trying to move on. She is [still] completely devastated by the situation but is standing by his side. 'They are going to counselling, and Dave has been doing anything he can to win back Jordyn's trust. Neither of them wants the family broken.' Jennifer was confirmed to be the mother of Dave's child in February, Page Six reported. Jennifer also confirmed to the outlet her baby was born on August 1, 2024, and she said Dave's last name is listed on the birth certificate. She did not want to reveal their daughter's name, telling the outlet 'because there's some really angry fans,' adding that 'protecting her identity is really important'. She lives with her mother in Los Angeles, and often takes their daughter for walks in their neighbourhood. A source told People magazine in November 2024 that Dave is focused on working things out with Jordyn and their daughters, and that divorce is off the table. The source said: 'He's no longer working with a divorce attorney and instead hoping to work things out with his wife.' Another insider said he 'loves his family', noting he has 'been prioritising his family. He knows he messed up. It's one of those situations where you don't realise what you have done until you're about to lose it. He doesn't want to lose his family.' Multiple sources have claimed Jordyn has known about the baby 'for a while', and said she is a 'great mum and very dedicated to their daughters'. Jordyn and Dave share daughters Violet, 18, Harper, 15, and Ophelia, 10. They were seen in the car together after Jordyn picked him up from an LA area home. Neither appeared to be wearing wedding rings at the time.
7NEWS
2 days ago
- Health
- 7NEWS
Australian Olympians set to be banished under strict new World Aquatics rule targeting Enhanced Games
Ariarne Titmus has spoken out against the doping-fuelled Enhanced Games on the day it emerged swimming 's global governing body had taken action against people involved in the event. The Australian legend's former teammate James Magnussen, a three-time Olympic medallist, was the controversial concept's most visible figure prior to its launch last month. The 34-year-old last year declared he would 'juice to the gills' in an attempt to chase a promised $US1 million ($A1.5m) for anyone who broke a world record. He fell short but Kristian Gkolomeev, a four-time Olympian only months removed from competing at Paris 2024, used performance-enhancing drugs and an open-water suit to swim faster than the official 50m freestyle world record. Criticism ramped up after organisers released results and footage, including images of Magnussen after his first round of doping. Sport Integrity Australia 'condemned' the idea as 'dangerous, unethical and damaging to sport' while issuing a health warning to Aussie athletes considering the doping path. Australian swimming's leading champion has also now taken a stand. 'It doesn't sit well with me. I think about what message is this sending kids around the world? That it's okay to take performance-enhancing drugs? I firmly believe that it's not,' Titmus said on Triple M's Mick in the Morning. 'I don't think it's a good thing to do. We don't know exactly the implications of taking these amounts of performance-enhancing drugs are going to have on our body, and morally, I don't agree with it.' Dual Australian Olympic swimmer Brett Hawke is also involved in Enhanced Games as a coach. While they have committed to the breakaway event, Hawke, Magnussen and Gkolomeev now face being banished from returning to organised professional swimming in the future. World Aquatics on Tuesday announced a new bylaw aimed squarely at Enhanced Games participants. 'Those who enable doped sport are not welcome at World Aquatics or our events,' World Aquatics president Husain al-Musallam said in a statement. 'This new bylaw ensures that we can continue to protect the integrity of our competitions, the health and safety of our athletes, and the credibility of the global aquatics community.' The new rule targets those who 'support, endorse or participate in sporting events that embrace the use of scientific advancements or other practices that may include prohibited substances and/or prohibited methods'. Anyone affected would be ineligible to participate in a World Aquatics competition or event or hold a position with the global governing body. 'This ineligibility would apply to roles such as athlete, coach, team official, administrator, medical support staff, or government representative,' World Aquatics said. Al-Musallam urged member federations — such as Swimming Australia — to 'adopt similar policies at the national level'. While the president was unequivocal, a swimmer or other individual could only be formally banned if and when they attempt to register to be involved in a World Aquatics event. World Aquatics' announcement would put paid to Magnussen's hope for active swimmers to join Enhanced Games on the side without taking part in doping. Australian Olympic gold medallist Cam McEvoy has sided with clean sport and was subsequently urged by his former teammate and rival to cash in with an Enhanced Games appearance. 'It's a big opportunity for any athlete,' Magnussen told AAP. 'You don't have to be an enhanced athlete to compete at the (Enhanced) Games. 'Cam McEvoy could come from clean sport to the Enhanced Games, put on a supersuit and go very close to that world record without any enhancements. 'He would then be racing for $US1 million, so $A1.6 million, in a year's time rather than waiting three years until the LA Olympic Games to race for $30,000. 'They're quite different propositions.'
Herald Sun
3 days ago
- Health
- Herald Sun
Greg Blewett's motor neurone disease heartbreak for mum
Greg Blewett was in a hotel room in country Victoria when he took the call. It was the summer of 2014, and the respected former Australian Test cricketer was on a Cricketers Association Masters tour. 'I got the phone call from Mum, and I could tell something was wrong straight away,' he says. 'She said, 'Honey, I've got MND,' and she just broke down. 'I'll never forget that phone call. I obviously came home straight away.' Shirley Blewett, a 'tough country girl' who grew up on a property in the Adelaide Hills had noticed the symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease several months before. 'In the lead up, we knew something was wrong with Mum, the diagnosis just took a long time,' Greg says. 'We noticed it in her speech first; she just started to slur her words a bit. 'Mum wasn't a big drinker, but we thought, 'is she having a couple of nips of brandy without us knowing?''' She wasn't and worryingly, the symptoms weren't going away. 'It progressively got worse and at one point we thought she might have had a mini stroke,' Greg says. 'As it happens with MND, it just gets worse and worse, but it probably took 6 months to diagnose.' Within 12 months of that devastating diagnosis, Shirley Blewett was dead. She was just 69. Eleven years on and in the lead up to this weekend's 11 th FightMND Big Freeze, Greg, a Seven Network commentator, Triple M identity and popular podcaster, is speaking publicly about losing her, for the first time. Recalling the morning she passed away is still raw, difficult and emotional. 'I had just come back from overseas, I'd been away for 3 weeks, I'd just got engaged to Katheryn,' Greg says. 'For a long time there it wasn't great, she was battling so hard, but you never really know how long they have. 'I asked Mum 'are you sure it's ok if I go?', she was like, 'go, go, go'.' The pair spoke several times while Greg was away and were looking forward to seeing each other at the end of the trip. But it never happened. 'The morning we got back from overseas Dad rang and said 'Listen, mum's really not well, you'd better come up quickly',' Greg says. 'We didn't quite make it, in between that phone call and me getting there, we lost her. 'I just missed her literally by minutes, it was heartbreaking.' For Greg, his father Bob and older sister Kerry, it was impossible to believe someone who'd lived such a full life, could go so quickly. 'Mum was very sporty, she played a few games of basketball for Australia, loved playing tennis and netball and in later years she loved her golf,' Greg says. 'She was a workhorse who did everything for us. She loved her family, her Mum and Dad, her two sisters and her brother. 'All of my mates, they all loved Mum, she was just one of those very infectious loving people to be around.' Motor Neurone Disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that strips its victims of their independence, dignity and in a final cruel blow, their voice. With Voluntary Assisted Dying not an option for Shirley back then, her close-knit family had no choice but to watch her deteriorate, day by day. 'We, like any family living with MND, we really struggled with it,' Greg says. 'Seeing what Mum went through was brutal and absolutely heartbreaking. 'It's just hopeless, the slow deterioration and at times fast deterioration, it's just horrible.' Shirley fought so hard to stay, but in every case, MND wins. It's a death sentence for its unwilling prisoners, with no exceptions. 'She had no control over it, she couldn't beat it,' Greg says. tough as nails, she dealt with it as well as she could, but she hated the fact she was going through it. 'She obviously loved her kids, loved the grandkids, letting go of all of that would have been so hard for her.' 2752 Australians are currently living with Motor Neurone Disease and that number is expected to rise to 4304 by 2050. There's no known cause, no effective treatment and no cure. It's claimed the lives of some great South Australians including dancer and director Roz Hervey, former State Liberal Party leader Dale Baker and mother of 3, Anna Penhall. Fight MND, a movement sparked by Australian of the Year Neale Daniher and two others, is working feverishly to find a cure. Despite his own prognosis, Daniher has inspired and united a nation, raising more than $115 million for drug and clinical trials. But the Beast is not backing down and there's no cure on the horizon. Last year, a conference of world leading MND researchers heard it could take up to 30 years. In the meantime, MND South Australia is doing what it can to provide care and guidance for local patients and their families. From a warehouse at Mile End they provide all of the equipment a family might need, wheelchairs, mobility aids, bed raisers, ventilators and communication devices. MND SA Chairman Andrew Danson says with medical advances, people are being diagnosed with the disease sooner. 'That means they need the support earlier and typically, they're just asking us what's next, what do we do?'' Andrew says. 'If we can help them maintain some level of independence and dignity, I think that's a really important thing.' Andrew knows first-hand how insidious this disease is. On his birthday, January 13, 2020, he lost his father Peter Danson to MND at the age of 64. 'It just took away everything,' Andrew says. 'He was a very proud man, independent and larger than life. It took all that away from him.' MND costs the Australian health system $27 million a year but there's an enormous discrepancy between funding for patients, depending on their age. Anyone diagnosed before the age of 65, receives $240,000 more in care annually than someone diagnosed at 66 or older, because they qualify for the NDIS. Three years ago, MND SA was granted $600,000 a year to help close that senseless gap by the Malinauskas government. They're hoping this week's State Budget will not only maintain that funding but increase it. 'We couldn't provide the aged care service if we didn't have the support of the government, not to the level we do,' Andrew says. 'It's very important and crucial funding for us.' Greg Blewett is an ambassador for MND SA and says he draws inspiration from seeing improved care for patients and their families. 'We're all praying and hoping that there is a cure because the people that have been around MND know how horrible it is,' he says. 'In the meantime, it's really important to support the person suffering and everyone around them to make it as good as it possibly can be.' In March this year, my husband Dave lost his Dad to Motor Neurone Disease, just 12 weeks after a doctor delivered those 3 dreaded words. He was the happiest person I've ever known with the most brilliant and infectious smile. The deep creases on his handsome face came not from worry or stress, but from a life of love and laughter. Walking, reading and talking were his favourite things and the Beast took them all, picking them off, one by one. On the morning he was diagnosed, amid the shock, the disbelief and the tears, he sent a selfie to his 3 children. He'd put on a Fight MND beanie, and that radiant smile was still there. Please buy one if you can this weekend, or donate to the MND SA team, caring for South Australians, until we find the answers. Originally published as Australian cricket star Greg Blewett tells of mother Shirley's heartbreaking MND struggle
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Glamorous TV footy presenter Tiffany Salmond reveals the reason for huge career setback as she struggles to find work after making one simple move
NRL presenter Tiffany Salmond has revealed the reason why she has vanished from footy broadcasts this season, despite starting the season on camera in New Zealand. Salmond has previously worked for New Zealand media outlets RNZ and Sky, while also doing sideline coverage of Warriors NRL matches as a freelancer for Fox Sports and Triple M. She recently shared her horror experience of being the victim of a deepfake AI attack that circulated fake media claiming to be her carrying out explicit acts that never happened. Now viewers are asking why she is not present on NRL broadcasts, despite starting the season in her usual sideline post at Warriors games. Salmond appears to have made the mid-season move from Auckland to Sydney in April, with a post from four weeks ago that included the caption: 'Left the home advantage'. Her profile has also been updated to say 'Kiwi in Sydney'. Now, Salmond has posted an image at the iconic Bondi Icebergs Pool, the historic lap pool located at the south end of Bondi Beach overlooking the ocean. She uploaded the image with the caption: 'My first Sydney winter,' with a white heart emoji. 'Had to come back [to the pool] today.' She also posted an image enjoying the warm Australian sun in a bathing suit. After that, Salmond posted a News Corp snippet sharing the video of her deepfake attack and text that revealed she had moved to Australia but had yet to appear on a Fox League NRL broadcast. 'The ongoing support never goes unnoticed,' she posted. 'It's frustrating when politics gets in the way of doing the work you love. 'But to still feel this much demand and backing from so many is something I never take for granted. Thank you for continuing to stand with me while I keep building what's next.' Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Salmond said was grateful for the large amount of viewers calling for her return to NRL coverage. 'Since my last on-air role, I've been incredibly grateful - and honestly humbled - by the ongoing public support and the way viewers have continued to call for my return,' she said. 'It's not something I take lightly, and I'm very aware of how rare that kind of genuine audience connection is in this industry. 'While I've always been proud of the work I've delivered, unfortunately, industry politics have played a role in limiting on-air opportunities, as is sometimes the case in this business. 'But I've stayed focused on building what's next, and there are some really exciting opportunities now opening up, particularly in entertainment, as well as in sport as I continue to expand my career here in Australia.' It comes after Salmond previously shared a follower's comment that read: 'It's all true we want Tiff back on the NRL coverage'. 'The comments on that video have meant so much,' she said in a video of herself walking down a Sydney street. 'Even knowing that a sideline role is pretty interchangeable and I barely had much screen time, to still be receiving this kind of support, all this time later, mid season, it's humbling. 'So, thank you. And I'm sure you will be seeing me back on your screens very soon, whatever capacity that may be in.' There has been a flood of support for Salmond on her Instagram account, where she has almost 40,000 followers. 'You are the best in the business. You don't just ask generic questions, cliches and you know what you're talking about and always seem to have a good relationship with whoever you interview. We need more like you reporting on the game,' one follower posted. 'I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's missed you on the NRL coverage,' another posted. 'The comments are because your great at what you do Tiff. Hope you come back soon,' another well-wisher commented.
