Brendan Fevola breaks down over Shane Warne’s death during live radio show
Heartbreaking moment Brendan Fevola sobs over his best friend Shane Warne’s death during his live radio show… as he shares last picture of the pair playing poker together just two weeks ago
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AFL star Brendan Fevola broke down in tears as he spoke about the tragic death of his best friend Shane Warne during his live radio show on Monday morning.
The 41-year-old, who played poker with the cricket legend just two weeks ago at his Melbourne home, said he was struggling ‘to come to terms’ with the news and was heartbroken for Warne’s young children – Jackson, 23, Brooke, 24, and Summer, 20.
‘I can’t stop thinking about them – those poor kids have lost their dad,’ he said during his Fifi, Fev and Nick show. ‘They shared their lives with their dad and now they have to grieve with the world about their dad as well.’
Devastated: AFL star Brendan Fevola broke down in tears as he spoke about the tragic death of his best friend Shane Warne during his live radio show on Monday morning. Pictured together in 2013
‘There’s nothing really we can do to help, but I just hope they know that their dad was one of the best people anyone would ever meet,’ he added, before choking it up. ‘He was a great man. A good man.’
Warne died at age 52 on Friday from a heart attack while holidaying in Koh Samui, Thailand, with friends.
Fevola also shared a photo of his boy’s poker night with Warne two weeks ago and said all of his mates were ‘shattered’.
‘He was a great man. A good man,’ Fevola (pictured) said about his friend in the heartbreaking video
Heartache: The 41-year-old, who was best friends with the Australian cricketer, couldn’t hid his emotions as he discussed how Shane’s young children Jackson, 23, Brooke, 24, and Summer, 20, would be coping over the loss of their beloved father. All pictured
‘That group – we caught up for poker nights which were always at Shane’s garage, his house, his holiday house,’ he said.
‘He was the life of the party. The life of the poker. All our poker mates just rang each other [on the night of his death]. There was just big, grown men balling their eyes out. I didn’t stop crying all Saturday.’
Fevola, who also starred alongside Warne on the 2016 series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, went on to say what made Warne so special was that he treated ‘everyone the same’ – from his ‘rich billionaire friends’ to a passer-by in the street.
Loss: Fevola shared an image of their last poker came to Instagram on Sunday night, which he captioned: ‘Going to miss these nights’. Shane Warne is pictured fifth from the left, while Brendan on his right. Shane’s son Jackson Warne is pictured third from right
‘He made you feel so special when you were in his presence, he made you feel like you were the king,’ he said.
‘He did that with everyone in the room, and not many people can do that or have those qualities.
‘Everyone always says “I’m mates with Warnie” because that’s how he made you feel. You were his mate. He’d stop and talk to everyone.
‘Seeing all the headlines – I can’t come to grips with it yet. It hasn’t sunk in.’
‘Seeing all the headlines – I can’t come to grips with it yet. It hasn’t sunk in,’ Fevola added. Pictured: The pair hugging during a 2016 stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Fevola, who has endured his fair share of controversies in the past, said he ‘learned a lot’ from his best mate Warne.
‘It wasn’t just his cricket, it was his off-field stuff,’ he said. ‘So many people can relate. I could relate to it, as I stuffed up a lot in my life.
‘I learned off Shane – you just own up to it. You own it, and then people can’t have a crack at you. That was his philosophy. He was a great human.’
He also praised Shane for his charitable nature, adding: ‘He did so much for kids – he’d cop a lot of s**t from people, but he’d look after kids and some of those kids lives that he changed.
‘I learned off Shane – you just own up to it. You own it, and then people can’t have a crack at you. That was his philosophy. He was a great human,’ he added
‘He raised millions and millions – he didn’t have to do that.’
Shane was found dead on Friday evening while on holiday in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Four friends staying with the cricket star battled to save his life for 20 minutes, police have said.
The Australian cricketer turned pundit and businessman, and the greatest leg spinner in history, was found unconscious in a villa in the resort.
Thai police said that Warne was staying in the villa with four friends, and when one of the group tried to wake Shane for food at around 5pm local time today he was found to be unresponsive.
Heartache: Australian cricket hero and legendary leg-spinner, Warne, pictured at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 18, died suddenly aged 52 on Friday
Officers said his friends performed CPR on him for around 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived and took Warne to the Thai International Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police Senior Sergeant Major Suporn Hemruangsree said: ‘Police received a report about somebody who died at the Thai International Hospital so we went and asked the hotel, and found out that the deceased was with four other friends and died in the room.
‘In the villa, the people were sleeping in separate rooms. They were sleeping from afternoon to evening, until about 5pm.
‘At 5pm somebody came to call out this person for dinner but the deceased did not respond so they called three other friends to perform CPR for 20 minutes. They waited for the ambulance to come.
‘The doctor announced the death of the person at 6:53pm. Police went and checked the room and there was no sign of intrusion or possessions being searched through. The body was sent for an autopsy at Koh Samui Hospital.’
Cricket great: Warne became a global star in 1993 by bowling out Mike Gatting with the so-called ‘Ball of the Century’ – his first ball in Ashes cricket. He went on to get 708 test wickets, tormenting teams all over the world, especially Australia’s great rival England
Team player: Pictured in 1997 with her fellow Aussie cricketers in the change rooms of the 4th test match in England
Warne’s manager separately confirmed his death, saying that the father-of-three could not be revived.
‘It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand today, Friday March 4,’ a statement from the management company read.
The statement added: ‘Shane was found unresponsive in his Villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived. The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course.’
Warne became a global star in 1993 by bowling out Mike Gatting with the so-called ‘Ball of the Century’ – his first ball in Ashes cricket.
He went on to get 708 test wickets, tormenting teams all over the world, especially Australia’s great rival England.
Shane is survived by his three children, Jackson, Summer and Brooke, all of whom he shares with his ex-wife of ten years Simone Callahan.
He died at the luxury Samujana Villas resort in Koh Samui.
A state funeral for Warne is set to be held in Melbourne, with a date to be confirmed in consultation with the Warne family, Cricket Australia and the Victorian Government ‘to ensure it honours Shane’s passing and memory’.
