Speaker 1: There's definitely it's definitely quite a somber mood this morning
Speaker 1: and over the weekend across Melbourne.
Speaker 2: Not just in the AFL community, but I think in
Speaker 2: Melbourne in parts of regional Victoria as well. It follows
Speaker 2: the passing of Adam Selwood. A family who have been
Speaker 2: through so much already this year. Their grief has been
Speaker 2: compounded again given his very untimely death at the age
Speaker 2: of just forty one. A young father, it must be said,
Speaker 2: a brother, a son. It is deeply harrowing. It follows
Speaker 2: the death of his identical twin brother Troy, just three
Speaker 2: months ago. Now, just by way of background, he was
Speaker 2: Adam was a footballer. He played for the West Coast
Speaker 2: Eagles some one hundred and eighty seven games. He also
Speaker 2: played a Premiership But this this morning is a story
Speaker 2: and an issue which is far bigger than football.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's more importantly a dad, a brother, a
Speaker 3: son and a friend to so many. And I think
Speaker 3: that this story is it's it's sort of beyond comprehension.
Speaker 3: Is like Clinton, you and I spoke on Saturday night.
Speaker 3: You did a beautiful tribute on the Today Show yesterday
Speaker 3: mon perfectly and even finding the right words to express
Speaker 3: the devastation that this that that the passing of Adam.
Speaker 3: I mean, God, I can't even spit any words out
Speaker 3: right now. I mean that the so Old family are
Speaker 3: a divine family. They're beautiful, beautiful people, and I just
Speaker 3: I've got friends who are very, very close with the
Speaker 3: so Old family, and Joel is a friend of mine
Speaker 3: and his beautiful wife Brett, and I just couldn't even
Speaker 3: find the words to be honest, to express how sorry
Speaker 3: I was for their loss and how deeply it's being
Speaker 3: felt right around the country's.
Speaker 2: It is so complex. There are so many layers here
Speaker 2: because it involves mental health, and mental health is a
Speaker 2: complex issue. It can often, and as I said yesterday
Speaker 2: on the Today Show, it can often and it's invisible.
Speaker 2: It can be invisible. You know, a lot of us
Speaker 2: don't know what is going on behind the scenes in
Speaker 2: so many people's lives.
Speaker 1: I mentioned it earlier. I just find it frightening because
Speaker 1: you don't know what's really going like, you know, I
Speaker 1: do not want to meet this about me, but I
Speaker 1: recently lost them on holidays quite suddenly, and from outside
Speaker 1: looking in, I thought she was great and in a
Speaker 1: really happy place, and that's why I just when the
Speaker 1: news came through. It's just mate reach out to people.
Speaker 3: And these conversations are so hard to have, and I
Speaker 3: think it's important that we do. We do talk about
Speaker 3: this stuff more.
Speaker 2: We need to.
Speaker 3: But God, this is just a tragedy beyond belief and
Speaker 3: beyond comprehension for the cell Wards, and I know that
Speaker 3: that it'll deeply, deeply affect a lot of people, regardless
Speaker 3: of if you're a footy fan. I mean, news like this.
Speaker 2: Is just.
Speaker 3: Shocking heart breaks for that Yeah, I think.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean picking picking up the pieces when
Speaker 2: they can, if they can, I'm sure they will eventually.
Speaker 2: It will be just so tough. But I think, Lauren,
Speaker 2: maybe when after Troy's passing, you said something to me
Speaker 2: which was which I remember, and that is you know
Speaker 2: where you can when you can pick up the phone
Speaker 2: to your mates as often as you can and just
Speaker 2: tell them how much you love them. Yeah, your friends.
Speaker 3: Yeah, being an identical twin. My grandmother is an identical twin,
Speaker 3: and when she lost her twin sister, I like, honestly
Speaker 3: we thought we were going to lose Nan as well,
Speaker 3: because her heart was broken beyond belief and I think
Speaker 3: there's so many complexities to what's happened this week, and
Speaker 3: I'm sorry that we're all sort of a bit of
Speaker 3: a hot mess trying to talk about it, but I
Speaker 3: think it's affected all of us really deeply. Whether you've
Speaker 3: got a connection to the Sowed family, not to footy
Speaker 3: or not, but our hearts are very much with Joel
Speaker 3: and Scott and Adam's beautiful parents, bryceon Marie. They're just
Speaker 3: the most divine family. The Bendigo community, the Perth community,
Speaker 3: and anyone who's been affected by the events of the weekend.
Speaker 1: It's I want to give the number for Lifeline thirteen
Speaker 1: eleven fourteen because it's a great service. But as well
Speaker 1: as Lifeline, like you said, pick up the phone, checking
Speaker 1: on your mates today, let them know that you love them,
Speaker 1: because you might not realize the impact of them hearing
Speaker 1: that for them today.
Speaker 2: I mean, just talking about it is impactful for so
Speaker 2: many people. And if there is a way, if there
Speaker 2: is a means to normalize a conversation around something, so
Speaker 2: you know, because this can't happen, This shouldn't happen, especially
Speaker 2: to a bloke or anyone really in their prime. You
Speaker 2: a young family, will be impacted forever, and our hearts
Speaker 2: really go out to the cell wards.
Speaker 1: It has just gone five to way Over