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Speaker 1: You are on the air with Jason Lauren clint here

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Speaker 1: as well, and he ain't leaven.

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Speaker 2: He ain't leaving Clintston away. Yesterday it was a huge

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Speaker 2: day for you.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: I saw in your little instagram, Yeah, I saw emails

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Speaker 2: from Channel nine.

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Speaker 3: How long have you been at Channel nine?

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Speaker 4: I walked into Channel nine January two thousand and one

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Speaker 4: as an eighteen year old, so that's near on twenty

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Speaker 4: five years. We will be twenty five years in jam.

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Speaker 3: And yesterday you resigned.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Wow, I made a really tough decision to leave nine.

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Speaker 3: How are you feeling.

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Speaker 4: I'm relieved because I've been thinking about it for a while.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 4: I needed to make a decision because looking back on

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Speaker 4: how I was feeling and where my head was at,

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Speaker 4: I was burnt out.

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Speaker 2: So well, you've been doing this seven day a week

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Speaker 2: cycle for like I remember when we first started this

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Speaker 2: show and I said, would you come consider being a newsreader?

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Speaker 3: And you said, why not? It'd be fun.

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Speaker 2: For six months and four years later, you have been

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Speaker 2: working seven days a week, and hand on heart, I

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Speaker 2: think Jason I both agree you were the hardest working

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Speaker 2: human we know, and you're exhausted.

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Speaker 4: Well, first and foremost, you know, I think you're right.

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Speaker 4: I did do this for six months initially, and I

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Speaker 4: became very quickly addicted to it, and now I see

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Speaker 4: it as my life and my future, which is just

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Speaker 4: such a beautiful feeling to have.

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Speaker 5: Mate. You you took the radio like a duck to water,

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Speaker 5: think honestly.

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Speaker 4: But then, as I say, I tried to juggle everything

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Speaker 4: for so long. I think I did a really good

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Speaker 4: job of it for so long, but I think it

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Speaker 4: had I always knew in my heart of hearts that

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Speaker 4: it had an expiry date. And I'm now at a

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Speaker 4: stage where I need to put myself in a position

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Speaker 4: where I can get my life back.

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Speaker 1: You know, you deserve to have my life, mate, Like

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Speaker 1: you should be so proud of what you've achieved. Like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: as a young kid getting into an industry, no matter

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Speaker 1: what industry. You know, if you're a young kid and

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Speaker 1: you've got a dream and for you it was TV,

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Speaker 1: and to get in there at that age and then

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Speaker 1: have a career in this industry that long is impressive

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Speaker 1: and that'sz. But then what you've achieved, you know, Weekend

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Speaker 1: Today hosts while juggling that doing sport, reading the news

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Speaker 1: on nine like you did Itimes.

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Speaker 5: I'm so proud of you. Lauren Is as well. You

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Speaker 5: should be so proud of yourself.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: I've done so many amazing things and I have no

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Speaker 2: doubt that will continue.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yesterday was.

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Speaker 4: A really overwhelming day and really emotional. You know, I'm

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Speaker 4: not going to sit here and lie it. I did

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Speaker 4: shed a tear because it's been my entire life. It's

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Speaker 4: been my entire professional life and it will be hard

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Speaker 4: to walk away from Channel nine after near on twenty

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Speaker 4: five years, and I plan to do so at the

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Speaker 4: end or in November some time.

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Speaker 5: So you're doing it on your terms too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's so cooxcited you.

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Speaker 4: I think you know, I really want to. When I

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Speaker 4: say I want to get my life back, I want to.

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Speaker 5: I want to. I want to.

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Speaker 4: Do some normal things. I want to share some incredible

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Speaker 4: moments with my family, with my friends, and one day

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Speaker 4: I want to be a dad as well. You know,

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Speaker 4: I want to meet someone and at the moment I

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Speaker 4: can't do that.

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Speaker 1: That's I think we like we joke around and give

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Speaker 1: you a bit of a ribbing about, you know, not

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Speaker 1: even partner and stuff. There's no way you could have

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Speaker 1: met the perfect person. There's no way you had time

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Speaker 1: to date.

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Speaker 2: Well, you haven't really had a day off it four years.

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Speaker 2: That's amazing. You've left nothing on the table standing. You

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Speaker 2: should be so proud. And the other thing is, while

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Speaker 2: juggling all of these jobs, you've done an exceptional job

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Speaker 2: in all of them.

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Speaker 3: You've never dropped the ball in any.

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Speaker 1: One night at the Logis it was, yeah, you said,

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Speaker 1: who's going to do the news?

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Speaker 5: And I said, well, you you're the news guy.

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Speaker 3: And that makes great content, I mean not.

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Speaker 1: Great for the for the criminal who he forgot to

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Speaker 1: say allegedly story.

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Speaker 4: Look, I just quickly to say, and this it's really

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Speaker 4: uncomfortable with me. I you know, yesterday was it was

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Speaker 4: really sad, but it was also really magical as well,

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Speaker 4: because so many really beautiful people reached out to me.

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Speaker 4: The be it our beautiful audience here, listeners on over

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Speaker 4: or just TV tragics who have watched me through the years,

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Speaker 4: and that was really special, but also my beautiful colleagues

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Speaker 4: at the nine network who you know, it will always

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Speaker 4: hold a really special and everlasting place in my heart.

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Speaker 4: And you know, I'm not giving up on television, you know,

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Speaker 4: I hope one day I'll still be able to do

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Speaker 4: bits and pieces and and and nine will always be

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Speaker 4: a home for me. So just thank you to everyone's

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Speaker 4: who has reached out and said some really lovely things.

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Speaker 1: Well, I would say that says a lot about the

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Speaker 1: person you are there because in this industry, Mate, a

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Speaker 1: lot of the time when people leave the entament industry, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll share you.

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Speaker 2: Clint, if you're ever having a down day, I would

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Speaker 2: just go and read those comments on your Instagram because

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Speaker 2: I was crying last night.

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Speaker 3: You are so well loved by everyone.

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Speaker 5: The single mom's at school pickup, Yes, they were like, we're.

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Speaker 3: On Well, my dams were filling up about it. About

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Speaker 3: time you took him. Seriously, Lauren, is what people say

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Speaker 3: to me.

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Speaker 1: Hey, can we just run through it. You're going to

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Speaker 1: start paying your own mobile phone now right?

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Speaker 4: I know I've had to say it. So it's a

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Speaker 4: number and I've never paid a phone bill.

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Speaker 2: You you better clear your search history before your hand back.

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Speaker 5: I would put petrol over it. How many suits do

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Speaker 5: you own?

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Speaker 4: I owned so many suits.

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Speaker 5: I mean you're gonna have to buy your own suit.

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Speaker 3: No, I start siphoning them out of wardrobe.

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Speaker 5: You need to clean that joint out mate.

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Speaker 3: I walk and read the station recovered.

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Speaker 1: When we come over for dinner at your place, I

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Speaker 1: almost want to be eating on the dining room turble going.

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Speaker 5: Is this the nine news desk? Like you take everything

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Speaker 5: every day?

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Speaker 3: Just steal something else.

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Speaker 4: I walked into the coffee shop this morning, bright and early,

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Speaker 4: and Adam, the owner said, Bro, you're going to get

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Speaker 4: your life back if you want a job on weekend

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Speaker 4: serving coffee.

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Speaker 3: You know, no, Adam, he needs a day off. Adam.

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Speaker 4: And then one of the customers yelled at me, ah,

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Speaker 4: it's just reading about your congratulations on your retirements.

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Speaker 5: Remember we got shafted from the other station.

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Speaker 1: I was going through the GYG drive through and they

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Speaker 1: offered me some hours on the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's good gear.

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Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 2: Clinton, we are very proud of you, and I know

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Speaker 2: as a friend I've watched this rollercoaster of your hectic

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Speaker 2: work schedule. We're so proud of you, and I'm so

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Speaker 2: so glad that you're going to get some downtime and

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Speaker 2: some time to yourself as.

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Speaker 4: Well, just quickly.

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Speaker 3: And I'm also so glad.

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 3: I can can't shake you. And I'm very happy about it.

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Speaker 3: Oh glad I'm glad you left there and not here.

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Speaker 1: If you were ever let's put it that way, if

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Speaker 1: you were going to ever buy shares in nightclubs around Melbourne,

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Speaker 1: now is the time.

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Speaker 2: We love you, We're proud of you, and I know

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Speaker 2: you didn't take this decision lightly.

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Speaker 4: Thank you to both of you as well and our

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Speaker 4: wider team, because you know the support you've offered me.

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Speaker 4: Not just in the last couple of weeks I've made

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Speaker 4: this really difficult decision, but in the last you know,

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Speaker 4: four years that we've been together has been so special

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Speaker 4: and it made my decision so much easier.

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Speaker 5: We're proud of you, mate, Thank.

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Speaker 3: You, love you, Thank you. Jason Lauren Lauren wake up

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Speaker 3: feeling good following them on the socials