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Speaker 1: This is the Fits In with Her with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: Around this time yesterday, if you're listening to the show,

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Speaker 2: we spoke about our beautiful co host and friend, Kate Ritchie,

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Speaker 2: who is doing a little bit tough at the moment.

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Speaker 2: We spoke from the heart, and we also shared that

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Speaker 2: we are so moved by all the comments and the

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Speaker 2: messages and the phone calls here at Nova saying we

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Speaker 2: wish Kate all the best and we can't wait for

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Speaker 2: her return. And I think that was beautiful. And then

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Speaker 2: yesterday Kate found the strength and the energy to release

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Speaker 2: a statement about her position and her battle with mental health,

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Speaker 2: which is a very common thing that we are dealing with.

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Speaker 2: And if one persons affected, then strength is required around

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Speaker 2: the family and the village and the community that can

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Speaker 2: support that person and should support that person. I thought

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Speaker 2: i'd read Kate's statement for you this morning if you

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Speaker 2: didn't see it yesterday. Kate wrote, I struggle with mental

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Speaker 2: health issues at times which are deeply personal. This has

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Speaker 2: proven to be a bigger challenge than I imagined. I've

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Speaker 2: decided to take a break from the show and the

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Speaker 2: team who I love to focus on my health. I

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Speaker 2: want to thank all of those who have reached out

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Speaker 2: and are helping me through this very difficult time. I

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Speaker 2: love you. Thank you nover for being there when I

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Speaker 2: need you. This is also a problem for many others

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Speaker 2: who are struggling with this. They know what it's like.

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Speaker 2: The images of me taken last week that I say,

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Speaker 2: the images of me taken last week show that I

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Speaker 2: was not okay on the day. My struggle is not

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Speaker 2: helped by the relentless stalking of me by the paparazzi.

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Speaker 2: In fact, they are making it much worse due to

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Speaker 2: their constant harassment. They significantly add pressure and make my

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Speaker 2: recovery that much more difficult. To those profiting from invading

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Speaker 2: my privacy, a simple question, would you treat so your sister,

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Speaker 2: your mother, or your daughter the same if they had

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Speaker 2: similar challenges? Please reconsider, and please reconsider and stop and

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Speaker 2: think of the harm that you're inflicting and give me

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Speaker 2: the space and the privacy I need. Thank you to

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Speaker 2: my wonderful family, all the NOVAL listeners and many others

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Speaker 2: who are sending their love and support. I appreciate it

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Speaker 2: more than you can imagine. Thank you Kate posting that yesterday,

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Speaker 2: I mean if it's just a touch on the outpouring

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Speaker 2: of support, and that's why we celebrate Kate for putting

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Speaker 2: her hand up and being so brave. And I'm so

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Speaker 2: proud of my friend for putting that statement out yesterday

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Speaker 2: to say, hey, I'm struggling with it. I know it's

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Speaker 2: big in the community, and other people are struggling with

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Speaker 2: it too, so I hope by sharing this it adds

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Speaker 2: strength to other people.

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Speaker 3: I think the prime example of that, right was so

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Speaker 3: someone has filmed her and we could see that she

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Speaker 3: was distressed. But to then, I think another example was

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Speaker 3: and you'd be deluded to think that this wasn't going

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Speaker 3: to be a home page story for any publication. This

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Speaker 3: was always going to be a homepage story. But an

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Speaker 3: example for me that even the publication that printed it

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Speaker 3: were even struggling with it is that they are a

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Speaker 3: publication that relies so much on their comments and subscribers

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Speaker 3: and what people say about them. And you can go

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Speaker 3: on there and they're very brutal towards celebrities and anyone

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Speaker 3: that's on the site. Right, but they disabled those comments

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Speaker 3: after an hour because of the hate that they were receiving.

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Speaker 3: And you know what, the support for Kate over the

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Speaker 3: last couple of days have been unbelievable. I mean, this

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Speaker 3: is an example of someone who got in contact with us,

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Speaker 3: and you know this is all on social media at

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Speaker 3: the moment, but this is what she had to say.

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Speaker 1: If you got those videos of her and just sat

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Speaker 1: and watched her and did not help her, there's a

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Speaker 1: special place for people like you.

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Speaker 4: You can clearly.

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Speaker 1: See in those videos something is wrong. She is distraught,

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Speaker 1: something has happened. She is probably in a very low place.

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Speaker 1: You just filmed and then posted it for views and money.

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Speaker 4: Just shocking.

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Speaker 2: It was.

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Speaker 3: I just I don't know how your your thoughts at

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Speaker 3: what your thoughts are, but when you do see someone

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Speaker 3: I don't know what you're like, but I like to

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Speaker 2: Or oh you have to And I think that's that's,

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Speaker 2: once again, unfortunately, the reminder that the community needs. And

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Speaker 2: this person whoever took the footage didn't do that, and

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Speaker 2: that's really really concerning. I'm sure they're asking themselves a

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Speaker 3: Was Linda from rid on me where our phones have

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Speaker 3: just lit up. Linda is given us a call. You

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Speaker 3: get a message for Kate Linda.

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Speaker 5: Of course, I definitely have a message for her that

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Speaker 5: we're all thinking of her, We miss her, we want

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Speaker 5: her back, We hope and pray that she's got good

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Speaker 5: support around her. It's exactly as you put it, human

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Speaker 5: at the end of the day, and we've all got sisters, mums,

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Speaker 5: loved ones that are going through difficult times and you

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Speaker 5: just pray that she's got the right support around her.

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Speaker 5: And she is a person and this is unfortunately something

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Speaker 5: that person that filmed forgot to remember. I come from

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Speaker 5: a health background, and you're right, instead of taking those pictures,

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Speaker 5: it should have.

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Speaker 6: Been a U Okay, yeah, Linda, you know how important

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Speaker 6: she does have a great family around her, and that

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Speaker 6: extends to the Nova family too, because as a team,

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Speaker 6: we've been in touch with her.

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Speaker 2: And one thing I love about it too, fits is

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Speaker 2: that she said, you know, coming in to do the

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Speaker 2: show and what we do is the best part of

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Speaker 2: her day. She loves being in here and she loves

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Speaker 2: being part of the show, and you know, we can't

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Speaker 2: wait for her to get better and come back to

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Speaker 2: to be part of what we do every night and

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Speaker 2: every day from six to nine.

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Speaker 3: Can I also tell you, because I'm going through this

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Speaker 3: with a very very close friend that I grow up with,

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Speaker 3: it's been it has been the most volatile on the

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Speaker 3: last six months. Has just when you think he's getting better,

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Speaker 3: out of nowhere, something will happen again. And and for

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Speaker 3: people to think, and I've heard a lot of people say, well,

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Speaker 3: you know, you've got responsibilities, you should be doing this.

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Speaker 3: It's never this is an ongoing battle. It's an ongoing battle,

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Speaker 3: and you know what, you just have to be there

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Speaker 3: to support, you know what, They're going to have some

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Speaker 3: really bad days. Well, you know, we try, We've we've

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Speaker 3: will back Kate to the tilt right all the way

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Speaker 3: to the bank. But this is the thing. You have

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Speaker 3: are judged. There's a lot of judgment that's going on

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Speaker 3: and they feel like they've lost you, it's game over,

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Speaker 3: Like it can get really dangerous in this situation.

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Speaker 2: Scary. Melissa's in men I mail, you wanted to say a.

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Speaker 4: Couple of words Hi, gos, how are you good? I

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Speaker 4: think for yeah, I just I just wanted to get

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Speaker 4: in touch to say that the team at men I

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Speaker 4: Haalks are all thinking. We all think she's a beautiful

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Speaker 4: person and had such a great time with her there

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Speaker 4: on that day and she's definitely welcome to come back

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Speaker 4: and whenever. And yeah, we just thought it was disgusting.

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Speaker 2: I love that lesson. You know that was that was

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Speaker 2: a really fun day. Kate put on a great show.

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Speaker 2: And whether you think the goal that Kate kicked was

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Speaker 2: aided and there was, it was set up absolutely she

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Speaker 2: saw that. She will tell you what was legit too,

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Speaker 2: so let her believe it.

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Speaker 5: All and all.

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Speaker 4: Even recently everyone's been saying that they would love to

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Speaker 4: reach out to her, and we just done. Yeah, we

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Speaker 4: are all thinking of her.

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Speaker 2: That's beautiful. We appreciate that.

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Speaker 3: Now let's let's take one more Rachel from your mine.

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Speaker 3: What would you like to say, rach.

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Speaker 7: I just wanted to tell Kate, but she has the

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Speaker 7: support of every mother in the country. Motherhood is so hard,

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Speaker 7: and you can guarantee there is not a single one

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Speaker 7: of us out there who has not had a day

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Speaker 7: like that where it just gets on top and you

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Speaker 7: break down, and then you've still got to put on

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Speaker 7: cover it all up and just keep on going. So

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Speaker 7: I think she's just got everyone's support behind her. We

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Speaker 7: all know where she's been, and we've all hit that

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Speaker 7: place ourselves. We've all had a day like it, so.

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I think that's such a great thing to

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Speaker 2: share because a lot of the outpouring online and the

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Speaker 2: comments have said, you know, life can be really tough,

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Speaker 2: and if you haven't found yourself crying in a park,

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Speaker 2: then you know you've got an unbelievable life, I suppose,

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Speaker 2: because sometimes you do need that release and the pressure

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Speaker 2: you pretty hard sometimes, right shall I think.

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Speaker 7: Be relentless, absolutely.

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Speaker 2: Relentless, and you're trying to work out how you're going

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Speaker 7: Yeah, So I think they're all human, we all know

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Speaker 7: what that feeling is like and you just have to

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Speaker 7: break down. But we should be caring for each other.

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Speaker 7: I'm not not sharing it publicly for everyone to mock.

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Speaker 7: And I just think a lot of the response has

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Speaker 7: another and can see how discussing a video like that is.

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Speaker 7: That's such a private moment and if you happen to

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Speaker 7: come across someone in those moments, you need to be

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Speaker 7: there for them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you do. You need to step up as part

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Speaker 2: of the community, beautifully said Raach. Thank you guys, and

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Speaker 2: we're always checking in with Kate and if there's any

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Speaker 2: update or any news we'll bring it to the listeners

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Speaker 2: here in Sydney. It's in Whippa with Kate. Ritchie is

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