WEBVTT - Darren McMullen & Tristan - AMAZING RACE - TV Host & Presenter 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:02.920 TV Reload. 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:04.040 The podcast Last Deep the Mine. 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:07.160 Welcome back guys to TV Reload. As you may know, 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:10.039 my name is Benjamin Norris and this is your podcast 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:12.559 to get all the inside goss on the popular TV 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:16.000 shows that you may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:18.200 our TV sets are still a major part of our 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.000 home entertainment, and yet very little is known about how 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:23.800 our favorite shows get made. So each episode I've been 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:26.160 finding the guests that want to dive just that little 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:28.880 bit deeper into the shows they're currently making, so that 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:31.800 you can hear all their exclusive stories and gain access 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:34.280 to the biggest names in Australian television. I want to 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.320 thank you for downloading or subscribing to this podcast however 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:39.919 you've found me. I love hearing your feedback, so make 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.560 sure you leave a comment on your chosen podcast platform. 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:44.440 Today's episode of the podcast, I'm. 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.680 Joined by the official winners of the Amazing Race Celebrity edition. 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:50.640 It is the very gracious and enigmatic TV host and 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.560 actor presenter Darren McMullen and he's nephew Tristan. We do 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.560 have the band back together today via zoom and we're 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.000 going to get some pretty exciting stories from the mcmully 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.680 family as I'm sure they're not going to censor themselves 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.360 as they unpack their time on Amazing Race Australia. Darren 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:10.160 McMullin is a Scottish Australian personality who has been entertaining 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.000 audiences since I'm assuming the day he was born. 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.440 He was born though in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated with 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.560 his family to Australia at the age of twelve. 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.720 He's best known as the co host of The Voice Australia, 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.360 but has gone on to many other exciting roles right 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.959 across all the Freeedoware networks. He was one of the 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.759 biggest names to join the celebrity version of the hit show, 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.080 and boy does he know how to make a TV 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.520 moment and raise revenue for charities. The boys did an 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:38.360 outstanding job and brought down their house with an emotional 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.960 end of the series that will be remembered as one 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.840 of the most iconic finales ever. I will find out 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.039 about his rift with George from Australian Survivor and what 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.560 he thought about taking on a Wiggle and a Simpson 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.200 in that finale. Tristan will also talk about why he's 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.240 been turned off working in television and what Uncle Darren 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.960 is really like. Between takes, Darren will share his rationale 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.240 in creating that heroic and generous end of the series, 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.400 with details about a final call to a senior executive 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:09.359 at network ten Plus. We will get plenty of exclusives 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:13.000 from behind the scenes of The Amazing Race Australia Celebrity Edition, 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.560 which if you missed that finale you should catch up 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:19.120 on Tenplay. Anyway, guys, let's bring Darren and Tristan into 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.600 the podcast, and George, if you're listening, maybe go and 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.160 take a walk outside while I talked to the boys 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:29.680 about their amazing time on The Amazing Race Australia Celebrity Edition. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:31.359 Is Darren? 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:36.960 Is that one lovely Tristan? You're very handsome? 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:37.960 Thank you? 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:39.920 Is that how they cast you on the show? Did 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.320 Darren have to go find, you know, attractive family members? 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:45.760 Is that my my cousin would have taken that price. 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.720 I don't think Tristan wants anything to do with television ever. 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:53.200 Again, Darren, the last time I spoke to you was 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.160 like early in the morning, and then I had all 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:58.720 these comments about people saying how sexual. 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:04.680 Sexual I was not. I'm just always horny. It's all 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:06.960 the it's all the bullpiness that we ate on the 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.560 on the Amazing Race, keeping it frisky. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.240 One of the other contestants was saying, you know that 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.920 they would be doing the race and then they would 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:18.040 also you could organize massages back at the hotel room, 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:21.280 and I was thinking, in those countries, that sounds that 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:22.040 sounds interesting. 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.480 I didn't know about the massages back in the hotel room, 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:25.320 did you trist them? 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:29.440 Must have been it, Teddian, Harry Princes. 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.000 They booked out everyone in the in the different patricks. Anyway, 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.240 congratulations on winning the Amazing Race. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.640 Boys. You both did such a good job. It was amazing. 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:38.080 Thank you. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.560 I want to ask you though, the end result was 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:46.040 a great example of sportsmanship. You know you both did win, 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.960 but that decision to share the experience that win with 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:52.920 everyone else in their charities, how long had you been 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:54.000 thinking about doing that. 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.840 I think we discussed it the night before. It was 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:01.240 probably percolating maybe a few days for me, and you 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:02.800 know it was hard to say if we'd even make 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:06.160 the final, but you know, by that stage you're so exhausted, 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:09.360 you haven't really slept, you haven't eaten much, you're so 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.520 invested in the race, and I just was kind of 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:16.520 putting myself in a runners up scenario and thinking, God, 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.719 if I went all this distance and walked away with 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.680 absolutely nothing for our charity, I'd be devastated. And I 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.120 don't want anyone to feel that. So I think it 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:26.960 would be nice if we kind of can share the 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.600 win with everyone, and it's you know, they can at 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.120 least walk away with something for their charity. Because I 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.919 got speaking because it wasn't really much time to catch 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.520 up with everybody and talk about everything. So a few 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.919 days before I kind of had the opportunity to speak 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.640 to Emma and Haley and Angie and Ali about what 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.120 their charities meant to them and why they chose those charities, 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:49.720 and you know, I was welling up as they were 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:54.000 telling their story of Leonie Jackson and also and with 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:57.599 her mum who's got dementia, and I thought, God, you know, 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.279 they're all here, you know, in their charities mean as 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.160 much to them as mine does to me, and it 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.160 just would be such a shame to not get anything. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.800 So yeah, you know, once Tristan and I started talking 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:11.800 about it was a no brainer. We thought, look, we're 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:14.560 gonna have to work very very hard to win this 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.279 race because you know, we just knew there was going 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.839 to be dancing challenges and stuff like that. We felt 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:22.960 it it was probably going to be geared up maybe 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.840 for us not to win. And I said, if we're 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:27.960 going to win this, we have to be extra extra 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.479 good to win this because it's not geared up for 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.000 us to win. All female suo has never won the 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.800 Amazing Race, and I really think they wanted an all 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:38.320 female duo to win the Amazing Race at the Tricka done. 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.560 And we pulled off the miracle and we and we 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:45.520 got to that position and thankfully we're able to share 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:46.520 that with everyone else. 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.560 I was going to ask Tristan that conversation would have 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.120 been great to have. Did you have conversations with the 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:56.560 producers about making that happen or was it a surprise 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:58.120 to everyone who was filming. 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.000 I'm prett sure it was a surprise to everybody. 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.839 Yeah. I spoke to one of the heads at ten 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.520 just to float it from a legality point of view. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.640 I said, listen, this is what if we do win, 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.280 we would like to do this. Is there any complications 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.920 with that, because if there's money involved, I know sometimes 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:22.880 that can get convoluted with contracts and things. And I said, look, 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.599 just you know, I've spoke to my charity. They're okay 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.920 with that, so it's not a matter of us robbing 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.320 money from them or whatever. It's you know, you know, 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.360 they're happy to do that. We're happy to do that. 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.280 Is there any kind of legal complications there that you 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.640 couldn't pay all these charities? And he checked out and 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:41.800 came back and said, no, no, you're all good. He said, 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.320 but please, if you don't, don't mention this to anyone else. 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:45.279 So no, we didn't. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.520 Yeah, I mean it's a great TV moment. Network ten 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.000 would have been rubbing their hands together. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.159 Yeah, yeah, well I was even I was bloody crying 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.560 last night watching it too. It was especially because I saw, 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.560 like for the first time what the girl's train ride 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.720 was like. So Emma and Haley just so deflated on 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.960 that train thinking they were going to come into second place, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.479 and you know, almost in tears, and that was so 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.200 heartbreaking to watch. And I was like, oh my god, 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.800 I'm so thankful, more now than ever that we split 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:18.120 the win with everyone, because I mean that that could 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.160 have been ours, that could have been us rolling second 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.840 on the on the train and gone ship man. We 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:26.160 lost it on the final the final challenge, because I 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:30.480 mean sometimes they there's a little tom foolery with the editing. 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:33.200 This is one of the things Tristan hates about television land. 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:35.880 You know, it was edited obviously to make it a 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.080 lot closer than what it was, but realistically, you know, 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.960 Emma and Haley were significantly in front all day. No 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:44.760 one was close. We were never it said in what 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:46.760 at one point we were first? We were never first. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.280 We were always very far behind em and Haley the 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.880 whole time. And in the dance challenge, we're like, I mean, 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.880 come on, they were out right away what one go, 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:56.520 and they were phenomenal at it, and. 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:56.960 We were there. 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.800 We're probably about forty five minutes behind them. At least 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.680 we thought probably we lost it by that stage. And 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.680 then when we got to the puzzle, I was surprised 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.560 to still see them, and my little lady HD brain 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.960 kicked in and went a bit rain manish and noticed 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:17.360 anomalies and photos that other people hadn't maybe noticed, and yeah, 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:21.560 we were in front, so We're lucky enough to to 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.360 get in front and be able to split the money 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.080 with everyone. So it was a good feeling and it 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.080 felt right and I'm glad we did it. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:27.560 Tristan. 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:28.960 I was going to ask you, did you have to 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.600 rely on Uncle Dae to tell you who these other 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.840 celebrities were? Did you know who all of these Australian 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.080 celebrity television personalities were. 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.240 I think it was a mixed bag for both of us. Actually. 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.680 I think on the plane over I recognized Harry and 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.160 and Janna, and you recognized Ben and Ben and Jackie. 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.920 Then we got there, obviously that was Grant and how Andergie. 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:50.800 Did we all knew? And then there was a few 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.080 others I think we were didn't add know at all? 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.200 I don't know at all. Yeah, that was pretty bad. 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.120 I was like, who's this did calling himself like Prince 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:03.280 and Georgia like that. It's like King George? Who's this guy? 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.800 King George? And apparently he was on like The Survivor. 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:11.840 I think he savaged you on the podcast when he 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.160 was on here, and I'm sorry for that, but I 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.959 feel like that's the only negative response that you've probably got, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.440 you know, from the contestants or even from the people online. 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.200 There's usually the odd hater that comes out, but there's 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:23.720 been none of that. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.560 There was there was one. I saw there was one. 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:27.480 This was one. 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:34.240 In my opinion, Oh god, there's always one. 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:37.160 People that savaging your guys online. I was thought that 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.040 everyone would have been pretty happy with you. 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:41.199 No, it's like, it's that's what we're just saying. It's 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:45.120 like unbelievable amount of positive and love. And because we're 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.320 just saying, there's usually always one or two assholes and ah, 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:52.440 but it's like thousands and thousands of comments and there's 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.520 a lot of backhanded ones too. I used to hate 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:59.040 that guy, but no, I like, I mean the backhanded 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:02.040 ones too, but yeah, like it's just all love. But 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.880 then Tristan said that there was one shit comment of 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:06.719 all the thousands, and I was like, oh, yeah, what 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:07.960 was it and what did he say? 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.479 It's very self serving, in my opinion. 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.040 Self serving? What more self Well, if we take all 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.000 the money, that's self serve, but if we split the money, 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:16.440 that's also self serving. 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.719 So it's actually it's actually madness, like there's no right 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.000 way of doing it. When I watched the last when 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.200 I watched it last night. I was thinking, people are 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.200 going to say, Darren knows a TV moment. This is 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.160 about branding, This is about making him look good, you 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.960 know what I mean, Like, you can never please the audience, 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.800 and especially the type of I think you call them 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:38.600 debbies now because you can't call them Karen's because Karen's 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:43.200 now think that's racist against Karen's. But debbies are like 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.560 right onto it, They're like, you know, how can I 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:49.840 get as many clicks or reactions to people online? I 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.880 need to say the opposite. That's polarizing to get people 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:54.679 to interact with me, to get attention. 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.560 Yeah, it's pretty sad, but yeah, I'm surprised there's been 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.320 none of that. It's all been really, really, really positive. 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.360 And I think that comes because it's a genuine moment. 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.400 In these TV moments, you can you can tell when 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.720 they're TV moments. And I think it all happened so 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.240 quick and it was real, and I think, you know, 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.960 you can see from everybody's reaction it's real. And you know, 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.720 you were so invested with the show and the charity 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.600 but also these people by this stage, and you just 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.600 didn't want people to leave empty hand to do It 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.440 was simple as that, because I mean I just put 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.040 myself in their choose and I thought I would be 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:28.079 fucking devastated, so let's not let that happen. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.040 I literally proposed on national television and the next hour 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.559 I was like, that's going to be great for marriage equality. 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:37.040 And the comments online was what a narcissist? 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.240 I mean, it did not help my case that I 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.040 was proposing to a man who looked like me. 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:44.080 That name was Ben. 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:49.920 There's something sort of narcissistic about that, really, the callowing 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:50.960 yourself King Ben. 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.200 I think the king name has already been taken. But 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.280 I was going to ask you what did you make 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.280 of Grant Daniel leaving an episode two? 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.400 Do you feel like he earned his paycheck? 0:11:59.679 --> 0:11:59.920 Yeah? 0:11:59.920 --> 0:12:02.840 I mean I kind of missed. I missed up again 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.160 because we were we were we were up the front, 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:08.320 you know, so we first and I off the back 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.800 of the first episode. To be honest, we find it 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.840 really easy. Like the episode we found so easy. And 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.480 what they didn't show in the actual episode was we 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:21.080 fucked that wedding dress photo ops so many times. We 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:24.040 had to go back and forward six times in this 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.160 insane heat, and I was and every time I was 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.680 smiling and laughing and having a good time, and even 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:32.640 though we had to do it so many times, we 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:35.360 were still a good forty five an hour in front 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.400 of everyone, and we're like and everyone after we're speaking 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.840 to them, they're like, oh my god, this is so brutal. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:42.360 I can't cope with this. And we were kind of 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.120 looking at each other, gone, what I mean, we're playing 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.560 a different game, because that was really easy for us. 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.720 So when Grant had fainted and like in that second episode, 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.160 it was kind of a bit unbelievable to us because 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.280 we were doing a little Bollywood dance like it wasn't 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.240 It wasn't like we were on some extreme kind of 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.640 like me show or something, you know, like it's I 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:04.200 was just. 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.400 Wondering whether Grant Daniel just agreed to doing the show 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:08.360 because they said to him, if you want to be 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.480 the host of Deal or No Deal, you've got to 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:13.680 do the amazing race first. And he was like all right, 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:15.839 and then he was like, you know, nudging his wife 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.600 and was like, I'm going to pretend to pass out 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.040 and then I believe that pull Deal on No Deal 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:20.400 from me. 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:23.600 I mean to be fair, When you watch it, it 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.760 does look like a really bad, bad acting job. But 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.920 as having spoke to them offline, I think they were, 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.720 like I think they were truly like gut it to 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:36.120 be going home, especially because you don't nobody wants to 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.960 be first or second. That's that's kind of shit, you know. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.599 I think they were both because I did see a 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.319 lot of people saying, oh that that seemed fake. And 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:45.640 by the way, and when I looked at it, I 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.400 also thought that it did seem a bit like, really, 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:50.679 I mean, are you actually fainting here? It seems a 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.080 bit much, But that's how it looked on the on 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.880 the camera. But I think the reality being there and 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.280 speaking to them after like they were. I mean I 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.520 spoke to Chezy directly after. She was absolutely devastated and 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.600 worried for him too, like severely worried that he that 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:07.679 he'd done some permanent damage there. And actually when I 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.080 when I watched, because they used a clip of it 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.120 again last night, when he's kind of saying, oh man, 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:14.679 we just had a great time, and he's on the 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.840 carpet and he's slurring his words a bit, and he's 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.120 almost seemed like he's really drunk, And I think that's 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:20.840 you know that kind of what happens when you have 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.880 that severe dehydration. And of course shortly after that he 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.920 ended up fainting again. So yeah, he does look really, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.360 really sick in that last bit where he's you know, 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.120 like thanking Bo for being there. So it was a shame. 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.360 I think he would have liked to have at least 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.960 made it, you know, to another country. And yeah, and 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.760 by the way, I was, I was kind acosted because 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.400 I've not really met Grant Denny here and you know, 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.520 with some similar jobs, I guess, and it would have 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:48.160 been good to catch up with them along the way. 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:49.800 Well, I said to Bow at the start of this, 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.480 I was like, have you got Darren McMullan and Grant 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.760 Dania in case you get sick, you know, with like 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.680 balimelly or something, so that they can stand in as 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:01.760 a TV host, Like, you know, just bring a couple 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:02.320 of backups. 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.840 Is Steven Tighter Channel ten. You know, we've got it covered. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.280 Bo would never let me stand in from you never 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.960 get that position back. I'll be holding on to that type. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.040 Well, if he does get you can always jump in. 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:15.280 You get to travel the Yeah, well he said to 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.160 me a lot Darren it's bloody tough. You're the only 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.320 person that I know that could do a show like this. Man, 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.440 it's bloody tough. I'm like, bo, you have to remember 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.440 a number between one and twelve. Bro, it's not that hard. 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:24.320 Come on, let's be honest. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:25.200 Might be hid. 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:29.280 Yeah, see you are the fifth I mean, it's really 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.600 it's it's it's bloody. It's a bloody good job you've got. 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:35.320 You get to travel the world. Well, you get to 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.880 you know, see these amazing places, and yeah, I would 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:40.600 love I'd love to have the amazing race. 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:41.080 Yeah. 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.880 I mean it's not all as flashy as its signs, 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.160 even for him, because I mean he do. You would 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.040 do grueling days running around trying to do all those links, 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:51.440 dealing with all the kind of chaos that you deal 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:55.000 with in third world countries and things. I think a 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.240 lot of people think it's like doing getaway or something. 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.760 We've stayed in five star resorts, But it's not that. 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.920 It's not that, but it's still be bloody fun. No. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:03.600 I think if you asked me to do that, i'd 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.720 say get away, not a TV show get away. 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:07.680 I think that would be it. 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.800 In saying that, you know, obviously we got a route 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:14.280 awakening a few episodes in because it started to get 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.800 very very hard for us. So for whatever reason that 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:20.400 those first ones that everyone finds super gruelling were pretty 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:24.200 easy for us, but more than mind fuck later caught 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:24.560 us out. 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:28.400 I guess we were so appy as well. Yeah, we 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.800 really wanted it straight away. We went in all guns blazing. 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.120 We were probably benefited from more physical stuff, and it 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.320 was it was quite clear. Halfway through the show. I 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.360 was like, oh shit, we're gonna get no physical stuff here. 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.120 It's all going to be a little I called it 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:44.000 the place school challenges. Oh another place school challenge is okay, 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.200 this is not for Emma Haley again. Is it like 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:50.840 making boats or making shoes? Doing a dance routine? Oh no, 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:52.120 we're singing again. 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:53.760 Oh right, Christan. 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.120 I was going to ask you, though you know all 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.480 of this TV experience, now you can see what uncle does. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.840 Any chance of you know, following his footsteps, some wanting 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:01.800 to work in television? 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.399 Not a chance, not a chance, seeing all the drama 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:07.280 that goes on behind TV, It's not for me. 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:10.560 What did you learn about your own quis? 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.920 Did you learn anything about him being able to make 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:14.040 some television with him. 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:15.880 Yeah, No, it was awesome to step into his world 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:17.520 as well, Like as soon as that that red light 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.919 goes on, he's just a different person. Like there's so 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:22.240 many mornings we'd wake up and hadn't had a coffee yet, 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.880 and then it's grumpy, and then since the camera's rolling 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.080 is ready to go, I'm like, okay, that's a change 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:28.240 from two minutes ago. 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:32.200 I remember watching Darren posting the voice one time and 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:34.919 sorry about this, Darren, just to tell Tristan this story 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.080 and the rest of Australia. I remember watching you on 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.639 the sidelines. You looked grumpy and miserable. You looked a 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.280 bit hungover maybe, and then out of nowhere they said 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.840 action and you were majestic like it just you have 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:47.400 to be able to have seen it with your own 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.520 eyes to see that transformation and that it's magic time. 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.160 Like Tristan's so quiet, we never to hear from him. 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:54.760 And I was like, I don't think people understand, like 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:56.840 how funny our interviews are with Darren just talking for 0:17:56.880 --> 0:17:59.200 an hour, like you have the whole. 0:17:59.000 --> 0:17:59.919 Show of just the interview. 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:05.560