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Speaker 1: today's podcast to have Sandra Sully, who has just had
Speaker 1: her massive reveal on the Mask Singer this week. If
Speaker 1: you missed Sandra's performance, you can check that out on
Speaker 1: ten Play. Because it was fantastic to see Australia's most
Speaker 1: recognizable female newsreader dressed up as a singing form. As
Speaker 1: an Australian news presenter and journalist, Sandrasal is most known
Speaker 1: for her work on Network ten, where she presents Australia's
Speaker 1: top stories nationally. Sandra stepped out of her comfort zone
Speaker 1: and showed a heartwarming side to her personality for the
Speaker 1: mass singer, which would have been a breath of fresh
Speaker 1: air for her as a serious journalist who is very
Speaker 1: well known for being the first Australian television journalist to
Speaker 1: cover the nine to eleven terrorist attacks. Sandra is a
Speaker 1: bright personality with a vast knowledge and is certainly a
Speaker 1: quick thinker and it is a joy to have her
Speaker 1: here today. I will ask Sandra what she thinks of
Speaker 1: those rumors that the masks have actors inside those suits
Speaker 1: and are simply miming to some prerecorded songs. Sandra will
Speaker 1: reveal the person who convinced her to take on the
Speaker 1: popular reality show and what she really thinks of her
Speaker 1: singing voice. We will talk about the song Sandra was
Speaker 1: learning which we didn't get to see, and how she
Speaker 1: covered up her absence from the news desk to take
Speaker 1: part in this singing competition. Plus, you will get plenty
Speaker 1: of exclusives from behind the scenes of The Mass Singer,
Speaker 1: which returns next Monday night at seven thirty on Network ten.
Speaker 1: And if you have fallen a little bit behind, even
Speaker 1: if you know who we're in the masks, you can
Speaker 1: catch up on contenplay. Anyway, Let's brings Andrew Sully into
Speaker 1: the podcast, which I'm very excited about, and I hope
Speaker 1: you enjoy this very insightful look at the Mask Singer
Speaker 1: for TV reload.
Speaker 3: Hello, hell are you?
Speaker 1: I'm so good. I'm so excited to be talking to
Speaker 1: you about this. Oh, the Mask Singer. What were you thinking?
Speaker 3: I know, crazy cat, aren't I? Or I'm a crazy fawn.
Speaker 3: I'm a dip thing though, I don't know.
Speaker 2: And we're just doing some publicity this morning and somebody said,
Speaker 2: you know, is it because of the kind of serious
Speaker 2: space you live in professionally? And I think, possibly unconsciously,
Speaker 2: maybe that was part of the motivation.
Speaker 3: I mean, you're coming pretty heavy. It is. It can
Speaker 3: be a dark space, but it's you know, it can
Speaker 3: be heavy with policy and issues and all sorts of
Speaker 3: other stuff.
Speaker 2: And maybe unconsciously it was part of the motivation, was
Speaker 2: just to have a bit of fun.
Speaker 3: But I didn't need it. For therapy, but.
Speaker 1: I do suggesting that it's there for therapy.
Speaker 2: Oh just somebody said, and I thought, no, I didn't
Speaker 2: do it for that reason. But maybe part of the
Speaker 2: motivation unconsciously is that I'm always living in that serious space,
Speaker 2: and it's a space I love.
Speaker 3: That I'm really comfortable with. I mean, I love what
Speaker 3: I do.
Speaker 2: But this was a chance to just strike caution to
Speaker 2: the wind and be silly. And you know, life is
Speaker 2: the you know, the dark in the shade and everything
Speaker 2: in between, and you do often need to just remind.
Speaker 3: Yourself to have a giggle, have a bit of fun.
Speaker 2: It can all end in an instant and you should
Speaker 2: really just enjoy the journey and be crazy and have
Speaker 2: you know two things you're not necessarily always comfortable doing.
Speaker 2: I mean, singing, it's not something I am comfortable to doing.
Speaker 2: I am not comfortable standing in a bodysuit on a
Speaker 2: stage on national television, moving to a song and pretending,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm something that's skid, like this is not
Speaker 2: who I am.
Speaker 1: Well, you know they thought you were Jackie. Oh and
Speaker 1: she's in this body transformation. And the funny thing is
Speaker 1: you don't even need a body transformation. You already look
Speaker 1: like that and have done for years.
Speaker 2: And then those those gorgeous judges had the temerity to say, Miranda.
Speaker 3: Her, I nearly fell over that through that, and then
Speaker 3: my chest well with pride, and I went, this is
Speaker 3: so good. If there's any takeout from this.
Speaker 2: Entire series, as they said, I could be Miranda Her.
Speaker 2: Did they not look at it short? I am how
Speaker 2: impossible that could ever be? But I did laugh a lot.
Speaker 2: I did laugh that loud.
Speaker 3: That was great.
Speaker 1: It was fun to watch you because I was like,
Speaker 1: this is so fun to see you in a different environment.
Speaker 1: It's kind of like you know when you're at school
Speaker 1: and you would see your teacher at the shopping center.
Speaker 1: You know, it's in an environment you weren't or you'd
Speaker 1: see them, your teacher or your parents when they have
Speaker 1: a drink, you know what I mean. Like, it's just
Speaker 1: fun to be able to see you have that jewelry.
Speaker 1: I guess you know.
Speaker 2: It reminded me when I was in year five we
Speaker 2: went to a family wedding and my teacher was at
Speaker 2: the wedding, and I remember exactly what that was like.
Speaker 2: I kept looking at them all night, thinking, mind you
Speaker 2: when you're not mister so like, Oh.
Speaker 1: But Sandra, that was all of Australia last time. Everyone
Speaker 1: in the Australian had that emotion. I could feel it.
Speaker 3: Oh wow, so funny.
Speaker 1: What was the experience like, you know, to be able
Speaker 1: to get up there and do that. Was it as
Speaker 1: fun as you expected it to be or was it
Speaker 1: nerve wracking? Like? How did it? How did it play
Speaker 1: out in comparison to how you thought it was going
Speaker 1: to go.
Speaker 2: I knew it would be challenging because I can't sing,
Speaker 2: and I knew it'd be confronting because you know, part
Speaker 2: of the deal is you have to hide in.
Speaker 3: This costume, you have to perform, you have to move on.
Speaker 2: Stage and sing, and then you have to go through
Speaker 2: the reveal and then you have you know, if you
Speaker 2: were chosen then you have to sing to the end.
Speaker 3: Of show live.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: That was absolutely terrifying, But I kept pushing.
Speaker 2: That to the back of my mind and thought, the
Speaker 2: process is here is to have a bit of fun
Speaker 2: and be able to laugh at yourself and enjoy The
Speaker 2: journey for me was actually just seeing if I could
Speaker 2: go through with it. I have to give full credit
Speaker 2: to my husband. He was the one that actually took
Speaker 2: me into it, and he kept reminding me, and there
Speaker 2: were many moments where I nearly backed out. You know,
Speaker 2: I had a session with the singing coach that ended
Speaker 2: in tears because I was just so aware that this
Speaker 2: was not going well.
Speaker 1: Hold off really well. But I mean, if you're not
Speaker 1: somebody who's a singer, or even someone who likes karaoke,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a very hard environment to be able
Speaker 1: to put yourself into. So I mean, I if it
Speaker 1: was me, I would be in tears as well, because
Speaker 1: I'm not a singer at all, and that frightens me.
Speaker 3: I don't sing to myself in the shower, and that's
Speaker 3: the truth.
Speaker 1: You're not even that person.
Speaker 2: I'm not even that person, right, So this this was
Speaker 2: next level discomfort, next level And then I just my
Speaker 2: husband kept reminding me that you know what, have you
Speaker 2: got to lose. The worst that can happen is you're
Speaker 2: going to laugh at yourself, And I thought, you know what,
Speaker 2: I'm not going to die.
Speaker 1: No.
Speaker 2: It's before I ever became a journalist, I worked in
Speaker 2: community recreation, health and fitness, and I learned very early
Speaker 2: on that most adults lose the ability to play and
Speaker 2: have fun in a childlike.
Speaker 3: Playful way, which is saying and it is and I've
Speaker 3: always known that's the truth. And then I said to myself,
Speaker 3: well have you done that? Sandal? Is that where you're at?
Speaker 3: You know, you've you've woken up in the straight jacket.
Speaker 2: You've sown yourself, which we all do by habit ritual,
Speaker 2: and you.
Speaker 3: Know, we hit repeat when we wake up every day.
Speaker 3: We do what we do because we love it.
Speaker 2: But it's also briutine and it's comfortable, and so rip
Speaker 2: that straight jacket off and then say, what have I
Speaker 2: actually got to lose? Why not just have a bit
Speaker 2: of fun and see where I go? And I knew
Speaker 2: I'd never get past, you know, the first performances, correct though,
Speaker 2: Just do one song and get out.
Speaker 1: That's what everyone wants. I think I've got friends that
Speaker 1: have been asked to do the show and they say
Speaker 1: to the casting people, look, i'll do it, but can
Speaker 1: you rig it so that I come out first? And
Speaker 1: they're like, oh, you might be there for like, you know,
Speaker 1: five songs. And they're like, okay, no, I'm not going
Speaker 1: to do it. But you know, you got the dream.
Speaker 1: You got to get a costume made for you you
Speaker 1: got to be fabulous. They called you Miranda, and then
Speaker 1: I feel as though for the week after you doing
Speaker 1: something like this, you'd feel alive. You know what.
Speaker 3: I think you've actually nailed it. I do.
Speaker 2: I've been trying to process it all morning since it
Speaker 2: happened last night with family and friends and the reaction.
Speaker 2: You know that people are giving me and they're just
Speaker 2: being so lovely, and I'm taken aback about how surprised
Speaker 2: they am that I did it, and I'm already surprised.
Speaker 2: And then I respond to them being surprised, and I think,
Speaker 2: oh my god, having walked through the newsroom yet. So
Speaker 2: I've got text messages for my colleagues. Matt Burke's angry
Speaker 2: because I went on a show without him.
Speaker 1: Of course now he's jealous. Well, we're gonna have to
Speaker 1: guess that he's a part of it next year, because
Speaker 1: he'll end up doing it.
Speaker 3: I know. I'll say Jesty does something kind of rad.
Speaker 1: But there was a room last week that you guys
Speaker 1: recorded the songs in a recording studio and then someone
Speaker 1: gets up in minds them for you, and that you're
Speaker 1: only there just to reveal the mask coming off the
Speaker 1: at at the end. Did you hear that rumor and
Speaker 1: were you very upset about it because you knew the reality.
Speaker 2: I never heard the rumor, and I think I'm relieved
Speaker 2: that I didn't, because it would have made me quite angry,
Speaker 2: given you know, the journey I've.
Speaker 3: Been on and the trials and tribulations.
Speaker 2: And anxiety, you know, like I was petrified, literally petrified,
Speaker 2: and how do I overcome that, you know, stage fright.
Speaker 3: No, I never heard that at all. That's news to me.
Speaker 3: How ridiculous, how ridiculous.
Speaker 1: But I mean everyone has all these theories. I mean
Speaker 1: I heard that you're only allowed to tell one person
Speaker 1: that you're going to do the show, and I'm assuming
Speaker 1: you know, for you it would be your husband, But
Speaker 1: I mean they can't control that. So I want to
Speaker 1: know how many people did you actually reveal that you
Speaker 1: were going to take on this show?
Speaker 3: Well? No, well you have to sign an NBA.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so there's a legal requirement, so you know, but
Speaker 2: the legal requirement is with my family, and I'm not
Speaker 2: going to do the wrong thing by my family, which
Speaker 2: is network.
Speaker 3: But I will I will tell you the truth. It
Speaker 3: was my husband and my mum.
Speaker 1: Okay, because my mum.
Speaker 2: I knew when I wasn't on the news something I
Speaker 2: wanted to know why. Yes, my own tween's sister, do
Speaker 2: I know doesn't always watch me? Never rang and said,
Speaker 2: what put you on the news last night? I went,
Speaker 2: I know, No, she doesn't watch me.
Speaker 3: It's just brute all away.
Speaker 2: To me in this process that my twin's sister doesn't
Speaker 2: always watch me.
Speaker 1: Brutal, brutal. And then you also sort of mentioned because
Speaker 1: you know Chrissy Sworn and Aby Chatfield have both gone
Speaker 1: into the jungle, and you said, there's no way that
Speaker 1: I would ever do that. But the question I have
Speaker 1: for you is, I'd be surprised if anyone has asked
Speaker 1: you to do that show. Was there any truth in
Speaker 1: that of they as as your family speak, and to
Speaker 1: do that they.
Speaker 3: Have Stephen Tays asked me several times, what.
Speaker 1: Do you say when they when they bring you up
Speaker 1: and ask you to do something like that.
Speaker 2: I just look at Stephen and I go, no, don't
Speaker 2: go there, don't go yeah, because I am incredibly claustrophobic,
Speaker 2: So just putting the full mask on was tough enough.
Speaker 2: But I am I am incredibly clostrophobe, and I have
Speaker 2: a visceral fear of snakes, and so it's just not possible.
Speaker 2: I couldn't get into caves and be chained up and
Speaker 2: have water over my head and then snake swimming around
Speaker 2: me like no life to you?
Speaker 3: Why would I do that to myself?
Speaker 1: That's how I felt watching Carry and Kennelly last year.
Speaker 1: I was thinking, Carrie Kack, what are you doing like that?
Speaker 1: That is a lot no look.
Speaker 2: Call credit to anyone brave enough to do it, but
Speaker 2: it's not me. Right, I did what I did last night,
Speaker 2: but I'd rather chop her in, bring them the news
Speaker 2: and chop.
Speaker 1: Her out absolutely well. Of course I have a quick
Speaker 1: a few quick questions for you. So when it comes
Speaker 1: to the song, did you have any choice in that?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 1: Were you happy with the song choice that was made?
Speaker 2: I was thrilled with the song choice because no one
Speaker 2: would have expected it. Yeah, right, no one ever expected it.
Speaker 2: So that was fun. I'll tell you. One of the
Speaker 2: other ones that we were looking at made you look
Speaker 2: by Meghan Trainer.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, did they actually start you learning that song? Well, like,
Speaker 1: just in case you were going through they did?
Speaker 2: I know, I know they did. Yeah, girls just want
Speaker 2: to have fun, la, So funny.
Speaker 1: Okay, well you're going to need to record those just
Speaker 1: at home, just for your social media, because I can
Speaker 1: from that.
Speaker 3: I did love made You look as well.
Speaker 2: They were great songs, but I left it to the
Speaker 2: experts to decide what which was the one, Which was
Speaker 2: the right one for me given in the low starting
Speaker 2: base they were dealing with.
Speaker 1: And how uncomfortable was that outfit? I mean, it looked
Speaker 1: like one of the easier ones. I'm going to say,
Speaker 1: so no discredit to the situation, because I'm sure it
Speaker 1: would have been a bit stressful, But you know, how
Speaker 1: uncomfortable was it to put it on and to perform
Speaker 1: in it.
Speaker 3: The body slit was all good.
Speaker 2: The body slit was good, although it did have a
Speaker 2: full head piece inside the mask, so it was almost
Speaker 2: like a balaclavia. Your head's completely enclosed. You just have
Speaker 2: an opening for your mouth and your face. And then
Speaker 2: to put that on, it's almost like a bike helmet
Speaker 2: tightening mechanism inside at the back, and so I could
Speaker 2: only see through the mouth, not the eyes.
Speaker 1: Oh I'm claustrophobic listening to.
Speaker 2: This, and so I think my Another part of the
Speaker 2: process was I wasn't still until we went for the
Speaker 2: costume fitting. How I was going to go with the
Speaker 2: mask on my head, but I had let them know that,
Speaker 2: you know, you can't be too complicated and I can't
Speaker 2: be in here for too long.
Speaker 3: So the second time.
Speaker 2: We put the mask on, and then they had to
Speaker 2: pull the lycra up under my chin and they'll crow
Speaker 2: everything in you to the complete cocoon was a deep breath.
Speaker 1: Could you give them any feedback? Could you give any
Speaker 1: feedback and say it's pulling me here? Can we go?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Okay? Great?
Speaker 3: They were amazing.
Speaker 2: They do everything they can to make you as comfortable
Speaker 2: as you can be, even though you know it's not comfortable.
Speaker 3: You know, like you sign up for the game, right.
Speaker 2: And the team I just you know the magicians was
Speaker 2: what they do with the costumes.
Speaker 3: I mean, what about could you see Blue Bottle and
Speaker 3: Queen snow.
Speaker 2: Fox to just see those costumes, They're unbelievable and so
Speaker 2: like Snowfox is so tall, I forget it and tiny.
Speaker 3: Someone was walking.
Speaker 2: Down some stairs last night and you have to have
Speaker 2: someone hold your hand because you can't see out of
Speaker 2: the mask where people think you can. So you're completely discombobulated, right,
Speaker 2: your spatial awareness is warped. You have none, and you've
Speaker 2: got to try and navigate a stage where you can't
Speaker 2: see the edge. You've got dancers around you, and then
Speaker 2: you've got a light that you can only partially see
Speaker 2: that you should try and aim your performance towards because
Speaker 2: that's the main camera.
Speaker 3: You're inside this cocoon, and then.
Speaker 2: You're trying to sing, like really, it's just ridiculous.
Speaker 1: I get the feeling that you'll dream of this for
Speaker 1: a very long time. I feel like, you know, a
Speaker 1: good dream or a nightmare.
Speaker 2: I don't think I realized until you know I actually
Speaker 2: did what I did.
Speaker 3: How elaborate the process is. And that's where it's a shame.
Speaker 3: You know. The viewers don't really get it either.
Speaker 2: I think audience members see it and they appreciate it
Speaker 2: because they see they get context, you know, and they
Speaker 2: see the reality of the size of the costumes and
Speaker 2: the characters. But the judges know a what it takes
Speaker 2: you to sign up to do this, and the commitment,
Speaker 2: and it's weeks and months of planning and preparation and
Speaker 2: lies and mischief making. But then it's also the vulnerability
Speaker 2: of going through.
Speaker 4: The whole process and then the performance, and then on
Speaker 4: the night you are you know, it's just you cacooned
Speaker 4: in this invisible little lie, pretending to be someone else
Speaker 4: giving it.
Speaker 3: You're all feeling like a fraud.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think as well, the magic of playing costumes and
Speaker 1: something you know you brought up earlier. I think there's
Speaker 1: something quite magical about being an adult and reimagining that
Speaker 1: sort of childhood side of yourself. Like, I think there's
Speaker 1: something quite powerful.
Speaker 2: Yeah, as a kid, you know, I didn't ever sign
Speaker 2: up to do plays or acting.
Speaker 3: I'm not an actress.
Speaker 2: That's not in my DNA, and I don't even think
Speaker 2: I had a great imagination as a kid. But this
Speaker 2: allowed me to just be playful and remember what it
Speaker 2: was like to be a kid.
Speaker 1: I think we all need a bit of that.
Speaker 3: Really.
Speaker 2: It's really cathartic, and it's really soul enriching, you know.
Speaker 2: I'm really I think that's the most that I've got
Speaker 2: out of it is the chance to sort of remember
Speaker 2: what it's like to just be silly, have a giggle,
Speaker 2: take yourself outside your comfort zone.
Speaker 3: I know I say that a lot, but it's so true.
Speaker 3: You're right.
Speaker 2: Role plays something completely extreme from who you are and
Speaker 2: give it a go.
Speaker 1: I'd love to be a sink. That's the one thing
Speaker 1: I always think, you know, I'd watch people who can sing,
Speaker 1: and I'm always amazed by it, you know. I love
Speaker 1: to be able to know what that feels like. And
Speaker 1: then I go to a karaoke bar and try to sing,
Speaker 1: and then I see the face of the face that
Speaker 1: I knew that i'd get, which is, no, mate, you
Speaker 1: can't sing.
Speaker 3: You see, I don't do karaoke. I always go and
Speaker 3: cheer everyone on, but I won't know how that I am.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 3: But it's so funny.
Speaker 2: My little niece, my sister in law film my niece
Speaker 2: last night and she actually, oh my god, it's Adele.
Speaker 2: Then I just laughed out loud because Adele, like seriously.
Speaker 3: I was thinking of they had told me this. You had, no, no, no,
Speaker 3: it's Arnie Sandy. I can't believe Annie Sandy's doing that.
Speaker 1: You obviously were on stage at one point with some
Speaker 1: of the other masks, and you've now watched last night's episode.
Speaker 1: Do you have any guesses as to your insights on
Speaker 1: who may be under some of those masks?
Speaker 2: You know, I honestly do not have a clue, Like
Speaker 2: I'm now looking at it with a whole different lens.
Speaker 3: I think some of the guesses about.
Speaker 2: Pete Murray, and I think they're pretty they're pretty on
Speaker 2: the money in so far as that it could well
Speaker 2: be them, but onestly don't know, Like you were in
Speaker 2: these demountables at the back of the stage studios, which
Speaker 2: are soundproof and light proof. So he's sitting in this
Speaker 2: bubble of anonymity and nobody in.
Speaker 3: None of the production crew, Like you can't let anyone
Speaker 3: know who anyone is.
Speaker 2: So there's about three people in your world that know
Speaker 2: it's you, and other than that, everyone backstage has worn
Speaker 2: a secrecy.
Speaker 3: You walk around in these.
Speaker 2: In these you know, bathrobes with hoods, you look like
Speaker 2: you're part of the you know, akk.
Speaker 3: You're the only one that can see out. They can't
Speaker 3: see in.
Speaker 2: You have have someone hold your hand everywhere you go
Speaker 2: because you can't see properly and they can't know that
Speaker 2: it's you, So like you have to think about your
Speaker 2: phone case and your handbag, anything that's recognizable. The lengths
Speaker 2: they go to to maintain your anonymity is exceptional, and
Speaker 2: you know, hats off to the whole crew and the
Speaker 2: way they do it because you know, like no one
Speaker 2: knew it was me. I don't have no idea who
Speaker 2: the others are. And I can't wait to see the
Speaker 2: rest of the reveals.
Speaker 1: Were you going to peem? Miranda last year was saying
Speaker 1: that she could also choose any snacks that she wanted,
Speaker 1: which I thought was hilarious. That's the only thing that
Speaker 1: would draw me into doing something like this. Did they
Speaker 1: offer you any snacks you want for your dressing room
Speaker 1: just to like keep you happy.
Speaker 3: I've just discovered there's two lots of treatment, and clearly
Speaker 3: I got the B treatment and I didn't hear Franda.
Speaker 1: Maybe she demanded it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, none of everything was on tap. But you know,
Speaker 3: you're so nervous, Like I didn't eat. Wow, I'm so nervous.
Speaker 3: I sat because you sit there, you're going you know,
Speaker 3: you rehearse, and you rehearse.
Speaker 2: In your mind and you have to whisper it, and
Speaker 2: you're in this little sort of amountsaball and then you're
Speaker 2: going through your little dance steps and you're thinking, how
Speaker 2: many hours can I just get this over and done with?
Speaker 2: I just want to go home.
Speaker 3: I just I just want to get to draw it.
Speaker 1: Well, it's done and dusted now, and I think it's
Speaker 1: something for you. I think you need to get a
Speaker 1: little statue of your your mask made to put on
Speaker 1: your bookshelf at home, to be to be very proud of.
Speaker 2: Because I think if they really cared about me and
Speaker 2: my feelings, they would offer me the mask.
Speaker 1: They should. I was actually asking someone last year. I
Speaker 1: was like, do you get to keep the mask? How
Speaker 1: much you reckon the mask is worth? I feel like
Speaker 1: for me, I would buy. I feel like offering them
Speaker 1: some cash for it because I want to keep I
Speaker 1: wouldn't want anyone else to put it on, you know what.
Speaker 2: And if I could get it and I mounted it
Speaker 2: on the wall like people mount Deer.
Speaker 3: I could put that in my entrance, couldn't I.
Speaker 1: Before you go, something I ask everyone who joins the
Speaker 1: podcast is what something from behind the scenes, something that
Speaker 1: fans won't necessarily have seen but would love to know.
Speaker 1: And not really to give away anything from behind the
Speaker 1: scenes too much, but maybe like a funny story about
Speaker 1: your experience of taking this whole thing on.
Speaker 3: Wow, I think I've just given you about ten haven't I. Well,
Speaker 3: I can tell you that I had. I had to
Speaker 3: tell her, you know.
Speaker 2: So many lies to get me to rehearsals and to
Speaker 2: pull this all off. So I had foot surgery a
Speaker 2: couple of years ago, and the news director here was
Speaker 2: the only other person at the network other than Beverly
Speaker 2: McGarvey who knew. And I said to him, what are
Speaker 2: we going to say, like, I've got to take this
Speaker 2: time off to go and do these shows to fit
Speaker 2: in with.
Speaker 3: The production schedule.
Speaker 2: And I said, the only thing I can think I
Speaker 2: can say is that maybe the surgeon's got to work.
Speaker 3: On my foot again. I've got to go and have
Speaker 3: some more foot surgery. And he said okay. And so
Speaker 3: the crew today said to me, oh.
Speaker 4: We've worked out when you did this, you.
Speaker 2: Said you had foot surgery, and then you came back
Speaker 2: after that week and you limp. I said, I could
Speaker 2: only do it for twelve hours because I felt so bad.
Speaker 1: I was going to trust you again.
Speaker 3: I know. That's what Angela Bishop just said to me,
Speaker 3: And I went, well, do.
Speaker 2: You remember, I said, the surgeon's very happy with how
Speaker 2: I've recovered.
Speaker 3: I've done very well. So bad my to my friends, I.
Speaker 1: Thought you were going to say that, you said that
Speaker 1: you needed to go and get like a face leaf
Speaker 1: or something like. At least you went with something that's undercover.
Speaker 1: A limp or two is better than having to pretend
Speaker 1: that you know, you've had your face like in a
Speaker 1: drain pipe, you know.
Speaker 2: So that was the true story behind my lines and
Speaker 2: deception was that I pretended I needed.
Speaker 3: More foot surgery and they all bore it. But I
Speaker 3: don't think I'll get away with it again.
Speaker 1: It's and Sally. I have to say I've been in
Speaker 1: your audience as Australia has for so long. The pure
Speaker 1: joy of being able to what you take this on
Speaker 1: was magical and I thank you not only for talking
Speaker 1: to me today but also for reminding people to not
Speaker 1: take themselves too seriously and that we can do anything.
Speaker 2: Oh you're a sweetheart. I've really loved our chat. Thanks
Speaker 2: so much. I really really appreciate