WEBVTT - MINI: Olympia Valance chats about her IVF journey and The Summit 🏔️

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you guys might have seen the show that's airing

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<v Speaker 1>at the moment on Channel nine called The Summit. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen it before. This is the second season,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's this crazy show where you go to the

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<v Speaker 1>Alps and it's really really rugged terrain in New Zealand

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<v Speaker 1>and you have to I think there's fourteen contestants. You

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<v Speaker 1>have cash in your backpack, like a share of a

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<v Speaker 1>million big ones, and you have to hike to the

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<v Speaker 1>top of this summit and if you get there, you

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<v Speaker 1>get whatever money's in your backpack. But just like backstabbing,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can steal money along the way and people

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<v Speaker 1>drop out they can't make it, and so you need

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<v Speaker 1>to try and accumulate as much money as you can get.

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<v Speaker 1>And now one of the contestants on there is Olympia

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<v Speaker 1>of a Lance. You might know her. She's a very

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<v Speaker 1>famous Australian actress and model. You probably know he from Neighbors,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was also on Playing for Keeps The Last Barbarian.

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<v Speaker 1>The message. We're going to chat to Olympia today because

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<v Speaker 1>she is one of the contestants. Hi, welcome to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Olympia.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, Hi kay, Hi, are you weird?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I'm so intrigued as to why you why did.

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<v Speaker 1>You do this in the first place.

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<v Speaker 4>It is such a good show, But I have to

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<v Speaker 4>admit that going into it, I was supposed to watch

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<v Speaker 4>season one, so I kind of knew what I was

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<v Speaker 4>in for. I got the gist. I didn't watch the

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<v Speaker 4>first season in full, but my goodness, I should have.

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<v Speaker 4>There was so many things that I didn't know. That

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<v Speaker 4>we were going to be sleeping outside and not intent.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't really understand how hectic and hard these very

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<v Speaker 4>very steep, eight hour hyps a day would be. I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't really. I thought there may have been like an obstacle,

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<v Speaker 4>like maybe once every two or three days, but no,

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<v Speaker 4>we were literally hanging from a hundred meter waterfalls and

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<v Speaker 4>the crawling across cliff faces. It's probably the most insane

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<v Speaker 4>thing I've ever done in my whole entire life. But

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<v Speaker 4>I guess all in all, when you complete the impossible,

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<v Speaker 4>which is what we did, you feel pretty bloody good

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<v Speaker 4>about yourself after it.

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<v Speaker 1>Helenbe, I'd love to know how, like, how much a

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<v Speaker 1>notice did you get from when you sign up to

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<v Speaker 1>and you start filming, and did you just start training

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<v Speaker 1>straight away or you're like that, it's probably not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be that hard.

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<v Speaker 4>Two weeks out was when it was like, okay, we're

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<v Speaker 4>doing this. Honestly, I couldn't have been more unfit. I

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<v Speaker 4>just finished like a round of IVF and I hadn't

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<v Speaker 4>exercised properly for a good six months.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Olympia, can you tell us a little bit around

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<v Speaker 2>why you wanted to talk about that experience and also

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<v Speaker 2>what it is that you've been going through and how

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<v Speaker 2>you've been a voice for women who find themselves in

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<v Speaker 2>a very similar fertility phase of life.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, obviously Instagram and things like that, it's

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<v Speaker 4>it's always incredibly polished. And the reason why I kind

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<v Speaker 4>of wanted to speak about it was because it's I

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<v Speaker 4>just didn't understand why it was so taboo when no

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<v Speaker 4>one was really talking about it with so many women

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<v Speaker 4>are going through the same thing and so many people

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<v Speaker 4>are having the same struggles as I am, and I

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<v Speaker 4>just wanted to be a platform where people can, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>feel heard and seen and and just somewhere to vent

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<v Speaker 4>really for.

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<v Speaker 1>Those that are listening. And you have spoken about it

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, but you did miscarry twins not that long ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm.

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<v Speaker 4>On my sixth miscarriage.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm so sorry, but it's so amazing that you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about it, because I'm sure you already know, but

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<v Speaker 1>you are helping so many women by voicing this.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so hard.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I found like, and there was in the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 3>there's such I don't know what, it's like, a shame.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like you felt shame to say, oh, I've miscarried,

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<v Speaker 3>or because everyone's reaction to it is so extreme and you're.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, Okay, you're making it worse for me, but I'm

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<v Speaker 4>already dealing with it, and you're kind of pity doesn't help.

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<v Speaker 4>But if we just like, you know, we obviously grieve

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<v Speaker 4>on our own and with the people that are close

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<v Speaker 4>to us, but if we kind of just like I

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<v Speaker 4>just want it to be more open and talked about,

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<v Speaker 4>so there isn't this oh god, you know, these poor

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<v Speaker 4>poor people.

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<v Speaker 2>I honestly also think that the feelings don't necessarily come

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<v Speaker 2>just from pity. I think when you tell that story

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<v Speaker 2>and you say that you've had miscarriages, so many women

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<v Speaker 2>whose instant feeling is like, oh my god, I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>sorry is because they've been there themselves, and they've also

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<v Speaker 2>had a carriage and like and I, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>We've spoken about it quite a bit on the pickup

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<v Speaker 2>and also across life on cart like I myself have

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<v Speaker 2>had multiple miscarriages, and when I hear what another woman

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<v Speaker 2>has experienced, my very first thought is like, I hate

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<v Speaker 2>that you went through that and you're going through it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it doesn't come from pity it it just

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<v Speaker 2>comes from this like solidarity of like, I know the

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<v Speaker 2>shit you're in right now, and it's horrible.

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<v Speaker 4>I've been there. It hurts, It hurts, it really hurts.

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<v Speaker 4>It sucks. But I guess it's I kind of meant

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<v Speaker 4>more people that haven't gone through it, and it's not

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<v Speaker 4>really talked about, so people don't know how to react

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<v Speaker 4>and people don't kind of like I said, I don't

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<v Speaker 4>really know what the right thing today is. But you're right,

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<v Speaker 4>it's just like, oh my god, I'm Jesus, I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm here for you if you need me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Olimpia. We hope that you win the money, and

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<v Speaker 2>honestly so grateful that you continue to talk about these

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<v Speaker 2>things because it's a voice for women who don't feel

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<v Speaker 2>as though they're at a point where they can yet

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<v Speaker 2>and it really makes people feel less alone in such

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<v Speaker 2>a really horrible thing to go through. And the best

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<v Speaker 2>of luck with the IVF journey because I know it's

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<v Speaker 2>a very long and tumultuous journey. So we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be thank you.