WEBVTT - LISA CURRY'S EMOTIONAL MASKED SINGER EXPERIENCE 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:01.720 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:05.360 TV Reload the podcast last week Airline. Welcome back to 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:08.520 TV Reload. My name's Benjamin Norris and on this podcast 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:11.920 I go behind the scenes with the biggest players in television. 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.080 Each episode you will get a front row seat with 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:20.120 content makers like executive producers, writers, editors and casting agents, 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:23.840 plus the talent we see on our screens. TV Reload 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.040 reloads the shows that you're currently watching and gives you 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.920 a better insight into our television industry and our streaming 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.800 services today. On the podcast, I have one of Australia's 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.680 most celebrated athletes who has braved the mass singer Australia 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.120 and one over more fans with her emotional performance. It 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:45.320 is Lisa Curry. While the Caterpillar had the panel stumped, 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:48.720 it was high emotions when the gold medalist was second 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:51.520 to be booted from the hit show. I think there 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.600 wasn't a person in the audience that wasn't crying, and 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:57.520 I for one had the tissues out. The country has 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.120 been following Lisa's journey for decade, but with a family 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.520 tragedy recently, we have all watched as she has tried 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.080 to put her life back together. The show was an 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.200 emotional way for her to express her emotion and it 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.919 certainly looked like a challenge for her, and it appeared 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.240 to be maybe a little bit cathartic at the same time. 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.240 We will talk about the reasons why she chose to 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.640 do the show, the upfront approach with Hughsey, how she 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.679 felt singing without a mask, and if she's still second 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.880 guessing saying yes to the whole thing. However, let's get 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.680 started with today's special guest, Lisa Curry, who is ready 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.720 to unpack her unmasking on the Mask Singer Australia. 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:43.520 I couldn't be further from my comfort zone. The master back, bigger, better, maskier. 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:43.640 Than ever. 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.160 That mask I couldn't move around in much. 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.480 Well may be able to work out which celebrity is 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:51.800 behind each mask. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.320 I really loved my second song that I'd practiced. 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.760 I feel like I definitely got your beautiful full spirit 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.080 coming through way. 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:05.480 Some really good singers on there. What the heck was 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:06.320 I doing on there? 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:09.120 So much riding? 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.000 They came over on the pretense that might have been 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:17.640 my son. 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.840 Hi, Lisa, how are you a caterpillar? 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:21.880 To you? Thanks? Ben? 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:26.880 How are you feeling after watching the show back last night? 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.160 Well, I watched it with about twenty friends. So they 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.760 came over on the pretense that might have been my 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.840 son on the show. But as soon as Caterpillar started singing, 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.440 they all just started cheering and jeering me and they said, 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.400 it's you. It's you, because I know my voice. So 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:44.960 if we had a big night and it was so 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.280 much fun. I had my grandson, my four year old grandson, 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.480 sitting in my lap and he said, Grannie, that's the 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.280 song that we sing in the car. He said, that's Grannie, 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.640 that's Grannie, And it was so it was so much fun. 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:59.320 And I think the most fun part for me was 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.680 hearing Osher announced it was me. It was like better 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.320 than any swimming race call that I've ever had. So 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:07.160 it was fun. It was so much fun. 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.880 You know what, Your supporters get so much joy out 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.679 of your adventures. And it was only a little while 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.040 ago with the Australian story where you talked about, you know, 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.680 needing to get out and have some adventures. There is 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:21.639 something quite joyous about seeing you succeed. 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.840 Well, I mean, yeah, I know I get the support 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.440 and I love people. Is this what I've been doing, 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.320 and I am a real people person and I've tried 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.760 my best to with everything that I do try and 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:38.839 leave a message of some sort so that people know 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.440 that no matter what they're going through, they're not alone. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.680 And we're very understanding. We have a lot of empathy 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.040 and it's what I do in my business as well, 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:50.080 where we have over half a million women in our 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.480 Facebook group pages on Happy, Healthy You, and we talk 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:57.080 to them every day about you know, life in general 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.840 and getting outside your comfort zone and looking after yourself. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.960 You're not alone, all that sort of thing. So it is, yeah, 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.320 it's lovely to have the support. I was completely completely 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.520 outside my comfort zone though I couldn't be further from 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:14.600 my comfort zone than singing and you know, on national television. 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.400 To be as emotional as I was watching the show 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.400 seemed really out of left field. But I just want 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:22.760 to say thank you for saying yes to this opportunity, 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.760 as it really touched me personally. It provoked a huge 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.240 response from everyone I know who watched it, So thank. 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:33.440 You, really. I mean, I know Chrissy got quite emotional. 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.000 I couldn't look at her. I couldn't look at her. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:37.880 I would have burst into tears and knowing that I 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.320 had to sing again, I just wouldn't have been able to. 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.200 So I had to, you know, I had to put 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.400 on my other mask, which was being really strong when 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.080 you don't feel like being really strong. And you know 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.400 that's the case with a lot of people walking around 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.920 the streets too. You know they're all wearing a mask 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.839 of strength, and you know you laugh and have a 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.359 good time, but then you feel guilty for having a 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.480 good time. So there's lots of different different emotions and 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.120 masks that we wear every day. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.680 I guess for some context, I lost my brother in 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.720 law last year in October, and I've watched my mother 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:16.440 in law really struggle with this, and I'm searching for 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.479 a way in which I can say to her to 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.520 be happy and wanting her to still get on with 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:23.240 her life. 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:27.680 It's so hard to just go back to being yourself. 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:29.839 I think sometimes just getting out of bed and getting 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.279 one thing done is a real success. So if you 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.240 can just give her a really big hug from me, 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.640 and I will do it. And I do know, like 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:41.479 I do know, everything will be okay in time. It 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:42.560 just takes time, you know. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:44.720 Well, that's what's on your face. That's what was on 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.560 your face last night. But to give you that context, 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:50.560 it was so powerful. It was really powerful for you 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.280 to be on a show and to continue to share 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.359 your story. I think a lot of people who have 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.760 lost or are suffering from a loss in a family 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.880 got something out of your bravery last night. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.960 Yeah, well that's it's nice to hear. Thank you for that. 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:05.520 It was you know, like I said, I needed a 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.920 bit of joy in my life, and singing does that. 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.240 Music can do that for you. My husband's and entertainer, 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.640 so when I go to his gigs, you know you 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.160 can sing along. You can have I've only just started 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:17.800 getting up and having a little bit of a jig 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:21.920 again because I couldn't. But singing is it is joyful, 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.520 and I sing out. I think I represent all the 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.920 people who think we can sing. We sing out loud, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.360 We sing in the car, in the shower, I sing 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.839 on the mower. And then when you hear yourself back, 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.479 oh maybe I shouldn't sing at all. I actually said 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.520 to the producers, I'm not offended at all if you 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:41.479 want to get somebody else, because that sounds awful, And 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.479 they said, no, no, no, you've got to keep practicing, 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.560 and you know, so I did keep practicing to the 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:49.200 point where probably was quite reasonable for me. But even 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.800 my son he said, oh Mom, that's actually better than 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.400 I thought it. Like, the whole experience was just it 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:57.120 was just one of the best things that I've done. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.200 It was so much fun. 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.200 Well, that song by Tones and I really an emotive 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:03.880 song for you. Had you had a relationship with that 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:06.240 song prior to the mass singer. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.600 No, I'd never heard that song before. The producers sent 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.280 me that song and they said, do you like this song? 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.800 Would you like to sing it? And so I googled 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.560 it and it was so fun. It was a you know, 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.680 uplifting sort of song. You know, it was a cartoon. 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.120 She was in a coombe and I have a comby 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:28.000 and you know, the words were lovely to find the 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.200 Sun on a cloudy day, and you know, it just 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.120 sort of resonated with me and everyone else, and I thought, 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.600 you know what, that's a that's a fun song to sing. 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:37.120 So I was really happy about it. 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.160 You've been in the public eye for most of your 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.640 life and we have watched your highs and lows. Is 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.040 it hard to have an audience or does it feel 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.040 surreal to still have this audience that follows you after 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:48.280 so many years. 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.600 Yeah, it's been a long time, you know, forty years 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.800 I've actually been in the public eye. And that was 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.880 my comment to Melby last night when she said something. 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.400 I thought it might have been a swimmer, and I said, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.920 I'm old. But to put that in context, what I 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.360 meant was, I've been around probably more than she's been alive. 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.680 So I didn't know if she even knew who I 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.600 was from so many years ago. And I said to 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.200 Abby that, you know, she wasn't even born when I 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.760 was in the public eye, so I was unsure whether 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:17.520 they would even know who I was. But I took 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.640 the mask off. But I've had a great life, and 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.520 I you know, I've just released my book, which has 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.200 been amazing, and you know, I hope that I can 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.400 write another book, you know, in thirty years time. I 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:30.760 have every intention of you know, living a long life, 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:33.160 but you just never know when your last day is. 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.000 And as we know that from Olivia Newton, John Passing, 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.959 and Judas Durham passing, we're all going to die at 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.200 some point, you know, and we don't let last forever, 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:44.800 so we do have to make sure that we wake 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.120 up and have the best day that we can and 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.360 find the sun on the cloudy day. 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.360 Did you get a chance to chat with Chrissy Swan 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.800 after the show? I mean, I know, she's so great 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.960 with her words and what we got to see was 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.679 quite powerful, But I don't know, did you appreciate her 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.760 ignorre knowledgement of your situation? 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.800 Yeah, of course. And when she came over, you know, 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.320 she was still very emotional, and you know, everyone came 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.120 and gave me a big hut and we had a 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:14.440 selfie together, and then Chrissy and Abby were singing. Those 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.240 two can both sing very well. Yea, but yeah, it 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.880 was just it was just really nice. And the panel 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:21.800 I think are amazing, as much as I love the 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:25.800 other panel as well. Mel and Abby and Chrissy are 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:28.360 just just beautiful, beautiful people. And Husey, I mean, who 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.960 doesn't love Hughsey. For whatever people have seen of Abby 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:33.839 in the past, she's doing a really good job. She 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.400 comes across so well on TV. And Melby is just 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.320 she's a beautiful human being, and Chrissy is I just 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:41.760 I love all of them. They're just great. 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.719 There's some serious warmth to those women. The interaction though 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.280 with Hughsey was really funny and honest, because that's got 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:49.360 what we kind of expect from you in a way. 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.520 Were you just on autopilot or were you secretly hoping 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.040 you could have that moment with Hughsey The way that 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:56.880 it played out, Oh, it just. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.520 Well, everything just happened. It just all happened so quickly, 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:01.800 like you take your head off and my head just 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.440 wouldn't come off. It just was kind of stuck. I 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:08.600 had to sort of undo things underneath. And because that mask, 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:11.080 I couldn't move around in much. I could use my 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.800 hands as like little slippers, and it was like it 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.560 was quite a heavy mask. I was weighing heavily on 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:19.320 my shoulders, but trying to get the head off was hard. 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:21.760 And then once you're out and everyone's so excited it 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:24.440 so everyone's throwing questions at you, and it's like, oh, 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.760 you know, it just all happens in the moment. It 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:28.600 was pretty funny actually, And there. 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:32.640 Were some real really serious curve balls in those clues. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.440 Did you think they were well done or were even 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:39.160 you confused listening to those those confusing questions that were 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.600 supposed to allow audiences to guess that it was you. 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.040 Well, when they do the clues package, that's when I've 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.079 just walked out on stage, so of course my heart 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:50.920 was raising, my legs were jelly, you know, I was 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:55.400 ready to sing so and the crowd was loud as well, 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.760 so it was hard to actually hear the clues. And 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.600 even here at home last night, everyone was chatting and laughing, 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.920 you know, through the whole thing. So I did see 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:09.600 someone ironing which looked like a crowched rug, which I 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.400 eye croacheder, and I'm thinking that iron was maybe an 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:16.840 iron man, which is probably grand. Yeah, so I was thinking, 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.440 maybe that's the connection. So but I have to watch 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.720 it back again because I kind of I need to 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.640 watch it on my own because there was so much banter, 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.000 and once they heard me start singing, they knew it 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.480 was me because of my voice, and everyone was high 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:32.920 fiving and cheering and slapping me on the back and 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.000 carrying on. So, yeah, it was pretty funny. 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:36.840 Well, I laughed out loud when you said that you 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.440 were starting to second guest saying yes to the show, 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.120 But then talking to you this morning, you know, it 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.000 sounds like you've really decided it was a good thing. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.680 Well, it was. It was fun, but I was very 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.360 conscious of how I sounded like. I didn't do you 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.240 know what I mean like this, Now that I've seen 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.720 obviously two shows, and I was leading up to the shows, 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.959 I saw the promos and I thought, wow, I had 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:00.840 some really good things. Is on there? What the heck 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:03.679 was I doing on there? But at the time, you know, 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.880 I was very conscious of how I was going to 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.440 come across and how I was going to sound, because 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:13.160 they did film me in my rehearsal, and to be honest, 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:16.400 I sounded like shit. It was really bad because you 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.880 know you've got to get it right, and it's just 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:20.959 it's like swimming at the Olympics. You know, you get 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:22.880 one shot at it and you've got to make sure 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:27.280 that everything works out perfectly. And so in my change room, 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.320 I was singing in my head. I had my eyes closed. 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.199 I was doing the actions, but then you have to 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.920 put the costume on and you're sweating. It's heavy, the 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.600 crowd's going nuts. I nearly missed my queue to start 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:41.120 because I couldn't hear. And you just hope that everything 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.360 works out well because you only get one shot at it, 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.079 and if you mess it up, it's the moment's gone. Well. 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:49.079 I can't speak for everyone, but I really like anyone 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.240 being authentic, and I could hear the authenticity in your 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.640 voice and in your singing. And whilst yes, you might 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.960 not be one of the trained singers that's been hidden 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.080 amongst these masks, you're performing has been the best thing 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.400 we've seen this year, which might be a shock to you, 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:07.959 but it was because it came from a place of genuosity. 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.800 I guess, yeah, thank you. You're making me want to cry. 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.920 I cried when you took the mask off and I 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.200 watched you sing it, and I just looked at your face, 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:18.640 and I mean, I'm in my forty so I grew 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:20.200 up with you. I mean I had breakfast with you 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.880 every morning. You're my mom sent me off to school 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.400 with Uncle Toby's music bars, like I've been in your 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.520 audience for so long. And yeah, I mean when you 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.880 took the mask off and you had to sing without 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.960 the head on, was that a different emotion again? Was 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.280 that a different experience again? Having to sing that a 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:37.840 little bit without the mask on? 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.640 Yes, that was terrifying. And that's one of the reasons 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.240 why I couldn't look a Chrissy Tips. I thought, now, 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.080 don't get upset, don't cry, because I knew I had 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.320 to sing again, and you can't sing when you're crying. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.720 You just can't. So I had to, you know, I 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:50.560 had to put with that wall up, and I had 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:52.160 to think, right, I had to do my job here 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.480 and I have to sing again. But funnily enough, I 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.360 actually really enjoyed it, even though it was terrifying. I 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.440 enjoyed it because all I had to do was what 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.640 I've been to sing for weeks and weeks and weeks. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.840 On end, I was a little bit disappointed that I 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.520 went out, only because I really loved my second song 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:11.320 that I'd practiced and I wanted the chance to sing 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.800 that as well. But you never know, it might come 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.320 out on my new album or something. 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.080 Tell me what is it? I mean? I got to 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.320 ask Ryan Maloney yesterday and he was disappointed with his 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:22.520 second song. Can you tell me what that second song 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.520 was going to be? What do we miss out on? Yeah? 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.880 It was ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gay. Oh, 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:28.880 I love that song. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.560 Love that song. Put that on the edge of the. 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.640 Song that can go on the album? 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:33.880 Yeah? 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.400 Yeah, what's an EP? Is that like three songs or 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:37.640 six songs? Three songs? 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.400 Maybe you look it sounds like I should know what 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:41.960 that kind of lingo is, but I am just that 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:43.680 little bit too old to have no idea what you're 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.920 talking about. But yes, definitely release an album. 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:49.880 See, my husband is an entertainer, so he's on stage 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.360 every weekend, and every now and again he comes and 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.280 puts the microphone in my face, and I just like, no, no, no, no, 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.680 I don't sing. I don't sing. I'm not singing, you know. 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:00.960 And you know, with the sad passing of Olivia Newton 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.240 John today, you know, Mark does Danny Zuko as well, 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.720 and there's a great grease and every now and again 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.120 he comes and puts the microhross come on, be sandy 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:10.960 for me, and I can't be sandy. 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:11.360 I can't. 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.600 I don't sing. But maybe for a tribute to Alviya Old, 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.600 I might try and give it a go at some point. 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.760 Please, do I think if you put that the entry ticket, 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.280 you are going to sell that out, girlfriend, like people 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.920 will come in grooves and just remember us, people don't 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.960 necessarily want to hear the best singers when it comes 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:32.840 to entertainment. We want truth. We want honesty. There's more 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.960 to entertainment than being a pitch perfect singer. Yeah. 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:40.000 Yeah, And sadly Judith Durham passed away as well from 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.480 the Seekers. Now, I grew up with the seekers. And 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.280 I saw her at a conference that I was at 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.480 and she got up and sang, and I went and 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:49.880 saw her afterwards, and I said, oh, my god. You know, 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:54.640 it's amazing how beautiful your voice still is. Because swimming 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:57.040 is something that you do for a moment in time. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:58.920 It's not something that you continue for the rest of 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.560 your life. But singing you can sing forever, you know. 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:05.680 And that's what I learned from her on that day, 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:09.480 that singing is such a gift to have. And you know, 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.560 my husband does it every weekend, so I get to 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.920 listen to him every weekend. So maybe maybe I should 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.920 find a little bit more confidence. And when he puts 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.320 that microphone in my face, maybe next time I will 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:21.280 stand up and have a go. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.880 Have you forgotten how many people in Australia rewatch your 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:27.840 swims like the Commonwealth Games? My goodness, Like, I think 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:31.000 I've watched that so many times in my life because 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.320 it's so inspiring. It might not be music. But you 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:37.640 have been immortalized on YouTube forever with people being inspired 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.360 by how amazing it was for you at that time 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.360 to get back in the pool after having your daughter 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.760 and being able to swim. I mean still to that day, 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.360 you are impressing your audience like. 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.320 It has been a real journey. And luckily I was 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.760 able to put it all into my new book, which 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.720 you know, I'm still doing really well. And you know, 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.680 I can at least my kids know my story. At 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:01.040 least my grandchildren will oh my story, and I'll never 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.680 have to wonder what granny thought or you know anything 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.959 about my sport. And you know, I had such a 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:11.040 great career. I loved it so much, and I only 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.320 did it. I continued with my sport because I felt 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.520 like I had more to give, regardless of whether you 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.320 have children or not. And to be honest, if I 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.560 could do, if I could have my career all over again, 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.719 I would start tomorrow. That's how much I loved it, 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:27.600 Loved every moment of it. Loved the people, love my coaches, 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.000 love the you know, there's stress and anxiety and the 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.960 jelly legs and nerves before getting up onto the blocks, 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.800 and but there comes a time when you can't do 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:39.879 it anymore, So just have to take on new opportunities. 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.000 And that's what the singing the mask singer gave me. 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:44.639 Well, there's more races for you may not be in 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.760 the pool, maybe not singing, but I know and you 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.120 can hear it in your voice. They've got plenty still 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:53.520 left in you. Something that I always ask everyone who 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.119 joins the podcast is what is something from behind the 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.399 scenes that we as an audience did not see that 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:00.919 we would love to know from behind the scenes of 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.720 your time on the masting In Australia Season four. 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:08.400 I had an ex sas minder who used to check 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:10.480 the toilets to make sure there was no one in there. 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:12.600 When he had to take me to your peak. There 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.080 you go, and of course because I was so hot 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.760 in the mask, he'd stick a tube in for me 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.000 so I could drink some water. But then when you 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:21.560 drink a lot of water, you've got to go to 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.879 the toilet. So I was constantly going to the toilet. 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:26.480 This poor guy had to sort of like scan the 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.119 corridors to make sure there was no one there so 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:30.920 I could go to the toilet. And in fact, I 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.520 said to him, this is this is terrible, terrible thing 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.919 to ask you. But I said maybe I should just 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.359 pee into a bottle or something, you know, in the 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.239