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Ben Cousins has all the time identified how one can transfer. But has by no means identified how one can actually dance.
Unlocking defences? Not an issue. Unlocking the hips? Not a clue.
And so, when he was requested if he would think about swapping his previous boots for some new shiny sneakers — for a stint on the most recent season of Dancing With the Stars — he took a second.
“It’s one of those — be careful what you wish for. No background in dancing whatsoever,” the previous AFL nice admitted.
“The idea of … it’d be nice to maybe learn how to dance. But I have never followed through with any conviction at any stage — for even one lesson.”
Until now.
After taking that second Cousins, now 45, determined to make the leap.
Ben Cousins and Siobhan Power at The Regent Ballroom. Credit: Ian Munro/The West Australian
The former West Coast and Richmond midfielder might be a part of Seven’s flagship leisure present when it airs later this yr.
And he has already spent weeks immersed in a crash course in cha-cha, the basics of foxtrot, and the rudiments of rumba.
A world so far-off from what his life has been up till now.
“It’s good timing I suppose, in a position to probably take on some new challenges and in a good space,” Cousins instructed The Sunday Times this week.
“I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to get out of it. But I think it will surprise me. And I have enjoyed it up until now — but it has been hard.
“So there’s certainly no time to lose momentum … or let life get in the way.”
Ben Cousins’ life has — at instances — actually obtained in the way in which.
His descent from the Prince of Perth to a jail cell has stuffed numerous column inches, documentaries, books — even a rock opera.
But for greater than a yr at 7NEWS Perth, he has been on digicam. Reading morning bulletins, offering soccer evaluation, conducting interviews — studying, working. And smiling.
