Rex Hunt is “not in a good place” after the legendary footy caller was taken to hospital following a late-night well being scare.
The Herald Sun reported the 73-year-old was driving alongside the Princes Highway to Geelong round 2am when he pulled to the aspect of the street close to Avalon Airport and known as police for help.
“Police received a report of an incident at a Little River service station early Tuesday morning, 17 January,” Victoria Police mentioned in a press release.
“Officers attended and spoke to a 73-year-old man about 2.15am. He was taken to hospital for assessment. There were no injuries reported.”
Former colleague and Footy Show co-host Sam Newman visited the Richmond nice in hospital and mentioned he wasn’t “in a good place” and was in search of assist for “mental problems”.
“Rex was a good footballer, he played in two premierships, and he has been a great radio caller and a world-class fisherman … and despite all of that, Rex, he is having some mental problems,” Newman mentioned on the You Cannot Be Serious podcast on Wednesday.
“We are trying to support him to say ‘Rex, you have got to help yourself before everyone else tries to help you’.
“He is not in a good place, but he should, if he has got any experience in life about what made him a good footballer or what made him good on the radio or what made him a world-class fisherman, if he used those principles to try and guide him, he might take a turn for the better.”
Hunt’s shut pal John Locco, a former Mayor of Brighton, made a public present of help.
“There are a lot of people that hold Rex in high esteem and we are concerned and supporting him. He can count on our support, affection and friendship,” Locco mentioned.
Hunt has continued to make headlines lately following his retirement.
He turned embroiled in a high-profile public slanging match after making a Facebook rant calling for Wayne Carey to exchange AFLW champion Daisy Pearce on Channel 7’s dwell soccer protection.
Most not too long ago he was additionally caught on digital camera showing to wield a backyard fork in a disturbing street rage incident in Victoria in July.
Hunt in December, 2021, additionally reportedly confronted and thwarted a would-be thief when a reporter’s laptop computer bag was snatched throughout an exhibition boxing match in Melbourne.
