Keith Warne says he’s “disappointed” by Channel 9’s new two-part collection into the lifetime of his son, Shane.
The first half went to air on Sunday evening with followers savaging the community for the present as many labelled it an “embarrassment”.
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Entertainment reporter Peter Ford spoke with Keith previous to the primary episode going to air with the Spin King’s father under no circumstances glad and taking intention on the deceptive timelines.
“I took a call last night from Keith just before it went to air last night,” Ford instructed Jimmy Bartel and Mark Allen on 3AW.
“Last week I reported that Keith and Shane’s brother Jason had gone in for a private screening of the miniseries and they were pleasantly surprised and they were quite happy with what they had seen.
“Now that is what I was told by people who were there. But talking to Keith last night he says that’s not an accurate description of their reaction to it.
“Keith is a very astute man, he knows it’s entertainment he knows it’s not a documentary, but he feels that they missed out on a few key things.
“The main thing is he feels they didn’t portray the growth of Shane from the larrikin teenager to the mature adult who wanted to make a difference in the world.
“He feels there were some inaccuracies that didn’t reflect well on Shane. Such as the time he took up with Liz Hurley.
“Which is correct but in the show it’s presented that he did that during the time he was still married to Simone and Keith is quite adamant there was a distance between those two things happening.
“He’s not angry, he’s just disappointed by the result.”
Warne and Simone Callahan’s 10-year marriage led to 2005 when the couple introduced their divorce.
In 2010 the cricket legend met Hurley at a horse racing occasion the place they immediately clicked earlier than they have been engaged in 2011.
The couple dated for 3 years earlier than they known as off their engagement and ended their relationship in 2013.
During an episode of his TV present, A Week with Warnie, the Spin King revealed the break up nonetheless pained him seven years down the observe.
“I’m quite sad it’s over because I still care about her deeply and she’s a wonderful person,” he stated.
The first of two components aired on Sunday evening with the second set to comply with on Monday evening, however the response to the opening episode was savage.
Starting with Warne getting dropped in 1999 within the West Indies earlier than returning to the start of his profession, it coated his devastation at getting delisted by St Kilda, getting chosen for Australia and dropped quickly after, the Ball of the Century and into the John the Bookmaker scandal.
It additionally coated his love life along with his spouse Simone Callahan and into the diuretic scandal which noticed Warne banned for a 12 months in 2003.
But whereas Warne is without doubt one of the most beloved and distinctive characters Australia has ever seen, followers couldn’t say the identical concerning the collection.
CODE Sports’ Lachlan McKirdy stated it was: “Real bad. Shocking script and just a lot of cringe.”
Former Cricket Australia communications officer Matt Cenin posted: “30 minutes of the #Warnie telemovie … atrocious. What an embarrassment.”
One social media person wrote: “This is really good if you take out the actors and script and just look at the archive footage.”
Warne died in March 2022 however six months after his loss of life shocked the world, Nine revealed it might make the miniseries simply six months later.
At the time, it was slammed by Warne’s daughter Brooke.
“Do any of you have any respect for Dad? Or his family? Who did so much for Channel 9, and now you want to dramatise his life and our family’s life six months after he has passed away? You are beyond disrespectful,” she wrote on Instagram on the time.
Brooke additionally confirmed the household had met with producers, whereas a Nine spokesperson stated the community and Screentime, the corporate producing the collection, had collaborated with the household.
Originally printed as Keith Warne takes intention at ‘inaccuracies’ in Channel 9’s TV collection Warnie
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
