Liz Hurley
What happened
Australia’s favourite middle-aged spin bowler proposed to England’s favourite middle-aged model and actor, at a restaurant at the famous St Andrews golf course in Scotland in November. Thus was born the name “Shurley”
OK, so there were bigger, more important issues this year. But in terms of issues that set tongues wagging, both on this website and across Australia, this was a biggie.
The engagement came after just 10 months of dating, and confirmed that Shane Warne is today just about the most famous Australian in any field of public life. Women’s mags completely crapped themselves at the news, while hair replacement therapists and slimming pill suppliers booked expensive holidays in anticipation of years of revenue to come.
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Earlier this week, Liz Hurley tweeted about the nation’s obsession with the movements (or lack thereof) of Shane Warne.
“FYI Slender Shane ate very rare steak and chips for dinner. Hold the Front Page,” she wrote, while totally not attention-seeking at all. She did, however, have a point. Why do we still care about the various boring things Shane Warne does?
No doubt it’s the same obsessive curiosity that saw him land a chat show late last year for no particular reason whatsoever. We seem completely unable to discard our celebrities once their usefulness is at an end – and it’s killing Australian television.
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ben says:
with the incident with the cyclist, now I know Shane Warne really has a mental capacity of a 5 year old Read more »
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Kika says:
It’s just funny because our bogan superstar Warnie is doing the classic ‘change for a woman’ thing and going out with Liz Hurley! Our Warney! What is she doing to him? Leave him alone.. he was fine the way he was. Read more »
There’s something about Warnie.
A strange thing has happened in recent days while the Australian public has been on Shane Shag Watch, like some pervy roommate busy listening for the tell-tale squeaks of suffering bed springs.
Slowly, disturbingly, the realisation has dawned – we like Warnie. We love Warnie. We LOVE Warnie!
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Run Hurley says:
Run Hurley, run girl! Read more »
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Stace says:
Actually I’m not jealous at all. All he’s got is money and fame, and they’re worth nothing at all on their own. I’ve got a wonderful husband who I love, a beautiful daughter, friends who genuinely care about us. My mother isn’t stalked by the media because of who I… Read more »
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