Sam Newman has lashed out at Abbie Chatfield and claimed that she is using his name for clout.
The drama all kicked off when Chatfield accused Newman of being racist on her podcast and said he shouldn’t be allowed to return to The Footy Show.
Newman received widespread backlash when he wore blackface for a Footy Show skit about ex-Saint Kilda player Nicky Winmar in 2018, he resigned from the show shortly after.
“The woke society got hold of us all. It was pointless being on the show because they said you can’t do this or that,” he said of leaving the spots how.
“Please, I’m not complaining at all but we like to be a little edgy.”
The former AFL player bit back at Chatfield on his podcast this week You Cannot Be Serious, and said she is using him for relevancy.
“I’ve honestly never heard of her,” he told his listeners. “Someone sent it to me and I thought this is throwaway, salacious bullshit about stuff I speak about.”
“I’m not homophobic, racist or any of the things she’s saying I am.”
“‘If you talk about those subjects, suddenly you get branded as that. She should worry about her own podcast and getting notoriety on her own, rather than off the back of others. She’s simply mentioning me in the hope of getting noticed.”
Chatfield was thrust into the public light when she came runner up on The Bachelor Australia in 2019. After filming the show, she managed to carve a very successful media career and went on to star in I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here Australia. She started her podcast It’s a Lot in March 2020, and moved into radio to host Hot Nights with Abbie Chatfield in January of this year.
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