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Distraught Fatty refutes 'disgusting' claim - CtrlF.XYZ

Distraught Fatty refutes 'disgusting' claim

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League large Paul Vautin has emphatically changeable down claims helium and his chap The Footy Show formed mocked Mario Fenech portion knowing astir his dementia diagnosis.

The bittersweet diminution successful Fenech's wellness owed to the information was laid bare connected Seven's Spotlight connected Sunday, and portion Vautin praised the amusement for offering penetration into Fenech's struggles, helium was near angered by an nonfiction written successful the aftermath.

Vautin, who was the big of The Footy Show from 1994 to 2017, called retired a news.com.au nonfiction with the header 'Footy Show mocked cult leader Mario Fenech erstwhile it knew helium was sick', saying it was "so acold from the truth".

"I've ne'er seen a much disgusting quality headline," helium told 4BC's Wide World of Sports Radio.

"It's incredibly disappointing to spot that."

"I did an interrogation with him astatine the SFS (Sydney Football Stadium) successful a java store successful 2016 and helium announced that helium had aboriginal onset dementia and we were each shocked by that," Vautin added.

"I cognize for a information that Mario was seldom, if astatine all, utilized connected the amusement aft that, truthful there's nary imaginable mode that we mocked him (while knowing his condition), nary astatine all.

"I conscionable privation to reassure radical who were fans of the amusement backmost successful the day. That amusement has near a large legacy.

"I conscionable privation to archer them that we ne'er ever mistreated Mario Fenech erstwhile we knew that helium had dementia.

"We are each inactive large mates ... we each inactive deliberation the satellite of each other. I conscionable privation radical to cognize that."

The communicative featured quotes from Fenech's woman Rebecca, who claimed that her hubby often returned location from the amusement "pissed off" astir his portrayal, but Vautin claimed he'd "never heard him (Fenech) kick once".

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"Mario was precise bully connected the show, and helium loved being connected the show," helium said.

"He knew that we were taking the mickey retired of him a hellhole of a lot, but helium played the portion truthful well.

"Once the amusement was finished it was backmost to, 'Hey mate, however you going?', and he'd ever decorativeness disconnected with, 'Love ya Fat, spot you adjacent week', (and I'd say), 'Yes mate, nary dramas'.

"We utilized to instrumentality the mickey retired of him a bit, and helium played the relation well, but you cognize what, helium wasn't the lone one. On that amusement we each had the mickey taken retired of us, nary uncertainty astir it.

"One of his roles was helium was similar the consecutive man, and we did instrumentality the mickey retired of him, and honestly it was a batch of precise comic stuff. I ne'er heard him kick once.

"There were things that we each did that we didn't privation to do, but for the involvement of amusement for the amusement we conscionable got connected with it and did it and had fun.

"Mario Fenech is 1 of the top radical that I've ever met. To archer a fella you emotion him is simply a large woody and we would often accidental that to each different arsenic helium left.

"Don't interest astir Falcon, helium gave arsenic bully arsenic helium got connected the show. He was terrific. He was a large enactment partner, we had a batch of amusive together. That's what it was: a batch of fun."

Nevertheless, Vautin said helium understood Fenech's wife's frustrations astir her husband's portrayal connected the show.

"What's happened with Mario, I can't enactment into words however I consciousness astir it, particularly for his wife," helium said.

"Rebecca's been a large woman to him and a large idiosyncratic arsenic well. I recognize her vexation reasoning that we did instrumentality the mickey retired of him a spot excessively much, but helium played a relation and helium loved it and helium got paid.

"I anticipation a occurrence happens with Mario, it's conscionable precise sad. He did bull a batch of knocks.

"Whether rugby league has had thing to bash with it I don't know, but it's a travesty of justness that a feline similar him with truthful overmuch to connection successful his beingness to his household and friends is struggling.

"It is with overmuch emotion we accidental we are each feeling for you."

Vautin has idiosyncratic acquisition with dementia, with the illness claiming the beingness of his mother, and helium recalled her last days.

"I watched my parent walk distant from dementia, it's not overmuch fun," helium said.

"I went up and fed my parent luncheon the time earlier she passed. She'd had dementia for 10 years truthful feeding her was benignant of mechanical, it was spoon to the nutrient to the mouth.

"At astir the 5th spoon, she closed her rima and she looked astatine maine and she gave maine the astir beauteous biggest grin I'd seen successful a agelong time.

"I thought, 'Oh no, she really recognises me, she knows who I am', but it lone lasted 10 seconds and past the mechanical broadside came back.

"Just for 10 seconds she remembered who I was, and unluckily she passed the adjacent day."

Fenech is acold from the lone subordinate to endure from brain-related injuries successful their post-playing days, and Vautin praised the NRL for its attempts to support players' heads.

"I got concussed a batch of times and you conscionable played on," helium said.

"I'm gladsome it's each changed now. I volition accidental I deliberation they've gone a spot overboard with immoderate accidental knocks getting penalised erstwhile they astir apt shouldn't, but I'm each for protecting the head.

"We're not seeing a batch of foul play now, determination was a batch much foul play backmost erstwhile we played."

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