{"id":63322,"date":"2021-11-11T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=63322"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:06:15","slug":"home-and-away-star-opens-up-about-her-bizarre-contact-with-ben-cousins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/home-and-away-star-opens-up-about-her-bizarre-contact-with-ben-cousins\/","title":{"rendered":"Home And Away Star Opens Up About Her \u201cBizarre\u201d Contact With Ben Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aussie actress Lynne McGranger \u2013 best known for playing Irene in Home and Away \u2013 has spoken on FIVEAA Breakfast about the \u201cvery peculiar scenario\u201d which saw fallen AFL star Ben Cousins get in touch with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/david-and-will\/david-and-will-11-november-2021\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"David and Will - 11 November 2021\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lynne told David &amp; Will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI never spoke to him. It was a very peculiar scenario\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cOut of the blue I got a text from Basil Zempilas\u2026 he said we\u2019re doing a special on Ben Cousins and Ben had mentioned me and had written a letter to me. Basil sent the letter through and I felt compelled to answer Ben\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cHe had seen me on Home and Away but also a show called Ladies Night\u2026 something in that show and in Irene and the stuff I spoke about with Belinda Emmett kind of touched something in him. It was quite a bizarre thing because I had never met him \u2013 I knew who he was; I\u2019m assuming he knew who I was &#8211; but I had never laid eyes on the man \u2013 and he sent me this letter.<\/p><p>\u201cI wrote back to him and said I felt that he was reaching out with a view to making a full recovery, with a view to leaving behind his somewhat murky past and really making an effort in the world.<\/p><p>\u201cI like to think that Irene who is a battler and a struggler and an addict\u2026 all of those things &#8211; it gave him some hope that you can overcome really serious obstacles.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LYNNE&#8217;S FULL CHAT HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/david-and-will\/home-and-away-star-opens-up-about-her-bizarre-cont\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Home And Away Star Opens Up About Her \u201cBizarre\u201d Contact With Ben Cousins\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>FIVEAA FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM &#8211; THURSDAY 11 NOV &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F211079617827882%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie actress Lynne McGranger \u2013 best known for playing Irene in Home and Away \u2013 has spoken on FIVEAA Breakfast about the \u201cvery peculiar scenario\u201d which saw fallen AFL star Ben Cousins get in touch with her. Lynne told David &amp; Will: \u201cI never spoke to him. 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