AFL supercoach Damien Hardwick has opened up for the first time about his shock marriage split and how his Richmond Tigers players reacted the bombshell news.
The three-time premiership coach rocked the sporting world in December with the news that he had separated from wife and the mother of his three children Danielle, whom he often referred to in the media as Mrs Hardwick .
He s understood to be in a new relationship with Tigers sales representative Alexandra Crow, which is believed to have started during the club s quarantine bubble in Queensland during the 2020 season.
Hardwick was forced to publicly discuss his marriage split for the first time when he was grilled about the matter on Melbourne breakfast radio on Monday.
Emily McKay and her AFL star partner Majak Daw confirmed their shock split in December, one year after they welcomed their first child together.
But the former WAG put her heartache behind her on Friday, as she partied the day away with her pals including Bec Judd and Nadia Bartel in Melbourne - hours before the city plunges into a strict five-day lockdown at midnight.
Emily was spotted dancing wildly - and enjoying a friendly spank from a male pal - as the glamorous gang partied on a luxury disco bus to celebrate Kylie Brown s birthday.
Moving on: Former WAG Emily McKay put her heartache behind her on Friday, as she partied the day away with her pals including Bec Judd and Nadia Bartel (pictured) in Melbourne - hours before the city plunges into a strict five-day lockdown at midnight
78 shares It s come as a complete shock to her, especially as she recovers from brain surgery. She thought the marriage would be forever, but now it s completely over.
The pair married in 2001, after a whirlwind romance of six months. They share two children together, aged 18 and 13.
The couple married in 2001 after a whirlwind romance of six months and share two children together, aged 18 and 13
Melissa had microvascular decompression surgery on her brain about a year ago, to relieve abnormal compression of a cranial nerve.
She has been open in the past about suffering from trigeminal neuralgia, which carries sensation from the face to the brain - whereby even mild stimulation, such as brushing your teeth, can cause a jolt of excruciating pain.