A brief history of Shane Warne’s prolific sexting career
“I liked loud music, I smoked, I drank, and I bowled a bit of leg spin. I don’t have any regrets,” Shane Warne tells viewers in his new Amazon documentary, which features a surprising amount of introspection from the legendary leg spinner.
Given all that candour, you’d think the producers would devote a bit more air time to Warney’s Achilles’ heel: sexting.
In fact, he’s arguably a pioneer of the medium, having lost the Australian vice-captaincy all the way back in 2000 when he admitted to exchanging “a bit of dirty talk” with a nurse he met in a Leicester nightclub.
In total, the tabloids would expose him in a further seven sexting scandals, which must be a record.
His marriage to the long-suffering Simone survived several of them because Shane always persuaded her to take him back.
But in 2007 he well and truly blew it, when he sent a message intended for his mistress to Simone, telling her: “Hey beautiful, I’m just talking to my kids, the back door’s open”.
Following his divorce, Shane shacked up with Liz Hurley. They even got engaged but it was only a matter of time before Warney would succumb to his old ways, informing a businesswoman that he would “like to see you riding me” via WhatsApp.
And he was still at it last year, telling a married woman, “I can’t wait to devour you”. Got a feeling that won’t be the last time!
