‘I generally keep to myself’: Candice Warner opens up about the real life of a cricket WAG ahead of the Boxing Day Test
She’s one of Australia’s most recognisable WAGs. Candice Warner – the wife of cricketer David Warner – has opened up about fame and family ahead of the Boxing Day Test.
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Candice Warner has said the attention she receives as a cricket WAG “can be a bit overboard at times”.
The wife of Australian cricketer David Warner, who has jetted into Melbourne with her three daughters to support her husband at the Boxing Day test, said the partners of Australia’s cricketing stars were under increased scrutiny.
“I think the attention on the partners is way too much,” Mrs Warner told News Corp.
“Some people … enjoy that level of attention, whereas other people just like to go to the games.”
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“We also understand that it (attention) can be part and parcel at times,” Mrs Warner added.
“There’s always going to be more interest in their private life and what they do. Everyone seems to love what the WAGs are up to.”
She counts fellow WAGs Rachel Khawaja (wife of Usman Khawaja), Julie Wade (wife of Matthew Wade), and Anna Weatherlake (Peter Siddles’ wife) among her close friends on the cricket scene.
“They’re more than just wives and girlfriends now – they’re not just glamorous girls that sit there, waiting for the weekend so they can be seen,” she said, adding many WAGs were now businesswomen on – and off – social media.
But her family always comes first at the game.
“I generally keep to myself, if I am at the cricket you’ll see me with friends and family or I’m sitting with my kids,” she said.
“I’ve got nappies, I’ve got bottles – it’s a big thing going to the cricket (with her daughters).”
As for her plans over the Boxing Day Test, she said: “All I want to do is go to the cricket and support my husband”.
Mrs Warner has been praised for her poise as the couple has faced scrutiny on their lives outside cricket.
“I do keep it real and everyone’s entitled to their own opinions, whether it be good or bad. I just take it with a grain of salt,” Mrs Warner said, of social media trolls.
“I don’t get into reading comments on the internet. We don’t really take notice too much of the negative things people have to say.
“I think if you’re honest and true to yourself, the only things that matter are your friends and family.”
While Mrs Warner admits to watching WAG TV drama Playing For Keeps, she said it wasn’t reflective of her experience as a sporting wife.
“It’s completely different,” she said. “You don’t have that drama … it’s family-orientated.”
Originally published as ‘I generally keep to myself’: Candice Warner opens up about the real life of a cricket WAG ahead of the Boxing Day Test