Jackson Warne reveals the toll of being Shane Warne’s son
Jackson Warne has revealed the heavy toll of being the son of a sporting legend, saying he sometimes wishes for another reality in which he “wasn’t Shane Warne’s son”.
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Jackson Warne has revealed the heavy personal toll of being the son of cricket legend Shane Warne.
The 21 year-old says under interrogation on SAS Australia that he just wants to be known as Jackson.
“It’s been pretty frustrating my whole life,’’ he says on Tuesday night’s episode.
“Whenever I walk into a room or meet someone it’s always, oh that’s Shane Warne’s son Jackson.
“It’s never, that’s Jackson. I just want to be Jackson. Doing this I know I can prove to people no matter how easy my childhood was I can still do the tough stuff and push myself physically and mentally.
“I want him (my Dad) to be really proud of me.”
Warne also reveals that he struggles to cope in stressful situations.
Dubbed “soupboy” after last week eating tomato soup for the first time, Warne is pushed to his limit during challenges this week.
“In very stressful situations I just curl up into a little ball,’’ he said.
“I don’t have any emotion, I don’t yell, I don’t get frustrated, I keep to myself and bottle it up a little bit.
“Friends wise and family, whenever I’m always in a group of people I just found myself not being able to interact with people. I don’t feel comfortable in groups.
“I have a goal and that is to just be my own person, Jackson Warne, and when you’ve got a goal like that you’ll do anything to achieve that goal.”
He also admits: “I kind of wish in another reality or somewhere that I wasn’t Shane Warne’s son. I just want to be able to do me.”
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