AFL star surprised Swans with response to nude photo scandal

One of the AFL’s hottest emerging stars has revealed what he did to surprise his club after being the victim of a revenge porn attack.

Sydney's Chad Warner with fans Photo by Phil Hillyard.

Red hot Swans star Chad Warner has revealed he has surprised his football club in the way he has responded to the nude photo scandal that rocked him this season.

He has surprised them in a very good way.

A series of images and videos of Warner were shared on social media on the eve of the Sydney Derbylast month.

The images showed Warner naked and performing sexual acts.

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In his third season, 21-year-old has turned himself into a bona fide midfield star in 2022, recognised by his inclusion in the 44-player All-Australian squad.

The Swans moved quickly to keep Warner and earlier this month announced he had signed a two-year contract extension, with his younger brother Corey getting the same deal.

The extension followed the way he has rebounded with absolute professionalism in the wake of the apparent revenge port attack.

“A lot of people kind of said I’ve handled it probably a bit better than they thought,” he told The Age.

Dane Rampe of the Swans embraces Chad Warner. Photo by Brett Hemmings/AFL Photos/via Getty Images.

“I pretty much just saw it, and then at the time I was like … obviously it’s not great, something you don’t want to happen to you.

“The club found out about it, and the support they showed was massive. All the boys, we’re great mates, they helped me through it really well … [They] had a bit of a laugh about it, which probably helped me a bit.

“I guess I’m the type of person that just moves on from stuff anyway. At the time I had just had to move on from it, and so I didn’t let it affect me. There’s no point feeling sorry for yourself. You’ve just got to get on with business, and that’s what we did.”

His coach John Longmire said at the time the club was fully behind the 21-year-old.

“Disappointed obviously that those images were distributed without his consent. They’re historical. That’s the first instance,” Longmire said.

“The second instance is that we just support him. He’s a good kid and we make sure we wrap our arms around him and support him.”

The Swans released a statement at the time simply to state they were aware of the images and were “working with the e-safety commissioner to stop the further spread of the images”.

Warner, born in Western Australia, was selected by the Swans with the 29th pick in the 2019 draft and made his debut in round 6, 2020.