Wayne Carey in reveal all interview, spills beans on Channel 7 twist

Former footballer Wayne Carey has sat down for a tell-all interview where he has released some confronting personal information.

Wayne Carey has claimed he was trained by Channel 7 not to say anything that wasn’t “woke” or politically correct.

The former footballer has sat down for a tell-all interview where he has spilled the beans about the sudden death of his media career and a confronting moment he “pooed” his pants.

Speaking on the first episode of his new podcast project The Truth Hurts, Carey says he was planning to quit Seven in coming month anyway before the TV network elected not to extend his contract.

The bitter separation came in the wake of the 51-year-old’s so-called white powder scandal.

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The 51-year-old has kept a low public profile since last September, when he was evicted from Perth Crown casino after a bag of white powder was dropped on the gaming floor.

Carey was axed by Triple M and eventually departed Seven, having been stood down in the aftermath of Crown casinos banning him from attending its various complexes for two years.

The dual-premiership North Melbourne captain said the powder was “crushed up anti-inflammatories” used to treat football injuries.

He repeated that declaration in his new podcast.

Wayne Carey looks on during an AFL game in 2019. Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images.

“Everyone knows why I am out of the media, the so-called white powder saga at Crown Casino … which by the way had nothing in it, which hasn’t been said or even shown a photo of or there hasn’t been a picture of anything,” Carey said.

“I had a really emotional period after all that stuff came out in the media. People have got to understand that this type of reporting doesn’t affect me anymore, I have built a wall and have built a mask that is almost unbreakable.

“But who it does affect is my 17-year-old, my eight-year-old, my four-year-old, it affects the mother of those children who I am very, very close with, it affects their families, their aunties, uncles, their nans, their pops.

“It affects all of those people so I sat down and had a really emotional period and thought how can I give my voice to my truth for the first time in my life?”

Carey’s most eyebrow-raising claims surrounded his time at Seven where he featured as one of the highest-profile TV analysts in the sport.

Television commentator Wayne Carey. Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images.

The seven-time All-Australian says he was “muzzled” to share only the opinions the network wanted to hear.

“I thought I would step away from Channel 7 at the start of this year or the end of last year anyway because it really wasn’t something I was totally enjoying,” Carey said.

“I knew you could just go there on autopilot, you knew what you had to say … you are muzzled to what you can say, you train yourself to what you should and shouldn’t say.

“Obviously in the new world, the woke world with political correctness which you’re hamstrung by in the mainstream media. This is the first time since I was 16 that I have the opportunity to speak my truth.”

Carey intends to be brutally honest on the podcast, where he will feature alongside co-host Ayrton Woolley, previously a journalist with Channel 9, and regular guests.

In an example of how unfiltered he intends to be Carey shared a harrowing story from his childhood.

Carey has previously been open about trauma from his childhood that he continues to confront.

He said he only began to learn to stand up for himself after moving out of home at the age of 13.

Wayne Carey on SAS: Australia. Credit: 7/Remco Jansen

Catie O'Neill poses on Instagram. Photo: @catieoneill.

“I used to bawl my eyes out, on the first day at school I pooed my pants, I went home with it, I didn’t clean it at school, it went really stale,” he said.

“I got home and cleaned it, once I got home I think I got a smack for pooing my pants on the first day.”

Most recently it has been Carey’s love life that has been making headlines.

He went public with new love interest Catie O’Neill via an Instagram post in March.

The 28-year-old TikTok star and businesswoman has been seen at public events alongside Carey in recent months.

Carey split from ex-wife Sally in 2006. The pair share daughter, Ella, born six weeks after the split was announced.

Carey then began dating former model Kate Neilson.

He then became engaged to Stephanie Edwards in 2015, but separated a year later.

The pair have a daughter, Charlotte.

He also has a son, Carter, with model Jessica Paulke, with whom he split from in 2019 after dating for a year.