Matthew Ridge Comes Clean on Drugs & Addiction, Working with Marc Ellis, Fatherhood & NRL Career

Matthew Ridge is a Kiwi sports and broadcasting legend who was one of NZ’s top athletes and personalities throughout the 90s and early 2000s.

In this episode we talk about his bromance with Marc Ellis and how they created TV magic, 90s rugby league, Warriors regrets, the taxi incident which shaped his outlook on life as a teenager, mental resilience, relationship breakdowns and the realities of being NZ’s biggest star for a decade.

Matthew was an open book in this one and we also talked at length about his relationship with drugs - and his reflections on many of the most difficult chapters of his life.

It was a gripping chat, full of incredible insights into one hell of a life.

0:00 Seamus and his Matthew Ridge merch
3:44 Reminicing on 90s rugby league
5:34 Developing mental resilience at an early age
10:23 Male role models
14:27 A talented teenage sportsman
19:15 The taxi incident
34:37 Matthew Ridge and Zinzan Brooke
42:47 Getting into league with Manly at 21
48:29 Matthew and Marc
55:33 Carfe
59:55 The Brink and talking addition
1:06:35 The power of storytelling
1:11:57 The controversial launch of The Brink
1:15:51 Reflecting on parenting through relationship breakdowns
1:26:03 Matthew and Jaime
1:31:54 Tell the truth
1:33:12 Reflecting on the Warriors experience
1:40:25 France v New Zealand: Present day Ridgey
1:44:38 Last words from Seamus, Steve, and Ridgey

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