Adam Reynolds Opens Up About His Friendship With Corey Oates In New Autobiography

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Speaker 1 (00:12):
My Heart podcasts, year more Kiss podcasts, playlists and listen
live on the Freeheart app Robin and Now with Correos
the podcast Your Mate. Adam Reynolds has written a book
which has come out called On my Own Terms. There's
a fair bit of controversy around this and I just

(00:33):
want to say, I know he's a great mate of
yours and the stuff he's written about his wife is
truly brave. So what's been quoted at the moment. He
has revealed that it was Wayne Bennett who actually help
the family through. He said he learned that his wife Talia,
began secretly using cocaine at home after a few drinks

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while he was away playing football on weekends. It escalated
and she started taking the drug without alcohol, leading to
an emotional breakdown. It was really awful. But the bravery
it takes to do that, let me tell you. And
he said it was Adam turned to Wayne Bennett in
twenty nineteen because he was a house coach then. Yeah,
and it was Wayne who really helped guide him and

(01:16):
his wife and their children, you know, kind of out
of this. So that's very big of her because obviously
they were discussed it and said can I put this
in the book.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah, And so for her to let that happen, I think, Yeah,
it was something that they're really worried about, obviously, But
I think it's good on for talking about it, because
I think it's something that no one talks about. It happened,
It happened, It would happen so much. And for them
to come out and be on the other side, I
feel like it's honestly awesome. It's great that someone can

(01:45):
now talk about it and you can come out of
the side.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah. And we're human people. We all make mistakes. Anyway.
We also googled your name in this book and there
are a couple of references. There's a really big one
that I want to bring tomorrow, which is around playing.
But let's talk about these two. The first one he
discusses state of origin because of course Adam Aren all
his plays from New South Wales. Yeah, and he says,

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because I was a newcomer in such an important position,
Queensland did everything they could to put me off my game.
Maron's paired Coriots and Sam Thirday. They came at me
all right, always high and nearly, always late.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
Yeah, So do you remember we both they bowed the
same series, same game, and every carry up I think
he had thirty odd tackles and I rounded him like
eighteen times and Sammy was one hitting him indefensive and
he split me. The only thing he can ever hold
on to is he split my head. First ever Origin carry,
he split the back of my head. It bled for

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he do bleed. Yeah, so to hit you with his head?

Speaker 1 (02:45):
How did he split y?

Speaker 2 (02:46):
He got me in the elbow. Okay, there's one mention
is the other.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
One, and it's super cute because it's personal. I also
became close friends with Coriots, a winger I've played against
for several years, including in the twenty sixteen State of
Origin series. We only lived ten minutes apart, so Corey
and I would meet for morning coffee, so all the
problems of the world, discuss families, and if there was
any time left, chat about football. He was a country

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boy who has lots of fun to be around, but
impossible to shut up once the first shot of caffeine
and just his bloodstream.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
It's a pretty good summary.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
Yeah, he must have liked that though, you know, like
I just have a shot of coffee and then just
sit there and let you go.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Yeah, pretty much just enjoyed, ignore everything.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yeah, he'd sit there.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
I'll be chatting away and I'm like, did you hear anything.
I just said he just knows just because every day
and he said it's been three and a half four
years of this, and he goes, I love you, but
sometimes it just needs me time.