Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on Raygun's first big interview after the Paris Olympics

Australian breakdancer Raygun is speaking out about the negative global reaction to her Olympic performance.

Rachael Gunn says many people didn't understand her performance - and she was saddened to see how much hate it evoked.

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson voiced his disapproval with her rise to fame.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business. Olie Peterson six pr per Live
presenters with us Ali Yellow Gee, Heather Ray Ghanai. She's
loving it, isn't she.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'll tell you why. She really rubs me out the
wrong way, like this entire national shame and embarrassment that
she's brought to this nation with her pathetic performance at
the Olympics and now deciding to speak what four or
five six weeks later, finally she's apologizing and revealing that yes,
she's had to receive some mental health support after that

(00:35):
controversial Olympics routine. He's a little of what she had
to say to the project on Channel ten last night.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
A lot of the responses though, is also just due
to people not being very familiar with breaking and the
diversity of approaches in breaking. And it was so fantastic
that the next day the judging chaw MG came out
and explained that, you know, in the breaking community, what
I did actually wasn't very you know, it's just a

(01:01):
different approach in breaking. You have the athletic style breakers
and you also have the more artistic style breakers, and
all of them are very valid.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
She's just no good, Heather, Like she was no good.
Anybody could see that. And you know what I didn't
like in this chat last night she said, Yeah, so
many people have you know, really reached out from the
community and beyond that, like Sir Richard Branson, who's like.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Oh hey, ray Gun, you want to like collab.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
You want to do something together. I mean, she's hoping
her fifteen minutes of fame becomes fifteen years of fame
and you know, who knows, maybe she'll appear in you know,
some ad for virgin or something with Richard Branson and
she'll have fun.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
With WELLI come on, mate, she's giving us a masterclass
on how not to wings you about the online trolls,
but how to make money off it. Now, what's your
problem with that? Is it because you're embarrassed as an Aussie?

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:46):
Big time?

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Like imagine that being your best breakdown. So at the
Olympics that's become the butt of everybody's jokes. And what's
the one thing people are talking out of the Olympics
her and like that just reflects poorly on Australia. We
got to do better, Heather.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
What you're going to have to get used to her
face because she is going to be everywhere, right, She's
going to be in Richard Branson's cruisers with boy George,
of all people. She's going to be all over your
TV shows because there's massive bidding war for her. So
this is not the end of it day.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I know she'll be on Dancing with the Stars next
the block. Australia's got talent, obmouslebrity, get me out of it.
I can see it, and I don't like it.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm really enjoying it though, and not
just I just love her hot spa. I just think
it's brilliant. Hey, listen, Bill Shorten, do we know how
much he's going to get out of the university.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Oh, he's just laughing all the way to the bank,
isn't he He's gonna I if you put it in
context that the head of the University of Sydney, Mark Scott,
used to be the boss of the ABC, he's paid
one point two million dollars a year. I don't quite
think he'll get that money from the University of Canberra,
but it'll be pretty healthy. I've got to say. It
is a big loss for the government. Bill Shorten, he
was a pretty boring opposition leader and I reckon his

(02:52):
personality is what let him down in the fact he
lost a couple of unlosable elections and got replaced by
it in the alban Easy. Yes, he says he has regrettes,
but look, he wouldn't change anything. He's been a very
effective minister looking after the National Disability Insurance Scheme and
taking it head on because that budget is ballooning, you know,
millions and million dollars every single minute of every single day.

(03:13):
So without shortened there, it'll end the whispers obviously for
the fact that Anthony Albaniz he's always good to look
over his shoulder at somebody wanting to take his job.
But he's been an effective minister. So you know, Bill
short and good luck to him. He's going to earn
a packet at the University of Camera but a big
loss for albow.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
Hey, which is the labor backbincher. Who is it who's
broken ranks of the gambling ads.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
So it's a guy by the name of Mike Freelander
who probably nobody listening to news talk zb's ever heard of,
but he's broken ranks, saying there should be a full
ban on gambling advertisements, and he lives in hope the
government changes its mind. They government has now said that
advertisements will remain on TV for years to come, but
he is saying the major public health issue is gambling ads.

(03:54):
Every major health organization across the country supports a complete
ban on advertising and gambling. I would suggest a few
calls have been made from the Prime Minister's office to
Labor and P Mike Freelander today saying we respect your
personal opinion, but just maybe keep it to yourself.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
Yeah maybe so, Hey, Ollie, thank you very much, really appreciated.
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