Although he admits to missing the camaraderie of a team environment, the father of three tells the September issue of Men’s Health magazine of his regrets that couldn’t be around for family milestones, like watching his kids be born.“I missed Jackson’s birth. I didn’t see him for four months because we were at the 1999 World Cup,” he tells the mag in the lead-up to Fathers Day. “I missed the birth of my eldest daughter, Brooke, because I was playing on an Ashes tour. “I went home in between Tests and saw her for one night, then flew all the way back to England.”With the pandemic closing state borders and forcing competitions to relocate in order to continue, the NRL and AFL have flown players’ families to be alongside their partners.“When I played, you didn’t say, ‘I’m missing this World Cup’ or ‘I’m missing this Test match because of the birth of my child’,” Warne said. “It just wasn’t done. You just played and if you missed a birth, that’s just the way it was. And remember those Ashes tours back then used to be [four or five] months. “You used to room with a teammate, and partners weren’t allowed on tour. I don’t miss all that – being away from my family for so long.”Turning 52 next month and admitting to some “poor choices” in his personal life, Warne says he hasn’t ruled out getting married again “after what I’ve experienced in my life.”“If it happens it happens, but I’m not looking,” he said.His focus now is his kids. Warne lives with his son, Jackson, who is still energised by his breakout appearance on SAS Australia. He’s introduced Jackson to Tiger Woods, they go to Las Vegas together and bond over motorcycles, poker and sport — but that hasn’t included pushing his son into cricket.“They’ve all got their own lives, and I’m there. My son lives with me fulltime, and when I travel, he lives with his mum. My eldest daughter [Brooke] has a boyfriend, so she goes from her mum’s house to her boyfriend’s house to my house, and my youngest daughter [Summer]mixes between her mum and me,” Warne tells Men’s Health.“I’ve got a great relationship with all three, and I’m thankful for that.” Although his focus is on being present in his three children’s lives, Warne still has some of his rock star persona. He hangs with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who he describes as “one of my best friends”, he has his own Gin label ‘SevenZeroEight’, commentates, does charity work and refuses to shy away from looking after his appearance.“I’ve never pretended to be something I’m not, Warne said.“I take pride in my appearance. I always try to dress nicely. Yes, I go to the dentist regularly and get my teeth whitened. Yes, I didn’t like going bald. Some people don’t mind it.Some people don’t care. Some people worry about it but don’t do anything about it. I decided to do something about it because I think it makes you look older. That’s just my opinion. I’m not saying it for everyone. But I couldn’t rock a bald head like Bruce Willis. “My association with Advanced Hair for the last 17 years, they’ve helped me regrow my own hair. And I take pride in my appearance, whether that be my clothes, my teeth, my hair. Now, people can take the mickey out of me. They can do whatever they like. They can call me vain because it doesn’t worry me in the slightest.”The full interview is in this month’s edition of Men’s Health, out Monday.
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