Ben Cousins

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166 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4 Aug

Ben Cousins’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Rush Hour with JB & Billy · Carlton's Jagga Smith & Abbie McKay, Ben Cousins & Scott Miller, Who's A Bultwang Artist - The Rush Hour podcast - Tuesday 4th August 2026 · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

And they all came up and shook my hand at the end.

And I just... Basically, my message was, guys, if something happens today and you go out there on the training field and you do your cruciate ligament or something and your career's over, what's next?

What have you got?

Have you got any other skills?

And a few of the boys come up to me, a few of the older ones, and said, mate, you just made me really think.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, so just...

Everything's taken away.

Yeah.

Everything's taken away.

And I was, and I didn't have, nobody called me from my sport.

Nobody come check in on me, nothing.

And I've just, honestly, I just felt so isolated.

Yeah.

And I just, I reached for drugs as a coping mechanism, just to numb myself because I was in that much pain.

Yeah.

And the one thing led to the next and it's a massive snowball.

And over 17 years of just massive decline, I tried to come good a few times and then I'd fall off the wagon again.

But you know what?

The core of the issue was never, I didn't address it and didn't understand it until I went to prison.

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