Chrissie Swan’s second (and last) podcast interview
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Why does Chrissie Swan rarely do interviews?
Hello and welcome to Something to Talk About, the Stella podcast. I'm Sarah Lamarquand, your host, and every week I sit down with some of the biggest names in the country because when Australia's celebrities are ready to talk, they come to Something to Talk About. Chrissy Swan doesn't do many interviews. As she says, she's a bit like Hayley's Comet in that she only makes an appearance about every 75 years or so.
I keep a very low profile, you know, hence this is only the second podcast I've appeared on. I keep a very low profile mainly because I'm sick of talking about myself because I do it for two hours a day.
On today's episode of The Stella Podcast, the Much Loved Radio presenter reflects on what it's like to co-parent three teenagers, what giving up alcohol has taught her about herself and And how uncovering generations of rebellious women and family tragedy on an upcoming episode of Who Do You Think You Are has changed the way she sees herself.
Chrissie Swan, welcome to the Stellar Podcast. Thank you so much for having me. It's been a long time coming. I'm like Hayley's Comet, Sarah. I come around once every four or seven years or however many years that is. I mean, this is only the second podcast I've ever been a guest on. I did The Imperfects with Ryan Shelton and
How has co-parenting impacted Chrissie Swan's life?
his his mates and um and now you well i am honored and the bar has been set very high because they are amazing at the imperfect so we hear you of course every afternoon on nova on the chrissy swan show but we're about to see you back on tv and you're on the new season of the sbs show who do you think you are where you'll be delving into your family history Chrissie, tell me a little bit about this. Are you one of those people that's interested in family trees? Is it something that you could have drawn yourself before this experience?
Well, my sister Elizabeth knows everything. Everything there is to know. And, you know, she's got, you know, she looks through ancient newspapers and finds sinister articles about our forebears and things like that. She's just amazing. But my interest is more about the stories. I was very annoying sometimes. because I just wanted to know stories about these people that, you know, I had actually never met. And I was, during the filming of the series, I was like, why am I so interested in this? in my family because my family's not that interested in it. But I think it's because by the time I came into my family of origin, I'm a fair bit younger than my older sisters. I'm 10 and seven or eight years younger than the other ones.
What insights did Chrissie gain from giving up alcohol?
I mean, look, some would say... I was a mistake. But by the time that I came to be, we'd moved to Melbourne. I'm the only one in the family that was born in Melbourne and I've lived here all my life. And everybody else is from Queensland. And so it was almost this... folkloric, these stories that I was told that happened long before I was around about this auntie and that cousin. I just wanted to know how they smelt and what that person was like. I don't think my curiosity was matched. My gran would put up with it, but I don't think anyone was as interested as I was, but I had such a small family. There was just us in Melbourne, a satellite, and then I only had four cousins. My mum was an only child, but my gran was from one of those big,
Catholic families where all the girls' names started with M and all the boys' names started with J. And my dad's mum also came from a massive family. But again, by the time I came along, I only had one grandparent and it was Gran.
How did family history shape Chrissie Swan's identity?
So I wanted to know what her husband, my mum's dad, was like and what his sister was like. And I would look at photos. So While my interest is not in the tree, it's in the people in the branches, if that makes sense.
As a natural-born storyteller and someone that had that interest in the human stories from the start, you sure found them in what was uncovered in this episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Because without giving too much away, it obviously explores the story of your three times great-grandmother, Mary, Irish-born woman who emigrated to Australia.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Chrissie Swan rarely do interviews?
0:08–1:37
2
How has co-parenting impacted Chrissie Swan's life?
1:37–3:27
3
What insights did Chrissie gain from giving up alcohol?
3:27–4:52
4
How did family history shape Chrissie Swan's identity?
4:52–6:41
5
What challenges did Chrissie face while filming Who Do You Think You Are?
6:41–8:24
6
How does Chrissie navigate public perceptions and media scrutiny?
8:24–9:09
7
What lessons did Chrissie learn about fame from Hamish Blake?
9:09–10:19
8
What does the future hold for Chrissie Swan in her career?
10:19–46:29