Jay Laga’aia is a much loved actor, singer, TV presenter, and musical theatre star who is currently starring in Grease The Musical. He also has one of the biggest hearts thats had a profound impact on so many others, including Jess who reveals to Jay in this episode what his unexpected act of kindness meant to her. Jay also opens up about the challenges he has faced in his career and the lessons he has learned from them, including his time on TV’s iconic Playschool ending after 16 years. Jay also gets emotional about his role as a parent, and the process of letting go and allowing his children to find their own paths. You might want some tissues on hand for this conversation. Know someone who'd enjoy this episode? Why not share it with them by tapping the 3 dots above ⬆︎ and passing it on LINKS: Catch Jay as Vince Fontaine in Grease the Musical, more electrifying than ever before, details here If you love what we do, why not follow the show, and rate and review on Apple or Spotify Is there someone you'd like to hear on the podcast? Send Jess your guest ideas here CREDITS:Host: Jessica RoweGuest: Jay Laga'aiaExecutive Producer: Nic McClureAudio Producer: Nat Marshall Digital Content Producer: Amy Code The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show acknowledges the Gadigal people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples here today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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