I met [fellow comedian] Andy Lee at Melbourne University. We probably did double-date because we were always together. We were starting to make sketches and do community TV, so those dates would have been to places where weβd plot our next film shoot, or to a pub where Andy was playing acoustic covers for cash.
In my 20s, I dated Eleanor for two years. It was a terrific relationship as she had a great family, but it was also my first heartbreak when she dumped me. At that time, I was working in breakfast radio. I took two days off, which I thought was a completely normal thing to do after a break-up.
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The first time I met my wife, ZoΓ« [Foster Blake], was after my axing from The Hamish and Andy Show on Channel 7. I was 24 and Andy and I had been booked to go to Sydney to do a fragrance launch. At that time, ZoΓ« was the beauty editor of Cosmopolitan. I thought she was hilarious and basically a legend. She had this amazingly magnetic and fun aura. The thing that grew into love many years later is that Iβm attracted to doers. I just love people who take life on.
ZoΓ« is an incredible mum to our two children, Sonny, 11, and Rudy, 7. Not only do they get this extremely loving and funny and fun force in their lives, but they also get to see a really successful, intelligent and heartfelt woman whoβs doing great things in the world.
When it comes to Lego Masters, and I donβt want to generalise, I would say that our female contestants are far more skilled at keeping a level head when things get a bit emotional and tense. Brickman [Lego Masters judge Ryan McNaught] told me that if you get a bunch of six-year-olds to build a house, girls will build it with a colour and aesthetics. Guys, on the other hand, are a bit more wired to be functional.
Lego Masters: Grandmasters of the Galaxy airs Sunday to Tuesday on Channel 9 and 9Now. (Nine is owner of this masthead.)
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