The family has opened up, revealing devastating death about his death.
Shane Warneâs ex-wife has opened up about the devastating moment she realised he had died as their son Jackson makes a devasting confession about his grief.
Speaking to Jackson on his podcast Warnes Way, Simone Callahan â who also shares Brooke and Summer with Warne â recalled the phone call she received in March, 2022 after the cricketing legend was found dead in a Thailand villa from a massive heart attack.
âIt didnât feel real,ââ Callahan said.
âWe were all there, we were watching a movie, I think we were doing facemasks, we were just having a normal Friday night.
âThen that just unfolded the way it did, and having to go back to Melbourne and get Summer and getting a call on the way back saying âare you nearly home?â

âI think when I got that message, I thought âthis isnât good if theyâre asking me if Iâm nearly home with Summerâ because they wanted us all together before we had that next phone call.
âOur lives were changed forever in that moment.â
Callahan â who was married to Warne for ten years â said she doesnât remember a lot of that period of time.
âI had so much going on because I was worried about you guys because you were being pulled left, right and centre to organise the funeral and the memorial,ââ she said.
âAnd there was so much going on. And I always felt a sense of guilt that you were having to deal with that.
âYou guys were young, but it was out of my control and it was hard for me to see all that.â
The 56-year-old said she was proud of how their three kids handled the tragic situation.
âI was so proud of the way you guys handled yourselves and I knew you would, but it was very hard for me to watch and see you guys go through all that,â Callahan said,
âIt was really heavy and you guys had really heavy hearts and you didnât have a moment to really grieve at all during that time.â
Jackson admitted he doesnât know if he has truly accepted that his father is gone.

âWe got so use to dad being away working all the time and playing for Australia⊠that to me it just feels like dadâs on another work trip or dadâs out playing cricket or heâll be back soon,â Jackson said.
âMaybe Iâll be on a beach somewhere, or playing in the world series or whatever it is and the light bulb moment will happen that âno, no, no dad isnât coming back,â maybe (Iâll accept it) when I have a kid or when I get married.â
Jackson said immediately after his dadâs death he put his emotions aside and tried to do things that would make his father proud.
âI felt a sense of duty that I know dad would want me to do this,ââ Jackson said.
âYouâre not a big crier, dadâs not a really big crier. I havenât had that big cry yet⊠some people say it comes years after or in two or three years or whatever it is.â




