"I want to make Dad proud": Summer Warne's heart-wrenching revelation
Summer Warne has shared a heart-wrenching revelation after making her TV debut on The Masked Singer.
The 21-year-old, who is Shane Warne's youngest child with Simone Callahan, left the panel of judges in tears following an emotional performance of Coldplay’s Yellow.
“That was his favourite Coldplay song. It’s such a significant song to me and my family,” she said.
“I want to make Dad proud. Singing Yellow was absolutely amazing – that song was his funeral song. Chris Martin sang it at the state memorial.”
Summer also took to Instagram to reflect on her TV debut, where she thanked the judging panel, host and fans for their love and support.
"I will be forever grateful of this whole experience ❤️" she captioned the photos.
She also paid tribute to her dad, and shared what an honour it was to perform for him.
"My dad would love nothing more than hearing me sing and perform on stage, if it wasn’t for him I would have never been given an opportunity like this.
"So thank you Dad, and I really wish you could have seen this, but I know you were by my side every step of the way ❤️"
In an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle after her performance, Summer shared a few candid insights into how tough it was to grow up with a famous father.
“If I was out at a party, I thought I had to act a certain way, because if I did the wrong thing, or said the wrong thing, people would look at my family and go, ‘Oh, she’s a horrible person’.
“I never wanted … I never asked to be in this life. And I think it was just very hard growing up in an environment where your whole life is kind of on screen.
“And if Dad made a mistake, it would reflect on me. And, you know, I thought people were looking at me differently.”
Shane passed away of a suspected heart attack in Thailand on March 2022, and the news shocked the world.
Ever since his passing, Summer said that life hasn't gotten any easier for her family.
"I think it has gotten a bit more hectic, because they (paparazzi) can’t follow him around now, and they want to follow us,” she said.
"They write stories and the public is like 'we don't want to hear about them or they're not celebrities'. But we're just living our lives, whether that's going out for breakfast, or going out on a Saturday night, you know, it's just gonna get written about.
“We’re just trying to live our lives and move on. Unfortunately, it is what it is.”
The 21-year-old has been very open about her grief and has recently shared a tribute to her dad for what would've been his 54th birthday.
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