It’s said that behind every great man there’s a great woman. As Wendy Squires and Sue Williams discover, when it comes to their beloved mums, some of Australia’s most successful male entertainers are only too happy to agree.
Rove is known as the nice guy of Australian TV and hearing him talk about his mum, Coralie, 57, it’s easy to see why. To the 35-year-old TV personality, his homemaker mother of four (Rove has two sisters and a brother) is a saint – “Just ask any of my school friends, they’ll tell you how great she is,” he says.
Rove says the lunches his mum used to pack for him became legend at his Perth primary school, Orana Catholic.
“The other kids at school were so insanely jealous that Mum started packing extra sandwiches and cake every day so none of them would miss out. In winter, she’d toast sandwiches, then actually drive to the school to deliver them still warm!”
To read more about Rove and his mum, Grant Hackett and his mum, Daniel MacPherson and his mum and Merrick and Rosso and their mum’s pick up a copy of the May issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly – out now!
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