‘I got a bit carried away’: AFL star Dane Swan sleeps through his KIIS FM breakfast show after getting too drunk on Anzac Day
Dane Swan was left red-faced on Monday morning after he failed to show up for his KIIS FM Melbourne breakfast radio show due to a painful Anzac Day hangover.
The retired AFL star, 36, was meant to arrive at the radio studio at 8.30am, but when he didn’t turn up his co-hosts Jason Hawkins and Polly ‘PJ’ Harding duo decided to call him up on air.
When questioned upon his whereabouts, Dane admitted he ‘got carried away’ drinking at The Albion Hotel – a pub he owns – after watching Collingwood and Essendon play their traditional Anzac Day match at the MCG.
‘I’m hanging on by a thread’: Retured AFL star Dane Swan, 36, (pictured) was left red-faced on Monday morning after he failed to show up for work due to a painful Anzac Day hangover
‘[Albion is] a big trap for me. I can’t just go there for one [drink], which [my partner] Taylor keeps telling me … and once again she’s been proven right.’
‘I’m hanging on by a thread. It wasn’t long before this phone call to be honest [that I woke up). I set my alarm for PM instead of AM.’
Dane admitted he’d spent the night sleeping in his spare bedroom overnight.
No-show: Dane star was meant to arrive at KIIS FM’s Melbourne studios at 8.30am, but when he didn’t arrive, his co-hosts Jason Hawkins and Polly ‘PJ’ Harding duo decided to call him up on-air
‘I can’t just go there for one’: When questioned upon his whereabouts, Dane admitted he ‘got carried away’ drinking at The Albion Hotel – a pub he owns – after watching Collingwood and Essendon play their traditional Anzac Day match at the MCG
‘[Taylor is] going to be pumped. [I’m] looking forward to going in the main room,’ he joked.
‘Obviously it’s an incredible day, I got a bit carried away,’ he added.
Dane has plenty to celebrate these days, having welcomed his first child with partner Taylor, a boy named Tate, in February.
Baby joy! Dane has plenty to celebrate these days, having welcomed the arrival of his first child with partner Taylor (right) in February
He announced the happy news during an interview with the Jase & PJ breakfast show, saying: ‘We had [the baby] on Saturday. He’s good. Mum and baby are healthy, happy and a little tired.’
Dane went on to say that Taylor ‘has also been amazing so far, which has been great’.
‘She was only in labour for 90 minutes. Her midwife and the gynecologist didn’t even make it. She did it all natural without any drugs. She was pretty incredible.’
![Confirmation: He announced the happy news during an interview with the Jase & PJ breakfast show, saying: 'We had [the baby] on Saturday. He's good. Mum and baby are healthy, happy and a little tired'. Pictured: Taylor holding newborn Tate](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/04/26/07/42220082-9511355-Confirmation_He_announced_the_happy_news_during_an_interview_wit-a-56_1619419053883.jpg)
Confirmation: He announced the happy news during an interview with the Jase & PJ breakfast show, saying: ‘We had [the baby] on Saturday. He’s good. Mum and baby are healthy, happy and a little tired’. Pictured: Taylor holding newborn Tate
Dane also described the experience as ‘surreal’, and revealed the couple hadn’t yet decided on a name for their newborn son.
‘It’s crazy to stare at him in his little bed and to think we made him and he is ours. It’s wild and I’m not sure it has sunk in yet,’ he said.
Dane and Taylor have been dating since 2010.
Long-term relationship: Dane and Taylor have been dating since 2010