I HAD TO HELP HIM
Block star Suzi opens up on Magic weekend with G.I. saying...
CONTROVERSIAL reality TV star Suzi Taylor has opened up about her NRL Magic Round long weekend with Greg Inglis, saying she was there for him in a time of need.
The ex-Penthouse Pet and part-time Gold Coaster said in a statement she was “helping a friend” escape “the spotlight and external pressures” – and was “devastated” by any suggestion they hooked up.
REALITY TV star and exPenthouse Pet Suzi Taylor has opened up on her big weekend with Greg Inglis, claiming they are just pals and she was helping “a friend in need”.
The buxom controversy-prone Ms Taylor told the Bulletin yesterday she was “mentally not up to speaking” but released a statement via a friend on their NRL Magic Round bender when they met up in Brisbane two weeks ago.
The close friend of Ms Taylor’s told the Bulletin the pair had not “hooked up” and she was “devastated” by any insinuation they might have.
“In regards to Greg Inglis, Suzi was helping a friend in need,” her statement read.
“It was not a random meeting in a pub. She gave him a safe place to stay and made sure all his family and loved ones had a contact for him – and that he was in a safe environment away from the spotlight and external pressures.
“The relationship between Suzi and Greg is purely platonic, nothing more. Suzi would help anyone in need of helping.”
She clarified they had met four years earlier at a NAIDOC Day event, celebrating the history of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people.
Her decision to open up on her version comes after the Sunday Mail revealed Inglis had spent the NRL Magic Round weekend in a Brisbane riverside mansion with friends and Ms Taylor, as frantic family, his girlfriend and South Sydney Rabbitohs officials tried to find him.
It was revealed he ended up back at the mansion after meeting Taylor at the Osbourne Hotel in Fortitude Valley on the opening Thursday night of the rugby league festival.
It led to desperate attempts by his girlfriend Alyse Caccamo, sister, Souths boss Shane Richardson and Broncos indigenous great Justin Hodges to try to track him down.
A witness at the house party said Taylor had at one point said “Greg Inglis won’t stop ringing me”.
“Greg was at the Osbourne with his girlfriend and it seemed like he knew Suzi and they reconnected,” the source told the Sunday Mail.
Ms Taylor’s statement yesterday added: “Suzi Taylor is herself – at this time as we speak – in a clinic for mental health and alcohol issues, caused by personal family matters and external pressures.
“Suzi has suffered from depression for many years. She has never got over the breakdown of her marriage, having to move cities and being separated from her family and children.
“She hopes Greg Inglis is getting the help he needs, again, in a safe and respectful environment.”
Ms Taylor, who has been splitting her time between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, texted the Bulletin soon after she approved the release of statement to confirm she had authorised it.
“I hope you don’t mind receiving a call from my good friend Gez. I’m mentally not up to speaking with anyone at the present time. I hope you understand. Thank you, Suzi.”
Ms Taylor left the house last week, claiming she was going to Fiji to be one of the stars in the next series of Australian Survivor, but Channel 10 sources have disputed that.
The house party witness said that Inglis – who recently called time on his NRL career – had stayed until the Monday and seemed to want to escape the world for a few days.
Last week, it was revealed Inglis had been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic to treat alcohol and depression.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs club has asked for privacy for Inglis.
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUZI AND GREG IS PURELY PLATONIC, NOTHING MORE. SUZI WOULD HELP ANYONE IN NEED OF HELPING SUZI TAYLOR APPROVED STATEMENT