![]() ![]() He eventually set up a surf shop on the main strip Campbell Parade where he learned to how to hustle, how to sell.īonded by a love of glamorous women and competitive sport – rugby league in particular – they would hang at Packer’s Bondi pad with fellow crew members Chris “Cockie" Hancock and Matthew “Ched" Csedei. The more rebellious of the two pupils, Gyngell dropped out in year 11 and moved into a flat in Bondi with mates. It all started at elite Eastern Suburbs, Sydney school Cranbrook where the dyslexic Gyngell was once suspended for abusing an art teacher, who responded by calling him a “spoilt brat". Gyngell has increasingly frozen Packer out of his life. There’s no doubt Packer’s decision last September to divorce Erica, his wife of seven years and mother of his three children, played a big role in the build up to the argument that prompted the fight.īut their friendship had been eroding for at least two years as divergent careers, friends and lifestyles have prised the once inseparable twosome apart. How on earth did it come to this – and can they really patch it up? Gyngell’s father Bruce, the first man on Australian television, walked out on Frank Packer at Channel Nine (later to return) Gyngell himself walked out on Frank’s son Kerry, whom he considered a second father, and came back later too and now Gyngell has had a public street fight with Kerry’s son James. But it’s been a complex, sometimes volatile relationship. The families have shared considerable love and affection: the Gyngells playing trusted lieutenants to the richer, more powerful Packers. Their personal and business fortunes have been inextricably linked for more than half a century. They can afford the fine, of course, but the scandal has prompted questions about in particular about Packer’s international reputation as he builds his casino empire.Ī bigger question dangles over the deep fraternal bond between Gyngell, 48, Packer, 46, and their radically different families. They also shamed both men, who were on Friday slapped with criminal infringement notices for offensive behaviour and a potential $500 fine from the NSW Police. The pictures, at once shocking, brutal, funny and sad, were acquired, ironically enough, by Lachlan Murdoch ’s News Corporation, for more than $200,000 and published globally, setting off a social media storm. The brawling pair were too incensed to notice, or care about, the awe-struck paparazzo shooting over 300 photographs of the scrap – images that have marked their careers forever. It has seen him step outside the tightly-knit world of minders that provide advice, entertainment, policing and protection to Packer, to deliver what he sees as home truths. They blame the influence of his business manager Tommy Davis, a former spokesperson for the Church of Scientology.This fight was driven in part by Gyngell’s desire to be his own man – a deep familial urge to emerge from the Packer shadow. I’ll sign the papers.’ He signed in September, because Mariah and James wanted to get married in early 2017.” But things suddenly soured between Packer and Carey, and they split shortly after her divorce with Cannon was finalized.Īs Page Six previously reported, sources close to Carey claim that Packer changed into a different person overnight. Will you sign these papers?’ Nick was cool and said, ‘I’m not going to stand in your way. Mariah’s team brought in Laura Wasser, who helped simplify things, but then Mariah called Nick and said, ‘I really want to get married. One source added, “Nick and Mariah’s divorce was dragging on and on, mainly because of the back and forth between their lawyers. I really want to get married to James Packer.” They finally settled their divorce in September, when Carey called Cannon personally and said, “I want you to sign the divorce papers. Mariah Carey settled her divorce with ex-husband Nick Cannon by calling him directly and begging him to let her marry Australian billionaire James Packer - only to split with her fiancé days later, sources tell Page Six.Ĭarey and Cannon separated in August 2014, but their divorce dragged on because of legal wrangling over custody of their twins. ![]()
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