Cathrine Mahoney, the ex-wife of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns, has opened up about her relationship with the Newcastle Knights legend in a new book.
Johns met Mahoney, his second wife, in 2002, with the couple tying the knot in 2007 and sharing one child together — 13-year-old son Louis.
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They separated in 2011 before reconciling and then splitting again in 2014.
Mahoney, a former publicist who hosts the podcast So, I Quit My Day Job, has penned a new memoir titled Currently Between Husbands that comes out this week and, at times, delves into her relationship with Johns.
“When a marriage ends, you shove it all in a box and stuff it in the back of your wardrobe and don’t want a word of it,” the 47-year-old said in an exclusive interview with Stellar.
“But unpacking it six years later, you realise time heals and you look at things differently. I was bonkers crazy in love with Andrew, and he was with me. It just didn’t last the course.”
Referencing her experience as a publicist, Mahoney knows the attention celebrities have to deal with — and what that means for the people they are in relationships with.
“I’d get exhausted sometimes being with Andrew because you’d have to smile all the time – usually when you were in the middle of a big argument,” she said.
“Even the most amazing high-end celebrity still goes to the toilet, still gets a period, still fights with their boyfriend and still has to get up with their kids, but they have to be ‘on’ the whole bloody time.”
Mahoney is a former publicist for Sony Music, Nine and Nova who also co-hosts the Not Another Parenting Podcast.
Johns is currently raising a three-year-old daughter with his new partner, yoga instructor Kate Kendall.
He split from his first wife Renae Chapman in 2002 after two years of marriage.
The 48-year-old represented New South Wales in 23 State of Origin matches and Australia in 26 Tests, winning three Dally M Medals and two premierships with the Knights.
Read Cathrine Mahoney’s full interview with Stellar
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