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S TATE EDITION Vol 47 No 1598 SERVING VICTORIA SINCE 1969
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
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MAGAZINE LIES PATTI NEWTON SLAMS ‘WOMAN’S DAY’ STORY
May 2015 specials: see Page 2
■ MELBOURNE TV-radio star Patti Newton this week blasted a national glossy magazine for what she says is a totally incorrect story about the couple’s relationship with son Matthew.
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● Matthew Newton
Woman’s Day magazine claimed Matthew Newton”has cut all ties with Australia’, and only speaks sporadically with his parents and sister. Patti Newton said on Monday night that she had received flowers from her American-based son for Mothers Day, and she had spoken to Matthew by phone as recently as last weekend.
Patti Newton said she had not been contacted by the magazine, which had made no attempt to verify their cover story with her. Her comments were made in the Nightline radio program on 3AW co-hosted on Monday night by Bruce Mansfield and Simon Owens. Patti Newton said she purchased a number of showbiz magazines on Monday, to prepare for her weekly radio spot, and wondered what her family news might be, when she saw an old photo of husband Bert and herself on the magazine cover. “There is still the odd phone call to check in on Matthew but Bert and Patti are always on tenterhooks because of what has happened in the past,” the Woman’s Day article claimed. Patti Newton said there is frequent contact with their son, and Matthew is also in touch with his sister Lauren. Patti Newton said she was bemused about the identity of the “family friend” which the magazine claimed to interview. She challenged the magazine to name such sources.
● This week’s Woman’s Day magazine boasts a story about ‘Bert and Patti’s New Heartache’. The story is absolure rubbish, says Patti Newton.
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