'I hope people can see I'm having a crack at turning it around,' he said. Mick Gatto couldn't tell her what to do,' Cousins said. 'I would encourage them to think long and hard before they decide to go down that path,' Cousins said. This has gone on for too long. Ben Cousins was seen giving the thumps up with West Coast Eagles player Nic Naitanui earlier this monthBen Cousins (pictured as a 21-year-old in 2000) had a stellar career with the West Coast Eagles before he was sacked by the club and banned by the AFL following the 2007 seasonCousins played 238 games and booted 205 goals for the West Coast Eagles, where he won a premiership with the club in 2006.He was later sacked by the club and copped a one year ban from the AFL.The Richmond Tigers gave Cousins a second chance in 2009, where he played 32 more games and 12 more goals before he retired in 2010. 'Mick … I'm just telling you - and I honestly was going to get him to come over, I was going to give him my Brownlow - to mediate.Sporting long hair in a ponytail and a scruffy beard, Cousins admitted he'd 'stuffed things up royally' and that it was time to put things right. Ben Cousins has opened up on his family, his struggles with a drug addiction and trips to jail in a new documentary aired on Sunday night. But Cousins gave an unconvincing answer when asked if he was still using drugs.
Ben Cousins has made a shocking admission about his crippling drug use in an explosive excerpt from 7NEWS documentary Ben Cousins — Coming Clean. No topic was off limits when the Brownlow Medallist and West Coast Eagles premiership player, 41, sat down with Channel Seven presenter Basil Zempilas in The candid interview Ben Cousins: Coming Clean shows confronting footage of a furious Cousins in the backseat of a car, ranting about the custody of his kids. That During the interview, Ben Cousins recalled the story behind this nude photo of him after a spray tan that went viral on social media. Two charges of stalking and threatening to harm Ms Tinecheff were later dropped.Cousins later pleaded guilty to the remaining 12 offences of breaching a violence restraining order and was sentenced to eight months in prison, which he had already served. 'The community has let me down. The documentary outlines the sensational and controversial career of AFL superstar player Ben Cousins who from the earliest days seemed bound for glory. 'There's been times where … I've been lucky to sort of, just scrape through. People wonder why I haven't broken down or shed a tear (in public). 'I've probably at times pushed things … too far,' he admitted. The documentary remains one of the most watched documentaries in Australian TV history.
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We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media GroupCousins was tight-lipped when asked when was the last time he took drugs.In a rare light-hearted moment during the documentary, Cousins was reminded about a nude photo of him after a spray tan that surfaced on social media last year. I was trying to get a root, that's what I was trying to do basically. 'I'll always regret what I've put my family through.