'I Embarrassed My Children': Shane Warne Opens Up On Past Controversies

In a candid interview, the king of spin bowling Shane Warne admitted that he was 'arrogant' at the peak of his career

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Australia's cricketer-turned-commentator Shane Warne opened up on past controversies and confessed 'he let his family and children down' because of his actions. In a candid interview, the king of spin bowling admitted that he was 'arrogant' at the peak of his career and that not only 'embarrassed' his kids but also plagued his glorious cricket career. During the show 'A Week with Warnie' on Fox Cricket, the former cricketer opened up the dark aspect of his career. "I'm not proud of all of my decisions. I made some horrible mistakes and choices with things. But I was always true to myself and that's what I'm proud of today," Warne said during the show. "Some of the things were really hard to take. I let my family down, I embarrassed my children ... but that's something I have to live with. "But for all of those bad choices I've also been very proud of all the good things I've done. I've done a lot of good things but sometimes people like to harp on about the bad things because it's a better headline," he added. The retired Aussie cricketer asserted, what got him in trouble most was his philosophy of living in the moment. "I think some of my actions in the mid 90s and towards the end of the late 90s -- I acted in a sort of arrogant, pretty ordinary fashion all the time," Warne said. "I live in the moment so sometimes you don't think about the consequences and that was probably most of my trouble. I didn't think what the consequences were or what effect it would have on other people. "It was a selfish thing. I did what I wanted to do, and that got me into a bit of trouble."