Update on Fatty

[Hurriflatch]

Vautin's future hangs in the balance
By Andrew Webster
July 3, 2005 - 6:15PM
The Sun-Herald


Footy Show host Paul "Fatty" Vautin's future is uncertain as he waits to learn if the head injury which has keep him off the air for two weeks is more serious than at first diagnosed.

Vautin, 46, will meet with his doctor tomorrow morning and learn if his brain was more seriously damaged than at first thought.

The former Manly, Queensland and Australia forward suffered severe concussion when he fell awkwardly and smacked his head on the ground while wearing a sumo-wrestling suit during a shoot for the show.

He has been ruled out of calling the deciding State of Origin match on Wednesday night and at this stage it is uncertain when he will return to Nine's rugby league coverage.

Vautin was released from hospital nine days ago but returned for further scans on Friday night when his neurosurgeon became worried that his condition had not improved.

Long-time friend and former Manly teammate John Gibbs said Vautin was too ill to speak to the media and that a comeback to Nine's rugby league coverage was a long way off. "He is a very, very sick man," Gibbs said.

May not be looking that good for him.

 

[thuganomics]

Not good.

I was hoping he would be right to call the Decider

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Hmmm, not good news at all. As much as he sh*ts me, it would be a pretty tradgic end to his television career, ecpecially the way it happened...i mean, a sumo suit? :s

 

[Billy Gunn]

same I can't stand the git as a commentator but would hate to see anyone's career end like that

 

[sharks/rabbitohs]

not looking good for fatty at all

 

[cainen]

Well...if anyone's going to end their tv career by falling out of a truck while wearing a sumo suit, it's Fatty.

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Well...if anyone's going to end their tv career by falling out of a truck while wearing a sumo suit, it's Fatty.

lol, thats so true

 

[mickdo]

That's so very sad to hear...

 

[hrundi99]

He used to bug me but in the last few years I've come around to liking him. I hope everything works out alright.

His jocular way of approaching his support for Manly is something Gould could learn from.

 

[izzo]

get well fatty

 

[redVgirl]

oh god poor fatty! that seriously upsets me...ive always really liked the guy. how ironic that after all his yrs of footy and all the daredevil dude stunts that THIS is the injury that messes him up so badly.

 

[Briza]

Well...if anyone's going to end their tv career by falling out of a truck while wearing a sumo suit, it's Fatty.

LOL - very true
And can the people who dislike him say with honesty it's because of his commentary, or is it because he is Manly ?

 

[fourplay]

Sad to hear. I hope he gets well soon.

 

[shadow grinder]

poor guy.....

 

[Jordan]

That's bad news... hopefully it's not that serious and he'll make a full recovery.

 

[ByRd]

get well soon fatty

 

[nqboy]

And can the people who dislike him say with honesty it's because of his commentary, or is it because he is Manly ?

I dislike him because he sold his arse to the big end of town years ago and is now only a Queenslander when it suits him.

But I'm still sorry to see this happen.

 

[SHD]

Hope he doesn't die.

 

[Stagger eel]

I think he'll eventually be ok.

But does anyone get the feeling that it was much more serious than what's reported in the media?...I can't help feeling that at 1 stage his life actually hung in the balance.

 

[RainMan]

Graf Vynda-k*deleted*

Same can be said for you.