Difficulties Of The Technical, Not Alcoholic, Variety To Blame For Brooke’s Radio Silence

The biz was abuzz this week after Brooke Hanson was booted from Dancing With The Stars and, apparently, got blotto and neglected her promotional duties the morning after her exit; Seven seemed to be one step away from calling a search party to find the erstwhile athlete-turned-hoofer. Well, turns out our Brooke wasn’t stuck down a drain somewhere after calling Bert on the big white telephone – in fact, her telephone was kaput! Yes, that old excuse:

Telling her “funny” story to NOVA jocks Merrick, Rosso and Kate Ritchie, Hanson said she forgot to hit the power switch on her charger and slept in, then had to fly to Mildura to speak at an environmental youth conference with a dead phone.

The Athens Olympics silver medallist didn’t say why it took two days to clear the air, and remained unrepentant about her wild night.

“I did go out and really enjoyed myself, and that’s all that matters, right?” she said.

I dearly wish that Brooke’s chosen charity on Dancing was something to do with saving people affected by binge drinking. Anyway, I love how blithely unapologetic she is about the whole thing; it’s like, so I drank fifteen flirtinis before dancing on the top of the bar with a troup of midgets wearing little more than feathers and sequins, what of it? Defamer Australia’s Office Of Partying salutes you, Brooke! See you on the tiles!