Hawthorn premiership hero Campbell Brown has broken down in tears during a touching interview surrounding the death of his mother.
The 2008 premiership player was interviewed by Channel 7's Hamish McLachlan for the newย The Last Time I Criedย series on AFL.com.au and described the moment he burst into tears and was inconsolable for more than 90 minutes after the emotion of his mum's death overcame him in 2019.
His mother, Kay Brown, died in June 2019 aged 70, after a two-year fight with ovarian cancer.
Brown's father, Western Australian great Mal Brown, said at the time his wife battled with the disease against the odds to be able to spend more time with her family and grandchildren, including Campbell's young son.
In the first episode of the series, Brown reveals the last time he cried was on Caulfield Guineas Day in October at Caulfield Racecourse after a friend revealed he also lost his mother, but had to endure the loss on Christmas Day.
โI just burst into tears,โ he said.
โI was just thinking, how sad, Christmas is a time for families and for her to die on Christmas Day was the worst day, if there was such a thing as a worst day. Immediately, it just triggered in me what Iโd just gone through with my mum. Thatโd be the first Christmas that I had without her.
โI burst into tears, For whatever reason, it just set something off in me. I think the reason is she battled, originally it was ovarian cancer. That spread right throughout her (body).โ
Speaking toย SENย about the series, McLachlan said Brown's revelation was the most revealing.
โCampbell reckons he cried for an hour and a half,โ McLachlan said of Brownโs breakdown at the races.
โShe died in the middle of the year, but heโd never once cried and he spoke about that and you see Campbell in a completely different light.โ