Tess Crosley has found the humour in her headline-making affair with AFL star Lachie Neale after the saga received the full Mad Monday treatment.
The Gold Coast mother was at the centre of one of football’s biggest off-field scandals, but appeared delighted this week after seeing an outrageous parody of the very public saga.
A group of footy fans dressed up as Tess, Lachie and his estranged wife, Jules Neale, for their end-of-season celebrations. The costumes referenced the infamous love triangle with wigs, football attire and exaggerated padding.
Shared by the popular Instagram account Mad Monday 365, the image showed one man dressed as Lachie standing between two women and holding an arm around each of them.
The fan portraying the AFL star wore a Brisbane Lions guernsey, footy shorts, long socks and a backwards cap, while several medals hung proudly around his neck.
However, it was the elaborate outfits worn by his friends that attracted most of the attention.
Tess Crosley has found the humour in her headline-making affair with AFL star Lachie Neale after the saga received the Mad Monday treatment
A group of footy fans dressed as Tess, Lachie and his estranged wife Jules Neale for their end-of-season celebrations, recreating the infamous love triangle with wigs, football gear and exaggerated padding (Pictured)
‘Jump scare warning next time pls,’ Tess wrote under the post, alongside a laughing emoji
One fan wore a long dark wig, black crop top, beige shorts, leather jacket and Brisbane Lions scarf, finishing the costume with an oversized fake bust.
His blonde companion wore a platinum wig, white blouse, black blazer and shorts, along with similarly exaggerated padding.
‘Tess, Lachie and Jules on Mad Monday,’ the account wrote in the caption accompanying the cheeky photo.
Instead of taking offence at being mocked, Tess appeared to find the elaborate impersonation highly amusing.
‘Jump scare warning next time pls,’ she commented, adding several laughing emojis.
Her response soon received more than 180 likes, while other followers joined in to praise the eye-catching costumes.
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‘Unbelievable knockers,’ one follower joked. ‘Actually the best,’ another added.
The parody appeared after Tess broke her silence on the scandal and addressed some of the more extraordinary rumours that emerged after her affair with Lachie became public.
Tess appeared to find the impersonation hilarious. (Pictured: Tess with her knee against Lachie Neale, her husband Ben, and former best friend Jules Neale)
Speaking on Daily Mail’s showbiz podcast The Debrief with Savanna Young, Tess said there was more to the friendship group than outsiders had realised.
Among the most sensational claims to emerge from the saga were rumours the friends had been involved in a secret swinging arrangement.
While Tess stopped short of discussing the private lives of those involved, she suggested the situation was more complicated than had previously been reported.
‘There was a lot of context that people don’t know… it was a friendship that just got way too close,’ she said.
‘Out of respect for the other people involved, I obviously can’t talk about their private lives.’
Tess also clarified that she and Jules had not been lifelong best friends, revealing their friendship had lasted for about a year before the affair came to light.
But she said one rumour in particular had crossed the line – speculation Lachie was secretly the father of her son, Beau.
‘I just had a point where I was like, ‘Don’t bring my child into this. That is 100 per cent a rumour,” Tess said.
‘There’s no truth to it at all.’
Tess has accepted responsibility for her role in the affair, but said she decided to speak publicly after months of speculation surrounding the scandal.
The Debrief with Savanna Young is available on the Daily Mail’s YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.