Having directed a film about the Melbourne Cup, Ride Like a Girl , it is clear that actor Rachel Griffiths is mad for spring racing. So the mere inconvenience of a broken limb was never going to stop her attending spring racing’s Derby Day at Flemington racecourse on Saturday, where she partook of cocktails in both the Lexus and Nine marquees. But nursing a rather unusual fashion accessory – a cast for her broken arm.
Rachel Griffiths attends Derby Day (with a broken arm). Griffiths broke her arm in the kitchen climbing on the bench to change a light bulb. “I broke my own arm by pushing myself on it,” she said.
“How many actresses does it take to change a lightbulb?” she asked CBD. “One, but she’ll have to follow up with her orthopaedic surgeon. “My brother said, ‘Have you thought it’s because your arse is too fat’, and I said, ‘Well you don’t even deserve a sister.
’” Griffith has two older brothers, Ben and Samuel, but she graciously declined to reveal who was behind the comment. Who needs friends when you have siblings? Call me by my name CBD’s fish-out-of-water prize might well go to billionaire Adrian Portelli , who made a name for himself shelling out $16.65 million over the past two years to buy four homes on reality TV show The Block (broadcast by CBD publisher Nine).
And he was last seen in our column, paying a home visit to a man who allegedly broke into his $39 million penthouse to film his luxury supercar collection. You can read t.
