After winning a million dollars in a fishing competition over the weekend, Keegan Payne, 19, was forced to confront his past during a live interview on Wednesday.
The teen was asked about a rumor that appeared on social media about him. He admitted that he had been involved in a vehicle theft incident when he was younger.
Bob Cavanagh, the man who employed Payne when he was a teen, said that he was a good kid who made a big mistake.
He said that the young man was genuinely remorseful. He said that the incident occurred when the teenager was 15 years old.
During an interview on Wednesday, Payne expressed his sentiments about the rumor.
He was asked by Stefanovic about the rumor, which claimed that he and his friends stole a couple of Polaris vehicles.
The teen, who was from Darwin, said that he and his friends were not thinking about the incident at the time.
He also admitted that he regretted what he had done. After being asked by Stefanovic if he planned on paying back his former employer, Payne apologized to Bob Cavanagh.
Payne apologized to the man on air and said that he wished he could return the vehicle that he had stolen. According to Yahoo News, Cavanagh was stunned by the call from his father, who said that Payne wanted to pay him back for the vehicle.
According to the business owner, he doesn’t hold any hard feelings against Payne, who he describes as a good kid. He worked for him before the lockdown at the Covid facility in 2020. According to Yahoo News, Payne was genuinely remorseful and wanted to return the favor.
Payne, who lives in the Northern Territory, caught headlines this week after he caught a massive barramundi that cost a million dollars. The event, which had been running for nine years, gave eight lucky anglers $10,000 cash prizes. One lucky individual, who was Payne, walked away with a million dollars.
The prized fish was caught as part of the competition, which is regarded as Australia’s richest fishing event. Every season, hundreds of red-tagged fish are released into various waterways in the country, such as Katherine, Kakadu, and Darwin.