Veteran journalist Liz Hayes and her rarely-seen long-time associate Ben Crane seem to have spent their festive season happening a romantic journey collectively.
The glad couple, who’ve been collectively for greater than 20 years, had been noticed in a really uncommon sighting at Sydney Airport simply earlier than Christmas.
Carrying their baggage by means of the terminal, the pair went incognito with the 60 Minutes star hiding her eyes behind a pair of darkish shades.
Liz, 68, seemed stylish in an informal, layered ensemble which featured a cropped blue jean jacket pulled on over a white button-down.
Choosing a snug flight, the reporter slipped right into a pair of black trackpants and matching sneakers as she pulled her blonde tresses again into an up-do.
With a cross-body purse strapped throughout her torso, Liz did not have a single hand free as she carried a silver carry-on duffel and an M.J. Bale garment bag.
Veteran journalist Liz Hayes, 68, (proper) and her rarely-seen long-time associate Ben Crane (left) seem to have spent their festive season happening a romantic journey collectively
The glad couple, who’ve been collectively for greater than 20 years, had been noticed in a really uncommon sighting at Sydney Airport simply earlier than Christmas
Carrying their baggage by means of the terminal, the pair went incognito with the 60 Minutes star hiding her eyes behind a pair of darkish shades
In the meantime, Ben, a sound recordist Liz met whereas engaged on 60 Minutes collectively, stepped out in a sensible informal search for their journey.
Tucking his studying frames into the collar of his black T-shirt, Ben pulled on a pair of blue denims and a navy sports activities coat.
He completed off his look with a pair of white Adidas sneakers as he additionally carried handfuls of luggage by means of the airport.
Regardless of kicking off their relationship within the early 2000s once they met on 60 Minutes, Liz has stored her love life with Ben away from the general public eye.
Liz has been divorced 3 times, with every of her relationships enjoying out on the general public stage in a spectacle she as soon as advised Stellar journal was ‘soul destroying’.
The TV journalist met and married her first husband, builder Brian Hayes, in her house city of Taree within the late ’70s when she was simply 21.
They break up within the mid ’80s at about the identical time she landed a gig as co-host on the Right now breakfast present in 1986 and her public profile skyrocketed.
Following their separation, Liz later struck up a really publicised romance with promoting millionaire John Singleton.
Liz seemed very stylish in an informal, layered ensemble which featured a cropped blue jean jacket pulled on over a white button-down
Choosing a snug flight, the reporter slipped right into a pair of black trackpants and matching sneakers as she pulled her blonde tresses again into an up-do
With a cross-body purse strapped throughout her torso, Liz did not have a single hand free as she carried a silver carry-on duffel and an M.J. Bale garment bag
In the meantime, Ben, a sound recordist Liz met whereas engaged on 60 Minutes collectively, stepped out in a sensible informal search for their journey
Tucking his studying frames into the collar of his black T-shirt, Ben pulled on a pair of blue denims and a navy sports activities coat
He completed off his look with a pair of white Adidas sneakers as he additionally carried handfuls of luggage by means of the airport
They tied the knot in February 1991 however had been solely married for ten months earlier than divorcing that very same yr round Christmas.
Liz was the fourth of his six wives over time, although they remained associates following their break up.
Just a few years later, in 1994, she was noticed on the arm of Sydney physician Stephen Coogan, with the pair having a three-year marriage which led to 1997.
Liz opened up about having three divorces by age 40 in her memoir I am Liz Hayes in 2023.
She advised Stellar on the time that she struggled to see her face within the headlines as her love life was dissected by the general public eye.
‘It was a crap time. Let’s face it, this stuff aren’t nice. And it is magnified. It turns into greater than Ben-Hur,’ she mentioned to the publication.
‘You are taking a look at your self. You are studying about your self. You are noting that the view of you is fairly grim, so that you come away pondering I’m fairly grim.’
She added that the general public scrutiny of her failed marriages made her really feel like a ‘failure’ on the romantic entrance.
‘Frankly, it’s kind of soul-destroying to have seemingly the world telling you, “Yep, you are a dud,”‘ she added.
Liz went on to begin a relationship with Ben Crane, a former 60 Minutes soundman, within the early 2000s and has stored their love life very personal ever since.
