Terri Irwin talks about her new book and daughter Bindi
Terri Irwin, 43, the wife of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is writing about her life with Steve. The book is titled Steve and Me: Life With the Crocodile Hunter or My Steve in Australia. She explains:
I felt compelled to do something so that people could sit down and understand Steve better and where he came from and what we stood for and what we tried to achieve. I’d been so kind of self-absorbed with my own sadness that I hadn’t really thought about everyone else…so I thought a book would help people to come to know the human side of Steve.
Terri admits that she still gets very emotional when talking about Steve and the tears started flowing when the conversation turned to how the children (Bindi, 9 and Robert, 4 in December) were coping with their father’s death. She says:
Robert talks about it. Bindi gets emotional regularly, but not frequently ,and I’m really proud that they’re coping. I think that’s a point of pride that Steve was so good about – exposing them to the cycle of life in the zoo.
Bindi has been working hard since her father’s death. She has finished a television documentary series, Bindi the Jungle Girl. She also has her own clothing label called "Bindi Wear," a fitness DVD called Bindi Kidfitness and travels for the Australian tourism industry.
When Terri is asked about Bindi’s popularity and questions of exploitation she answers:
But I find that with Bindi’s lack of fear of wildlife and lack of fear of public speaking, I have made an empowered woman who whatever choice she decides to make in life after she’s 18 she’s got the tools to do it.
Steve died at age 44 on September 4, 2006, from a freak flick of a stingray’s barbed tail during an underwater documentary shoot on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Source: AOL News
Thanks to CBB reader Mary Beth.
- Posted on Nov 7, 07 at 9:03PM
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November 7th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
I still can’t believe he’s gone.
November 8th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Me either Erika. His kids are gorgeous and I really wish he was still here to watch them grow up into amazing adults
November 8th, 2007 at 3:15 am
What an amazing and strong women. To be able to think about other people missing him too is so thoughtfull. I am so glad that they are able to have so much to remeber him by. I too am still finding it hard to believe that he is gone. I am glad that he has such a great wife and wonderfull children to carry on his legend.
**We love you steve and miss you tons!!!**
November 8th, 2007 at 3:36 am
wow this is family is so strong, its such a shame that he wont be around to see his kids grow but steve has left the best part of him here on earth in his children…and they sure seem great kids
November 8th, 2007 at 7:39 am
Bindi is so amazin. This girl will rule the world!
I still get very amotional about Steve death…
Terri, Bindi and Bob: I love you and I wish all the best for this beautiful family.
November 8th, 2007 at 8:51 am
His passing was such a shock to us; it’s still so hard to believe. He is sorely missed in our home. Our children and we loved him, and we still watch re-runs of his show.
I’m so proud of Terri. I can’t imagine going through something like this, much less with 2 little ones, much less in the public eye. I think she is rearing the kids just as Steve would’ve wanted: as closely as she can to “normal” without Dad, at AustraliaZoo, with the animals and their extended family. Many blessings to them.
November 8th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
I still cry when I think about Steve’s passing. Our world so desperately needs more people like him. At least we still have Terri and their two incredible children. What an amazing person Terri is- and to worry about the rest of us in the midst of her despair, wow! Love to the Irwins from our own family!
November 8th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
dearest terri & family
just a note to say thank you for sharing steve with me. Tv still isn’t the same. But seeing you and your children do help. Stay strong and remember. Always your friend KL Betts
November 8th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Terri is one amazing woman! She is so beautiful , inside and out. I think she is doing wonderfully with their children. I have been admirers of theirs for years. Both of them with such enthusiasium and love for each other, family and the animals, just amazing.
I never knew Steve, but I do miss him, he was such a great guy.
Terri is one brave lady, and she is raising two strong and courageous children!
November 8th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
I remember Terri saying on the View that some kids wouldnt even go to school after they found out about Steve’s passing because they were too sad.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:28 am
I love Terri Irwin’s book. She is a brave wife, it is a pity that Steve passed away. He is a good naturalist and television star. I have read a report about his death: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1732439.htm , Steve Irwin was better known as “The Crocodile Hunter”, in Terri Irwin’s book , she tells something about her and Steve. I loved reading it and I can imagine such an outstanding, incredible and loving man. I think Terri Irwin is a very strong woman to be able to write this wonderful book for her kids. I found a deal of it here : http://dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=67564 , it is indeed worth reading.