{"id":853122,"date":"2026-08-12T23:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853122\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T23:32:12","slug":"tina-arena-makes-first-public-appearance-since-ex-husband-ralph-carrs-rape-conviction-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/853122\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Arena makes first public appearance since ex-husband Ralph Carr\u2019s rape conviction revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tina Arena has spoken publicly for the first time about her ex-husband Ralph Carr\u2019s rape conviction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Australian music icon made the comments at the world premiere of her new documentary Tina Arena: Unravel Me at the Melbourne International Film Festival on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

\"Tina<\/p>\n

Tina Arena attended the world premiere of her new documentary Tina Arena: Unravel Me at The Astor Theatre during the Melbourne International Film Festival.\u00a0Supplied\/Nick Robertson<\/p>\n

The comments come more than a week after Carr was unmasked as a convicted rapist<\/a>, following the lifting of a long-standing suppression order protecting his identity.<\/p>\n

Arena wore an all-white suit to walk the red carpet at the Astor Theatre, where she fronted the media before the screening.<\/p>\n

But it was an on-stage Q&A on-stage after the premiere where Arena addressed \u201cthe elephant in the room\u201d, where she said she was a strong believer in karma.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou reap what you sow so now he\u2019s reaping what he sowed,\u201d Arena said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that justice has been done and the right thing has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ralph<\/p>\n

Arena no longer speaks to Carr, whom she was married to for four years, with the pair divorcing in 1999. (Photographed together in 1993)\u00a0Rodger Cummins<\/p>\n

Arena said she did not know her ex-husband\u2019s victim, who remains legally anonymous, but the singer praised the woman\u2019s courage in coming forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know her name, I have never met her [but] my heart goes out to her, to her mum, her family for having the unbelievable courage to come forward in unbelievably complicated circumstances,\u201d Arena said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo first and foremost a big thank you to you, whoever you are darling, wherever you are, a big thank you, not only from me but a big thank you from a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr was once a high-profile agent and behind the careers of former AFL player Dustin Martin, singer Kate Ceberano\u00a0and his ex-wife, among others.<\/p>\n

\"Ralph<\/p>\n

Carr (pictured in July) was once a high-profile agent and behind the careers of former AFL player Dustin Martin, singer Kate Ceberano\u00a0and his ex-wife among others.\u00a0 Luis Enrique Ascui<\/p>\n

Arena no longer speaks to Carr, whom she was married to for four years, before the pair divorced in 1999.<\/p>\n

However, she speaks about him in the 86-minute film and he appears in the archival footage used.<\/p>\n

Arena, a former child star, said now at 58 years old she felt like it was the right time to share her story of growing up in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I\u2019ve had a life that\u2019s been lived,\u201d Arena told podcast Curtain Call with Sim on the red carpet.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Arena was supported by some famous faces, including singer Anthony Callea (pictured), TV personality Julia Morris and celebrity chef Anna Polyviou.\u00a0Supplied\/Nick Robertson<\/p>\n

\u201cSo now\u2019s the time to tell the story – once you\u2019ve lived more than half your life, it\u2019s probably a good time to start telling your story, right? I was a bit young before, but I think now\u2019s just the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arena was supported by some famous faces, including singer Anthony Callea, TV personality Julia Morris and celebrity chef Anna Polyviou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tina Arena has spoken publicly for the first time about her ex-husband Ralph Carr\u2019s rape conviction. The Australian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-853122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}