{"id":200477,"date":"2025-10-14T23:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200477\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:06:08","slug":"nick-kyrgios-claims-andy-murray-acted-too-important-after-podcast-invite-and-says-friendship-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200477\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios claims Andy Murray \u2018acted too important\u2019 after podcast invite and says friendship is over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 jEZjIj\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p>Nick Kyrgios has claimed Andy Murray snubbed an invite to appear on his podcast and said they are no longer friends.<\/p>\n<p>Murray has historically been friendly with Kyrgios, a controversial character in the tennis world, and spoke up to defend the Australian from media scrutiny during his career. But Kyrgios says their relationship has broken down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t even know if he\u2019s a friend anymore,\u201d Kyrgios said on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fau%2Fpodcast%2Fnick-kyrgios-on-partying-mental-health-and-his-next%2Fid1816112160%3Fi%3D1000731425554&amp;articleId=b2845204&amp;key=5b1a6400a3c0d931ed2037885e1a27a3\" title=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/nick-kyrgios-on-partying-mental-health-and-his-next\/id1816112160?i=1000731425554\">The Unscripted Show podcast<\/a>. \u201cI guess he\u2019s just like a colleague. We used to be closer. He was one of the people that was very supportive of me through there. But now we kind of don\u2019t talk as much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted him on a podcast and he acted too important. So there\u2019s your truth. It\u2019s like, \u2018bro, find some time\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It marks a significant shift in tone since Kyrgios \u2013 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/nick-kyrgios-tennis-wimbledon-bbc-b2550948.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">avoided a criminal conviction<\/a> in 2023 after he admitted assaulting his ex-girlfriend \u2013 appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored in July 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an amazing athlete, one of the best that\u2019s ever stepped onto court,\u201d Kyrgios said. \u201cReputation-wise, I don\u2019t think one person says anything bad about Andy in the locker room. You know you\u2019re going to get an amazing competitor. He\u2019s always been supportive of me and my career and we\u2019ve had a great friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios spent time in a psychiatric ward in London in 2019 after struggling with his mental health, and he revealed to Morgan that Murray raised concerns with a member of his camp after spotting damage on his arm after a practice session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy was always a big supporter of me. As soon as I came on the tour, he kind of saw a work in progress and took me under his wing. Then he realised later in my career that I don\u2019t think I was coachable or I was on my own path, but he was always someone that was looking out for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe saw it [the self-harm] and he said, \u2018What\u2019s that on your arm?\u2019 It was pretty bad at that stage. Andy obviously was trying to give me advice on it. But I was just so stuck in my ways at that time that I didn\u2019t listen. Obviously I\u2019m very thankful. I thank him a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-200477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}