Revealed: How Shane Warne and Ben Cousins showed Raygun the RIGHT way to deal with a comedian making a musical about her
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Aussies have slammed Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn from pillar to post after her lawyers shut down an unauthorised musical about her - but she could have avoided all the drama if she'd followed Shane Warne's lead when he was confronted with a very similar situation.
![[Comedian Stephanie Broadbent (pictured) changed major parts of her show after Gunn's legal team asked for $10,000 to cover the breaker's legal costs]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/02/93340475-14212143-image-a-26_1734660746273.jpg)
The Olympic breakdancer broke her silence about the drama on Thursday after her legal team demanded $10,000 from a comedy club owner who promoted 'Raygun the Musical'. The comedian behind the performance, Stephanie Broadbridge, has ensured the show will go on by reworking it so the material doesn't mention Gunn by name in order to avoid any trademark infringements.
![[Cricket icon Shane Warne took the opposite path when he was left very unimpressed by performer Eddie Perfect's unauthorised musical about his life (Perfect is pictured playing Warne alongside Lisa McClune, left, in 'Shane Warne: The Musical' in 2013)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/02/93338649-14212143-image-a-27_1734660985507.jpg)
Now the episode has left a bad taste in the mouth of many Aussie sports fans - and Gunn's reaction stands in stark contrast to what Warne did when an unauthorised musical about his life was being made. 'Shane Warne: The Musical' premiered in a Melbourne theatre in December 2008 but the late Spin King was not a fan at all.
![[Warne (pictured in 2013) attended one of the shows and 'loved it', according to Perfect]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/02/93338901-14212143-image-a-28_1734661205190.jpg)
Raygun was branded 'the world's biggest Karen' after her legal team shut down an unauthorised musical about her Paris Olympics performance. Comedian Stephanie Broadbent (pictured) changed major parts of her show after Gunn's legal team asked for $10,000 to cover the breaker's legal costs.
![[Footy bad boy turned AFL great Ben Cousins (pictured at a telethon this October) also sent his best wishes to the people behind a warts-and-all rock opera about his chequered career]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/02/93340205-14212143-image-a-29_1734661248640.jpg)
Cricket icon Shane Warne took the opposite path when he was left very unimpressed by performer Eddie Perfect's unauthorised musical about his life (Perfect is pictured playing Warne alongside Lisa McClune, left, in 'Shane Warne: The Musical' in 2013). 'He detested the fact a musical was being made about him,' the man behind the show, comedian, actor and musician Eddie Perfect, said in an Instagram post.
![[Raygun has denied claims her lawyers told Broadbridge she couldn't perform the famous 'kangaroo dance' from her Olympics routine because it has been trademarked]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/02/93340481-14212143-Raygun_has_denied_her_lawyers_told_Broadbridge_she_couldn_t_perf-m-32_1734661466589.jpg)
