Steve Irwin (crocodile hunter) dies..........

[Nutsy]

I heard on tv tonight that there is going to be a 'Bindi Irwin" exlusive interview on tv tomorrow night.

Titled.... 'How Bindi is coping after her father's death" or some such similar title.

We hear it time and time again... she is coping so wondefully well.. all smiles and doing her Video and Jungle Girl show among other things.

Why do we have to interview her to find out how she is coping since she lost her dad? Why not let them just get on with their lives and pop a little story in every few months... it's hardly stopped.

Paula.. very well said... there is a tremdous amount of concern for that young girl and what her life will be like in a few years time.. Will she still be as keen as she is today to do what her father did. All eyes have turned to her since the loss of Steve, like she is some goddess or something. She can't step into his shoes. In some ways nobody can. Steve was unique.. one of a kind..

As for Terri taking over the reins. she has said she will take a more active role and she will guide Bindi.. but she will not be the next Croc Hunter.. That role has been set aside for Bindi.

 

[lucas]

All eyes have turned to her since the loss of Steve, like she is some goddess or something. She can't step into his shoes. In some ways nobody can. Steve was unique.. one of a kind..

That is what I have been wanting to say. I'm sure she is a very exceptional kid - but come on - she is not a goddess or something who can do all and knows all. She is a kid - and she is not Steve.

And, if she will fill Steve's shoes, what part will little Bob play?

 

[Nutsy]

That is what I have been wanting to say. I'm sure she is a very exceptional kid - but come on - she is not a goddess or something who can do all and knows all. She is a kid - and she is not Steve.

And, if she will fill Steve's shoes, what part will little Bob play?

Excellent point.. Bob is just nothing in all this.. it's all about Bindi. Not putting Bindi down.. but why is it all we hear is Bindi this and Bindi that.

Bob is Steve's son (a boy).. but what hope does he have of ever doing anything or having any role if Bindi is going to have it all.

You really hit the nail on the head there lucas...

 

[karenbaco]

I totally agree, the last poster said that it would be too truamatic for Terri to become the next crocodille hunter, but an 8 year old child can?

Let me explain this......what i meant was that If Terri took over Steve's work right now it would be too traumatic for the kids because she would be so busy that they may be raised by a nanny or someone and after losing there Dad they would suffer not having their MOM full time. Cuz we all know busy celebrities do NOT have much time for thier children.


PS.....to be perfectly honest, I would love to see an interview with Bindi......keep them coming. I love keeping tabs on them.

 

[sha_lyn]

Little Bindi has a tv show, a weekly section in a paper, excercise dvd and attends award shows, she is EIGHT years old if this carrys on if WE expect her to be the next Steve Irwin she could feel that nothing she can do as an adult is good enough and go right off the rails. I really do think that she needs to be pulled out of the limelight allowed to grow and mellow and decide for herself what her lifes ambitions are.

Actually according to Nutsy's post it is a monthly article, not a weekly article.
She doesn't attend award shows that often. The DVD is 1 DVD correct?

Looking at this from a home schooler's perspective It really doesn't seem like that much.
I'll try to put it into perspective. Her school experience is 1 on 1 with her teacher. She probably spends 4-5 hrs a day on school work, not 7 1/2 at school, then a couple of hrs of home work. Let's say she's a typical 8yr old public school student. Would you be upset to hear she was writing for her monthly school paper? or that she was in the schools drama club? or that she was playing baseball?

laurie31 and karenbaco brought up some very good points.

These projects were already in the works before Steve was killed. Bindi's life is going on as it would have. Is that so terrible? To all of a sudden say "sorry honey your dad is dead so you shouldn't continue to do what you love doing" would not be fair.

 

[Nutsy]

I don't know how much or if there is indeed any truth in that about Bindi writing for a Women's magazine. But, if there is, it is a monthly magazine.

I found that info on another forum (an Aussie one). Don't know who reliable the source of it is though.

As to Bindi and her schooling.. whenever they travel anywhere for fllming or holiday purposes.. the teacher goes along as well. She was with them in Tassie when they got the news about Steve as was the teachers sister. I think Bindi's whole life is one big education.

 

[ButchJohnson]

I loved Steve, I was so sad when he got killed.
He was a real risk taker in my opinion though. I was watching an old episode the other day with him hunting for rattlesnakes, he was sticking his hand in a tiny crevace in a rock formation trying to get them out, without even being able to see where the snakes were. I was just thinking how in the world is he not going to get bit? I know he knew what he was doing but that looked pretty risky to me. He was kind of the Evil Keneaval of the animal world.

 

[Nutsy]

I loved Steve, I was so sad when he got killed.
He was a real risk taker in my opinion though. I was watching an old episode the other day with him hunting for rattlesnakes, he was sticking his hand in a tiny crevace in a rock formation trying to get them out, without even being able to see where the snakes were. I was just thinking how in the world is he not going to get bit? I know he knew what he was doing but that looked pretty risky to me. He was kind of the Evil Keneaval of the animal world.

LOL I know what you mean. There's a lot of stuff I could never watch regarding Steve.. all the risks he would take.. esp with snakes and I happen to have a huge fear of snakes. I'd have my hands over my eyes or I'd have to look away, as I could not bear to watch some stuff. I could feel fear.

 

[lucas]

From USA Today:

Widow takes Croc Hunter's message onto U.S. stages
"Some days I kind of lay on the floor and cry," says the widow of the Crocodile Hunter, Terri Irwin, "and other times I hold my head up."

Speaking from Australia three months after the tragic stingray death of animal expert husband Steve Irwin, she says, "It's a one-day-at-a-time issue, and I think everyone who deals with tragedy knows you definitely ebb and flow."

What's getting her through: children Bindi, 8, and Robert, 3, and carrying on his work, including the announcement today of two special G'Day USA Aussie Family Concerts, designed to promote tourism in Australia. Bindi will make her first U.S. stage appearance in these shows, slated for L.A. on Jan. 14 and New York on Jan. 20. (Tickets through australia-week.com.)

"They're kind of bittersweet events because Steve and Bindi were going to be promoting Australia," says Terri, 42. Now, she and Bindi, along with the Australia Zoo Croc Men dancers, The Wiggles children's group and Australia Zoo director Wes Mannion and some of his zoo animals will fill the bill.

Irwin says her husband was not just a crocodile wrangler who loved to say "Crikey!" "He lived life to the fullest," she says. "He never thought of himself as any kind of big deal. It was always about the animals. And that's what made him a hero. He didn't see himself that way."

His final project, Ocean's Deadliest, will air on the Discovery Channel Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

"It's important for people to get to see what he was doing," says Terri. "It's a wonderful insight into what his last trip was."

She sees Bindi, whose Bindi Kid Fitness video came out last week, carrying on Steve's legacy. "She's got a real understanding of how much work goes into a stage performance or something on television. She doesn't have stars in her eyes." But she does love the animals and the spotlight, says Irwin. "She's got that X factor like Steve did. She's got that empathy."

Bindi, who moved a crowd to tears speaking at her father's memorial service, was acting so well-adjusted after her dad's death that Terri worried. "I spoke to a psychologist about grief issues, and he said, 'That's nothing to be concerned about. That's what you're aiming for, a child to be able to grieve in her own process.' "

Irwin says Bob is having a tougher time. "His grief manifested itself with anger and frustration for a while. When he says, 'I wish Daddy would come back from heaven,' I worry that maybe he's not really in touch. Then I think, 'Wait a minute, I wish the same thing.' "

 

[Nutsy]

STEVE Irwin’s wife believes their eight-year-old daughter Bindi could carry on the late Crocodile Hunter’s work.



Terri Irwin said her daughter had the “X factor” like her father as they announced a US stage show to promote animal conservation.

Little Bindi Irwin will perform a song-and-dance routine she developed with her father at shows in Los Angeles and New York in January.

Steve ... family to continue his work


A cheerful Bindi said: “We’re doing pretty good, we’re battling on.”

She paid tribute to her father, saying: “He was just great. He was always there with me, by my side through thick and thin, he was just the best dad in the world.”

Mrs Irwin said she saw her daughter, who moved a crowd to tears when she spoke at her father’s memorial service, carrying on his legacy.

“She’s got that X factor like Steve did. She’s got that empathy.”

But Mrs Irwin also revealed that she was so worried about Bindi’s well-adjusted behaviour after the tragedy that she consulted a psychologist.

“I spoke to a psychologist about grief issues, and he said, ‘That’s nothing to be concerned about. That’s what you’re aiming for, a child to be able to grieve in her own process’.”

 

[lucas]

Nutsy,

How are things going at the zoo during the holiday season?

 

[lucas]

FYI - Crocodile Hunter re-runs are on all night tonight (1-1-07) and they are re-running his memorial special, too.

 

[disneymouse]

I will be looking foward watching ocean deadliest when it airs jan 21..it will be hard though to see it knowing what would happen

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I will be looking foward watching ocean deadliest when it airs jan 21..it will be hard though to see it knowing what would happen

What channel is that on? Is this with Steve in it?

 

[lucas]

What channel is that on? Is this with Steve in it?

It will be on Animal Planet and Steve is in it. I just saw it advertised on AP.

 

[Pooh93]

FYI - Crocodile Hunter re-runs are on all night tonight (1-1-07) and they are re-running his memorial special, too.

I saw some of them and taped others. I also started watching the replay of the memorial at 11:00 pm CST last night and told myself I wasn't going to watch it all the way through to the end and then I did. Then I started watching the one after it which was called "Confessions of the Croc Hunter." I taped it so I didn't watch all of it. I had to get up for work at 4:30 this morning and knew that if I watched anymore, I probably wouldn't sleep at all!

I saw the adverstisements for Ocean's Deadliest. I'll be setting the DVR for that one.

 

[Nutsy]

Nutsy,

How are things going at the zoo during the holiday season?

Been a bit quiet here on the home front. Lots of tv ads with Bindi and the croc men and others promoting the zoo with Terri and Bindi in them.

Both Terri and Bindi were interviewed recently. I didn't see all of it, but the little I did see I didn't really like. Just the things Bindi said and how she said them. Too adult for an 8 yr old.... not so much what she said, but how it was said. Like she was an adult and had lived 30 plus years and experienced so much,

Just would have been nice to hear what Bindi herself feels, rather than what she has heard the Adults say.

 

[Nutsy]

Did you guys know that the day before Steve died he very nearly came to grief with a deadly sea snake that he picked up?

It's shown on Oceans Deadliest.

 

[Nutsy]

The littlest 'Wildlife Warrior' touched hearts with a eulogy for her dad.


Most eight-year-old girls care more about "Harriet the Spy" than Harriet the sea turtle. But most eight-year-old girls are not the offspring of Steve Irwin, the audacious Australian animal conservationist and TV personality who died Sept. 4 when he was pierced through the heart by a stingray. At a time when viewers of Irwin’s show "The Crocodile Hunter" were reeling with shock, Bindi delivered a eulogy that comforted a grieving community. "I don’t want Daddy’s passion to ever end," she told a crowd of 5,000 at Irwin’s public memorial at the Australia Zoo. "I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did...When I see a crocodile I will always think of him and I know that Daddy made this zoo so everyone could come and learn to love all the animals. Daddy made this place his whole life and now it’s our turn to help Daddy."

She is nominated as one of this year's most inspiring people for leading by example in a time of great personal trial and for honoring her father by continuing his work in wildlife conservation. Bindi Sue Irwin learned her love of animals while she was still in diapers. At two weeks old, she was on location in Texas for a "Crocodile Hunter" segment on rattlesnakes. As a homeschooler, she had time to be a regular part of the "khaki crew" at the Australia Zoo, pitching in with chores like checking on the skinks and caring for Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapagos sea turtle thought to have been observed by Darwin.

Since her father's death, Bindi has taken up his mantle. She made a fund-raising spot for Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, a charity he founded, and attended a ceremony in his place. Bindi is also going on alone with a program that was to have featured her and her dad having outdoor adventures. "Bindi, the Jungle Girl" will debut on Discovery Kids network next year.
Trying to fill her father's sizable safari boots has brought criticism. Some people worry that Bindi is being exploited by adults for monetary gain. In Australia, child psychologists, child rights activists, and Irwin fans seem torn about what is best for Bindi.

But Bindi's father seemed to have addressed that question in an interview featured on Animal Planet in 2004. Steve Irwin said, "Is there anything in this world that would make me give away what I’m doing now? Yes, yes there is. When my children can take the football that I call wildlife conservation and run it up. When they're ready to run up our mission, I will gladly step aside. And I guarantee you it will be the proudest moment of my life. My job will be done."​

 

[lucas]

Thanks for the updates, Nutsy! We don't hear anything in the news anymore so please keep us posted.