joost van der westerhuizen((

was watching a tribute to john smit when up hobbled joost(one of the geatest scrumhalves i have seen in my life).when he started to speak it brought tears to my eyes.first thought that came to mind is as people because we may think we cleverer richer famous in any way in the end we are all still human.the lesson in life is to treat everybody with respect because we are not immuned to any illness .lets keep joost and any other people suffering with any illness in our prayers.stay humble

you so right ballie.

Well put Ballie...(tu)

Ballie, i also became emotional watching that.

Very sad Ballie, the illness he has is ALS.The condition could have been brought on by " The Game ".

Sadly we are all a short time living and a long time dead and we never know what hand will be dealt, very sad

mikesack Wrote:

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> Very sad Ballie, the illness he has is ALS.The
> condition could have been brought on by " The Game
> ".


Mike,what is ALS...some syndrome ive never heard of.

Dave it is also known as "Lou Gehrig's disease".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig%27s_disease

follow the link for more information

Good one ballie..good man you

@ Dave

ALS is a motor neuron disease and u can Google the name ALS.

sad for jooste to be suffering like this.

Pretoria – Former Springbok captain Joost van der Westhuizen says his estranged wife, singer Amor Vittone can't wait for him to die.

Van der Westhuizen said this during an interview broadcast on Ballz Radio, in which he said Vittone saw him as "the enemy", reported Beeld.

Van der Westhuizen, who was suffering from motor neuron disease, was apparently talking with difficulty and at times, was hard to understand.

He commented on allegations that he was dragging his heels in finalising the divorce but said he was unable to meet the financial demands made by Vittone.

"I can't anymore give everything that Amor wants."

"I have no hidden agenda as to why I haven’t signed the settlement. I am simply forced to negotiate more due to my illness."

In an interview with Heat magazine, Van der Westhuizen apparently said he was happy to have contracted the terminal illness as he now knew where he came from and no longer was the man he used to be.

Vittone said she would not comment on what Van der Westhuizen had said.

- Channel24

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Jacques - August 6, 2012 at 08:40 Report commentComments Policy
Can't help but feel for the guy. Once such a world-class athlete, now this... His personal stuff and life choices aside, it's not cool to hear this. I hope Amor and Joost settles soon so that Joost can focus on his health.
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riette.nothling - August 6, 2012 at 11:27 Report commentComments Policy
Susan, a man who doesn't want to be stolen won't be stolen! It takes to do the tango.
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sandra.j.rennie - August 6, 2012 at 11:57 Report commentComments Policy
I can't imagine how she stole. When during the night while he was sleeping with wife number one. As far as I am concerned he went to Amor voluntarily ! Joost you made your bed, lie in it ! Takes 2 to Tango.
Hope you have lots of life policies for Amor and the Kids.!
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klippies.coke.7 - August 6, 2012 at 12:17 Report commentComments Policy
I'm honestly gatvol for this drivel. He left his first wife for Amore, she should have known at that stage that he is a player, and I mean off the field. They both made mistakes and I feel sorry for the guy that he has a terminal illness, but f!@# it man, when you die do it with dignity, stop badmouthing your EX, regardless if she deserves it or not. Keep your personal life personal.
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grantcallaway - August 6, 2012 at 13:59 Report commentComments Policy
@klippies - nail on the head, dude! Amor would have known the guy's sense of loyalty right in the beginning. Right or wrong, you play with fire, you get burned.

And as for Joost - the constant bad-mouthing of his ex (warranted or not) also shows where HIS priorities lie in his final days... So silly!
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lauren.myburg - August 6, 2012 at 14:18 Report commentComments Policy
I am so sick of hearing about these people and their dirty laundry that I wont even buy a magazine or newspaper if I see either of their faces! They have truly trashed both their reputations!
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ina.cripps - August 6, 2012 at 15:22 Report commentComments Policy
You are right Amor, treat it with the contempt it deserves. While we are all sorry that Joost has contracted this disease, this statement really smacks of self pity.
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gustav.preller.75 - August 6, 2012 at 15:22 Report commentComments Policy
Do we really care?
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dhirshan.gobind - August 6, 2012 at 08:42 Report commentComments Policy
joost, forget her!!! to us you will always be a legend!!! 1995!!! we don't care what you did in your personal life!!! all hail joost!!!
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betsy.dorris - August 6, 2012 at 12:23 Report commentComments Policy
agree! To the haters: have none of you ever made a mistake? what would people say of you if every little detail of your life was broadcast? yes, they shouldn't have broadcast their personal issues in the public, but the fact is that this guy is going to suffer in a horrible way and one day be trapped in a body with full mental ability but not being able to move a muscle. i think that is more punishment than he deserves. think about that before posting your comments.
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alicia.myburgh.65 - August 6, 2012 at 12:43 Report commentComments Policy
But what happened to DYING WITH DIGNITY? Not on the front pages of all the newspapers.
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Seducect - August 6, 2012 at 09:00 Report commentComments Policy
I am so gatvol of Joost milking the media for attention. Get some balls & stop feeling sorry for yourself!. I have NO respect for you and your soon to be ex wife!
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karel.crous.3 - August 6, 2012 at 09:19 Report commentComments Policy
So 'n bek kort jam seducect. Ek is ook siek vir albei van hulle se gemors. Hulle se hou jou ding uit gate uite dan bly jou gat uit dinge uit. So vat jou punch Josie Cowboys dont cry. Amor is net so 'n ou tert sy het hom destyds by sy eerste vrou afgevry en nou wil sy miss Almighty speel. Sy is 'n ou slaghuis wat alweer 'n nuwe blokman soek. Een wat in die kollig is want dit is hoekom sy Joos gevat het, om haar swak sangloopbaan aan die gang te hou.
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swart.madelein - August 6, 2012 at 11:59 Report commentComments Policy
Agree!!!!!!!!!!!! Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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janet.grant.1238 - August 6, 2012 at 15:33 Report commentComments Policy
I hope he goes on milking it. This disease is evil. Bring more attention to it any which way you can. The disease leaves you with no dignity or respect for you own body. Pity the man
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marlin.samuels.1 - August 6, 2012 at 09:18 Report commentComments Policy
keep ur private affairs out of d media, joost's been cheating her on many occassions now looking for sympathy. we all must die sumtime, accept ur condition and deal with it.
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CopperWoody - August 6, 2012 at 09:18 Report commentComments Policy
YAWN FEST!!
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JohncarlosBiza - August 6, 2012 at 09:22 Report commentComments Policy
Common is as common does
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damonsb - August 6, 2012 at 09:23 Report commentComments Policy
I wish you a speedy recovery Bro
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deon.louw.7505 - August 6, 2012 at 13:45 Report commentComments Policy
Unfortunately no known cure for this disease.
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gvangreunen - August 6, 2012 at 09:23 Report commentComments Policy
Is this the same devoted husband and loving father who snorted coke off a hooker whilst wearing holey jocks and being filmed ... mmm ... sympathy indeed!
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faan.gerber - August 6, 2012 at 09:32 Report commentComments Policy
We all make mistakes - the diffirence is that his name is Joost. If it was me, nobody would have cared two F's. Joost is in a bad place now and I cannot help feeling sorry for the ex Star. Sterkte boet - baie mense dink aan jou.
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tammy.bithell.1 - August 6, 2012 at 09:44 Report commentComments Policy
Amor is just plain greedy and heartless. goes to show love never existed from Amor in their marriage - it was pure lust and greed for fame and money
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jean.tredoux.5 - August 6, 2012 at 10:07 Report commentComments Policy
So the fact that Joost cheated on her with another woman, using drugs and lying about it has nothing to do with her being 'heartless'... sometimes i really don't understand how you people argue!
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Pagel - August 6, 2012 at 10:48 Report commentComments Policy
And then lied to her after she asked him to be honest. I remember her commenting how she trusted him as she "could see the truth in his eyes". All in all this is just very sad - Joost screwing up, a glamour couple that was in love and now have reached this mud throwing stage, a brilliant athlete that gets this debilitating disease, what they are doing to their kids etc. It is always sad to see potential being wasted - I remember feeling the same about Hansie.
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cliff.slabbert - August 6, 2012 at 09:48 Report commentComments Policy
Don't judge someone just because they sin differently to you!
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chez.kri - August 6, 2012 at 12:05 Report commentComments Policy
@Cliff. Well now; thats about the most accurate and well said thing I have read in these forums. I will remember and re-use your comment often.
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tammy.bithell.1 - August 6, 2012 at 09:48 Report commentComments Policy
Goes to show how greedy and heartless Amor really is.. All she wanted in the marriage was fame and more money. Joost will forever be a living legend for his greatest success.
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clivegoss - August 6, 2012 at 10:03 Report commentComments Policy
Eisch!
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trbester - August 6, 2012 at 10:09 Report commentComments Policy
Joost I am sorry you have to suffer...... but BOTH OF YOU GROW UP.......put all the energy you have left into your wonderful children.........grow up
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delish7564 - August 6, 2012 at 10:10 Report commentComments Policy
Despite the wrongs this man committed against his wife (I would find it very hard to forgive him if he was my husband) that does not make it acceptable to want him to die. He didn't murder or rape anyone, so why does he deserve this hatred from people. Be careful what you wish for.........what goes around, comes around!!!!!!
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amanda.vandenberg.758 - August 6, 2012 at 12:53 Report commentComments Policy
Did she say she wants him to die?
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natascha.morton.7 - August 6, 2012 at 10:10 Report commentComments Policy
yes and ..........
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marie.hoon - August 6, 2012 at 10:16 Report commentComments Policy
Just a pitty Joost could not identify the gold-digger for what she was before they married. Most people could do just that. She will not stop demanding until Joost dies, she already has everything he had and is even trying to keep his children away. What 'n pittiful woman she is.
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Louise Whittingstall Barnard - August 6, 2012 at 10:35 Report commentComments Policy
Jean Tredoux are you in love with Amor? Geez!!! She is a bad wife anyway cos she let him get filmed with holey underwear !!!!!! sies Amore you should be ashamed of yourself!!! LMFAO
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jean.tredoux.5 - August 6, 2012 at 10:53 Report commentComments Policy
The funniest part of your sentence is you using LMFAO... I know the difference between right and wrong that's all.
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riette.nothling - August 6, 2012 at 15:01 Report commentComments Policy
No, he was a bad husband for even doing what he did, it's not her fault he could not keep it in his pants! And besides, it's pathetic to blame a woman if her husband wears underwear with holes in, I'm sure his mother taught him not to.
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monique.chevalier.104 - August 6, 2012 at 10:39 Report commentComments Policy
They are well suited. He cheated on his first wife, she was the other woman and it was then okay for him to cheat . Now he cheated on her – shame? They both the same !! Just because he is a sports celebrity and some people respect his achievements in sports it doesn’t make him right and her wrong. They both wrong.
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CliveK - August 6, 2012 at 10:42 Report commentComments Policy
They should both be ashamed of themselves. I feel sorry for Joost due to his illness, but he is milking the situation, while Amor has shown absolutely no compassion to a dying man.
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Richard - August 6, 2012 at 11:00 Report commentComments Policy
Can they please get divorced in private. So he had an affair, get over it, divorce him do what you like but just get on with it in private because Amor did her part in keeping this in the public. He is not the first man to have an affair and will not be the last. If you get cake at home you will probably not go looking for bread elsewhere. There are always two sides to the story but to keep dragging the public into this is plain childish.
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erich.goosen - August 6, 2012 at 11:04 Report commentComments Policy
Joos, please let go. You are going through a tough time and are making things worse by saying things like this.
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jacqui.daanevanrensburg - August 6, 2012 at 11:21 Report commentComments Policy
I wish these two people would just go away. Why they think they have to make us witness their bitterness towards each other is beyond me. I hope for his sake his health will improve.
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swart.madelein - August 6, 2012 at 11:53 Report commentComments Policy
Oh please! Anything to get into the papers! Really!!!!
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marianne.germishuys - August 6, 2012 at 12:14 Report commentComments Policy
Dit is so maklik om te praat...ek's baie jammer vir Joost...wie wil nou met 'n vonnis oor jou kop sit en wag om dood te gaan. Dit is baie erg dat Joost en Amor nie 'n middelgrond kan vind nie. Ek verstaan hoekom hy onderhoude toestaan, ek verstaan hoekom joernaliste altyd die onderwerp sal ophaal, en ek verstaan dat dit ons sal irriteer...meeste van alles verstaan ek dat ek nie in hul skoene wil staan nie - vir niks in die wereld nie!
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alittleonthemadside - August 6, 2012 at 12:15 Report commentComments Policy
I, too, would not give a flying u know what about a man would cheated on me & our kids with several women. who led me to believe we had a beautiful home and family. There's nothing worst then being used by someone. He can't even apologise. He was in socks sniffing coke with some chick while Amor was concerntrating on right things-her family, her career. He can't even apologise. He is not a gent and doesn't know what a real man is. She's not commenting because she is a lady. Joost is the one who always brings it up in the media. Amor is a far nicer person. Joost has always been an attention seeker. Get what u want from him, Amor!
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cherri.pye.5 - August 6, 2012 at 13:22 Report commentComments Policy
A far nicer person? Please let's not forget that she was happily cheating with him when he was married to his first wife.
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Solarflair - August 6, 2012 at 12:17 Report commentComments Policy
Who cares, not to be funny ,the children will get his money anyway, with or without a divorce,the situation has to come to the same conclusion, witch sadly for joost is his death .it is just a matter of time!!! I don't see why he would want to put his dirty laundry in public like this unless he is not dying ? He should concentrate on his quality of life rather than put himself thou media hell , for what?
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angela.langton.10 - August 6, 2012 at 12:25 Report commentComments Policy
you know what, after all is said and done, is not pathetic that we as human being's feel we have the right to pass judgment on others. Joost is dying, and who knows what has gone down between him and Amore. I hope both of you find the peace and happiness you deserve, Joos and if you succumb to your disease I hope you dont suffer.
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resend - August 6, 2012 at 12:32 Report commentComments Policy
she is an Italian woman ,what she did is an italian job ,once you date someone because of the status and so on that lead man into mental instability is because we dont listen to our true friends and start making new friends ,been old means that you have enough friends and making new friends is the biggest mistake we make ,he has been adviced to do right but choose to do his way ,man dont laugh at the down fall of fellow man and thats what we must do support joost and pray for his health and get better as well .friends for joost must be organised to support him mentaly.
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ilze.ihlenfeldtvoges - August 6, 2012 at 12:35 Report commentComments Policy
Welcome to the Karma Cafe. There are no menus. You will get served what you deserve.
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ruan.lacock - August 6, 2012 at 12:38 Report commentComments Policy
....mans jag muis...en poppies jag die beursie....sad, but true !!
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Clarissa - August 6, 2012 at 13:13 Report commentComments Policy
Nie die poppies wat genoeg selfresoek en trots het nie.
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riette.nothling - August 6, 2012 at 15:04 Report commentComments Policy
ja dis waar, maar mens sou dink mans het genoeg verstand om te weet poppies soek net 1 ding...
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jackie.m.dickson - August 6, 2012 at 12:39 Report commentComments Policy
O comme on??! Mt heart beats lumpy custard! I thinks its to be expected....ex wives generally dont like their ex husbands and nor do ex husbands like their ex wives? Duh!! Get over yourself and stop wasting the time you have left looking for sympathy!!
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rosa.demelo - August 6, 2012 at 12:50 Report commentComments Policy
Not sick enough yet to keep his mouth shut!!!! bla bla bla..... should start praying some time soon.....stil convinced he is going to live forever, otherwise he would have let go already, and signed the divorce....why is someone who is dying so worried about the financial details!!!!!
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jacqueline.j.jacobs - August 6, 2012 at 12:54 Report commentComments Policy
she is a bitch. never liked her anyway
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koo.doyle - August 6, 2012 at 12:58 Report commentComments Policy
I'm sure she'd be crushed
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riotousr - August 6, 2012 at 13:02 Report commentComments Policy
Pass me that white powder over there. BJ will be just fine as soon as I have done one line of the powdery stuff.
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Clarissa - August 6, 2012 at 13:14 Report commentComments Policy
whahaha
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Louise Whittingstall Barnard - August 6, 2012 at 13:06 Report commentComments Policy
Who the heck cares about these 2 non celebrities? Stop writing about them already! snooze fest!
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musamuskid - August 6, 2012 at 13:06 Report commentComments Policy
I know a Sangoma in Limpopo, Juju also consults ther
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rosa.demelo - August 6, 2012 at 13:18 Report commentComments Policy
Just remember everybody, just because you dying, doesn't mean that the people you hurt, now just have to forgive and forget...even if you ask for forgiveness when you dying, the hurt that you caused will still be there, all you get is pity!!!!!!! THINK BEFORE YOU HURT THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.......
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letesia.castelyn - August 6, 2012 at 13:22 Report commentComments Policy
Three sides to every story : His story, her story and the truth. Really think of the kids, we have lives and don't want to hear this saga anymore, which has been forced down our throats from the beginning.
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patricia.wright.1029 - August 6, 2012 at 13:29 Report commentComments Policy
Amor and Joost before you carry on hurting each other by the hateful things you keep saying PLEASE think of your children. Remember it is you both who are being childish and want this divorce not your precious babies who you both profess to love. Regards Pat
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ina.cripps - August 6, 2012 at 15:31 Report commentComments Policy
I couldn't agree more, Patricia. Can you imagine what it will do to these children when they grow up and hear (and understand) all the horrible things their parents are revealing about each other? Very bad form.