Former Collingwood star Jaidyn Stephenson has come clean about the insane Uber Eats bill he ran up when he first broke into the AFL as he revealed some mind-bending diet secrets.
The 26-year-old admitted to spending almost $30,000 on home-delivered takeaway food in 2018 when he first made the Magpies’ top side – and then there’s the incredible number of Weet-Bix he went through.
‘In my first year in the AFL system I spent $28,000 on Uber Eats,’ he told SEN radio.
‘I was living with [former teammate] Jack Madgen and his girlfriend, who is his wife now, and they’d have their chicken and veggies every night.
‘They were six years older than me and they understood how life worked.
‘I think I cooked twice the whole year. I would order Uber Eats for lunch or dinner, whenever I needed to.
Jaidyn Stephenson (pictured with partner Emily Vincent) has confessed to spending almost $30,000 on Uber Eats in a single year
The 25-year-old (pictured playing for Collingwood) said he only cooked for himself twice during his first year in the AFL
‘Luckily the club cooked us food for breakfast and lunch, but everything else was Uber Eats or going out for dinners.’
Stephenson – who shocked fans when he retired at the end of last season aged just 25 – has also revealed that he ate 95 Weet-Bix with full-cream milk every week while he was at the top of his game.
‘Five for breakfast, lunch, and usually after dinner,’ he explained.
‘I just love them. Ever since I was one or two and could start eating, I have always had Weet-Bix. It’s a nice little treat.’
When he was a highly rated teenage prospect back in 2017, before the Pies were cooking some of his meals, he admitted his nutritional choices left a lot to be desired.
‘I didn’t have the greatest lunches,’ he said.
‘I used to have two Nutella sandwiches with packets of chips.’
Incredible as Stephenson’s Uber Eats bill is, it still isn’t the biggest tab that’s been run up by a footy star.
Stephenson (pictured with Vincent) also got through 95 Weet-Bix in a week while he was playing, and used to fuel up on Nutella sandwiches and chips for lunch
The former Magpies and Kangaroos star isn’t the AFL’s Uber Eats champion, however – that honour goes to Carlton great Brendan Fevola (pictured) who spent $36,000 in 12 months
That honour goes to former Carlton and Brisbane star Brendan Fevola, who stunned tennis legend Andy Murray when he told him he’d spent $36,000 with the delivery service in a single year during a radio interview in January.
‘I want to tell you a little stat. I order Uber Eats all the time… we sent a letter to Uber Eats to see where we rank [nationwide] in a year,’ Fevola told Murray.
‘Fi [Fifi Box] had spent about $3,500 AUD… and I was ranked in the top 0.001% of Australians. I was pretty much the number one Uber Eats [customer].’
Murray was stunned by the confession.
‘You should get knighted,’ he said.
Fevola then informed the tennis champion he’d spent $36,000 on Uber Eats a year.
‘This is genuine?’ asked Murray.
Fevola replied: ‘This is fair dinkum, yeah.’
Murray was intrigued and wanted to know how the former athlete was splashing out so much cash.
‘Yeah, breakfast, lunch… and so, dinner, because Uber Eats is so good,’ explained Fevola.
‘I don’t know what to choose so if I want a steak, a chicken Parma, some dumplings… I just order all three and just nibble at them all.’
