i think another problem some aussies may have with big steve is that he is just too damn ocker... and since he's so famous overseas, he just perpetuates that 'over-the-top' ocker persona that crocodile dundee stuffed down the worlds throat back in the eighties.
also, he did make it big in the US before he made it here... sort of felt like we were forced to like him since he was suddenly hailed as such as a success, even though we hadn't been given the time to make up our own minds.
personally, i don't have much time for him... for precisely the reasons i've mentioned above.
i did, however, laugh my ass off when he was put up as Queenslands pick for this years Australian of the Year Awards.
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