AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 18: Outrageous Fortune star Shane Cortese (R) and his partner Nerida Lister (L) arrive at the Qantas Television Awards at the Aotea Centre on November 18, 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand. I was 41. Always have done and always will. "We will continue to be a family and celebrate all the important milestones, but for now, as the best of friends.". We were learning how to accept it and we hadn't labelled him or said anything publicly about it and it was published on the cover of a magazine, as if I'd talked to them.