"Don't die!": Chezzi Denyer takes on snake while Grant hides inside
Grant Denyer has shared a video to instagram of his incredibly brave wife – Chezzi – defending the family home (and her own pet dog) from an advancing brown snake that had been lurking in the garden.
As the slithering brown snake made its way towards the house, Grant remained sheltered inside along with their daughters Sunday, Scout and Sailor, while Chezzi stood firm and attempted to shoo the invader away with a pair of barbecue tongs and a broom.
After posting the video of the scary encounter, Grant wrote “Go Chez!" before going on to reveal why it was Chezzi who was taking on the snake rather than himself:
“When Mr Brown comes to visit, trust the chick who had snakes as a kid to take care of it.
“Mumma bear protecting the dog and family while TV Dad filmed it all from safely behind double glazed glass.
“Didn’t think I ever saw Steve Irwin use BBQ tongs tho. Was she scaring it away or cooking it?”
Grant can also be heard shouting in the video, “You see it, Chez? It’s coming for the stairs.”
As the snake gets closer to the back stairs, Grant yells again: “CHEZ?”, sounding truly worried.
The camera then pans to Chezzi trying to shoo the snake away.
“That’s the washerwoman Chez,” Grant can be heard saying in the background.
One of the girls then shouts out, “I love you Mum!” and Grant adds, “Don’t die!”
“Aw, this is really scary,” Sailor can be heard saying.
“Mummy’s very brave.”
After the encounter was over and the video had been posted, Chezzi herself took to the comments section, writing: “Just a Mum trying to cook dinner on time when the kids spot a big snake coming for the dog.”
“Safely relocated the big brown to the bottom side of the paddock away from the kids ... and finished dinner on time.”
Adding eye-roll emojis, she said: “And the eye rolls were for Grant and his helpful commentary from inside.”
Of course Grant and Chezzi's Instagram followers did not remain neutral when it came to assessing who was the hero in the incident.
The Morning Show co-host Larry Emdur even chimed in, joking: “Bro, firstly I love it how you scream for Chezzi (what a brave husband and protective father you are ). secondly grab a snake survival kit from my mates at @survivalfirstaid immediately."
“Mum is so brave…I love you mum!” added TV personality Lisa Wilkinson, while podcaster Abbie Chatfield simply wrote: “Hell yeah!”
“Chezzi Denyer you are a legend,” one fan wrote.
“The girls’ commentary is the best!” noted another.
“Not all heroes wear capes, some hold barbecue tongs,” observed a third.
Images: Instagram