Lynne Mcgranger Stood Up to a Bully on Home and Away
lynne mcgranger, 73, says the bullying she faced on Home and Away stopped after she stood up to the person involved. The Gold Logie winner said she never seriously considered walking away from the soap because leaving would have meant the other side had won.
Home And Away Stand-Off
"Once I stood up to this particular person that was bullying me, they didn’t do it again" McGranger said. That plain result is the key fact here: the behavior ended after she pushed back, and she said she felt pleased with herself for doing it.
McGranger also said she could not work out why she was targeted. "But for me, I couldn’t understand: why me? Maybe because I’m quite gregarious, I chat a lot, I state my opinion, but I never knew if that was really why. But I was very pleased with myself when I did, because once I said something, I was no longer bullyable."
Why She Stayed
"But I don’t think I ever considered leaving because that would have meant that they’d won," she said. For a long-running soap set, that is the practical line: she framed staying as a refusal to hand the bully an exit, even as she said the experience affected her mental health.
Earlier this year, she had already talked about the bullying on the podcast Cracking On, which is why this account lands with more weight now. McGranger did not describe her departure from Summer Bay as a reaction to the bullying; she said it was tied to wanting more time with her husband Paul and daughter Clancy.
Paul, Clancy And Dinner
"Paul and I now have time to watch Tipping Point together – we love it – we yell at the TV together," she said. She added that "Clancy and her partner can swing around for dinner now that I’m not cramming for an exam reading lines every night."
"It’s improved my quality of life. I can meet my friends for dinner because it’s half-price Thursday at the pub and actually say yes to a glass of prosecco," McGranger said. "I feel like I’ve moved to the next level of life." That is the real post-soap shift: she is not describing a career pause, but a different daily rhythm built around family time, social time and less pressure.
