Wayne Carey makes a shock move after the AFL sensationally blocked him from joining Hall of Fame at the last minute

Wayne Carey has gone to ground and stopped hosting his podcast after the AFL blocked him from the New South Wales Hall of Fame, leaving fans of the two-time premiership winner waiting for him to react to the scandal for the first time.

Carey was due to be elevated to Legend status at a Sydney Cricket Ground function in early May before the AFL stepped in and blocked the honour at the 11th hour.

The notice was so late, Carey and his partner Jessica Paulke had already arrived in Sydney, only to be ambushed by the news.

The AFL has taken a hardline stance on violence against women and felt it would be inappropriate to honour Carey because of shocking accusations made against him during and after his playing days.

It didn't stop the league from allowing Carey to be elevated into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2010, though.

To date, Carey has not spoken about the AFL's decision to block him from the NSW awards.

It was expected that he would raise the issue on his podcast The Truth Hurts and he posted on social media platform X - formerly known as Twitter - that he was looking forward to speaking on his show. 

'To the all The Truth Hurts fans & non-fans, we’re back next Monday with the podcast,' he wrote on May 13.

'The past two weeks have been a good time to reflect, recalibrate and re-energise for the future. See you next week bigger and better.'

However, Carey was a no-show.

It means he has not joined his co-host Tony Sheahan on the podcast since the NSW Hall of Fame incident after previously putting a show out every Monday.

Carey is usually outspoken and never shy of an opinion on social media, but has also scaled that back to just the post about returning to the podcast, a smattering of betting tips and a post defending St Kilda coach Ross Lyon.

In 1996, Carey admitted to indecently assaulting a woman by grabbing her breast on a Melbourne street. The case was settled out of court.

Despite this, Carey led North Melbourne to an AFL grand final win over Sydney that same year and played 271 career games.

In 2002, Carey had an affair with the wife of his best friend and North Melbourne vice captain, Anthony Stevens.

In 2007, Carey was arrested in the United States for allegedly breaking a wine glass in his fiancée Kate Neilson's face. 

Neilson did not press charges but said she was left "bleeding profusely from the mouth." 

Carey later pleaded guilty to two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer for fighting police after the incident. 

In 2008, police used capsicum spray to subdue Carey after he assaulted officers in Port Melbourne.

AFL boss Andrew Dillon is leading a league-wide crackdown on violence against women and previously said that Carey's past did not align the current values of the sport. 

'The AFL acknowledge the decision by a committee of NSW football industry people to recognise Wayne Carey’s contribution on the football field as part of 100 inaugural inductees in the NSW Hall of Fame,' Dillon said in a statement. 

'His contribution on the field is also why he was recognised in the AFL Hall of Fame in 2010. Yesterday afternoon the AFL Executive were alerted to the decision by the NSW Hall of Fame Committee for Carey to be elevated to Legend status.

'We didn’t think it was the right decision. I called Wayne Carey earlier this morning to inform him of this and he agreed that being made a Legend would take away from the event and the important focus on the national response to the issue of gender-based violence against women.'