MATT'S WIFE BEGS ‘YOU NEED O GO HOME!'

WILL BERT’S HEALTH CRISIS PROMPT AN OVERDUE FAMILY REUNION?

Nearly 10 years have passed since Matthew Newton fled Australia for America, with the Looking for Alibrandi star vowing never to return amid tension within his own family.

But now, as his 82-year-old dad, Bert, recovers from a leg amputation in an attempt to buy himself a few more years of life, the 44-year-old is being “pushed” to return to Melbourne and make peace.

New Idea has learnt exclusively that Matt’s wife of three years, Catherine Schneiderman, 28, is “a driving force” behind getting him to go home.