Editing Joe Bugner (section)

==Life outside boxing==
After moving to Australia, Bugner and his wife, Marlene, opened a vineyard. It failed in 1989, and he lost an estimated two million [[Australian dollar]]s.<ref name="b-m"/> He now lives in Brisbane, [[Queensland]].

Bugner has worked in the [[film industry]]. During the 1970s, he appeared in one of several PSAs themed ''Be Smart, Be Safe''; these dealt with instructing children on how to safely cross a road or a street. In 1979 Bugner featured in an [[Italian language|Italian]] film, ''[[Io sto con gli ippopotami]]'' with [[Bud Spencer]] and [[Terence Hill]], he worked with [[Bud Spencer]] in his films in the 1980s. He worked as the expert adviser on the [[Russell Crowe]] film, ''[[Cinderella Man]]'', which was a film about the heavyweight boxer [[James J. Braddock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/CROWE%20GETS%20BOXING%20LESSONS |title=Russell Crowe &#124; Crowe Gets Boxing Lessons |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=12 August 2003 |access-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> Bugner was dropped part way through the project, which prompted him to call Crowe, "a gutless worm and a f*****g girl".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4-1359566,00.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604123727/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4-1359566,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 June 2011 | work=The Times | location=London | title=Cinderella Man who went to the ball and conquered | first=Rick | last=Broadbent | date=15 November 2004 | access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1766488,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Five still fighting at forty | date=7 May 2006 | access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref>

Bugner suffers from a serious back injury he sustained from training for fights in his middle years. He also has financial problems. These financial problems prompted him to re-enter the ring at such an advanced age. A benefit was held for Bugner in 2008 by [[Kevin Lueshing]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ten-things-you-need-to-know-431901 | title=Ten things you need to know about new I'm a Celebrity contestant Joe Bugner| website=[[Daily Mirror]]| date=18 November 2009}}</ref>

In November 2009, Bugner replaced [[Camilla Dallerup]] on day 4 of the British TV show ''[[I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!]]''. He left the show on day 16 after losing a bushtucker trial called 'Jungle Jail' to fellow celebrity [[Stuart Manning]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Bugner has three children, James, Joe Jr., and Amy, from his ex-wife Melody.<ref>The Mirror 26 November 2009 [https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/joe-bugner-having-the-boxer-as-a-dad-433450 Joe Bugner: Having the boxer as a dad made my life hell, says his son James]</ref>

Bugner's [[autobiography]], ''Joe Bugner – My Story'', was published by [[New Holland Publishers|New Holland Publishing (Australia)]] in November 2013.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bugner |first1=Joe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wg-ongEACAAJ |title=My Story |last2=Mullins |first2=Stuart |date=2013 |publisher=New Holland |isbn=978-1-74257-458-5 |language=en}}</ref>