Shane Warne's daughter Summer shares why she initially declined The Masked Singer, recounting Coldplay's Chris Martin's sweet moment of giving his blessing for her to perform "Yellow".

The Masked Singer shocked fans on Monday night after Shane Warne’s daughter Summer was unmasked as the Bad Avocado.

And the 21-year-old has now admitted she almost didn’t appear on stage at all, after questioning her natural singing talents.

‘I actually wasn’t going to go on the show. I actually said no, I said ‘no, look it’s not for me, I don’t sing. I’m not doing this’,’ Summer told KIIS 101.1’s Jase & Lauren on Tuesday.

‘But then I kind of had his [my dad’s] voice in my head going, ‘You need to do this.’ I think if it wasn’t for him, I probably wouldn’t have done it,’ she added.

Summer, whose cricket legend father died in March last year, believes Shane would be proud of her efforts on stage.

Shane Warne’s daughter Summer, 21, (pictured) has revealed why she initially turned down The Masked Singer after questioning her natural singing talents

‘He would be kicking himself he wasn’t here, but I could tell he was with me throughout the whole process,’ she mused.

Elsewhere in the interview, the blonde revealed that Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin personally gave his blessing for her to sing his hit tune Yellow as her song on The Masked singer.

Shane was friends with Chris and was a big fan of Yellow.

Appearing on KIIS 101.1’s Jase & Lauren radio show on Tuesday, Summer (pictured with her late father Shane) confessed: ‘I actually wasn’t going to go on the show. I actually said no, I said ‘no, look it’s not for me, I don’t sing. I’m not doing this’

‘[Yellow] was the opening to my dad’s funeral when everyone sat down the music video was playing and at the memorial, Chris Martin did his own version of it,’ she said.

‘Chris actually gave me the rights to sing that song on the show. My dad’s PA texted him and said, ‘Look, I can’t tell you what but Summer’s going on this thing, and they want to sing Yellow. He goes, ‘Yep, absolutely’, and got back in four minutes,’ she added.

Elsewhere in the chat Summer shared a heartbreaking update on her mental health following Shane’s death.

‘But then I kind of had his [my dad’s] voice in my head going, ‘You need to do this.’ I think if it wasn’t for him, I probably wouldn’t have done it,’ she added’

The spin king died of natural causes in March 2022 at age 52 while on holiday in Thailand.

Summer admitted that ‘every day is a challenge’ and that she sometimes breaks down and ‘cries for hours’ when she’s reminded of her father.

It comes after Summer’s stunning performance on The Masked Singer on Monday.

Elsewhere in the interview, the blonde revealed that Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin personally gave his blessing for her to sing his hit tune Yellow as her song on The Masked singer

After taking off her mask, the 21-year-old left judges Melanie Brown, Abbie Chatfield , Dave Hughes and Chrissie Swan completely stunned, with none of them able to guess her identity.

Summer appeared star-struck after coming face-to-face with Mel B.

‘I love you all so much,’ she told the judges. ‘But Mel B, I just like, I seriously adore you. When I was like 15 years old, I dressed up as the Spice Girls. It’s like, ‘I just wanna be Mel B.’

Summer went on to say she’s always loved singing and wanted to make her dad proud.