SAS Australia's Schapelle Corby Reveals Reason For Pursuing Reality TV In Awkward Round Of Interviews
‘SAS Australia’ contestant Schapelle Corby has defended her decision to step into the reality TV limelight in a round of interviews to promote the new army-style challenge show.
‘Sunrise’ host Sam Armytage on Monday told the 43-year-old convicted drug smuggler that she would never have expected her to pursue a career in TV.
“I covered part of your trial in Bali and if you’d said to me at the time, fast-forward 10 to 15 years time I’d be interviewing you about a reality show, I would have said ‘Oh, for goodness sake’,” Sam said before an awkward exchange.
When the TV journalist then asked Schapelle what she would say to people who were “surprised” by her TV career move, Schapelle hit back.
“Nothing, it’s all about my own self” she said.
“I did this for myself.”
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The former beautician later appeared on Channel Seven’s ‘The Morning Show’ to explain in more detail her reasoning for signing up for “a lot of media” attention, saying the show gave her more confidence.
“I tend to spend a lot of time indoors. I like feeling enclosed spaces. I feel safe there,” she said.
“There is no shadows, no cameras and I just feel a lot safer. In a protective four walls… it was SAS Australia that is going to help me, that has helped me already to come out and start living a more productive life outside of my four walls.”
When host Kylie Gillies pressed her on the show being her first major public outing since returning to Australia in 2017, Schapelle reiterated she signed up to star on TV for “herself”.
“It may sound rude or offensive, I don’t mean for it to come across this way. I went on the SAS Australia purely for myself,” she...
