Schapelle Corby has signed on to star in Channel Seven’s new military-style reality show SAS Australia.
And the convicted drug smuggler, who served nine years in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, told Perth Now on Sunday that she is not entering reality TV to win over the public.
‘I don’t care what people think of me. I hope people enjoy it, but this is for me. I’m doing this so I know I’m in control of my mind,’ the 43-year-old said.
‘I don’t care what people think of me’: Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby (pictured), 43, told Perth Now on Sunday that she did not join Seven’s new military-style reality show SAS Australia to win over the public
Schapelle, who was released from prison in 2014, added that the significance of the show is that she is known as just a number.
‘We go into SAS as a number, not a name, which is significant for me because I won’t be Schapelle Corby, I will just be a human being,’ she explained.
SAS Australia will see stars attempt to pass the selection process to join the Australian Army’s elite Special Air Service.
For herself: ‘I don’t care what people think of me. I hope people enjoy it, but this is for me. I’m doing this so I know I’m in control of my mind,’ she explained. Pictured in a trailer for the show
Convicted: Schapelle served nine years in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison for marijuana smuggling. She was released in February 2014. Pictured before her trial in April 2005
Filming began earlier this year in Queenstown, New Zealand, however, it will now resume in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, due to strict international travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A trailer for the October premiere, released on Sunday, introduced five cast members, including Schapelle.
PR queen Roxy Jacenko, 40, declared that she’s more than just ‘handbags and fashion’, while rugby star Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins, 32, revealed his fears, saying on camera: ‘I’m not sure what I’m going to face, it’s frightening.’
‘I’m not just handbags and fashion’: PR queen Roxy Jacenko (pictured), 40, revealed plans to prove her critics wrong in a trailer for the show released on Sunday
Back for more reality TV: Rugby star and former Bachelor Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins (pictured), 32, revealed his fears: ‘I’m not sure what I’m going to face, it’s frightening’
Former Ironwoman Candice Warner, 35, explained how her children shared with cricketer husband David Warner are her motivation.
‘I want to show my kids that it’s not just daddy who is tough and strong,’ she said.
While radio star and funnyman Merrick Watts, 46, insisted there’s more to him than ‘just a silly, funny comedian’.
SAS Australia premieres this October on Channel Seven.
‘It’s not just daddy who is tough’: Former Ironwoman Candice Warner (pictured), 35, explained how her children shared with cricketer husband David Warner are her motivation
Serious side: Radio star and funnyman Merrick Watts (pictured), 46, insisted there’s more to him than ‘just a silly, funny comedian’