Former television and radio presenter Jules Lund has shared his surreal encounter with convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby in Byron Bay several years ago.
Jules, 41, revealed on the 3pm Pick-Up on Monday that he once saw Schapelle and her friends drinking champagne at a park in the coastal NSW town.
He walked over and asked for a selfie, but one of the women in the group told him he couldn’t have his photo taken with Schapelle because he looked like a ‘stoner’.
Surreal: Former television and radio presenter Jules Lund (right) has shared his bizarre encounter with convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby (left) in Byron Bay several years ago
Schapelle’s friend explained that the former Bali jailbird often gets asked for selfies, but she doesn’t want to be pictured with people who look like they take drugs.
Jules, a committed family man who does not use drugs, was a little taken aback – but did acknowledge that he was looking quite scruffy in ‘cargo shorts, a black T-shirt and dad sandals’.
The former Getaway and 2Day FM host said: ‘After two weeks in Byron Bay, maybe I wasn’t looking my best, and I saw Schapelle from a distance sitting on this park bench in the sun, having a nice champagne.
Not the right look: Jules revealed on Monday he once saw Schapelle and her friends drinking champagne at a park in Byron Bay. He asked for a selfie, but one of the women in the group told him he couldn’t have his photo taken with Schapelle because he looked like a ‘stoner’. Pictured: Schapelle on trial for drug smuggling in Bali, Indonesia, on April 28, 2005
‘And I rock on over and I say, “G’day, I’m Jules!” And they say, “Hello, Jules.” And I say, “Can I get a… selfie?” She [Schapelle] goes, “Er…”
‘And then her friend goes, “Er, do you… do you smoke weed?” And I said, “No.” And she [the friend] goes, “It’s just a lot of the people that ask for photos, y’know, they smoke weed and it’s, like, really bad [for Schapelle] being in a photo with them, obviously.’
Jules was momentarily stunned, but then he looked down at what he was wearing and realised Schapelle’s friend probably had a point.
He continued: ‘I’m in green cargo shorts, a black T-shirt and some dad sandals, and I said, “Yeah… it’s going to be hard to convince you otherwise. Have a lovely night.”‘
Fair enough! Jules was momentarily stunned, but then he looked down at what he was wearing and realised Schapelle’s friend probably had a point. Pictured on Getaway in the late 2000s
New life: Jules hosted a variety of TV shows from 2004 to 2015, but is best known as a reporter for Nine travel series Postcards. He has since quit showbusiness and runs his own influencer talent agency, Tribe. Pictured with his wife, Anna, and their daughters, Billie and Indigo
Jules hosted a variety of TV shows from 2004 to 2015, but is perhaps best known as a reporter for Channel Nine travel series Postcards.
He has since quit showbusiness and runs his own influencer talent agency, Tribe.
Schapelle became a household name after she was arrested in October 2004 at Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport with 4.1kg of marijuana wrapped in plastic inside her boogie board bag.
Icon: Schapelle became a household name after she was arrested in October 2004 at Bali airport with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag. She was convicted of drug trafficking and spent nine years at Kerobokan Prison before being released on bail in 2014
She was later sentenced to 20 years in prison, but after a series of sentence reductions was released on parole in February 2014 after nine years behind bars.
In May 2017, she was deported back to Australia amid a media frenzy.
She will make her reality TV debut this year on Channel Seven’s SAS Australia, alongside the likes of publicist Roxy Jacenko and former Bachelor Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins.
Back in the spotlight: She will make her reality TV debut this year on SAS Australia, alongside the likes of publicist Roxy Jacenko and former Bachelor Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins