Roxy Jacenko sets the record straight on why she quit SAS Australia early – but insists viewers will be ‘shocked’ by what she accomplished during her short stint
Roxy Jacenko has rubbished rumours she quit Channel Seven reality show SAS Australia just days into filming due to a ‘lack of comforts’ on-set.
Speaking to photographers outside a Sydney hospital last month, the PR guru, 40, explained that she actually threw in the towel due to injuries she’d sustained from a horse riding accident weeks before taking part in the show.
‘It definitely wasn’t a lack of creature comforts,’ Roxy said, holding a large X-ray in her hand.
Setting the record straight! Roxy Jacenko, 40, (pictured) has rubbished rumours she quit Channel Seven reality show SAS Australia just days into filming due to a ‘lack of comforts’ on-set
‘I take my hat off to those who are in the SAS in the army, but for me, obviously I had a bit accident prior to going. And I’ve always been of the mindset [that] you get up and you show up no matter what. So that’s what I did,’ she declared.
‘I participated, and think people are going to be quite shocked at what they see me do. I’m still shocked!’ the blonde slyly grinned.
Roxy, who spoke to photographers outside a Sydney hospital while holding a new X-ray in her hand, explained that she’d fractured her hip and pelvis just six weeks before arriving at SAS Australia’s Snowy Mountains set.
The truth: Speaking to photographers outside a Sydney hospital last month, the PR guru, 40, explained that she actually threw in the towel due to injuries she’d sustained weeks before taking part in the show
Scan: Roxy was spotted carrying an X-ray scan – presumably for her horse riding accident injuries – under one arm as she departed the hospital and made her way to a parked car
‘I wasn’t really in the best position to be trying to be an SAS soldier’: The blonde told photographers she’d fractured her hip and pelvis just six weeks before arriving at SAS Australia’s Snowy Mountains set
‘I wasn’t really in the best position to be trying to be an SAS soldier, but I got there and I showed up and I think people will be very shocked by it,’ she insisted.
In the short time she was on the program, Roxy was reportedly pushed out of a helicopter, punched by former Ironwoman Candice Warner and screamed at by SAS agents.
Encouraging fans to tune in, Roxy enthused: ‘I think [SAS Australia] will make for great viewing… I think people will really have new-found respect for the people who do fight for our country.’
‘I think people will be very shocked’: Roxy insisted that viewers will be surprised by what she accomplished during her short stint on SAS Australia
Impressive: In the short time she was on the program, Roxy was reportedly pushed out of a helicopter, punched by former Ironwoman Candice Warner and screamed at by SAS agents
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Worth the watch: Encouraging fans to tune in, Roxy enthused: ‘I think [SAS Australia] will make for great viewing… I think people will really have new-found respect for the people who do fight for our country’
Filming for SAS Australia began earlier this year in Queenstown, New Zealand, but production was relocated to the NSW Snowy Mountains due to travel restrictions being enforced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starring alongside Roxy is convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, comedian Merrick Watts and ex-WAG Arabella Del Busso.
SAS Australia premieres on October 19 at 7:30pm on Channel Seven
Don’t miss it! SAS Australia premieres on October 19 at 7:30pm on Channel Seven