“Brutal”: Alicia Molik’s “torturous” SAS Australia experience
The premiere of SAS Australia saw recruits being tear-gassed, pushed out of a helicopter, and stripped down to their underwear, and one recruit received a severe scolding from chief instructor Ant Middleton.
After celebrating crossing a ladder attached to a hovering helicopter, retired tennis star Alicia Molik was scolded for her display of showboating and pushed into the water.
“Do you think that’s a f***ing laugh? Drop in the water! Get in the water, go!” Ant shouted before pushing her off the ledge.
Once they were both back on land, Ant got right up in Alicia’s face while berating her.
“Where is she? P*ss take! Number 17 get here! What did I say to you at the beginning?” he shouted.
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“This is not a f***ing game show is it?! Is it? Do you think this is a f***ing game show? Do you think that’s a f***ing laugh? Do you think that’s a joke?”
In an earlier segment of the show, Alicia revealed how she has used her ego to her advantage on the tennis court.
“I’ve seen a lot of egos in sport, particularly international sport. I think someone having a bit of an ego can help someone… it fuels the desire really,” she said.
However, after her celebration was perceived as being too egotistical, Alicia later agreed that she had not shown discipline.
“I didn’t show it today. I got up there with the camaraderie. Everyone’s pumping each other up. I had a mental let-up,” she said.
Prior to the show’s premiere on Monday night, Alicia shared her “brutal” and “torturous” experience in an interview with The Advertiser.
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“I enjoyed training like a demon for that period of time and it was a great experience. But it was brutal and it’s torture and that is not fun at all,” Alicia said.
The mother of two explained that she was pushed to her limits by “constantly being in fight or flight mode”.
“You are thrown into a situation and told what to do in that second - there is no preparation,” she explained.
“You don’t know when you’ll have your next meal, or when sleep is coming. Your mind is constantly ticking overtime.”
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