Rebecca Loos reveals why she really signed up for Celebrity SAS as she fights back tears, is punched in the face and SHOT at in brutal first trailer for new series

Daily Mail​

4 days ago

Media personality Rebecca Loos has revealed the real reason she signed up for the ruthless Celebrity SAS - as she fights back tears, is punched in the face and shot at in a brutal first trailer.
A new season of the knockout reality show will hit screens next month, and the Channel 4 favourite tracks 14 celebrities as they attempt to pass the gruelling SAS selection test.
Among this year's recruits are Love Island stars Tasha Ghouri and Chloe Burrows, former footballers Adebayo Akinfenwa and Troy Denney, and The Traitors victor Harry Clark.
The show is notoriously difficult, with contestants pushed to their physical and mental limits and often brought to tears or moved to flat-out defeat.
This year, model-turned-yogi Rebecca Loos will embrace the challenge, and a gutting first trailer for the series shows the mother-of-two scrambling to drive away from a masked shooter.
In another clip, the 46-year-old is seen fighting back tears as she says: 'I don't know if I can do this.'
But the mother, who has become a well-known media personality over 20 years, was determined to best the challenge.
'I've had a lifetime of opinions around me and I have definitely become thick skinned,' she tells the camera defiantly. 'There's absolutely no way in hell I'm going to give up.'
Rebecca's media career has included appearances on multiple high-profile shows, and she has also modelled for several magazines including Playboy, FHM and Nuts.
However, behind the glamour, Rebecca's time in the spotlight has at times been trying.
In 2009, while five months pregnant with her first child, she made a new life in Norway away from the spotlight, and qualified as a yoga teacher and A&E medical assistant.
Rebecca's appearance on the tense show marks her gradual return to public life, and the television persona appears to have come back with fiery resolve.
'I said yes to this because I felt that it was a really good time in my life to do this,' she explained.
'I'd had a break from reality TV for a few years, become a mother, moved to Norway, changed quite a bit and when I was younger I loved doing extreme things.
'I was a finalist in Spanish Survivor where I was surviving on an island for three months in Honduras, and I've done quite a few extreme things and adventurous shows.'
The hardy yogi felt the challenge would be 'interesting,' but revealed she did not prepare at all before undertaking the on-screen task.
'I really wish I had,' she lamented. 'I really wish I had spoken to somebody who had done it before.'
Because of her home being outside of the UK, Rebecca felt she was out of touch with the realities of the programme - save the few clips she saw online.
'I really wish I'd spoken to someone who'd been in there. I didn't prepare as well as I should have, physically,' she continued.
'I just came out of our winter season. I live in a ski resort in Norway, so we have skiing here until May, and I left to do the show a week later.'
Rebecca told how the Norwegian hiking season was just beginning as filming began, meaning her opportunities to hike and run were limited.
But the experience was rewarding, nonetheless, and reflected Rebecca's journey from television star to spiritual guru.
Although Rebecca is only in her mid-40s, she felt she was 'the oldest and least fit in the group,' which led her to struggle with the physical side more than with mustering mental strength
'I mean, obviously I had to overcome some fears,' she admitted. 'But I think for me it was more about seeing who I am today, compared to who I used to be 16 years ago when I was in shows and on television.
'It was about seeing who I've become and how I've changed, and being pushed and seeing how I handle that.
'It was more a personal decision for me to take part in this and be pushed to my limit.'
On the whole, brave Rebecca insisted the show 'definitely lived up to her expectations'.
'It was amazing,' she said. 'It's a once in a lifetime experience, really, to be with these sorts of soldiers in these conditions. I would sum it up as a tough, raw experience.'
Although Rebecca is only in her mid-40s, she felt she was 'the oldest and least fit in the group,' which led her to struggle with the physical side more than with mustering mental strength.
'That was quite hard,' she said. 'Which is why I guess that really ignited in me a mission to get into shape or at least get into a better shape.
'There was a boat challenge, when we had to blow up the boat and carry it for miles, that broke me.'
Bonding over the daunting tasks that lie ahead, Celebrity SAS often sees close relationships formed between contestants.
'I very much liked everyone,' Rebecca said. 'I bonded a lot with Michaella [McCollum].
'She's a mum and a single mum to two boys, so I bow down to her, wow.'
Madrid-born Rebecca said she and boxer Conor Benn connected over his ability to speak Spanish, having spent many summers in Marbella.
'I was really impressed he spoke Spanish,' she added. 'They were all really nice. Adam [Collard] is a super nice, really nice down-to-earth guy, very open.'
Of the military team leading the contestants, Rebecca said: 'They really inspired me.'
'I very much like how they instill in you that even though you want to give up, you don't.
'And it's easier to take the easy way out, but you've got to fight and push through, and push hard.'