Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne criticized the controversial cast of SAS Australia, including ‘Cocaine Cassie’ Sainsbury and Craig McLachlan
Channel Seven have caused quite a storm online after casting their controversial cast for the upcoming season of SAS Australia.
Podcasters Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne are furious about the casting, saying the likes of Craig McLachlan, Cassie Sainsbury and Anthony Mundine don’t deserve to have such a platform and get paid for it.
He uncut life The hosts are particularly upset that the military-style show is known for its redemption stories that allow ‘cancelled’ celebrities to return to public life.
‘Cocaine Cassie’ spent 27 months in prison after being caught smuggling 5.8kg of cocaine out of Columbia in 2017.
Former professional boxer Anthony Mundine previously made hurtful comments about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, among other divisive statements.
Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne are furious with the cast of SAS Australia, saying the likes of Craig McLachlan and Cassie Sainsbury don’t deserve to have such a platform and get paid for it.
The hosts of Life Uncut are particularly upset that the military-style show is known for its redemption stories that allow ‘canceled’ celebrities to return to public life.
‘Cocaine Cassie’ Sainsbury (pictured) spent 27 months in prison after being caught smuggling 5.8kg of cocaine out of Columbia in 2017
A furious Brittany said: “My problem lies with people who are only known for being the most controversial athlete of all time, like Anthony Mundine, and people who are literally only known for smuggling drugs.”
‘Literally the only reason anyone knows [Sainsbury] it is for drug smuggling into another country. cocaine cassie, [it’s] It’s crazy that we even gave him a cute nickname.’
Laura said she was very upset that actor Craig McLachlan was cast on the show.
In 2018, three cast members who worked alongside him on The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 2014 filed indecent assault allegations against McLachlan.
He denied the accusations and in 2020 a criminal trial found him innocent.
After the cast of SAS Australia was revealed, one of the women who made allegations against the actor, Christie Whelan Browne, spoke out.
Former professional boxer Anthony Mundine made hurtful comments about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, among other divisive statements.
Laura said she was very upset that actor Craig McLachlan (pictured) was cast on the show.
In 2018, three cast members who worked alongside him on The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 2014 filed indecent assault allegations against McLachlan (pictured out of court)
“How do we feel about someone who was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault coming back on TV and simply being called a controversial figure?” she tweeted on Monday.
Laura said that one of the biggest problems with SAS Australia is that it offers a redemption arc for people who should be working for themselves outside of the spotlight.
“The problem with SAS is that it offers the arc of redemption to people, it allows people who are criminals or perpetrators to be seen in the light as victims because they can be humanized,” he said.
“They sit there and cry and say how difficult the experience was, but they don’t allow the people who received the incident to do the same.”
Brittany added: “I’m all for giving people a redemption arc, I’m all for giving second chances, I’m all for giving people 122 chances, but I think there are certain categories that don’t belong on TV.” They can have a redemption arc in private: being a better person in their own time. These people are paid a good amount of money.
Laura said that one of the biggest problems with SAS Australia is that it offers an arc of redemption to people who should be working for themselves outside of the spotlight.
While Laura believes that Cassie should be able to get over her mistakes, she doesn’t deserve to be on the show because she’s only a ‘celebrity’ because of her crime.
‘Do I think Cassie may have a redemption story? I absolutely do. And I think people can make mistakes? I absolutely do,’ she said.
‘My problem is that the program puts these people. It’s not like Cassie was an actress or anything and she did these cool things before she smuggled the drugs and we’re giving her a redemption arc. We are not doing that.
‘The only reason it’s known for is drug smuggling. So we took her out and put her on the show, paid her off and gave her a platform. What does that say to young, impressionable people? That it’s okay to do what you want because she watches where you end up.