It’s been 13 years since Schapelle Corby has called Australia home, and now the convicted drug smuggler has shared her biggest gripe with being back on her native soil.
Sharing a photo to her recently created Instagram account on Tuesday evening, the 39-year-old posted an image of herself wearing long fuzzy socks with thongs.
“Damn its Cold,” Corby captioned the image followed by the hashtag “#haventbeenthiscoldin13years.”
Within hours of posting, the image has received a staggering 13,500 likes and almost 1,500 comments from her 180,000 followers.
Corby created the social media account on Sunday, where she began documenting her return back to Australia.
Initially, posts shared to the account included images of her final days in Bali, the pets she had to leave behind and hiding out with sister Mercedes, but soon moved to the former beautician’s journey home to Australia, and included one post of Schapelle shrugging while watching television footage of the family eluding the media.
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And in recent days, the account has also begun including images of missing children William Tyrrell and Hayley Dodd, assumingly in a bid to use her platform to raise awareness around their cases.
One hashtag added to the missing person’s image read, “Don’t be distracted by trivia.”
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My gripe is that people are interested in what she has to post and not interested in things that matter. Anybody who is following her can I ask why?
I'm with Meshel on this one - follow people who are good at stuff. Follow people who work hard for what they have. Follow someone who tries to make a difference.
I follow her because I feel sorry for all the abuse she has copped from fellow Australians who should know better. I also feel she is trying to make a difference (re missing children). Lastly, I'd sooner follow someone who lived through a traumatic experience and came out of it and still help their fellow man, than nasty gossip commentators/radio identities who tear people down.
I'm with you too Guest. I'm sick of this culture of people blindly following people who haven't really done anything of substance, just famous for being/acting a certain way. Yes, she's paid her time. If she was serious about getting on with her life, there are a million other things she should be concentrating on, than a IG account egging people on and no I don't think her listing missing persons is for noble reasons. It's calculated to keep the PR machine running. She's a convicted drug smuggler and we're STILL talking about her. Just ridiculous!