It’s the reality show known for throwing its recruits into brutal survival situations.
But on Wednesday’s episode of SAS Australia, contestant Mahalia Murphy found herself facing a personal challenge very different to the show’s notorious combat simulations.
Three days into filming, the 29-year-old rugby player revealed to fellow contestant Abbey Holmes she was suffering constipation after living on a diet of rice and boiled eggs.
Meanwhile, Abbey admitted to Mahalia that she too had been struggling to get some toilet relief while they filmed on location in the Middle East.
At one point during Wednesday’s episode, a clearly uncomfortable Mahalia asked her SAS cohort: ‘Has anyone not pooed since we’ve been here?’
Abbey than admitted: ”I’ve pooed now,’ before asking Mahalia whether she had.
‘I haven’t pooed,’ Mahalia then complained.
Elsewhere in Wednesday’s nail-biting episode former elite athlete Stephanie Rice found herself in a terrifying situation during a combat challenge.
The Olympic medallist dislocated her shoulder while handling a live grenade, after diving into the sand.
Meanwhile, the show shocked viewers during a terrorist/rescue situation and simulation.
On Wednesday’s episode of SAS Australia contestant Mahalia Murphy – pictured – found herself facing a different kind of personal challenge than simulated combat
Three days into filming the 29-year-old rugby player revealed to fellow contestant Abbey Holmes – pictured – she was suffering constipation after living on a diet of rice and boiled eggs
One ‘test of precision’ saw recruits make a dangerous 50m repel from the top of a building before engaging with ‘terrorists’ who spoke Arabic.
The enemies are depicted as Middle Eastern radicals garbed in dark, heavy clothing with black turbans around their heads.
Recruits were then expected to run into a room where hostages were being held and ‘rescue’ them by quickly identifying and ‘killing’ the terrorists.
Shocked viewers quickly took to social media to slam the show for airing the disturbing footage just days after the Hamas attack in Israeli.
‘Poor timing to air this episode of SAS Australia,’ complained one viewer of the distressing scenes.
‘A bit harder to get into tonight’s episode,’ a second person begun.
‘A bit too close to what’s happening in Middle East right now. I know it’s just a TV show but tonight’s content reminds of the devastation overseas. Hoping for peace for all,’ they continued.
The confronting SAS Australia episode comes amid the horrifying terror attack which occurred on Saturday at the Universo Paralello psy-trance festival.
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Victims of the horror unleashed by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas have included those from overseas visiting the festival, including British citizens.
More than 700 Israeli soldiers and civilians were shot dead or blown up in rocket attacks launched by the Palestinian gunmen in the desert outside of Kibbutz Re’im.
They mowed down some 260 innocent people at the music festival in a brutal, unexpected offensive which drew comparisons to the 9/11 attacks and Pearl Harbour.
SAS Australia continues Monday at 7.30pm on Channel Seven
A recruit performs a combat challenge
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