Schapelle Corby cuddles her mother Rosleigh Rose ahead of SAS Australia debut

Schapelle Corby cuddles her mother Rosleigh Rose after breaking down on SAS Australia about her father’s death and revealing she suffered ‘visions’ of ‘eating his human flesh’ in prison

She spoke candidly about suffering a breakdown following her father’s death during the premiere of SAS Australia on Monday night. 

And Schapelle Corby was spotted clinging to her mother Rosleigh Rose for support just hours before the episode went to air. 

The convicted drug mule, 43, was seen lovingly cuddling up to her mother as they posed for photos on the balcony of a Gold Coast apartment.   

Unbreakable bond: Schapelle Corby, 43, (left) lovingly cuddled her mother Rosleigh Rose (right) as they posed for photos on the balcony of a Gold Coast apartment on Monday ahead of SAS Australia season premiere 

Clad in a maroon polka-dot frock, Schapelle beamed as she rested her head on Rosleigh Rose’s shoulder and lovingly wrapped an arm around her back.   

Her mother meanwhile wore a pink lace dress with frill details and a pair of sunglasses. 

Rosleigh Rose has always been one of Schapelle’s biggest supporters, having always claimed that her daughter was innocent of drug smuggling.      

Say cheese! The mother-daughter duo were seen posing for photos on the balcony

Say cheese! The mother-daughter duo were seen posing for photos on the balcony 

Licence to frill! Schapelle was dressed to impress in a maroon polka-dot frock, while her mother looked elegant in a pink lace dress with frill details and a pair of sunglasses

Licence to frill! Schapelle was dressed to impress in a maroon polka-dot frock, while her mother looked elegant in a pink lace dress with frill details and a pair of sunglasses 

During Monday’s premiere of SAS Australia, Schapelle tearfully revealed just how severe her mental health issues were while she was locked in Bali’s most infamous prison.  

‘I don’t eat meat anymore because my hallucinations were so vivid that I thought I was eating my dad’s human flesh,’ she explained during an interrogation scene.

Schapelle continued: ‘I would see visions, I would hallucinate and I wasn’t able to read. Reading really was my saviour before my illness because I would just block everything out and just read. 

'I would see visions, I would hallucinate and I wasn't able to read': During Monday's premiere of SAS Australia, Schapelle tearfully revealed just how severe her mental health issues were while she was locked in Bali's most infamous prison

‘I would see visions, I would hallucinate and I wasn’t able to read’: During Monday’s premiere of SAS Australia, Schapelle tearfully revealed just how severe her mental health issues were while she was locked in Bali’s most infamous prison

Tragic: The convicted drug smuggler explained her father Michael's death in January 2008 triggered years of psychosis. Michael is pictured in 2005

Tragic: The convicted drug smuggler explained her father Michael’s death in January 2008 triggered years of psychosis. Michael is pictured in 2005

Horror: 'I don't eat meat anymore because my hallucinations were so vivid that I thought I was eating my dad's human flesh,' she explained during an interrogation scene

Horror: ‘I don’t eat meat anymore because my hallucinations were so vivid that I thought I was eating my dad’s human flesh,’ she explained during an interrogation scene

‘The only way my body could handle it was to hallucinate.’

Schapelle explained her father Michael’s death in January 2008 triggered years of psychosis.

She added: ‘I am not fully recovered from it. He (my dad) used to come to visit me a lot. I didn’t think that he would die and I didn’t understand that would be the last time that I would see him. 

‘We had been appealing and appealing and then the final appeal came back denied so it was those things that I couldn’t get my head around. So mid 2008 I started losing my mind… hallucinating, I couldn’t eat.’ 

Schapelle served nine years in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison for marijuana smuggling. She was released in February 2014.  

Convicted: Schapelle served nine years in Bali's Kerobokan Prison for marijuana smuggling. She was released in February 2014. Pictured before her trial in April 2005

Convicted: Schapelle served nine years in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison for marijuana smuggling. She was released in February 2014. Pictured before her trial in April 2005