He’s the villain of Channel Seven’s blockbuster reality series, SAS Australia.
And in a move that may surprise many viewers, Firass Dirani has no issues with the way he’s been portrayed on the show.
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the 36-year-old told fans on Instagram that he loves his edit and couldn’t be happier with how things are going.
‘I love the editing’: Firass Dirani says that he has no issues about the way he’s been portrayed on SAS Australia
‘Please stop saying that I’m unhappy with the editing,’ he said.
‘I love the editing, I think the editors have done a great job, okay, they’ve done a fantastic job,’ he continued.
‘No matter the perception, I give no f***s. Do you understand? Comprende? Nothing here gives any f***s about it. I’m happy. I’m enjoying it. Love it, can’t wait for next week.
‘Stop saying I’m unhappy with the editing and how I’ve been portrayed because I love it. However you think I’ve been portrayed, I wear it as a badge. Do you understand? Okay. Have a good day,’ he finished.
‘I love the editing, I think the editors have done a great job, okay, they’ve done a fantastic job,’ he said
Firass has become public enemy number one among the celebrity recruits on SAS Australia for regularly getting the directing staff (DS) offside.
But the actor insists he has ‘no regrets’ about his behaviour – despite being labelled the villain and being in the midst of an escalating feud with co-star Shannan Ponton.
Speaking to Who magazine on Thursday, the Underbelly star claimed his actions and subsequent group punishments did everyone a favour by ‘filtering out the bulls**t’.
Firass’ insubordination towards the DS has resulted in multiple group punishments during the series so far, and has directly resulted in two celebrity recruits voluntarily withdrawing from the course.
‘The more I talked back, the more other people got punished and the more people eliminated themselves because they couldn’t handle it,’ Firass explained.
‘I was helping sort the weak from the real’: Speaking to Who magazine, the Underbelly star claimed his behaviour and subsequent group punishments helped ‘filter out the bulls**t’
He added: ‘This show really pushed all our fake façades away on day one, and if my behaviour got to people, that just meant I was helping sort the weak from the real.’
Firass insisted he had ‘no regrets’ about his time on show, and as a self-described ‘masochist’ he enjoyed the challenge of being scared, and being pushed outside of his comfort zone.
On Wednesday, the actor mocked the show’s authority figures while drinking red wine out of mason jars with a woman believed to be Heven Iskender.
‘Okay, yeah, everyone is on the bandwagon’: On Wednesday, the actor mocked the show’s authority figures as a woman (left), told him to ‘shut the f**k up’ every time he tried to speak while they were both drinking red wine
The House Husbands star, who has claimed Channel Seven is unfairly portraying him as the ‘villain’, tagged Seven and the show’s DS in the posts.
In the clips, every time Firass went to speak, Heven interrupted with ‘shut the f**k up’ as he responded: ‘Okay, yeah, everyone is on the bandwagon.’
Firass appeared to be referencing the DS shutting down recruits on the show and the backlash he has been receiving from viewers and his co-stars.
In particular, Firass has repeatedly clashed with Biggest Loser trainer Shannan Ponton, mainly due to Firass’ behaviour towards the DS, which has resulted in group punishments.
Claim: ‘I believe that he’s a sociopath in his behaviour,’ Shannan (pictured) said in an interview with news.com.au. Shannan is not a doctor and is not qualified to make a psychiatric diagnosis
Bad boy: Last week, the recruits were forced to run sprints as punishment for Firass’ insubordination, as he was ordered to stand back and watch
Firass fired back at Shannan on Wednesday after the fitness guru labelled him a ‘sociopath’ in an interview with News.com.au.
Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail Australia, the 37-year-old actor branded Shannan a ‘redneck’, and labelled him a ‘culture vulture’ for having Maori tattoos.
‘I find it strange where this vile aggressive labelling behaviour is coming from? I suspect there’s more prejudice against me than I imagined,’ Firass said.
‘Feels like a redneck to me. Him and his followers. That’s called a line in the sand.’
‘What’s with his Maori tattoos? You’re embarrassing a whole culture. You are not worthy of such ancestral powerful artwork. You don’t even fall on the coattails of such warriors. You culture vulture,’ he added in another swipe.
‘There HAS to be a villain’: Firass took to Instagram to hit back at Seven this week, claiming the network was unfairly portraying him as the ‘villain’ of the series
‘They’ve more than fairly edited him’: Mark Billingham, an ex-British Special Forces soldier, said on Monday that Firass’ behaviour was ‘a lot worse’ than what was shown on TV
Firass has openly claimed Channel Seven is unfairly portraying him as the ‘villain’ of the series.
‘There has to be a villain, ladies and gentleman. There HAS to be a villain. And, lo and behold – right here, this is it,’ he said, pointing at himself.
Drill sergeant and ex-British Special Forces soldier Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham claimed to news.com.au on Monday that Firass should be ‘grateful’ for his generous portrayal.
‘They’ve more than fairly edited him to be honest, because he was a pain in the a**e,’ Billingham said bluntly. ‘He’s a bit of a pain.’
SAS Australia continues on Monday from 7:30pm on Channel Seven
Tune in: SAS Australia continues on Monday from 7:30pm on Channel Seven