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SAS: Who Dares Wins recruit heartbreakingly opens up about sexual assault as he undertakes mission to ‘find himself’: ‘I felt like a waste’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
Zachariah tearfully opened up to the DS.
Zachariah teared up as he shared his story (Picture: PA)
SAS: Who Dares Wins recruit number 11 heartbreakingly shared his story of wanting to ‘find himself’ after a harrowing experience of sexual assault, in tonight’s first episode of the new series.
Zachariah joined 20 new recruits being put through their paces in the tough Vietnam jungle by Directing Staff Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham, Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox, Rudy Reyes and new DS Chris Oliver.
After failing to impress the DS during the second challenge, in which the recruits to carry each other on their backs through the rough terrain, Zachariah was pulled into the Mirror Rooms, where he was forced to explain himself to Rudy and Chris.
Talking to the other DS about Zachariah, Billy had said: ‘I can’t work out whether something’s missing, he doesn’t quite get it or there’s a delayed reaction to understanding what we’re telling him’.
The 27-year-old head chef from Woolacombe was then pulled into the questioning room, where he was repeatedly told to stop fidgeting by Chris.
Opening up about his reasons for being on the course, Zachariah began: ‘I feel like I lost myself at such a young age, now, as an older man I don’t feel like I know who I actually am anymore’.
Billy and Foxy will be joined by Rudy and new DS Chris Oliver (Picture: PA)
He continued: ‘I was about 17 and I got sexually assaulted by some bloke, and it sent me off to a different path, and I found everything to disguise myself from that, because I felt like a waste. I felt worthless’.
‘I’m trying to find myself again,’ he tearfully added.
Later speaking to the camera, Zachariah continued by explaining he didn’t speak to anyone in his family about it at the time.
The new recruits are being put through their paces (Picture: PA)
‘Once I knew what was going on, it just made me feel completely empty and lost.
‘It sent me on a path of complete self-destruct for many years. When I’m alone with my own thoughts is when I struggle with it.’
Ahead of the series airing, Jamie admitted that the mental side of the selection process was the hardest battle for him.
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He said: ‘For me, the hardest part of the course was the mental side, the psychological side of things, specially being so tired all the time and feeling quite fatigued.
‘It was really hard to stay mentally resilient on top of everything, especially in that heat. The tasks were quite difficult as well but all mixed together, with the constant pressure of just being under intense scrutiny about everything I was doing, was just mentally draining.’
SAS: Who Dares Wins airs on Mondays at 9pm on Channel 4.
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