"Cohen, now 47, isn't on about rugby though. He's talking about pounding Home And Away star Axle Whitehead, clawing his way through dirt tunnels in the Marrakech desert, and being forced to submerge himself underwater, holding his breath for dear life. Which brings us to his caveat. "I'd wanna quit the entire time," he says, but yes, "I'd do it again in a heartbeat.""
"Though Cohen prefers not to call it a show - "it's actually a course and it just happens to be filmed" - and the "celebrity" bit makes him wince, too. "I hate fame," he grins, loafing on a sofa, his phone propped up on the back for our call. "I hate the s*** that comes with it. I don't even class myself [as] anything like that anyway.""
Ben Cohen, 47, competes on the eighth season of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. The former rugby winger describes brutal tasks such as confronting Home And Away star Axle Whitehead, crawling through dirt tunnels in the Marrakech desert, and being forced to submerge underwater while holding his breath. The course provoked repeated urges to quit yet felt transformative, and he insists he would undertake it again. Cohen rejects the label of celebrity and prefers to call the format a course; he expresses dislike for fame and its trappings. Reconnecting with an older version of himself during the experience proved unexpectedly beneficial.
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