Schapelle’s ‘just happy to be alive’
CONVICTED drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has broken her silence with her first media interview since returning to Australia last year.
The 41-year-old told Woman’s Day she was happy to be alive after spending nine years behind bars in Bali before being released on parole.
She said she was living with her mother, Rosleigh Rose, and began her day by reading.
“I just live day by day,” she said.
Ms Corby said she did not have a job yet. She spent her days swimming at home in their pool and at her local beach.
Asked if she wanted to have a child of her own, she said: “Yes, because I have a great family who would look after the child. I’m not actively trying to be pregnant, that’s off the radar. If it happens, it happens.”
She said she had no regrets about setting up a social media account after returning to Australia, where she has attracted more than 200,000 followers on Instagram.
“It’s good for me to have it because I get to stick up for myself,” she said.
“When I broke my leg, obviously I had to go to hospital, and there was a paparazzi following me. Instead of him getting paid for it I could just put it online myself.”
While still adjusting to her new life outside of Bali, Corby said she was “just so happy to be alive”.