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Arabella Del Busso’s jaw-dropping excuse for faking a pregnancy

“A little white lie here or there is not going to hurt anyone” - by Erin Doyle
  • 20 Oct 2020

Former NRL WAG Arabella Del Busso is one of the most controversial additions to the inaugural SAS Australia line-up.

The 30-year-old’s notoriety stems almost entirely from dating NRL star Josh Reynolds and faking pregnancies as well as lying to him that they were his.

WATCH: Arabella Del Busso takes on SAS Australia

Given how physically and mentally demanding the reality series is, it’s no surprise it didn’t take long for SAS Australia’s DS (directing staff) Mark “Billy” Billingham and Ollie Ollerton to pull Arabella into the interrogation room to grill her on her past – and her excuses for her actions were jaw-dropping.

After the DS discovered news articles about Arabella’s controversial antics, they demanded she explain her backstory.

“My ex-partner was an NRL player and obviously we separated late last year but now since then, I’ve faced quite a bit of scrutiny in the tabloids,”  Arabella explained. “That I’m a liar.”

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Arabella Del Busso was grilled over her controversial past.

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Arabella found infamy when she was accused of lying to Josh by faking pregnancies and miscarriages following dalliances with the NRL player after they met on Instagram in 2018.

In Tuesday’s episode, the SAS Australia contestant was pushed to admit what she had lied about.

And although she initially attempted to downplay her actions, she eventually 'fessed up to what she had done.

“I told my partner that I had a pregnancy scan and I showed it to him and said it was ours when in fact it wasn’t our scan at all,” she said.

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Arabella found infamy when she was accused of lying to then-partner Josh Reynolds (pictured) by faking pregnancies and miscarriages.

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Her fake pregnancies became a national scandal.

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Billy and Ollie seemed less than impressed and demanded to know why she had lied about the pregnancy scan.

“Our relationship was coming to an end and I didn’t know how to deal with losing someone. I’d already lost family members…” Arabella said.

In response, Billy asked:  “So you wanted to cheat the person into staying with you?”

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SAS Australia's Billy (left) and Ollie (right) seemed less than impressed and demanded to know why she had lied about the pregnancy scan.

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Confirming that was the case, Arabella admitted she was trying to “draw him back in” and ultimately broke down in tears after being pushed to the brink during the interrogation.

But it was Arabella’s piece-to-camera which delivered perhaps the most shocking explanation for her lies.

“I have told a lie but you know, the way I see it, a little white lie here or there is not going to hurt anyone,” she said.

 “I’m sure we all do it. I’m not the only person in the whole of Australia who has told a white lie here or there."

After the intense grilling, the stress became too much for the glamour model who subsequently voluntarily withdrew, making her the second competitor to quit following Roxy Jacenko’s exit in the first episode.

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“I have told a lie but you know, the way I see it, a little white lie here or there is not going to hurt anyone."

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