{"id":21286,"date":"2022-09-02T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T08:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1701288"},"modified":"2022-09-02T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T09:12:08","slug":"celebrity-sas-instructor-says-he-weeded-out-the-weak-recruits-early","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/celebrity-sas-instructor-says-he-weeded-out-the-weak-recruits-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity SAS instructor says he weeded out the \u201cweak\u201d recruits early"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Grace Henry\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 02 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This Sunday, 14 celebrities will face the SAS: Who Dares Wins instructors<\/a>, as the show returns for a brand new season.<\/p>\n

Stepping up to the plate this year as part of the Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins 2022 line-up<\/a> are The Only Way Is Essex stars Pete Wicks and Ferne McCann, actress Maisie Smith, and Love Island stars Amber Gill and Curtis Pritchard, some of whom crumbled at the first hurdle according to the show\u2019s chief instructor Rudy Reyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, the former Marine revealed he \u201cweeded\u201d out the \u201cweak recruits\u201d from the get-go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very surprised, but of course I weeded out a couple of weak ones right off the beginning! I could smell the fear on them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Although he couldn\u2019t give too much away ahead of the launch, he added: \u201cYou will see very quickly who did not belong there. And there\u2019s a big difference between manicuring your image on a social media platform, going up to the TV studio with hair and make-up, and showing up on the battlefield with your mission essential gear and executing. There\u2019s a big difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you see those that were faking it and those that were there to make it, but after a few days, the core group that was left very, very tough. They were very spirited.\u201d<\/p>\n