Jackson Warne shocked viewers of SAS Australia last week when he admitted he’d only tried about ’10 different foods’ in his entire life.
Now, the 21-year-old son of cricketing legend Shane Warne is actively trying to broaden his limited diet at home.
On Monday, the poker player shared a video to Instagram of himself grimacing while eating a slice of watermelon for the first time.
First time: Jackson Warne, 21, grimaced while eating watermelon for the first time on Monday. He is actively trying to broaden his limited diet at home, after revealing on SAS Australia last week that he’d only eaten about ’10 different foods’ in his life
Jackson is currently living with older sister Brooke Warne, 22, who is encouraging him to eat new things.
Taking two large bites into the summer fruit, Jackson’s face didn’t appear to pleased with the taste as he shook his head and said ‘mmm’.
Sounding unimpressed, Jackson said it ‘tastes like water’, before giving the fruit a four-out-of-10 rating.
‘Tastes like water. 4/10’: Taking two large bites into the summer fruit, Jackson’s face didn’t appear to pleased with the taste and gave it a low rating for his ‘Jackson Tries’ post
‘is it good?’ Jackson made his extraordinary diet revelation last week on SAS Australia when his co-stars noticed that he seemed confused by tomato soup offering
Jackson made his extraordinary diet revelation last week on SAS Australia when his co-stars noticed that he seemed confused by this dinner offering.
Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, 43, had to explain that it was tomato soup, and it was ‘good’ to eat.
While filming SAS Australia in August, Jackson had the opportunity to eat a variety of foods he’d never tried before, including sushi, pineapple, rockmelon, mandarins and even steak.
In an interview with news.com.au, he explained that his limited diet consists of: ‘Eggs, bacon, toast, cereal, burgers, nachos, chips, apples… that’s about it.’
The model went on to reveal his typical day on a plate starts with ‘eggs, bacon and an oat shake’ for breakfast, and he would eat ‘burgers, protein shakes, pasta or lasagna’ for lunch and dinner.
‘I don’t consider myself a celebrity at all, I think my dad is obviously a celebrity’: Jackson wants to make a name for himself on SAS Australia without riding on the coattails of father Shane
‘You’re ‘a f**king impression person’: While praise isn’t often given to recruits by Directing Staff on the show, drill sergeant Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham told Jackson he was ‘impressive’ during his marksman task on Monday’s episode
On Monday’s episode, Jackson told viewers he didn’t consider himself ‘famous’.
‘I don’t consider myself a celebrity at all, I think my dad is obviously a celebrity. The Warne last name is a celebrity, but I don’t think I’m famous or anything like that.’
He went on to say that while he hasn’t had much ‘life experience’, he signed up for SAS Australia to test himself, both physically and mentally.
While praise isn’t often given to recruits by Directing Staff on the show, drill sergeant Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham told Jackson he was ‘a f**king impression person’ after his marksman task.
A total of 17 celebrities signed up for the intense SAS selection course run by an elite team of British ex-Special Forces soldiers.
SAS Australia continues on Tuesday from 7:30pm on Channel Seven
Cast: A total of 17 famous faces signed up for the intense SAS selection course, run by an elite team of ex-special forces soldiers known as the Directing Staff