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The Bachelorette: Producer responds to calls for Schapelle Corby to be the next Bachelorette

Schapelle Corby is officially back on the market.

The convicted drug smuggler-turned-reality TV contestant posted about her newly-single status on Sunday, prompting immediate calls for her to be the next bachelorette, naturally.

Corby, 45, posted a photo of her presumably hand-in-hand with her scribbled-out ex-boyfriend Ben Panangian, with the call to action: “Looking for a New Four Leaf Clover. * ATTENTION *. Help a girl out – Get Tagging”.

The post included Papa Roach song Last Resort to drive her request home.

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Responding to the revelation and subsequent bachelorette buzz, Warner Bros. executive producer Ed hinted it’s not off the table.

Speaking to Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa during a surprise call this morning, Ed confirmed there had been no decision made on the next bachelorette yet, prompting Fitzy to make his pitch.

“Schapelle Corby has broken up with Ben over in Bali and looking for love. Now there have been a lot of people suggesting it wouldn’t be great if Channel 10 could find Schapelle Corby Love?” I have suggested.

“I agree… I think a lot of people would tune in,” Ed responded, asking the pair: “Do you think she’d be good on the dates?” to which funnyman Fitzy suggested a final destination.

“And the final decision, her down to two guys, the final decision is in Kuta,” he joked about the popular Aussie tourist spot in Bali, where Corby was infamously arrested with her bodyboard bag in 2004.

Revealing they “hadn’t considered” Corby for the spot, Ed said: “We’ll absolutely put that to Channel 10.”

It wouldn’t be Corby’s first stint on Aussie TV since she was released from prison, having appeared on Channel 7’s SAS Australia in 2020, and Dancing With The Stars in 2021.

Corby spent nine years in Indonesia’s brutal Kerobokan Prison after she was convicted of smuggling 4.2kg of cannabis into the country via a checked-in boogie board bag.

It was at the notoriously rough prison where she met her Indonesian surfer ex Panangian in 2006.

Corby had previously shared they were eager to have a baby together, despite it being virtually impossible for Panagian to settle in Australia due to his criminal record.

The couple caught up overseas in countries that didn’t require visas for entry.

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Schapelle Corby searches for love on Instagram

Schapelle Corby has called on the internet for help finding a “new four leaf clover” after separating from her Balinese boyfriend.

Corby shared an image to Instagram Saturday evening showing her on a beach holding the hand of her former partner, Ben Panangian, whose body she had scribbled over.

“Looking for a New Four Leaf Clover. ATTENTION. Help a girl out – Get Tagging,” she captioned the post.

Corby shared the original photo in April 2019 as the couple, who maintained a long distance relationship after her 2017 deportation, beamed while on holiday together.

The convicted Australian drug smuggler was understood to have split from Panangian some time ago, however its unclear when they decided to go their separate ways.

Corby previously shared the couple had wanted to have a baby together, despite it being virtually impossible for Panagian to settle in Australia due to his criminal record.

The couple caught up overseas in countries that didn’t require visas for entry.

Corby spent almost a decade behind bars in Bali for drug smuggling.

She first met Panangian, an Indonesian surfer, at Kerobokan Prison in 2006.

It seemed plenty of Corby’s 160,000 Instagram followers were keen to help her find another partner, with many happy to offer up friends.

“She’s single and ready to mingle,” one person wrote in a comment, tagging their friend.

“Only flags I see with you are green,” a man who claimed to be keen wrote.

“Girl pick me!!!! I’m single,” another said.

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