Schapelle Corby breaks her silence in first media interview since returning to Australia

CONVICTED Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has finally broken her silence with her first media interview where she reveals her future plans.

CONVICTED Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has broken her silence with her first media interview where she reveals her future plans.

Corby, 41, has been living out of the media spotlight in Queensland since her return to Australia last year.

She told Woman’s Day she is happy to be alive after spending nine years behind bars in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison before being released on parole.

Corby said she is living with her mother, Rosleigh Rose, and begins her day by reading.

“I just live day by day,” she said.

Corby said she does not have a job yet. She spends her days swimming at home in their pool and at her local beach.

When asked if she wants to have a child of her own, she said: “Yes, because I have a great family who would look after the child.”

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Schapelle Corby behind the wheel of a car after she got her licence. Picture: Instagram

“I’m not actively trying to be pregnant, that’s off the radar. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. It’s not a priority.”

After doing a juice cleanse, which she documented on social media, she also told of how she is struggling to keep her weight in check.

“I’ve always struggled with my weight,” she said.

“If I’m active I have a fit body, but if I’m not active I have the body type that gets fat overnight.”

Corby also said her weight gain was also attributed to mental illness and antipsychotic medication.

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“When all those larger pictures came out, I was on very strong anti-psychotics … I started to cut down on the medication after four years,” she said.

She said that he has 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.

Schapelle Corby with her new Learners Licence — Picture: Instagram

“Instead of him getting paid for it I could just put it online myself.”

“I couldn’t go out of my house for three weeks before leaving Bali because my street was full of media,” she said.

While she is still adjusting to her new life outside of Bali and Kerobokan prison, Corby said she is happy.

“I’m just happy to be alive. I’m going to cry … I’m just so happy to be alive,” she said.

Corby was convicted of smuggling cannabis into Indonesia in May, 2005, after the drugs were found in her boogie board bag.

She was sentenced to 20 years by the Denpasar District Court and went to Kerobokan Prison.

After a failed appeal, Corby petitioned the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for clemency due to mental illness.

She was later released on parole in February, 2014, before being deported from Indonesia and returned to Australia on May 27, 2017.