Schapelle Corby embraces mystery man at Gold Coast Airport - after sparking engagement rumours
The convicted drug smuggler turned influencer hopped off a plane at the Gold Coast Airport where she was met by a mystery man.
The 47-year-old hugged the male pal as she arrived with a large black sports bag in tow.
Schapelle dressed casually in a loose faded black hooded shirt and a pair of leggings.
She added an olive toned bucket hat and a pair of sneakers, and appeared to go makeup free.
The clockmaker wore her red locks down in soft waves and completed her look with a gold watch.
Last year, Schapelle left her many fans wondering if she's getting ready to walk down the aisle.
Schapelle, who was at the time celebrating her 47th birthday in Paris, set tongues wagging after an eagle-eyed fan spotted a sparkling ring on her left hand.
In the image posted to Instagram, Schapelle looks every inch the stylish fashionista as she poses in a beret in front of the Eiffel Tower, while her bejewelled hand rests on her leg.
'Happy Birthday To Me #27... oops, #47,' she wrote in the caption.
It wasn't long before Schapelle's followers inundated the post, with one hearing wedding bells all the way from the city of love.
'Is that an engagement ring on your finger haha,' they asked after spying the ring.
However, it appears not all is what it seems.
A close look at the image shows the picture has been 'flipped', and the flashy ring she is sporting is actually on her right hand.
The clockmaker wore her red locks down in soft waves and completed her look with a gold watch
A tell tale give away that the picture has been 'mirrored' is that the Olympic rings seen on the Eiffel Tower in the background of the photo are around the wrong way.
In photography a 'mirrored' image is one in which right and left in reality have been reversed - as if seen in a mirror.
In 2020, Schapelle split from her Indonesian boyfriend Ben Panangian after 16 years together.
She revealed her long-distance relationship with Ben, 45, was over and that she was looking for her Prince Charming.
The couple met in a Bali prison in 2006 when they were both serving time for drug-related offences, but hadn't seen each other in person since 2019.
She has not publicly dated anyone since.
It comes after Kyle Sandilands recently shared his theory about where Schapelle Corby's drug-filled boogie board bag really came from after her infamous arrest at Bali airport almost 20 years ago.
Schapelle was incarcerated for nine years for attempting to smuggle cannabis into Indonesia.
She was arrested at Bali airport in October 2004 with 4.2kg of cannabis wrapped in plastic inside her boogie board bag.
Schapelle has always maintained her innocence and her lawyers argued she had unintentionally become a drug mule, suggesting baggage handlers put the drugs in her bag.
Radio shock jock Kyle discussed her incarceration on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
He said he believes smugglers forgot to take the cannabis out of the bag after her transit flight from Brisbane to Sydney, leading to it accidentally travelling on to Bali.
'I think they didn't take something out that should have come from Brisbane to Sydney. They missed it and off it went and got redirected to Bali,' he shared.
His co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson also shared her sympathies with Schapelle, claiming she didn't deserve the nine-year prison sentence.
'She nearly lost her mind over it. Either way, even if she did it, I don't think she deserved what she went through,' Jackie, 49, argued.
Schapelle has made a new life for herself after her release from an Indonesian prison in 2014, and went on to make a living as a successful clockmaker.
She promoted some of her colourful timepieces with her many followers, which typically retailed for around $220.
However she announced recently that she could no longer keep up the time-consuming work.
'This may be the last year for me to create my epoxy art,' she wrote in an announcement on Instagram.
'This saddens me. 'Life is changing, I'm not sure how my resin obsession hobby will fit in. At this point I just don't know' she continued.
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