SACKED SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton has been spotted heading to Australia to film the spin-off series with old show favourite Ollie Ollerton.
The ex soldiers lugged their cases through Sydney airport after flying Down Under via Dubai.
Australian Border Patrol and Defence Forced personell escorted the pair who are due to enter a mandatory quarantine hotel.
Before boarding a coach a beaming Ant, 40, flashed a thumbs up to fans and grabbed Ollie for a quick embrace, after recruiting him to work on SAS: Who Dares Wins Australia.
Earlier dad-of-five Ant – who was jilted by Channel 4 following an incident on the civilian version of Who Dares Wins – shared a smiling photo from the clouds while enjoying the luxuries in first class.
He tagged Ollie, 49, in the snap and wrote: “Recognise your worth.
“Ollie Ollerton… last laugh. Onwards and upwards.”
The Celeb Report first revealed that Ollie, ever present since the hit show launched in 2015 and integral to its success, was replaced last year in a diversity drive.
The military veteran had formed part of the intimidating team of Directing Staff alongside chief DS Ant, Jason “Foxy” Fox and Mark “Billy” Billingham who pushed recruits — members of the public and celebrities — to their mental and physical limits.
Speaking about his exit at the time he told The Celeb Report: “I’m disappointed and shocked at the same time because we had record viewing figures.
“Five years ago we put our heads above the parapet for the first time ever – threatening our security as former members of the Special Forces – to bring that show to fruition. I expected that loyalty to be reciprocated. It clearly wasn’t.”
Ant was sacked from SAS: Who Dares Wins this year after it was revealed he’d used “inappropriate comments” during filming for the civilian series of SAS.
During an end of year review a female member of the crew raised concerns about the comments and Ant was later given the boot.
Channel 4 said in a statement he would not be returning and said the decision was “solely based on his personal conduct off-camera and is not related to his on-screen persona as a DS.”
A representative for Ant said the allegations he’d made such comments were wrong and insisted he was “always disciplined and utterly professional”.
But the TV hardman insisted that making inappropriate remarks is “not in his nature”, and he wouldn’t do it even if his inhibitions were lowered.
“I can get as drunk as a skunk and that’s not in my nature, that’s not who I am.
“My family knows that and my wife knows that. I’m more of a boys’ boy – let’s f*** off the chicks and go and have a drink with the lads.”
The former special forces sniper also lashed out at “victim mentality taking over”, moaning: “My career could be cancelled if I wasn’t who I am. I’m too far gone and too long in the tooth now to be completely cancelled.”
