'I slept in Saddam Hussein's bed': Sophie Monk talks about spending time at former dictator's home and tells of near-death experience while in Iraq entertaining troops
Sophie Monk has opened up about sleeping in Saddam Hussein's bed and a near-death experience over ten years ago.
The former Bardot singer recounted the experience on KIIS FM's Summer Fling on Thursday morning, telling co-host Matty Acton: 'I slept in Saddam Hussein's bed,'
The blonde bombshell was quick to add: 'not while he was there!'
Staying with Saddam: Sophie Monk recounted the time she slept in Saddam Hussein's bed while staying in one of the dictator's palaces outside of Baghdad, which had been claimed by the coalition forces
'Not while he was there!' The blonde bombshell was quick to add the palace was in possession of the coalition forces at the time and known as Camp Victory
Sophie had been entertaining Australian troops in Iraq in 2004 when she stayed at the dictator's former palace had been taken over by the coalition forces and re-named Camp Victory.
'His shower is insane - it's got a chandelier. It's a bit gaudy though, just diamonds everywhere,' Sophie told Matty.
It's not the first time the blonde beauty has spoken about staying at the former Iraqi ruler's palace.
Previously Sophie told Merrick and Rosso, Nova969's breakfast show at the time: 'You could see where the bridge had been bombed. The kitchen had been kicked in'.
The palace, located on the outskirts of Baghdad, was adorned with chandeliers, gold-framed mirrors and a marble bathroom.
The radio personality also spoke about a near death experience on that trip, when a cargo plane she was travelling in began to fall from the sky.
Palace: The dictator's former palace was located on the outskirts of Baghdad
'The plane just dropped': Sophie Monk recounts near-death experience while travelling in a cargo plane around Iraq in 2004, as the singer entertained the troops
'They said I could sit up the front, so I got in and put my headphones on and I heard "missile, missile" while we were in the sky and the plane just dropped,' Sophie said.
'So I took my headphones off and I went, "I'm dying" and what I thought was: "I should've spent my money on a boob job and I should have written my family a letter saying I love them",' Sophie confessed.
'Even though I don't have a boob job now,' she added with a laugh.
'I thought "I'm dying"': The former popstar-turned-radio personality recounted the scary experience on Thursday morning's KIIS FM Summer Fling
'I should have spent my money on a boob job': The candid personality admitted her first thought was that she should have gotten a boob job
'It dropped, like rollercoaster...only, it's a real life situation. And there was a guy up the top with a machine gun in this bubble, I was like "this is too much for me" - I had a hair dryer as my machinery.'
Speaking to AAP about the experience at the time, the former Bardot singer said: It's been one of the most amazing experiences of my life,'
'I'm so proud of the ADF guys and girls I've met over here. They're working under difficult conditions. I'm so glad I could help keep the troops happy,' she added.
Recounting her experiences: Sophie told her KIIS FM co-host Matty Acton (pictured) about her experiences over ten years ago
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