Gladiator star Sabre reveals touching reason behind joining BBC programme Gladiator Sabre says she wants to use her platform on the hit show to inspire young girls.
I did say, ‘are women going to be equals in the show?’ I felt in the previous show they were to some degree – but there was still a total narrative around objectifying women at that time.
That you can be fit, you can have a six-pack, you can have bigger shoulders than your boyfriend, and that’s OK. “It’s important to me that women can be unapologetically athletic, they can still be feminine, they can still wear dresses, they can be pretty.
The star, real name Sheli McCoy, 36, reveals her ambition stems from being teased about her athletic appearance at school.
I have a teddy bear, and I’m OK with that because I could also kill you.” Raised in Fife, she earned a master’s degree in health science from Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University.
