Abby Gilmore hits back at trolls asking ‘why don’t you get a real job?’

Former WAG Abby Gilmore has defended her career as a social media influencer, saying she finds it ‘bizarre’ when people ask why she doesn’t get a ‘real job’.

Abby, who is the ex-partner of Essendon Bombers player Jake Stringer, revealed on Saturday that she often finds herself having to explain her profession to strangers.

She insisted that many people are making money on social media doing what they love these days, and that her career is hardly unusual.

Abby, who is regarded as one of the more controversial ‘mummy bloggers’, earns money selling sponsored posts on Instagram and by hosting self-improvement workshops for women.

In a series of Instagram Stories addressed to her critics, she said: ‘What is a real job? I would love to know.

‘That quote that you see around, “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.” Because I love what I do, people don’t consider me working. 

‘I get that this is social media and it’s Instagram, but this is still a job. I make money. I can support my family.’ 

She continued: She added: ‘Gone are those traditions… that you go to a job that you do not enjoy, nine to five, [and] come home. People now do so much of their own things that they love, and it is a job.’

Abby is also a mother to three children, which she believes is comparable to a full-time job for many women.

‘Their job is frickin’ priceless. It is such a difficult job. Literally so hard, physically, emotionally, in every possible way,’ she said.

‘And yet people are like, “What else do you do? Do you plan on getting a job?” My children right now are five, four and one. I shouldn’t even be expected to consider that if I don’t want to because what I do enough – along with so many other woman at home not making a single dollar and yet their work is absolutely priceless.’