Revealed: The post that made Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton DELETE Instagram – as police order her to quarantine after a ‘non-essential’ trip to Melbourne
Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton deleted her Instagram for several hours on Wednesday after facing an unexpected backlash.
The 26-year-old law graduate briefly abandoned her influencer career because she wanted to ‘distance herself from the negativity’ she was facing.
Stacey’s followers had turned on her after she posted a throwback video of herself at the gym. Many of them mistakenly believed it was a recent clip and that she was flouting government advice during the coronavirus pandemic.
Goodbye influencer career! Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton (pictured) deleted her Instagram on Wednesday, after being slammed for a very unexpected reason
Stacey captioned the video on her Instagram Story: ‘Back to gym days.’
Despite making it clear the video was old, some fans were convinced she had only recently visited a packed gym – despite the fact all gyms have been ordered to close.
‘Everyone messaging me please read caption on my post prior. It says “back to gym days”. No gyms are open, it’s common knowledge I believe,’ she wrote.
Despite her clarification, Stacey couldn’t handle the backlash and deactivated her account in order to take a break from social media.
‘Back to gym days’: After sharing a throwback video in the gym, she was interrogated by followers who believed it was a recent clip, and she was flouting government COVID-19 advice
Stacey told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday: ‘I’ve deleted my Instagram for the moment. I’m just distancing myself from the negativity and all that comes with it.’
She said she wants to focus more time on her new charity, which is centred around helping women who are suffering from post-natal depression.
‘It’s a huge passion of mine,’ she added of the cause, admitting that she also ‘very much’ suffered from post-natal depression after giving birth to her two sons.
‘Everyone messaging me please read caption on my post prior. It says “back to gym days”. No gyms are open, it’s common knowledge I believe,’ Stacey hit back
Stacey added: ‘I’m just focusing on doing my charity and doing the right thing, and then you’ll probably see me back on Instagram soon at some point.’
The reality star has since reactivated her Instagram account, coming offline for approximately eight hours in total.
She shared a cryptic post after returning to social media, writing: ‘Time is something money can’t buy. Time is something I desire.’
‘I’m just distancing myself from the negativity’: Stacey then deleted her Instagram, admitting she wants to her focus on her new charity. She reactivated her account eight hours later
Meanwhile, Stacey suffered ‘a little bit of a hiccup’ with police in Adelaide Airport on Wednesday, as she returned home from a business trip in Melbourne.
In a statement to Daily Mail Australia, South Australia Police said: ‘SAPOL can confirm that a 26-year-old woman arriving from Melbourne was stopped at Adelaide Airport this afternoon, police determined that she was not an essential traveller and therefore she was issued with a direction to self-quarantine for a period of 14 days.’
Stacey disputed this, telling Daily Mail Australia she is an ‘essential worker’ but there was a problem with her documentation as she returned to South Australia, saying: ‘This is incorrect. It was just over my form [and] whether or not it was essential.’
Stacey previously said she does ‘essential work’ for a transport company in Melbourne every fortnight, as well as establishing her charity in Victoria.
Money doesn’t bring you happiness? She shared a cryptic post after returning to social media, writing, ‘Time is something money can’t buy. Time is something I desire’