‘It’s disgusting’: Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff reveals she’s had DEATH THREATS from sick trolls – as KC Osborne warns ‘people actually kill themselves from’ online abuse
Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff and KC Osborne have hit back at their trolls following weeks of relentless abuse on social media.
The brides labelled the trolling ‘disgusting’, ‘wrong’ and potentially dangerous during an appearance on Talking Married this week.
Elizabeth, 28, who also appeared on last year’s season of MAFS, said that the online attacks have been much worse this year.
‘It’s not on’: Married At First Sight’s Elizabeth Sobinoff (left) and KC Osborne (right) have hit back at their trolls following weeks of relentless abuse on social media
‘This year’s worse. For instance, I’d actually personally never had a death threat… I’ve had two [this season],’ she told Talking Married host Shelley Horton.
‘It’s disgusting and people have got to realise we’re people as well. It’s not on. We’re real people,’ Elizabeth added.
She went on to question why it’s now acceptable to hurl abuse at reality TV stars.
‘People do actually kill themselves from things like this’: Elizabeth, who also appeared on last year’s season of MAFS, said that the online attacks have been much worse this year
‘I just don’t understand. People won’t ever say it to your face. It’s something you won’t do. So why is it expected that that is just something that corresponds with doing something like [MAFS]?’ she asked.
KC, 31, also hit back at her online haters, issuing a sober warning about how abuse on the Internet affects people’s mental health.
‘It actually makes me really upset because people do actually kill themselves from things like this,’ she said.
Standing her ground: Earlier this month, Stacey Hampton said she wouldn’t stand for trolls bullying her family and the rest of the cast
‘It’s so wrong… we’re humans, we have feelings, we have a heart,’ she added.
Elizabeth and KC are just the latest in a string of MAFS participants to speak out about online abuse so far this season.
Earlier this month, Stacey Hampton said she wouldn’t stand for trolls bullying her family and the rest of the cast.
‘It’s not okay to bully’: Aleks Markovic also exposed trolls in a since-deleted Instagram video
‘If you’re slagging off on me, I love it. I don’t care, call me gold digger, I’ll laugh. I love Gold Digger by Kanye West and that’s gonna be my ringtone. Don’t care,’ she said.
‘But when you bring other people into it… kids, juvenile kids, innocent people, parties who did not sign the contract. That’s disgusting.’
Aleks Markovic also exposed her trolls in a since-deleted Instagram video.
‘It’s not okay to bully, put someone down or make someone feel like s**t when you’ve never met that person in your entire life,’ she raged.
Similarly, Josh Pihlak shared a lengthy video to Instagram last week in which he confirmed his split from Cathy Evans and also blasted his trolls.
‘The reason I’m speaking up is because it absolutely takes a toll when your mum, yourself and even your little brother are receiving death threats. It isn’t cool,’ he said.
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‘It isn’t cool’: Similarly, Josh Pihlak shared a lengthy video to Instagram last week in which he confirmed his split from Cathy Evans and also blasted his trolls