The Bachelorette’s Georgia Love has issued some choice words to her online critics, after she received a barrage of online hate for bragging about buying a house.
Posting to Twitter on Tuesday, the 31-year-old complained about being criticised for complaining about trolls, before dramatically quitting the social media site until further notice.
‘Being trolled for calling out that I was being trolled is really the epitome of 2020, hey,’ she Tweeted.
‘You can respond and call me all the names and tell me to die all you like’: The Bachelorette’s Georgia Love, 31, has lashed out at trolls for criticising her humble-brag post about buying a house with her fiancé Lee Elliott
‘You can respond and call me all the names and tell me to die all you like, I’m out for the year. Merry Christmas guys,’ Georgia added, concluding her post with a waving hand emoji.
Earlier in the day, Georgia had sparked a wave of abuse after humble-bragging about buying a house in Melbourne with her fiancé, Lee Elliott, during the Covid-19 recession.
Her post read: ‘Because launching two businesses and planning two weddings during a global pandemic wasn’t stressful, interesting or financially draining enough, we thought, “Why not buy a house too?”‘
‘I’m out’: Posting to Twitter on Tuesday, the 31-year-old complained about being criticised for complaining about trolls, before dramatically quitting the social media site until further notice
A toast! Georgia had sparked a wave of abuse after humble-bragging about buying a house with her fiancé, Lee Elliott (left), during the Covid-19 recession
Following an avalanche of backlash, Georgia returned to Twitter to complain about being trolled, Tweeting: ‘Current situation: being trolled because I tried to celebrate buying a house.’
However, things went from bad to worse when AFL star Dale Thomas responded to her Tweet with a savage clap-back that made reference to their 18-month-old feud.
Georgia had infamously ratted him out for drinking alcohol at a charity event two days before a game last year in May.
‘That’s enough internet for me today’: Georgia defended herself on Instagram, insisting that she wasn’t trying to brag and was instead ‘celebrating’ the fact that she and her partner had saved up enough money to buy a property
‘Enough’: She later reflected on the situation on Twitter, firing off a tweet just before midnight
‘Being trolled for having a good time and enjoying your own life sucks, aye! At least mine was for charity!’ Dale Tweeted.
Georgia didn’t take kindly to Dale’s sarcastic commentary, promptly retorting with a sharp-tongued Tweet of her own.
The brunette suggested that the media ‘misreported’ what she had said about Dale drinking at the charity event, even though she’d made her statements publicly on Twitter.
The claws are out! Meanwhile, things went from bad to worse when AFL star Dale Thomas (right) responded to her Tweet with a savage clap-back that made reference to their 18-month-old feud
She also claimed there was a difference between Dale’s situation, as he’d admitted to drinking alchol, while she claims she’s receiving backlash online unfairly.
‘[Your Tweet] was calling out something that was being misreported in the news, there’s a fair difference between that and trolling,’ Georgia wrote.
‘You have also since come out yourself and said you had had more to drink than you’d originally said so I’m not sure why you’re still on me about this?’.
Ouch: ‘Being trolled for having a good time and enjoying your own life sucks, aye! At least mine was for charity!’ Dale Tweeted
In May last year, Dale was banned from participating in the crunch match against St Kilda – which Carlton ended up losing by 13 points – after it emerged he’d chosen to drink at a charity event less than 48 hours earlier.
At the time, Georgia had gleefully Tweeted she had been at the same event and claimed Dale had consumed more than three drinks.
‘I was there and saw him. There’s no way he’d only had 3 drinks,’ tweeted Georgia, who starred in season two of The Bachelorette in 2016.
Defending herself: Georgia didn’t take kindly to Dale’s sarcastic commentary, promptly retorting with a sharp-tongued Tweet of her own
Error of judgement: Dale wasn’t allowed to take part in the crunch match against St Kilda – which Carlton ended up losing by 13 points – after it emerged he’d chosen to drink at a charity event less than 48 hours earlier. Pictured at an AFL tribunal for another matter in May 2019
While Georgia did not break the story about Dale’s ill-advised drinking – sports journalist Caroline Wilson had that honour – her tweet added to the media pile-on after he’d already been stood down by the Blues.
Dale, who was known by his nickname ‘Daisy’ through an AFL career that ended last year after 258 games across 14 seasons with Collingwood and Carlton, acknowledged he’d made a ‘poor’ decision to drink in public before a game.
‘I let my guard down at the event and this is not an excuse in any way. Clearly I need to be better,’ he said in a public apology.
Sticking the boot in: At the time, the newsreader and reality star gleefully Tweeted she had been at the same event and claimed Dale had consumed more than three drinks