- Chloe Pink expected well-wishes when she married AFL star
- 25-year-old received shocking insults that left her distraught
Chloe Pink, the new wife of AFL star Toby Pink, has revealed the torrent of vile criticism she received about her weight and appearance after posting wedding photos to social media.
Mrs Pink, who has been in a relationship with the North Melbourne defender for more than seven years, finally tied the knot with the footy star last month.
The couple had a lovely wedding day and the new bride wasn’t expecting the cruel insults she would receive after sharing the photos online.
‘Did he marry a fridge?’ replied one person.
‘AFL player by day, pig hunter by night,’ said another.
‘Did he marry an NRL prop forward?’ remarked a third.
Chloe Pink, wife of AFL star Toby Pink, was shocked by the abuse she copped after posting her wedding photos (pictured) to social media
Mrs Pink was expecting message of congratulations and support but instead had to deal with disgraceful comments about her weight and appearance
The 25-year-old says the shocking remarks left her in tears and have upset her husband
The shocking abuse left the 25-year-old in emotional distress and crying for a week.
‘I didn’t think they’d be so horrible,’ she told News Corp.
‘It is easier said than done to ignore them. It is just a natural thing to read something about yourself.’
Her husband Toby was also stunned by the disgusting comments about his wife.
‘He really was in shock,’ she said.
‘People say bad things about footballers, but they talk about how they play, not their appearances,’ she said.
‘We both sat there and cried. He has been really good, really supportive, and he tells me he loves me and that I’m beautiful.
‘The comments were so vile and disgusting that they had to be deleted, and eventually, the comments were turned off completely. All because I don’t fit the typical “WAG mould”.
The couple are childhood sweethearts and have been together for more than seven years
Pink says her husband Toby has been very supportive throughout the ordeal
Mrs Pink says the upside to the ordeal has been the support she has received from other women who have reached out
‘Being married to a professional athlete does not give anyone the right to comment on my body or size.
‘My weight is influenced by underlying health conditions – though frankly, that’s no one’s business, and it shouldn’t matter either way.’
Mrs Pink is determined to not let the body-shaming trolls get to her and says an upside of the abuse is all the women who have reached out to her to affirm that there is nothing wrong with the way she looks.
Her revelation comes hot on the heels of footy WAGs Paris Tier and Tiffany Wood opening up about the horrible effect of abuse they’ve received about the way they look.
Tier – whose partner is GWS AFL star Conor Stone – found herself at her GP’s office asking about taking the weight-loss drug Ozempic after being trolled – but decided not to embark on a course of the medication.
Wood, who is married to flag-winning Western Bulldogs hero Easton Wood, said the despicable comments left her with a seasonal eating disorder as she tried to slim down for the awards nights that come at the end of the AFL season.
‘Come August every year, I would starve myself and drop at least, I don’t know, eight kilos,’ she said.
