Steph Claire Smith has responded after trolls shamed her for showing off her figure as a pregnant mother of one.
The 30-year-old influencer and podcaster shared a video in which she modeled her belly in a bikini and mocked the criticism, but later admitted that it did bother her.
“I think this week receiving negative comments for being in a bikini as a mother made me nervous,” she told Herald of the sun on Saturday.
“First and foremost, people should be able to feel safe and comfortable wearing whatever is good for them,” the beauty continued.
“And people can have opinions, but they don’t necessarily need to share them.”
The fitness influencer shares two-year-old son Harvey with husband Josh Miller, and is expecting the couple’s second child.
Steph Claire Smith (pictured) has responded after trolls shamed her for showing off her figure as a pregnant mother of one.
This week, Steph flaunted her baby bump on social media in a racy film clip after being shamed for her barely-there outfits.
In the images, she can be seen wearing a tiny bikini while imitating the lyrics of Lily Allen’s 2009 hit, F*** You.
Captioning the clip, ‘Mom should cover up,’ Steph appears to be clapping back at body-shaming trolls.
“I do it, you do it,” Steph told her 1.5 million followers in a message she shared in the post.
In the clip, the ultra-fit social media star, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, can be seen performing a series of hip movements while lip-syncing to Allen’s protest song.
Steph can be seen imitating the chorus which includes the lyrics: ‘Que te jodan (Que te jodan), que te jodan a lot, a lot.’
Because we hate what you do and we hate your entire team, so please don’t keep in touch.
The song was originally written as a protest against ultra-conservative bigots who hold homophobic and racist views.
The 30-year-old influencer and podcaster shared a video in which she models her belly in a bikini and mocked the criticism, but later admitted that it did bother her.
“I think this week getting negative comments for being in a bikini as a mom made me nervous,” she said.
Steph’s post seemed to find a positive reaction from her followers.
‘Yeah!! “Our children deserve parents who celebrate themselves and their bodies (especially mom’s!) at all stages of our lives,” she messaged a fan.
‘Very good for you, girl! I’d be in a bikini too if I looked like you!’ said another.
‘If I looked as good as Steph I would never wear anything but a bikini,’ another user added.
It comes after Steph claimed she lost followers on Instagram after announcing she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The fitness influencer revealed on Stellar’s Something To Talk About podcast that she noticed a “massive increase” in followers the day she revealed her ADHD diagnosis.
“There was a massive increase in people unfollowing and I looked at the date and it was the day I had posted about my ADHD diagnosis,” she said.
Steph, who is expecting her second child with husband Josh Miller, said women used to be “misdiagnosed” and now more people are finding out they have ADHD.
The fitness influencer shares that his two-year-old son Harvey with husband Josh Miller is expecting the couple’s second child.
‘People should be able to feel safe and comfortable wearing what is good for them. And people can have opinions but it is not necessarily necessary to share them,” he said.
“It’s a horrible feeling in line with ADHD for the last few years because so many people are coming out with this diagnosis,” he continued.
“People think it’s this trend and they’re sick of hearing about it, so I was very aware of it and it was one of the things that made me very nervous about sharing it.”
Steph bravely spoke about her health in a vulnerable confession in October, admitting she felt “relieved” when a doctor confirmed her diagnosis.
Speaking on KICPOD, the podcast she hosts alongside fellow influencer and business partner Laura Henshaw, Steph said the first time she asked her to get tested was after inviting Em Rusciano on the show to talk about her experience with ADHD .
“The other week I was diagnosed with combined ADHD,” he said on the podcast.
“I had Em and she talked about her subsequent ADHD diagnosis, and during the conversation, there were a lot of things I didn’t realize, but I was nodding and agreeing with her story and relating to her.
“At one point, she said it might be a little neuro-spicy, and at that point I was like, ‘I don’t know.'”
The model and mother of one went on to detail the screening process that a woman in her 30s underwent and confessed that she was worried about not receiving a diagnosis.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder affects approximately one in 20 Australians.
It is characterized by persistent patterns of inattentive, impulsive and sometimes hyperactive behavior, and is often accompanied by emotional regulation challenges, according to ADHD Australia.
While ADHD is the most common disorder among children aged four to 11, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare says about half of girls the same age are diagnosed.
That’s not because girls don’t have ADHD, experts say, but because they generally have the inattentive type of condition, meaning their symptoms can go unnoticed.