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Chloe Pink, the new wife of AFL star Toby Pink, has hit back at online trolls who left shocking comments on her wedding photos – and has revealed the thing she believes will stop it from happening.
Last week, the 25-year-old opened up about her lovely wedding day as she got to tie the knot with her childhood sweetheart, who plays for North Melbourne.
However, the new bride wasn’t expecting the deluge of cruel insults she would receive after sharing the photos online.
Pink, who was left crying for days afterwards, says her husband was as stunned as her by the hurtful remarks about her appearance.
‘Toby’s first point was we need to teach our children better, we need to educate our sons and our daughters that we need to stop talking about people’s bodies,’ Pink told KIIS FM.
‘Talk about what their bodies can do, not what they look like.
Chloe Pink believes men will have to start calling out body-shaming behaviour
Mrs 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
‘Unfortunately, it was older men, it’s the truth, it sucks, and we just say that’s who it is, it’s just that generation.
‘That’s another opportunity for doing better, calling it out.’
Pink says the behaviour will only really be stamped out if men get involved in standing up to it.
‘I was having a conversation with my husband and he said, “It’s up to us men to call it out”. It’s not going to stop,’ she said.
‘We need more men, unfortunately, guys. Sorry, I need you to call it out because these women are sticking up for me, but it’s not the women who are making the comments.
‘It’s not going to stop if men aren’t calling it out.’
Pink, who has been in a relationship with the North Melbourne defender for more than seven years, detailed some of the abuse she received about her weight.
‘Did he marry a fridge?’ replied one person.
‘AFL player by day, pig hunter by night,’ said another.
Mrs Pink says many women are sticking up for her online and it is men who are making the hurtful comments
The 25-year-old says the remarks left her in tears and have upset her husband
The couple are childhood sweethearts and have been together for more than seven years
‘Did he marry an NRL prop forward?’ remarked a third.
Pink, who works in the renewable energy and infrastructure industry, was in emotional distress afterwards.
‘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.’
‘People say bad things about footballers, but they talk about how they play, not their appearances.
‘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”.
‘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.’
Pink says her husband Toby has been very supportive throughout the ordeal
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.
She avoided red carpets and award nights, fearing pointed articles in the media and harsh ‘hot or not’ reviews.
‘If you needed a dress to wear, you had to get photographed in it and you had to be a sample size,’ she added. ‘So yeah, it was an annual shredding.’
