Earlier this week, former bachelorette and Seven star Georgia Love faced backlash for posting holiday snaps on her Instagram of her trip to Saudi Arabia, now her manager is speaking out.
After facing criticism, Love then quickly deleted all social media posts and now her manager has told The Daily Telegraph, exactly what happened behind the scenes.
They said: “She was told by the Saudi tourism people to remove all of the posts, they were fantastic with her.
“They were quite upset that she was getting a lot of negative reaction and they said we don’t want this to impede on your trip so please remove all those posts and don’t do any more posting.
“They were very sympathetic to her situation and said, ‘Remove the posts, we don’t require you to do any more posting for us.”
Originally, People took umbrage with Love’s happy snaps as she was seemingly promoting Saudi Arabia, a country that is currently being accused of various human rights violations by The United Nations. It’s also known for its poor treatment of members of the LGBTQ+ community.
However, that didn’t stop Love from heading over as a tourist and promoting the trip via her Instagram. According to The Daily Mail, while Love wasn’t paid for the trip she was allegedly gifted the holiday in exchange for social media posts.
Now the world is opening up again you might choose the Eiffel Tower, Edinburgh Castle or The Acropolis but Georgia Love is pushing Saudi Arabia. Sorry Georgia but ‘Chop Chop Square’ -where woman and gays are executed- just doesn’t do it for me in the same way. pic.twitter.com/pmRIJqB4dC
— Peter Ford (@mrpford) March 17, 2022
Originally Love posted: “After only opening to tourists in 2019, we can’t state how excited we are to be among the first Aussies to tour Saudi.
“To us, it is important to see, experience and learn about all cultures around us and to see how much and how fast our world is changing. We can’t wait to bring you along on this incredible experience with us.”
However, after the social media onslaught, Love has not commented since.
