Mom Slammed For Wearing Bikini Around 13-Year-Old Son And Internet Isn’t Having It
Indeed, people have been “triggered” in the past by her photos, especially one where she posed next to her son, hugging him while wearing a green leopard print bikini during his 15th birthday celebration a couple of years ago.
The caption initially said, “Happy 15th Kai,” but Sophie later edited it to send a message to people who had a problem with what she was wearing.
“WE LIVE IN THE GOLD COAST, Australia. Where wearing a bikini to the beach is so beyond normal, that I didn’t even consider having to place a disclaimer on this photo,” she began the post,” she explained . “When Kai woke up, I was in the pool and yes- in a bikini (as I am most days). I wanted a photo straight away as he wanted to ride his bike and go out riding all day immediately.”
Gold Coast influencer Sophie Guidolin hits back at trolls who criticised her for taking a ‘sexualised’ photo in a bikini with her teenage son https://t.co/YMZwgQcvYE pic.twitter.com/3p3H8ahsPq
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“Do I have a problem wearing a bikini in front of my sons? NO WAY. Why? Because I’m not sexualized to him, nor have I ever been,” she added. “If you have an issue, maybe you should look into why you feel you have to sexualize a woman’s body instead of it simply being a mum and her son at the pool!”
The fitness star later shared a video of herself and her son having a candid conversation about the reaction people had to the viral picture of them.
The teenager thought it was “dumb” that people were slamming her for wearing a bikini in front of them.
“There’s nothing wrong with the picture. You’re in a bikini 24/7, that’s your job. We’re always at the beach. There’s nothing wrong with it,” Kai said .
“It’s so dumb,” he continued. “There’s no reason for this to be happening. If you go back to when we were in Hamilton Island it’s the exact same thing … (so why now).”
When the bodybuilder mother asked if there was anything “wrong” with the picture, Kai said, “I still don’t get what’s wrong with it.”