Former Love Island Australia star laughs about her mother running over their two dogs

A Love Island Australia star has laughed about her mother running over their two dogs in a recent social media video.

Shelby Bilby, 29, took to her Instagram Story on Friday to show her followers how she is training her Rottweiler.  

The reality star, who appeared on season one of Love Island Australia in 2018, trained her dog to sit in their garage and only leave when she says the word ‘free’. 

While this training video showed she is a responsible dog owner, fans were shocked that she then laughed at the reason why she has trained her pet to sit away from the cars. 

Captioning the clip, Shelby wrote: ‘My mum accidentally ran over two of our dogs when we were growing up hahaha she’s going to hate me for bringing it up… but that’s why I taught him this.’

When contacted by Daily Mail Australia and asked if she wanted to comment further on her post, Shelby said: ‘Hahaha. That’s my comment’. 

While influencers are often applauded from their audience for being open and honest, the tone in which they talk about difficult topics appears to be extremely important to their followers. 

Two months ago, a Sydney influencer faced backlash and was dropped by a major sponsor after she joked on a podcast about killing two cats when she was a child.

The reality star, who appeared on season one of Love Island Australia in 2018, trained her dog to sit in their garage and only leave when she says the word ‘free’

While this training video showed she is a responsible dog owner, fans were shocked that she then laughed at the reason why she has taught her dog thia

Emma Claiir, a 28-year-old mummy blogger and Instagram model, shared the bizarre confession on an episode of her Simply Chaotic podcast. 

The mother of one was asked to tell a personal secret, and left her co-host Kristy Jean stunned by admitting: ‘I killed my cat.’

Chuckling awkwardly, Claiir continued: ‘I didn’t mean to… I was young, I was a child.

‘I was swinging my cat around. Like, I was thinking it was just a stuffed toy. And I accidentally let go of it.’

Claiir clarified the animal died ‘from the fright’, rather than because of any injuries from being hurtled across the room.

After sharing a laugh with her co-host, Claiir added: ‘I just want to say, I’m giggling about it now, but this happened years and years and years [ago].

‘And, like, I was a f**king little child.’

Incredibly, Claiir went on to admit she ‘also killed her best friend’s cat’ by accident.

Emma Claiir (pictured) faced backlash and was dropped by a major sponsor after she joked on a podcast about killing two cats when she was a child

The mother of one was asked to tell a personal secret, and left her co-host Kristy Jean stunned by admitting: ‘I killed my cat.’

She later issued a statement apologising for making a joke out of animal abuse.

‘I am well aware that the story was not light humour and in fact very serious,’ she wrote in a lengthy post.

‘It was not intended to come across the way that it did as it was simply just a story from the past about an accident [when I was] a little kid, but I can see how it has come across like that,’ she added.

She later issued a statement apologising for making a joke out of animal abuse