Cassandra Thorburn, 47, hits back at cruel online trolls who criticised her appearance

Karl Stefanovic’s ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn has hit out at trolls who criticised her appearance.

In an Instagram post last week, the 47-year-old revealed she had been shamed for looking her age and she told her followers ‘I am happy in my skin.’

She was also forced to defend a recent tell-all interview about her very public divorce from Karl, after one follower labelled her ‘bitter’ and encouraged her to ‘move on with your life.’

‘Is there something wrong with looking your age?’ Karl Stefanovic’s ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn, 47, hits back at cruel online trolls who criticised her appearance and told her to ‘move on with your life’

‘Online trolls ‘she looks her age not stunning’. Is that supposed to be offensive? Is there something wrong with looking your age?’ she wrote alongside a photo at the Women of the Future Awards in Sydney on September 5.

‘Did I miss the memo that you should not embrace your age, your body, your face, your intelligence’. I am happy in my skin, with who I am and my age which means I’ve lived long enough to have learned and experienced so much.

She finished with: ‘Is it meant to mean if you look your age you are not good enough. Well sorry because I disagree. I am, you are, we are!’

Attacked for her appearance: In an Instagram post last week, the former journalist revealed she had been shamed for looking her age and she told her followers 'I am happy in my skin'

Attacked for her appearance: In an Instagram post last week, the former journalist revealed she had been shamed for looking her age and she told her followers ‘I am happy in my skin’

Defending herself: Cassandra wrote, 'Get over yourself...,' she began. 'I have nothing to do what people write about my ex husband. Not sure why you bring him up here. I have been and continue to put my 3 children first... i have said very little in 2 years. But for 2 years a lot has been said about me'

Hitting back: In a separate post last month, the mother-of-three, whose divorce from the Today show star was finalised last year, blasted a follower who said she appears ‘bitter and spiteful’ since the split

In a separate post last month, the mother-of-three, whose divorce from the Today show star was finalised last year, blasted a follower who said she appears ‘bitter and spiteful’ since the split.

‘Get over yourself…,’ she began.

‘I have nothing to do what people write about my ex-husband. Not sure why you bring him up here. I have been and continue to put my 3 children first… i have said very little in 2 years. But for 2 years a lot has been said about me.

Smitten: Karl moved on from his divorce with younger model Jasmine Yarbrough, 34

Criticism: The mum-of-three was also forced to defend a recent tell-all interview about her very public divorce from Karl Stefanovic (right), after one follower labelled her ‘bitter’ and encouraged her to ‘move on with your life’. Also pictured, Karl’s fiancée Jasmine Yarbrough

In response to another follower, Cas wrote: ‘2 interviews in 2 years compared to dozens of interviews and mistruths about all kinds of things.’

The interviews Cassandra was referring to were one with with The Australian Women’s Weekly last month, in which she claimed Karl’s family and friends ‘have had practically no contact’ with their kids since the divorce.

The second was a recent TV interview with Channel Seven’s The Morning Show, which saw the former journalist again mention her divorce while promoting her new children’s book, Leo Lion’s Big Bed.

Back in the day: Cassandra and Karl share three children together, Jackson, 19, Ava, 13, and 11-year-old River. The former couple were married for 21 years before they parted ways. Pictured here at the University of Sydney on October 16, 2008

Back in the day: Cassandra and Karl share three children together, Jackson, 19, Ava, 13, and 11-year-old River. The former couple were married for 21 years before they parted ways. Pictured here at the University of Sydney on October 16, 2008

Cassandra and Karl share three children together, Jackson, 19, Ava, 13, and 11-year-old River. 

The former couple were married for 21 years before they parted ways.

The 44-year-old TV presenter is now engaged to younger model, Jasmine Yarbrough, 34. 

The happy couple will reportedly tie the knot in Mexico, later this year.  

Wedding bells: The happy couple will reportedly tie the knot in Mexico, later this year

Wedding bells: The happy couple will reportedly tie the knot in Mexico, later this year

 

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