She’s been absent on social media for the last few weeks after stirring up her fair share of controversy during her stint on the hit reality show.
And now Davina Rankin has broken her silence about her internet absence.
Speaking in a vlog posted to her YouTube channel, an emotional Davina, 25, blamed internet trolls as the reason for her going missing from her Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Speaking up: After going dark on social media recently, Davina Rankin has broken her silence about her internet absence
‘I’ve been MIA for the last few weeks,and this has actually been very hard to talk about,’ she said.
‘So, I figured my best option was to kind of switch off and disconnect from a world that I’m usually very connected to which is social media.’
Explaining that she had a long affinity with platforms like Instagram, Davina explained she didn’t anticipate the level of ‘hate’ she received from keyboard warriors.
Trolls: Social media and I have a very long relationship together and I started doing Instagram and things like that years ago but, copping a really large amount of hate is something I’m not really used to and to be honest it really shook me,’ Davina said in a YouTube vlog
‘Social media and I have a very long relationship together and I started doing Instagram and things like that years ago,’ she said.
‘But, copping a really large amount of hate is something I’m not really used to and to be honest it really shook me.’
Thanking family and friends for supporting her through this difficult time, Davina began to tear up admitting: ‘It’s been a really hard and traumatic experience for me.
Emotional: Thanking family family and friends for supporting her through this difficult time, Davina began to tear up admitting: ‘It’s been a really hard and traumatic experience for me’
Bullseye: The remainder of the vlog showing Davina enjoying a raft of activities including bushwalking, a hair appointment, singing Madonna tunes with gal pals and even some target practice
‘I owe it to you guys to dust myself off, stand up and just carry on,’ she added.
It appeared Davina had heeded her own advice, with the remainder of the vlog showing her enjoying a raft of activities including bushwalking, a hair appointment, singing Madonna tunes with gal pals and grabbing some drive thru McDonald’s
She even took time out to get some target practice in at a vineyard, flaunting her marksmanship skills nabbing four targets.
Davina recently went to ground after it emerged that she was pursuing an affair with Married At First Sight co-star Dean Wells.
She voted to leave experiment alongside ‘husband’ Ryan Gallagher a week after her dalliance with Dean was exposed.
Cobntroversy: Davina recently went to ground after it emerged that she was pursuing an affair with Married At First Sight co-star Dean Wells
Splitsville: She voted to leave experiment alongside ‘husband’ Ryan Gallagher a week after her dalliance with Dean was exposed