Married At First Sight’s busty bride Davina Rankin was bombarded with unkind words and snarky comments when she debuted on the controversial series on Wednesday.
The unlucky-in-love Brisbane socialite was slammed by online trolls, who claimed she was ‘fake as f***’, ‘plastic’, ‘nasty and vacuous’ and an overall ‘mean girl’.
And now Davina has hit back at critics, telling Daily Mail Australia: ‘I could be Mother Teresa and people would still have something to say.’
‘I could be Mother Teresa and people would still have something to say’: MAFS Davina Rankin hits back at online trolls who called her ‘fake’ as she bemoans editing on show
The Instagram model, with more than 220,000 followers, is accustomed to positive and negative interactions with the public: ‘Dealing with trolls is something that I’ve dealt with for a long time, especially being involved in the social media world.’
Davina chose to defend the comments: ‘I’m far from a “mean girl”and I spend A LOT of my time helping and empowering others so my friends/ family and followers who have known me for years know that I’m far from the ‘fake’ person people are to label me as.’
However, the flood of negative responses to her debut haven’t phased the reality star, as she claimed: ‘I have really thick skin, so it’s nothing I can’t handle.’
‘It’s nothing I can’t handle’: Davina claimed she wasn’t taking the comment to heart, as she understood ‘everyone is going to have an opinion, especially when you put yourself out there on such a public platform’
‘I’m far from a “mean girl”and I spend A LOT of my time helping and empowering others’: Davina hit back at online trolls who attacked her personal character
‘Dealing with trolls is something that I’ve dealt with for a long time’: Davina has openly admitted to receiving a variety of positive and negative attention as a result of her large following on social media
She also appeared to hint that footage from her wedding painted her in an unfavourable light for viewers.
‘I hate that it was edited in a way that the public missed a lot of the fun times that were had at the wedding. At our photo shoot all we did was laugh and by the end of the night Ryan and I got along like a house on fire, even all my friends and family had nothing but lovely things to say.’
‘But that’s the drama of the show I guess… Everyone is going to have an opinion, especially when you put yourself out there on such a public platform,’ she said.
‘I hate that it was edited in a way that the public missed a lot of the fun times that were had at the wedding’: Davina bemoaned editing by Channel Nine, after viewers called her ‘too self absorbed’, ‘judgmental’, ‘spoilt’ and ‘selfish’
‘You have no class, grace or manners’: Users attacked Davina online
Twitter users were quick to be critical of Davina, calling her ‘too self absorbed’, ‘judgmental’, ‘spoilt’ and ‘selfish’.
‘Davina was such a mean girl,’ one wrote, as another user added, ‘you have no class, grace or manners.’
Not only was Davina’s character attacked, but social media accounts also slammed her appearance.
‘Fake face, fake boobs, fake personality. Ur (sic) not that great!’ and ‘Davina ain’t sh*t. All that plastic and veneers in the world can’t give you class,’ others posted.
‘Fake face, fake boobs, fake personality’: Fans label Brisbane Instagram model Davina Rankin a ‘botox queen’ during Married At First Sight debut
Controversial MAFS groom Dean Wells also hinted elements of his filmed appearance for the show were left out from being aired while being interviewed on KIIS FM’s Kyle And Jackie ‘O’ on Thursday.
Daily Mail Australia have reached out to Channel Nine for comment.
Married At First Sight airs on Channel Nine from 7.30pm Sunday to Thursday
Follow Davina’s journey! Married At First Sight airs on Channel Nine from 7.30pm Sunday to Thursday