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A Melbourne mum’s been left ‘horrified’ after a video about her business turned into a vicious attack by viewers on her appearance, with cruel bullies saying her husband was ‘too hot’ for her and she needed to watch out.
Ali Clarke went live on TikTok on Monday night to chat about her dermaplaning business, Bondi Blades, but noticed the comments took a nasty turn when her husband joined in.
‘There were men and women in the comments saying things like “I can’t believe that’s your wife”, “you can do so much better than her”, “you’re too good for her”,’ Ms Clarke explained in a video on Tuesday.
‘There were even girls saying “I’m coming for your husband”, “you better watch out”. Others were saying they think he’s “really hot”, it was just horrendous.’
Bondi Blades founder Ali Clarke called out ‘online bullies’ on Tuesday after commenters said her husband (pictured together above) is ‘too good for her’
Mrs Clarke has received similar comments under previous videos with her husband but said Monday’s audience was ‘next level’.
‘My beautiful husband decided to join in, and he always draws a crowd because he’s got this amazing, vibrant personality and this beautiful smile, so lots of people start to watch,’ she said.
‘Comments started to flow, and there were some really horrific things, like this was next-level online bullying.
‘He was horrified that people would actually do this while I was just taking it on the chin.
‘I was trying to avoid the comments. They were just getting out of control. People were commenting on my appearance, my teeth, my nostrils, all these horrendous things.’
The beauty founder said she’d felt compelled to call out the negativity to get back to what she loves most, helping inspire and educate other business owners.
The Melbourne mum (pictured with her husband) said she often receives negative comments when her husband featured in a video
‘I’ve dealt with bullying my whole life but these comments were just next level,’ she said.
‘Online bullying will never be tolerated, I will never put up with being bullied. I will call you out.
‘I really hate having to make a TikTok about this but I’m absolutely sick of it.
‘Every time (my husband) comes on my TikTok Live people make these comments and they’re really hurtful, nasty things to say to someone.’
Mrs Clarke told Daily Mail Australia on Friday that she’d like to see social media platforms enforce harsher policies against hate online.
‘I think people need to be held accountable for the actions. We see so many young kids suffering from this stuff but they’re afraid to stand up to it and turn to hurting themselves,’ she said.
‘Social media has enabled cowards to disrespect people without fear of consequences.
‘If they met me in person I doubt they would be able to say the same things.’
Dozens of Mrs Clarke’s fans applauded her response to the horrible comments under Tuesday’s video.
Mrs Clarke (pictured with her product, Bondi Blades) said she ‘will never put up with being bullied’ and called for social media platforms to enforce harsher rules against hate
‘That’s so terrible, you provide so much to the business community and don’t deserve that,’ one person wrote.
‘Some people are so horrible, it’s disgusting,’ another said.
‘You are so beautiful, these people are toxic,’ a third person commented.
‘I’m so sad to hear this! I really thought stuff like this ends when people grow up,’ another wrote.
Mrs Clarke’s company Bondi Blades launched Australia’s first derma razor in 2016.
The small blade is designed to remove ‘peach fuzz’ from the face and is currently sold in more than 1,000 stores worldwide.
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