'Married at First Sight' star Elizabeth Sobinoff says she received death threats from 'disgusting' bullies

When Elizabeth Sobinoff first appeared on the Australian version of the popular reality show 'Married at First Sight', little did she know how her life would change after that. Sobinoff first appeared on the show last year with her then-partner Sam Ball, and this season she went on the show with Seb Guilhaus. She revealed that after she came back from her second stint on the show, she began receiving death threats from trolls online. 

According to The Sun, she revealed in an interview that the trolls who bully her are "disgusting" and due to the bullying she has stopped checking her social media first thing in the morning and two hours before she goes to bed. She said, "(The trolls) can be brutal and absolutely appalling and disgusting. Two hours before I go to bed I don't look at (social media) and first thing in the morning I don't look and I also don't read or reply to comments."

She also talked about how when she went on the show last year, she didn't receive any threats, but this year she has already received two death threats. "For instance, I'd actually personally never had a death threat... I've had two (this season). It's disgusting and people have got to realize we're people as well. It's not on. We're real people."

Sobinoff, who is a jewelry designer by profession, had a hard time when she went on the show last year. Her then-husband Sam Ball fat-shamed her and made her feel miserable about her weight. Since then the reality star has begun working hard on losing weight. She has lost 22 pounds since she appeared on the show. She attributes her weight loss to regular gym sessions and a diet called 5:2 diet which she follows. In 5:2 diet, a person fasts for two days and eats the other five days.

Despite losing a significant amount of weight, Sobinoff chooses not to boast about it or highlight it. She explained her reasoning behind it. "It's still very much me. I know people are going to say, 'Well, you look completely different to how we saw you last year.' But don't always focus on the outer shell. This has always been me. We grow, as people. I don't glorify weight (loss) and be like, 'I'm better now.'"