Fitness influencer Sophie Guidolin CLAPS BACK after being trolled for bikini pic with son, 15
Sophie Guidolin, an Australian fitness influencer, was excited about her son's 15th and took to her Instagram to share some glimpses from the day. However, trolls accused her of posting a 'sexualized' image with her son. The 33-year old IFBB Pro was slaying in a green leopard print bikini as she gave a big, warm hug to her son.
The fitness influencer and nutritionist who has over 56K followers on Instagram captioned the post, "Happy 15th Kay." In addition to the allegedly 'sexualized' snap, she shared images of him through the years. One of the pics showed her son ready to go for a bike ride, while two others were of him as a young baby.
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Sadly, the mom of four was forced to edit the post. In the edited caption, she said, "Edited to add: WE LIVE IN THE GOLD COAST, a Australia. Where wearing a bikini to the beach is so beyond normal, that I didn’t even consider having to place a disclaimer on this photo. When kai woke up, I was in the pool and yes- in a bikini (as I am most days!!!) I wanted a photo straight away as he wanted to ride his bike and go out riding all day immediately."
She continued, "Do I have a problem wearing a bikini in front of my sons? NO WAY. Why? Because im not sexualised to him, nor have I ever been!!! If you have an issue, maybe you should look into why you feel you have to sexualise a woman’s body instead of it simply being a mum and her son at the pool!!!"
There were some supportive comments left under the post. One follower said, "Amen to the edit. If the thought crossed your mind that a mum in a bikini next to her son is sexual then you do some inner work and figure out why you even had that inappropriate thought… that’s a you problem not a Sophie and her son problem." Another said, "Soph I can’t believe you had to edit this what is wrong with people? 😢"
Following this, the fitness expert shared another post where she sat her son down and they talked to the audience.
In this clip, she spoke about the human body and how people must stop sexualizing it. She said, "The human body is not shameful, nor something to hide." The nutritionist explained, "My children have seen me naked, they were there when I had my stitches removed last year, they understand I am a woman, their mum, I am human and I have skin. I WANT them to not be ashamed of a body. Or sexualise a woman who is perhaps wearing a bikini."
Sophie continued, "In their eyes, they do not even flinch because I have deliberately raised them in a way that stops this culture of sexualising every single woman. Do the boys have an issue with me hugging them in a bikini? Not even slightly. Why? Because it is nothing more than their mum hugging them. Nothing more."
Talking about her profession and bikinis, she said, "Let’s not mention with the same clothes I wear to the beach, as a professional IFBB bikini PRO. Like I literally get on stage in bikinis, with them front row. This is as insane to me as when I was slammed last year for sleeping in bed with Evie in our undies. 😡🙈"