Bachelorette star Brooke Blurton slams trolls after G-string bikini photo

Brooke Blurton has hit back at critics who wildly accused her of “letting down” Indigenous women by wearing a pair of G-string bikini bottoms at the beach.

The former Bachelorette took to her Instagram Stories overnight, saying that she was “so sick of being told what to do” by “entitled” trolls who feel they have the right to comment on how other people dress.

“I hate when I’m made to feel like sh*t,” the 27-year-old told her 295k followers.

“I love the ocean, love spending time in the ocean, and I’m sick of people making me feel like sh*t for doing things I love.”

Blurton, a proud Noongar-Yamatji woman, singled out the accusation about the impact her choice of bikini allegedly has on others.

“The comment for me was screaming internalised misogyny and a very old way of thinking,” she said.

“But the thing is I never want to let down any young Aboriginal girls. And for me, I’m always just promoting a positive, healthy lifestyle and relationships and trying to be the best role model I can be.”

Blurton added that she wouldn’t let the trolls make her “feel like sh*t for doing things I love”.

“[Some people] feel entitled to everything of my life. You’re not,” she said.

“I’m a f***ing stranger to you. I’m so sick of being told what to do.”

Blurton made history last year as the reality TV franchise’s first bisexual, Indigenous lead star.

While she split with winner Darvid Garayeli, she told NITV’s The Point in February that “the filming itself has been one of the best experiences that I’ve ever done in my life”.

“I was able to be a part of something that’s never been done before in the Bachelor franchise,” she said.

“Being the first First Nations lead, yeah I still pinch myself for that moment. But the stuff afterwards, it’s been bloody tough.”

First Nations and inclusivity consultants were brought on board for Blurton’s season – to ensure she was “represented with the utmost respect” – and elements such as the smoking ceremony to open the show were added.

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“The welcome to country, that was a non-negotiable,” she told The Guardian.

“That was something that I think should be in every year, and it hadn’t been. I was like, ‘Well, I can’t be the first First Nations lead and not do this.’

“Every concern that I had, in terms of if things made me uncomfortable at any point, I just voiced them and I really felt like they were really heard this season … I wanted to get this right. I had a lot weighing on me.”

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