Mel Watts, more commonly known to those in the virtual world as the Modern Mumma, has broken down in a new video after trolls relentlessly attacked her for a recent Facebook update.
In a five minute piece to camera, Watts said commenters had said “hundreds of horrible things” after her post last weekend, in which she unabashedly detailed how she and her husband had a “daytime quickie”.
“I’m not normally your day time quickie kinda person but today I thought the amount of effort he has put into every sexual advance it would just be plain mean of me,” the popular blogger wrote at the time, explaining it’s not easy being married to someone keen to get down all the time.
However, as Watts details in her Youtube video, with viral fame and thousands of shares come just as many trolls — and it’s the type of fame, she thinks, that just isn’t worth it.
Visibly shaken and fighting back tears, the Central Coast-based mum outlined how horrific the abuse had been in the last few days and how it had shaken her to her core.
“It made me sit there and think, ‘Wow, what the f*ck have I done?'” she said.
“All I did was write an opinion and everyone has taken that to the point of saying horrible things that aren’t true.”
Watts also admitted she didn’t expect the post to be shared so widely.
“I didn’t ask for it to go viral… I just wrote it. It’s just that so many other women agreed with and chose to share it. I’m a good wife and I am a really good mother and most of all I’m a really good friend,” she said.
“I don’t understand how people can say this kind of stuff and be so nasty to people they don’t even know.”
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What's wrong with having a quickie? No idea what they would even troll her about..
I think there is a need to educate naive young women like this about the internet, social media and what happens when things go viral.
This poor girl was obviously oblivious to the reach of social media and had little idea about how to use it properly to protect her family, her privacy and her own emotional well-being.
The internet is a powerful tool but it needs to be used wisely and responsibly, and this is something that should be taught perhaps at a high school level.
Kids need to be taught about the nature of the internet, the nature of trolls, what's appropriate to post and share, and how to handle things when they go pair-shaped.
Her comment "I didn't ask for it go viral" just underlines how she really doesn't get social media. And sadly her tearful public video has just compounded things. I really feel for her as she is probably not the smartest cookie in the packet and doesn't really deserve to be tormented.
Was this comment really required? It's condescending and victim blaming
The Modern Mumma has a huge following and is by no means oblivious to social media. She posted a funny blog about having a quickie with her husband, and some trolls have posted awful messages about her life, her husband (some accusing him of sexual assault!) and her children.
The problem is not with The Modern Mumma, it's with faceless, anonymous trolls who think it's okay to spew vitriol at innocent people.