Our hearts are crumbling for fitness blogger and model, Chontel Duncan.
Despite the new mum having a fierce following of 575,000 on Instagram, she has made a desperate plea to her fans to remember she is only human.
Backlash against Duncan started when she posted this photo showing the difference between her and another pregnant mother.
Since giving birth, the young mum has faced online torment regarding her parenting style, ongoing workouts, and unrealistic expectations she is facing for other parents.
But, as she writes in her post, she’s also facing her own set of expectations.
A photo posted by Chontel Duncan (@chontelduncan) on
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If you want to make your life out of showing how fantastic your body is, then suck it up when people bag you. Personally I have not said a single word on anyone's instagram, Facebook, blog, and I use to shake my head at the bad comments people would leave. Now I realise that there is some haters and some making genuine comments and I am fed up people being labelled as disgraceful etc when they don't agree with you or your image, is all you want is adoration, get psych help. Seriously! If you worked in an office and only wanted people agreeing with you, people would pull you aside and let you know you have issues. Similarly if you want to be popular and have no negative comments said about your posts, get off social media. Hate is very different to disagreeing. Popular people in the media seem to think they are exempt from social interactions, only fan mail please,......