Sophie Monk deletes ‘tone deaf’ post after fan backlash

Sophie Monk has come under fire by fans, who have accused of her of being ‘tone deaf’ during social media’s unofficial 24-hour blackout on Tuesday.

The Australian singer sparked backlash when she shared an ill-timed post about missing her hairdressing appointments amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The upload was swiftly deleted by Sophie, 40, after her followers questioned why she appeared to be prioritising photoshoots over using her voice to support the movement, Black Lives Matter. 

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Social media users began posting black tiles with the hashtag #blackoutTuesday on Tuesday as people made their voices heard in the fight for equality after the senseless death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th.

As many Australians began posting black tiles on Tuesday afternoon, Sophie’s bright and bubbly post was jarring for some fans in their feed.

She posted a gallery of a glamorous photoshoot, writing: ‘Anyone else miss hair salons? This is a wig… not quite what I ordered.’

The post quickly gained negative attention, and the comment section saw many angry and upset users express their disappointment in the actress for not using her public platform and voice for something more productive.

‘Seriously?You’re posting this at a time like this?’ one user said, as others simply labelled it ‘tone deaf’.

Within 20 minutes, Sophie removed the seemingly ill-timed post.     

She instead replaced the post with a black tile in social media solidarity for the #blackoutTuesday movement, with the caption: ‘We’re all in tears together.’ 

On her Instagram story was also a graphic that read: ‘I understand that I will never be able to understand completely. But I stand with you and I will not let you do this alone. You were never meant to.’

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sophie Monk for comment. 

The Black Lives Matter movement erupted across the world after the death of African-American George Floyd last week at the age of 46.

The unarmed man died after Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for several minutes before he died from asphyxiation.

A medical examiner’s office on Monday ruled Floyd’s death was a homicide as they appeared to walk back initial reports that he wasn’t strangled when a Minneapolis cop knelt on his neck during an arrest last week.

The medical examiner’s findings that the death was a homicide by asphyxiation confirmed the same conclusion of the independent autopsy that was also released on Monday, but there are key differences over the cause.

Chauvin, who is white and was fired from the Minneapolis police department over the incident, was hit with third-degree murder and manslaughter charges last week as protests over Floyd’s death roiled the nation.

Racial tensions and rioting have escalated across the United States since footage emerged of the incident.