‘Who wouldn’t if they could?’ Love Island’s Georgia Harrison hits back at trolls who accused her of flouting lockdown after bragging about escaping to the Maldives
Love Island star Georgia Harrison has hit back at trolls who accused her of flouting lockdown rules after she escaped the UK for a trip to The Maldives.
The reality star, 25, was unfazed by the criticism she received for opting to jet away with her mum Louise before England was plunged into a month-long lockdown, insisting they were both tested before heading to the ‘safe and beautiful’ islands.
Georgia had risked ruffling fans’ feathers by bragging about her last-minute trip away as she joked about avoiding weeks of panic-buying by heading off for the idyllic break.
Defiant: Love Island star Georgia Harrison, 25, has hit back at trolls who accused her of flouting lockdown rules after she escaped the UK for a trip to The Maldives
Taking to Instagram Stories Georgia wrote: ‘So many Karen’s hating cause I swerved lockdown.
‘I got a COVID test and flew me and my mum somewhere safe and beautiful for her birthday rather than sitting in a flat bedrudging banana bread and doing laps around the living room who wouldn’t if they could?’
Georgia has already irritated fans by bragging about jetting to The Maldives just before the lockdown hit.
Hitting back: The reality star, 25, was unfazed by the criticism as she insisted she was tested before jetting abroad, and opted to do so to spend lockdown somewhere ‘safe and beautiful’
Earlier in the day she also revealed her flight home had been cancelled, meaning she’d be staying in The Maldives for the foreseeable future.
The star also previously said that she is ‘stranded in paradise’, boasting that her next stop on her balmy getaway could be Dubai.
She wrote: ‘Stranded in paradise baby just heard my flight backs cancelled. Who’s in Dubai looks like that’s my next stop in 2 weeks lucky I packed my favourite boots.’
On Thursday, the reality TV star shared a video of herself on Instagram saying she ‘just isn’t doing’ the second lockdown.
Sticking around: Earlier in the day she also revealed her flight home had been cancelled, meaning she’d be staying in The Maldives for the foreseeable future
Sensational: She has been documenting her sunny Maldives getaway with a slew of sexy bikini-clad posts
Nope! On Thursday, the reality TV star shared a video of herself on Instagram saying she ‘just isn’t doing’ the second lockdown
Georgia appeared make-up free in a T-shirt told her followers: ‘Apparently lockdown is back on and I just ain’t doing it this time.
After tapping the screen, Georgia suddenly transported to a Maldives beach, where she added: ‘So I tell you what this is more like it. Boris, you ain’t getting me this time… got to go, got a piña colada on the way!’
Georgia revealed that she had chosen the Maldives over the strict regulations of a UK lockdown in the caption, writing: ‘Sit-ups in the living room using one square of toilet roll per poo or the Maldives? Think I made the right decision. Let’s gooo.’
Not this time! In the clip, Georgia is transported to a beach, adding: ‘So I tell you what this is more like it. Boris you ain’t getting me this time.. .got to go got a piña colada on the way!’
She has since shared a series of picturesque snippets on her Stories after arriving at the luxurious resort and joked that it was a ‘struggle’ there too.
Georgia said: ‘Hope everyone in England is doing alright, hope you’re coping well with lockdown it’s a struggle out here too but someone’s got to do it.’
Revealing that she was on holiday with her mother as a birthday treat, she said: ‘Thank you for sorting this out, resortlife travel has sorted out this trip for me, we’re here for my mum’s birthday.’
‘Struggling’: She also shared a series of snippets on her Stories after arriving at the luxurious resort and joked that it was a ‘struggle’ there too