Geordie Shore’s Holly Hagan DEFENDS pals’ Dubai trips amid pandemic

‘I prefer people to be happy in Dubai than suffering at home’: Holly Hagan DEFENDS her reality star pals’ UAE pandemic takeover and insists it’s ‘hard for them to know what to do’

Geordie Shore‘s Holly Hagan has weighed in on the widely-discussed issue of reality stars jetting to Dubai amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

During an Instagram Q&A on Tuesday evening, the TV personality, 28, was quizzed over her thoughts on the vast amount of celebrities, including her MTV co-stars and Love Islanders, heading to Dubai amid restrictions and rules. 

She was quick to defend her peers and pals, and while she admitted it is ‘frustrating’ for social media users to see their lavish antics, she personally would prefer ‘people to be happy in Dubai than suffering at home’. 

Uh oh… Geordie Shore’s Holly Hagan has weighed in on the widely-discussed issue of reality stars jetting to Dubai amid the coronavirus pandemic

Holly has remained at home during the pandemic, while many of her pals – including Chloe Ferry and Sophie Kasaei – have upped and left to Dubai. 

Mass outrage has rumbled at the decisions of influencers and repeated insistence that their travel is for work, so as to stay in line with government guidelines. 

When she was asked about the sensitivity of the posts, Holly responded: ‘Someone’s life being “hard” is subjective. It’s based entirely on their own personal opinion of what “hard” actually is. One person’s hard life might be another person’s dream life…

‘There’s also always going to be someone out there who’s got it worse. So I get why people might be angry seeing influencers on holidays etc but saying they’ve had it hard when people are struggling with bills and putting food on the table…

Worries: During an Instagram Q&A on Tuesday evening, the TV personality, 28, was quizzed over her thoughts on the vast amount of celebrities, including her MTV co-stars and Love Islanders, heading to Dubai amid restrictions and rules

Worries: During an Instagram Q&A on Tuesday evening, the TV personality, 28, was quizzed over her thoughts on the vast amount of celebrities, including her MTV co-stars and Love Islanders, heading to Dubai amid restrictions and rules

Defensive: She was quick to defend her peers and pals, and while she admitted it is 'frustrating' for social media users to see their lavish antics, she personally would prefer 'people to be happy in Dubai than suffering at home'

Defensive: She was quick to defend her peers and pals, and while she admitted it is ‘frustrating’ for social media users to see their lavish antics, she personally would prefer ‘people to be happy in Dubai than suffering at home’

‘Obviously it makes life seem very unfair but at the same time you don’t know their life. They might be struggling in a way that you don’t know about. My advice would be to unfollow people if you find it gets you down.’

Another follower then asked her: ‘Do you think it’s wrong all these influencers in Dubai, it’s legal but so many people are suffering at the moment.’

It was then t hat she launched her apparent defense of her pals, writing: ‘Would you prefer if they were home suffering too?…

There she goes... Holly has remained at home during the pandemic, while many of her pals - including Chloe Ferry (pictured) and Sophie Kasaei - have upped and left to Dubai

There she goes… Holly has remained at home during the pandemic, while many of her pals – including Chloe Ferry (pictured) and Sophie Kasaei – have upped and left to Dubai

‘I know a lot of people’s answer to this secretly would be yes. But when you think about it that way it’s not nice to wish suffering on others. None of us have any idea what someone’s going through or gone through.’

Calling for more awareness of what is real and what is not online, she said: ‘Social media isn’t real, you’re seeing a tiny snippet of someone’s life…

‘Everyone I know over there flew over before the restrictions came into place and have decided to stay over there. They have to have negative tests on arrival there and back…

Weight in: She added that many influencers, including her pal Sophie (pictured), had taken polls asking their followers if they would like to see their content or if it was triggering

Weight in: She added that many influencers, including her pal Sophie (pictured), had taken polls asking their followers if they would like to see their content or if it was triggering

‘Again I can see why people might be frustrated but I’d prefer people to be happy in Dubai than potentially suffering at home alone.’

She added that many influencers, including her pal Sophie, had taken polls asking their followers if they would like to see their content or if it was triggering. 

Holly went on: ‘I know a lot of them had asked if people wanted to see content of them away and the majority of people said yes so I guess it’s hard for them to know what to do.’

Hitting back: Holly went on: 'I know a lot of them had asked if people wanted to see content of them away and the majority of people said yes so I guess it's hard for them to know what to do'

Hitting back: Holly went on: ‘I know a lot of them had asked if people wanted to see content of them away and the majority of people said yes so I guess it’s hard for them to know what to do’