A fitness and swimwear model who claims to be a successful “Insta-Girl” says she and her boyfriend broke up because he insisted on being in her social media photos.
According to Fox News, the anonymous woman, who shared her story to Reddit under the handle IGAZmodel, said she and her boyfriend were vacationing in Tulum, Mexico on her dime when he started questioning why she wouldn’t share pictures of the two of them enjoying the trip.
She claims she explained that she preferred he not appear in any of her posts because she doesn’t get as much engagement with followers that is her followers don’t click on her sponsored posts whenever “there’s a guy in the pic.”
“It’s just a fact. I need these pics from this vacation to be able to sell stuff. It’s just the way my ‘job’ works,” said IGAZmodel, who explained on Reddit that she also earns an income by teaching yoga classes.
“We can take as many private pics as he likes, we can do pics of us hiking, having sex, laying by the pool, I don’t care but I need to keep my [Instagram] separate.”
IGAZ model further claimed that their hotel was giving her a “steep discount” on the condition she shares posts from the resort. She said she even covered the rest of her boyfriend’s costs the remainder of the hotel bill, food, drinks, flights as she’s able to afford a “nice vacation” due to her online and offline incomes.
Despite this, she alleges that her boyfriend was “pissy” and “short” for the whole time. “I’m really upset because I paid for this entire vacation only to be ignored and treated pretty crappy,” she wrote.
Eventually, IGAZmodel says her boyfriend stormed out of their hotel and even blocked her on his phone. She later updated her post to confirm she hadn’t heard from him in two days and after getting support from Reddit, she’s totally fine with that.
Redditors reading her post were initially torn when deciding who was to blame for the breakup, with some theorizing IGAZmodel must’ve spent too much time taking photos instead of enjoying her couples’ vacation.
IGAZmodel, however, insisted that wasn’t the case, as she only spent about 10 minutes over the course of two days taking photos of herself. Supporters, meanwhile, suggested that perhaps IGAZmodel’s boyfriend wasn’t understanding enough and maybe a little insecure.
In the comments, IGAZmodel also suggested that her ex-boyfriend was so upset because he, too, is trying to be an Instagram influencer, and he might get a bump from being featured in her photos.
