Tammy Hembrow says she receives HUNDREDS of Instagram direct messages per day and has been forced to turn off notifications
Tammy Hembrow is one of Australia’s biggest social media sensations, boasting 11 million Instagram followers.
And the 25-year-old businesswoman revealed on Tuesday she had been forced to turn off her app notifications because she gets ‘hundreds’ of direct messages a day.
She also spoke to News.com.au about how she built her activewear empire from scratch while raising two children.
Don’t bother sliding into her DMs! Tammy Hembrow has been forced to turn off her Instagram notifications because she gets ‘hundreds’ of direct messages each day
‘I don’t read my DMs that much, but I get so many every single day I would never be able to see all of the I wish I could read all of them, but it’s too many,’ Tammy said.
She said she receives approximately ‘over 100’ messages in one day.
The mother-of-two revealed how she became such a sensation online, saying that her success on the app was ‘organic.’
No wonder! Tammy Hembrow is one of Australia’s biggest social media sensations, boasting 11 million Instagram followers
How she did it: The mother-of-two revealed how she became such a sensation online, saying that her success on the app was ‘organic’
Tammy first starting using Instagram while pregnant with her son Wolf, four, and said she had a ‘lot of time on her hands.’
‘I started like just journalling through my Instagram I guess, and people started to really like what I was posting and talking about,’ Tammy told News.com.au.
She added: ‘I was also into fitness, so people liked the being pregnant and still being super into fitness.’
She said from the get go that she wanted to ‘make something out’ Instagram and ‘jumped at the opportunity.’ She now can make thousands off a single Instagram post.
Family at the forefront: Tammy first starting using Instagram while pregnant with her son Wolf, four, and said she had a ‘lot of time on her hands.’ Pictured with her children
Motivated: She said from the get go that she wanted to ‘make something out’ Instagram and ‘jumped at the opportunity.’ She now can make thousands off a single Instagram post
In 2017, Tammy told Husskie about building her social media and fitness empire.
She said at the time that she couldn’t believe that she’s had so much success.
‘I never imagined that my following would be as big as it is now. My fans inspire me to keep pushing further and I hope to give back to my followers by sharing knowledge, experiences and expertise,’ Tammy told the publication at the time.
She added: ‘When I was pregnant with Wolf, I spent a lot of nights in while my friends were all out, and so I started watching makeup tutorials and taking photos. I realised that this was something I really enjoyed doing so I started to share my fitness goals and journey as well.’
Tammy runs her own athleisure business, Saski Collection, and has even piqued the interest of Khloe Kardashian as a model for her jeans brand, Good American.
Doing well: Tammy runs her own athleisure business, Saski Collection, and has even piqued the interest of Khloe Kardashian as a model for her jeans brand, Good American